2017 Business Starts and Stops Index

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2017 Business Starts and Stops Index

(Click on each month for a detailed report.)

BUSINESS STARTS – 2017
Month	# of New Starts	% of Change (M/M)	% of Change (Y/Y)	Year To Date	Prior Year	% of Change (Year To Date)
January	2729	26.7	15.8	2729	2608	4.4
February	2186	-24.8	-2.9	5079	5025	1.1
March	2788	21.6	3.0	8255	8110	1.8
April	2510	-11.1	-3.5	11202	10869	3.0
May	2913	13.8	28.6	14118	13476	4.5
June	2797	-4.1	27.4	16945	16076	5.1
July	2127	-31.5	-12.6	18472	18469	0.0
August	2552	15.7	-10.6	21754	21262	2.3
September	2460	-2.5	-1.2	24484	23751	3.0
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December
BUSINESS STOPS – 2017
Month	# of Stops		% of Change (M/M)		Year To Date
January	1115		-75.5		1115
February	757		-47.3		1909
March	2076		63.5		4124
April	1506		-37.8		5956
May	1205		-25.0		7161
June	1029		31.8		8198
July	817		-25.9		9015
August	826		1.1		9958
September	962		14.1		11041
October
November
December