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Business Employment Dynamics

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Entrepreneurship and the U.S. Economy

Chart 1. Number of establishments less than 1 year old, March 1994�March 2015
Year	Number of Establishments
1994	569,419
1995	604,415
1996	609,638
1997	639,114
1998	643,070
1999	650,730
2000	674,644
2001	671,383
2002	659,236
2003	662,543
2004	653,887
2005	679,925
2006	715,734
2007	703,834
2008	678,095
2009	608,769
2010	560,588
2011	582,569
2012	631,817
2013	629,078
2014	652,780
2015	679,072

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Last Modified Date: April 28, 2016