(Click on each month for a detailed report.)
 
BUSINESS STARTS-2007
 
May
 # New Starts 
3,058
2,479
3,032
2,811
2,683
2,537
2,525
2,555
2,230
2,606
2,315
2,012
 % Change (M/M)
28.1
-23.4
18.2
-7.9
-4.8
-5.8
-0.5
1.2
-14.6
14.4
-12.6
-15.1
 % Change (Y/Y)
6.8
-0.8
-7.6
11.6
-4.1
-5.1
13.3
-0.1
-7.5
4.4
2.9
-9.2
 Year To Date
3,058
5,537
8,570
11,385
14,069
16,612
19,141
21,700
23,930
26,539
28,854
30,868
 Prior Year
2,849
5,349
8,610
11,094
13,886
16,552
18,739
21,296
23,693
26,184
28,432
30,630
% Change (Y/T/D)
6.8
3.4
-0.5
2.6
1.3
0.4
2.1
1.9
1.0
1.3
1.5
-12.3
 
BUSINESS STOPS-2007
 
Feb.
 # Stops 
960
659
1,059
1,024
744
707
724
835
780
1,000
960
1,895
% Change (Y/T/D)
-86.5
-45.7
37.8
-3.4
-37.6
-5.2
2.3
13.3
-7.1
22.0
-4.2
49.3
 Year To Date
960
1,619
2,686
3,710
4,459
5,166
5,894
6,731
7,513
8,514
9,475
11,372