<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/6svuZ.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/6svuZ.jpg" alt="This is the current image from the above mentioned website on establishment entry (blue) and exit (black)"></a></p>

<p>It shows a slow decline of both series from about 14% to about 10%,  and also, opposite jumps around 2008, but its quite stable over time, seems to me.</p>

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Fix.B.
<p>The <a href="https://www.census.gov/ces/dataproducts/bds/" rel="noreferrer">Business Dynamics Statistics</a> (BDS) of the Census provides annual measures of business dynamics (such as job creation and destruction, establishment births and deaths, and firm startups and shutdowns) for the economy and aggregated by establishment and firm characteristics. The use of the LBD as its source data permits tracking establishments and firms over time. In particular, BDS provides information on <strong>Establishment openings and closings</strong> and <strong>Number of startups and firm shutdowns</strong>. </p>

<p>The following figure is based on BDS and from Haltiwanger, John, Ron Jarmin, and Javier Miranda, (2009) <a href="https://www.census.gov/ces/pdf/BDS_Overview_2009.pdf" rel="noreferrer">"Business Dynamics Statistics: An Overview"</a>.</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/H0W1M.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/H0W1M.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

<p>Note: SUSB means <a href="https://www.census.gov/econ/susb/" rel="noreferrer">Statistics of U.S. Businesses</a> from Census firms as well.</p>

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<p>Is there a simple way to figure out how many new businesses appear and disappear each year in the US economy?
It seems a key question to figure out how the economy is changing over time, although I suppose the data is potentially messy...</p>

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2016-05-20T20:43:53.033Z
If you google your own question [and add "US" in the end] you would get the answer. If you just change the words a bit to *death business us economy* you actually improve the quality of the sources.
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What fraction of new businesses die out within a year?
Fix.B.
# What fraction of new businesses die out within a year?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-04-26)

Is there a simple way to figure out how many new businesses appear and disappear each year in the US economy?
It seems a key question to figure out how the economy is changing over time, although I suppose the data is potentially messy...

**Tags:** economic-growth, business-cycles, innovation

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: If you google your own question [and add "US" in the end] you would get the answer. If you just change the words a bit to *death business us economy* you actually improve the quality of the sources.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2016-04-26. Score: 10 | Accepted answer

The [Business Dynamics Statistics](https://www.census.gov/ces/dataproducts/bds/) (BDS) of the Census provides annual measures of business dynamics (such as job creation and destruction, establishment births and deaths, and firm startups and shutdowns) for the economy and aggregated by establishment and firm characteristics. The use of the LBD as its source data permits tracking establishments and firms over time. In particular, BDS provides information on **Establishment openings and closings** and **Number of startups and firm shutdowns**.

The following figure is based on BDS and from Haltiwanger, John, Ron Jarmin, and Javier Miranda, (2009) ["Business Dynamics Statistics: An Overview"](https://www.census.gov/ces/pdf/BDS_Overview_2009.pdf).

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/H0W1M.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/H0W1M.png)

Note: SUSB means [Statistics of U.S. Businesses](https://www.census.gov/econ/susb/) from Census firms as well.


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### Answer by username_0 on 2016-05-20. Score: 0

[![This is the current image from the above mentioned website on establishment entry (blue) and exit (black)](https://i.sstatic.net/6svuZ.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/6svuZ.jpg)

It shows a slow decline of both series from about 14% to about 10%, and also, opposite jumps around 2008, but its quite stable over time, seems to me.


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