(Click on each month for a detailed report.)
 
BUSINESS STARTS-2006
 
May
 # New Starts 
2,836
2,496
3,254
2,482
2,789
2,653
2,186
2,552
2,395
2,490
2,247
2,198
 % Change (M/M)
23.6
-13.6
23.3
-31.1
11.0
-5.1
-21.4
14.3
-6.6
3.8
-10.8
-2.2
 % Change (Y/Y)
3.0
3.2
8.2
-1.6
7.6
1.7
-2.7
1.9
-0.3
8.4
0.3
1.1
 Year To Date
2,836
5,340
8,597
11,085
13,875
16,530
18,729
21,282
23,683
26,175
28,422
30,621
 Prior Year
2,750
5,166
8,154
10,676
13,254
15,862
18,078
20,609
23,010
25,292
27,530
29,703
% Change (Y/T/D)
3.0
3.3
5.2
3.7
4.5
4.0
3.5
3.2
2.8
3.4
3.1
3.0
 
BUSINESS STOPS-2006
 
Feb.
 # Stops 
837
749
990
776
684
659
625
769
699
802
828
1,790
% Change (Y/T/D)
-116.4
-11.7
24.3
-27.6
-13.5
-3.8
-5.4
18.7
-10.0
12.8
3.1
53.7
 Year To Date
837
1,589
2,581
3,364
4,057
4,722
5,353
6,123
6,822
7,624
8,452
10,242