U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Business Employment Dynamics

Entrepreneurship and the U.S. Economy

Chart 1. Number of establishments less than 1 year old, March 1994–March 2010
Year	Number of establishments
1994	550,308
1995	584,184
1996	588,326
1997	614,966
1998	609,584
1999	609,569
2000	634,276
2001	630,875
2002	612,069
2003	609,378
2004	602,667
2005	632,510
2006	667,341
2007	656,107
2008	626,771
2009	548,201
2010	505,473