Survival of new establishments founded in 1998

Proportion of firms that were started in 1998 that survived through
	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Year 4	Year 5	Year 6	Year 7
Natural resources	82,33%	69,54%	59,41%	49,56%	43,43%	39,96%	36,68%
Construction	80,69%	65,73%	53,56%	42,59%	36,96%	33,36%	29,96%
Manufacturing	84,19%	68,67%	56,98%	47,41%	40,88%	37,03%	33,91%
Transportation	82,58%	66,82%	54,70%	44,68%	38,21%	34,12%	31,02%
Information	80,75%	62,85%	49,49%	37,70%	31,24%	28,29%	24,78%
Financial activities	84,09%	69,57%	58,56%	49,24%	43,93%	40,34%	36,90%
Business services	82,32%	66,82%	55,13%	44,28%	38,11%	34,46%	31,08%
Health services	85,59%	72,83%	63,73%	55,37%	50,09%	46,47%	43,71%
Leisure	81,15%	64,99%	53,61%	43,76%	38,11%	34,54%	31,40%
Other services	80,72%	64,81%	53,32%	43,88%	37,05%	32,33%	28,77%
All firms	81,24%	65,77%	54,29%	44,36%	38,29%	34,44%	31,18%
(Knaup: Survival and longevity in the Business Employment Dynamics data, Monthly Labour Review, May 2005, pp. 50-56 /
Piazza: Business Employment Dynamics Data: Survival and Longevity, Monthly Labour Review, Sep. 2007, pp. 3-10)