Canada vs United States of America: Timely indicators of entrepreneurship by enterprise characteristics
Timely indicators of entrepreneurship by enterprise characteristics over time
- Canada
- United States of America
How they compare
United States of America currently reports 2.02 million Enterprises against 539,858 Enterprises in Canada, a difference of 1.48 million Enterprises.
That makes United States of America's figure about 3.7 times Canada's.
Across all 25 years both countries report, United States of America has been ahead every year.
Canada ranks 5th and United States of America ranks 3rd of 11 countries.
United States of America has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | United States of America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 478,693 Enterprises | 1.51 million Enterprises | 1.04 million Enterprises | United States of America |
| 2010s | 491,170 Enterprises | 1.58 million Enterprises | 1.09 million Enterprises | United States of America |
| 2020s | 528,761 Enterprises | 1.99 million Enterprises | 1.46 million Enterprises | United States of America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher timely indicators of entrepreneurship by enterprise characteristics, Canada or United States of America?
- United States of America, at 2.02 million Enterprises against 539,858 Enterprises in Canada as of 2024.
- What is the difference in timely indicators of entrepreneurship by enterprise characteristics between Canada and United States of America?
- 1.48 million Enterprises, with United States of America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and United States of America?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Canada and United States of America rank globally for timely indicators of entrepreneurship by enterprise characteristics?
- Canada ranks 5th and United States of America ranks 3rd of 11 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Timely indicators of entrepreneurship by enterprise characteristics — Business exits. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Timely Indicators of Entrepreneurship have become integral part of business statistics offering of most OECD member countries and beyond. It supplements more complete annual datasets (e.g. Business Demography, Structural Business Statistics by Size class) with more timely monthly or quarterly information on a limited number of indicators.Data are broken down whenever available byeconomic activity according to International Standard Industrial Classification, Revision 4 (ISIC Rev.4): ISIC Rev. 4 at the level of sections (letters) and higher aggregates, most often covering the total economy, geographic area at country and TL2 level of the OECD Territorial grids, legal form into three main groups: Limited liability (LL), Partnership (PA) and Sole proprietorship (SP). With very few exceptions, series are not seasonally or calendar adjusted, so care should be taken in interpreting sub-annual changes. Timely Indicators of Entrepreneurship provide valuable information to policy makers and researchers on most recent trends in business dynamics.Related datasets:Employer Business Demography Statistics,Business Demography Statistics,Structural Business Statistics by Size Class.