2015 Business Starts and Stops Index

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2015 Business Starts and Stops Index

(Click on each month for a detailed report.)

BUSINESS STARTS – 2015
Month	# of New Starts	% of Change (M/M)	% of Change (Y/Y)	Year To Date	Prior Year	% of Change (Year To Date)
January	1892	27.5	-19.3	1892	2494	-31.8
February	2037	7.1	22.2	4376	4608	-5.3
March	2256	9.7	-17.6	6769	7386	-9.1
April	1823	-23.8	-26.5	9060	10059	-11.0
May	1915	4.8	-28.2	11732	12522	-6.7
June	2657	27.9	9.4	14891	14977	-0.6
July	2427	-9.5	5.5	17276	17261	0.1
August	2319	-4.7	1.1	19638	19398	1.2
September	2271	-2.1	-3.3	21909	21750	0.7
October	2408	5.7	4.7	24317	24222	0.4
November	2155	-11.7	25.8	26492	26125	1.4
December	2236	3.6	38.7	28730	28208	1.8
BUSINESS STOPS – 2015
Month	# of Stops		% of Change (M/M)		Year To Date
January	832		-132.6		832
February	788		-5.6		1801
March	1655		52.4		3495
April	1117		-48.2		4769
May	685		-63.1		5769
June	860		20.3		6757
July	931		7.6		7668
August	893		-4.3		8581
September	905		1.3		9486
October	952		4.9		10438
November	1019		6.6		11458
December	2159		52.8		13621