Timely indicators of entrepreneurship by enterprise characteristics — Business exits by country
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...
What the numbers show
Timely indicators of entrepreneurship by enterprise characteristics — Business exits is currently reported for 15 countries. The highest value is 70.24 million Enterprises in Georgia; the lowest is 3,615 Enterprises in Lithuania.
The median across all reporting countries is 152,260 Enterprises, and the mean is 5.32 million Enterprises.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 19,431.
Over the past decade 11 countries rose and 4 fell. The largest increase was in Finland (up 62.2%), and the largest decrease in Lithuania (down 40.3%).
Timely indicators of entrepreneurship by enterprise characteristics: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia | 70.24 million Enterprises | 2024 | up 47.3% | rising |
| 2 | Puerto Rico | 5.17 million Enterprises | 2024 | down 12.2% | flat |
| 3 | United States of America | 2.02 million Enterprises | 2024 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 4 | Germany | 619,067 Enterprises | 2024 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 5 | Canada | 539,858 Enterprises | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 6 | United States Virgin Islands | 484,000 Enterprises | 2024 | up 37.1% | falling |
| 7 | Italy | 285,979 Enterprises | 2024 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 8 | Belgium | 101,181 Enterprises | 2024 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 9 | Singapore | 55,491 Enterprises | 2024 | up 30.1% | volatile |
| 10 | Finland | 43,935 Enterprises | 2024 | up 62.2% | rising |
| 11 | Spain | 25,131 Enterprises | 2024 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 52 | Netherlands | 152,260 Enterprises | 2024 | up 59.3% | rising |
| 62 | Türkiye | 50,342 Enterprises | 2024 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 74 | Slovenia | 22,559 Enterprises | 2024 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 106 | Lithuania | 3,615 Enterprises | 2020 | down 40.3% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- California 309.64 million Enterprises
- Florida 177.93 million Enterprises
- Texas 143.68 million Enterprises
- New York 122.28 million Enterprises
- Illinois 69.02 million Enterprises
- North Carolina 65.46 million Enterprises
- Colorado 57.57 million Enterprises
- Pennsylvania 56.64 million Enterprises
- Virginia 50.83 million Enterprises
- Arizona 50.56 million Enterprises
- Massachusetts 49.40 million Enterprises
- Missouri 48.25 million Enterprises
- Ohio 47.28 million Enterprises
- Michigan 47.04 million Enterprises
- New Jersey 45.91 million Enterprises
- Maryland 35.13 million Enterprises
- Oregon 34.27 million Enterprises
- Minnesota 32.84 million Enterprises
- South Carolina 32.48 million Enterprises
- Indiana 29.59 million Enterprises
- Tennessee 29.44 million Enterprises
- Utah 28.89 million Enterprises
- Wisconsin 26.40 million Enterprises
- Nevada 26.08 million Enterprises
- Idaho 24.12 million Enterprises
- Connecticut 24.05 million Enterprises
- Alabama 22.00 million Enterprises
- Oklahoma 21.29 million Enterprises
- Louisiana 20.89 million Enterprises
- Kentucky 19.89 million Enterprises
- Washington 16.81 million Enterprises
- Kansas 16.73 million Enterprises
- Arkansas 15.96 million Enterprises
- Iowa 15.69 million Enterprises
- Mississippi 12.53 million Enterprises
- Nebraska 12.44 million Enterprises
- Montana 11.95 million Enterprises
- New Mexico 11.49 million Enterprises
- Maine 11.10 million Enterprises
- New Hampshire 10.65 million Enterprises
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.