Survival of newly born enterprises
The survival rates of a cohort of newly born enterprises are of course declining from one year to the other: One year after its creation, at least one enterprise out of ten newly born in 2004 was no longer active on the market. The two-year survival rate (from 2004 to 2006) was 80.7%. One year later still 72.5% of the enterprises were active and four years later, around two thirds (66.1%) of this cohort survived. The five-year-survival rate amounted to 60.6%. It seems that the first years of an enterprise’s life are the most difficult ones; the percentage of resigning enterprises is relatively high. From the third year on, the number of enterprises that leave the market decreases.
The highest five-year-survival rates were registered in the economic branches of "Human Health and Social work activities" (75.1%), "Real estate activities" (72.1%) and "Other service activities" (69.1%).
Analysis of the survival rates by employee size classes reveals that the survival rate tends to increase as the number of employees rises (at least for enterprises with up to 9 employees). For example, the average survival rate after five years for enterprises with no employees was 58.6%, but as high as 71.2% for enterprises with from 5 to 9 employees. For enterprises with 10 or more employees the survival rate slightly decreased again (69.0%).
Above average are the five-year-survival rates in the provinces Tyrol (66.4%), Carinthia (63.0%) and Salzburg (62.5%). The lowest five-year-survival rate was recorded in Vienna (57.6%).
The average survival rate of enterprises newly born in 2005 (second
cohort) and survived to 2006 was 89.1%. One year later (2007) 79.0%
of the around
The average survival rate of enterprises newly born in 2006 (third cohort) and survived to 2007 was 87.8% and 77.4% after two years (2006 to 2008). In 2009, 69.5% of the enterprises created in 2006 were still active.
The average survival rate of enterprises newly born in 2007 (fourth
cohort) and survived to 2008 was 86.8%. One year later (2009) 76.7%
of the around
| Main results: Survival rates of enterprises newly born in 2004 |  |  |  |
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| Main results: Survival rates of enterprises newly born in 2004 by employee size classes | | | |
| Main results: Survival rates of enterprises newly born in 2004 by provinces | | | |
| Main results: Survival rates of enterprises newly born in 2005 | | | |
| Main results: Survival rates of enterprises newly born in 2005 by employee size classes | | | |
| Main results: Survival rates of enterprises newly born in 2005 by provinces | | | |
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