2011 Business Starts and Stops Index

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2011 Business Starts and Stops Index

(Click on each month for a detailed report.)

BUSINESS STARTS – 2011
Month	# of New Starts	% of Change (M/M)	% of Change (Y/Y)	Year To Date	Prior Year	% of Change (Year To Date)
January	2294	19	-0.8	2294	2313	-0.8
February	2030	-13	-0.4	4327	4352	-0.6
March	2551	20.4	-8.6	6906	7097	-2.8
April	2284	-21.3	-2.0	9388	9236	1.6
May	2317	1.4	10.0	11,706	11,322	3.3
June	2287	-1.3	2.2	13,994	13,558	3.1
July	1840	-24.3	-2.2	15,835	15,438	2.5
August	2108	12.7	6.2	17943	17416	2.9
September	2059	-2.4	0.8	20009	19457	2.8
October	2061	0.1	5.8	22070	21401	3.0
November	1849	-11.5	-8.7	23928	23410	2.2
December	1864	0.8	0.4	25793	25266	2.0
BUSINESS STOPS – 2011
Month	# of Stops		% of Change (M/M)		Year To Date
January	1036		-98.5		1036
February	797		-30		1836
March	1237		35.6		3073
April	1028		-20.3		4107
May	825		-24.6		4933
June	870		5.2		5805
July	761		-14.3		6568
August	794		4.2		7362
September	764		-3.9		8127
October	934		18.2		9063
November	869		-7.5		9942
December	2245		61.3		12188