2014 Business Starts and Stops Index

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2014 Business Starts and Stops Index

(Click on each month for a detailed report.)

BUSINESS STARTS – 2014
Month	# of New Starts	% of Change (M/M)	% of Change (Y/Y)	Year To Date	Prior Year	% of Change (Year To Date)
January	2258	19.2	2.9	2258	2527	-11.9
February	1585	-42.5	-20.8	4079	4497	-10.2
March	2654	40.3	22.8	7262	6946	4.4
April	2306	-15.1	-16.6	9691	9634	0.6
May	2455	6.1	-2.4	12509	12147	2.9
June	2408	-2.0	7.1	14923	14385	3.6
July	2294	-5.0	2.1	17261	16631	3.6
August	2097	-9.4	12.2	19369	18767	3.1
September	2347	10.7	21.9	21734	20956	3.6
October	2294	-2.3	-4.2	24039	23367	2.8
November	1598	-43.6	-24.2	25810	25526	1.1
December	1371	-16.6	-33.0	27491	27579	-0.3
BUSINESS STOPS – 2014
Month	# of Stops		% of Change (M/M)		Year To Date
January	930		-149.0		930
February	554		-67.9		1607
March	958		42.2		2737
April	787		-21.7		3564
May	702		-19.7		4390
June	746		5.9		5137
July	826		-129		5979
August	736		-12.2		6716
September	844		12.8		2570
October	860		1.9		8430
November	666		-26.7		9189
December	1935		-19.7		11220