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30 per cent survived five years
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Newly established enterprises, survival and growth, 2005-2010

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30 per cent survived five years

A total of 30 per cent of the newly established enterprises in 2005 were still active in 2010. The surviving enterprises employed four times as many persons in 2010 as in 2005.

A total of 47 436 enterprises were established in 2005 and 14 096 of these were still active five years later.

. Newly established enterprises in 2005 survived in 2006-2010 by legal form.

Highest survival rate in limited liability companies

The limited liability companies had the highest survival rate in 2010 of the newly established enterprises in 2005. Forty-seven per cent of the limited liability companies survived in 2010, compared to 22 per cent of the sole proprietorships.

The size of the enterprises in the year the enterprises were established also influenced the survival rates. Seventy-one per cent of the enterprises with 5 or more persons employed in 2005 survived five years, compared to 29 per cent of the enterprises with less than 5 persons employed.

High growth enterprises and gazelles

High growth enterprises are all enterprises with average annualised growth greater than 20 per cent per year over a three-year period. Medium growth enterprises are enterprises with average annualised growth of 10-19 per cent. The enterprises had at least 5 employees at the beginning of the growth period. Growth is measured by turnover and the number of employees. Gazelles are the subset of high growth enterprises with 10 or more employees in the beginning of the growth period and which are four or five years old. The figures on high growth enterprises and gazelles do not include enterprises within financial and insurance activities, education, human health and social work activities and activities of membership organisations.

There were 19 568 enterprises with 10 or more employees as of 1 January 2008. Six per cent of these enterprises were high growth enterprises measured by growth in turnover from 1 January 2008 until 1 January 2011. Four per cent of the enterprises were high growth enterprises measured by the growth in the number of employees.

A total of 810 newly established enterprises in 2005 and 2006 had 10 or more employees as of 1 January 2008 and were still active three years later. Of these enterprises, 15 per cent were gazelles measured by growth in turnover and 14 per cent were gazelles measured by the number of employees.

These figures include all enterprises except those within agriculture, forestry, fishing and central government.

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