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New established enterprises, survival and growth

3 Newly established enterprises by survival, legal form and year
Legal form Year of establishing Total Survived 1 year, per cent enterprises Survived 2 years, per cent enterprises Survived 3 years, per cent enterprises Survived 4 years, per cent enterprises Survived 5 years, per cent enterprises
Survived "Asleep" Survived "Asleep" Survived "Asleep" Survived "Asleep" Survived
Total 2002 39 041 56.5 3.2 49.7 1.0 41.5 0.8 35.5 0.9 31.6
  2003 38 747 53.4 5.5 48.2 1.0 39.9 1.1 35.0 - -
  2004 43 068 53.1 3.9 46.4 1.3 39.7 - - - -
  2005 47 436 49.2 4.5 45.1 - - - - - -
  2006 51 374 50.9 - - - - - - - -
General partnership 2002  886 57.3 3.4 49.7 0.8 40.4 0.6 32.4 0.8 29.1
  2003  896 58.6 4.6 51.8 0.6 39.3 1.1 35.5 - -
  2004  818 58.6 3.8 49.1 1.0 42.3 - - - -
  2005  706 56.9 2.3 47.5 - - - - - -
  2006  601 53.2 - - - - - - - -
Private limited company 2002 9 502 79.7 4.1 74.2 1.1 65.2 1.1 58.4 1.2 53.9
  2003 9 228 77.9 5.6 73.3 1.5 64.5 1.5 59.3 - -
  2004 10 829 75.1 4.3 69.8 1.6 62.7 - - - -
  2005 13 991 64.3 5.4 62.8 - - - - - -
  2006 18 046 63.9 - - - - - - - -
Public limited company 2002 14 64.3 - 57.1 - 57.1 - 50.0 7.1 50.0
  2003 9 55.6 33.3 88.9 - 88.9 - 88.9 - -
  2004 19 52.6 5.3 52.6 - 42.1 - - - -
  2005 34 67.6 17.6 73.5 - - - - - -
  2006 36 63.9 - - - - - - - -
General partnership with shared liability 2002 1 258 62.2 2.5 52.1 1.0 41.2 0.7 35.1 0.7 30.4
  2003 1 459 54.9 5.2 48.0 1.1 37.6 0.8 30.6 - -
  2004 1 724 55.1 5.7 48.3 1.1 39.8 - - - -
  2005 1 761 55.1 4.7 49.6 - - - - - -
  2006 1 683 55.4 - - - - - - - -
Sole proprietorship 2002 26 825 48.2 2.9 41.1 0.9 33.2 0.8 27.6 0.8 23.9
  2003 26 279 45.0 5.3 39.4 0.8 31.5 1.0 26.8 -  
  2004 27 633 45.3 3.5 37.8 1.2 31.3 - - -  
  2005 27 859 42.3 4.1 36.8 -          
  2006 28 042 43.2 - - -          
Other legal forms 2002  556 46.8 3.6 44.2 0.9 37.8 0.4 31.3 0.2 27.2
  2003  876 40.4 10.3 43.6 0.7 35.4 0.5 30.8 - -
  2004 2 045 37.8 6.5 36.1 0.8 29.8 - - - -
  2005 3 085 37.9 4.5 35.2 - - - - - -
  2006 2 966 42.1 - - - - - - - -

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