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Table Ch408-413 - Business incorporations and failures-number and liabilities: 1857-1998

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  Ch408 Ch409 Ch410 Ch411 Ch412 Ch413
  Active firms New business incorporations Index of net business formation Business failures
Number Per 10,000 Current liabilities
Row Year Thousand Number Index 1967 = 100 Number Per 10,000 Million dollars
1 1857 204 ---- ---- 4,932 242 292
2 1858 ---- ---- ---- 4,225 ---- 96
3 1859 230 ---- ---- 3,913 170 64
4 1860 ---- ---- ---- 3,676 ---- 80
5 1861 ---- ---- ---- 6,993 ---- 207
6 1862 ---- ---- ---- 1,652 ---- 23
7 1863 ---- ---- ---- 495 ---- 8
8 1864 ---- ---- ---- 520 ---- 9
9 1865 ---- ---- ---- 530 ---- 18
10 1866 ---- ---- ---- 1,505 ---- 54
11 1867 ---- ---- ---- 2,780 ---- 97
12 1868 ---- ---- ---- 2,608 ---- 64
13 1869 ---- ---- ---- 2,799 ---- 75
14 1870 427 ---- ---- 3,546 83 88
15 1871 457 ---- ---- 2,915 64 85
16 1872 500 ---- ---- 4,069 81 121
17 1873 494 ---- ---- 5,183 105 229
18 1874 559 ---- ---- 5,830 104 155
19 1875 603 ---- ---- 7,740 128 201
20 1876 639 ---- ---- 9,092 142 191
21 1877 637 ---- ---- 8,872 139 191
22 1878 661 ---- ---- 10,478 159 234
23 1879 702 ---- ---- 6,658 95 98
24 1880 747 ---- ---- 4,735 63 66
25 1881 782 ---- ---- 5,582 71 81
26 1882 822 ---- ---- 6,738 82 102
27 1883 864 ---- ---- 9,184 106 173
28 1884 905 ---- ---- 10,968 121 226
29 1885 920 ---- ---- 10,637 116 134
30 1886 970 ---- ---- 9,834 101 115
31 1887 994 ---- ---- 9,634 97 168
32 1888 1,047 ---- ---- 10,679 102 124
33 1889 1,051 ---- ---- 10,882 104 149
34 1890 1,111 ---- ---- 10,907 98 190
35 1891 1,143 ---- ---- 12,273 107 190
36 1892 1,173 ---- ---- 10,344 88 114
37 1893 1,193 ---- ---- 15,242 128 347
38 1894 1,114 ---- ---- 13,905 125 173
39 1895 1,209 ---- ---- 13,206 109 173
40 1896 1,152 ---- ---- 15,088 131 226
41 1897 1,059 ---- ---- 13,351 126 154
42 1898 1,106 ---- ---- 12,486 113 131
43 1899 1,148 ---- ---- 9,335 81 91
44 1900 1,174 ---- ---- 10,774 92 138
45 1901 1,219 ---- ---- 11,002 90 113
46 1902 1,253 ---- ---- 11,615 93 117
47 1903 1,281 ---- ---- 12,069 94 155
48 1904 1,320 ---- ---- 12,199 92 144
49 1905 1,357 ---- ---- 11,520 85 103
50 1906 1,393 ---- ---- 10,682 77 119
51 1907 1,418 ---- ---- 11,721 83 197
52 1908 1,448 ---- ---- 15,690 108 222
53 1909 1,486 ---- ---- 13,023 88 154
54 1910 1,515 ---- ---- 12,650 83 202
55 1911 1,525 ---- ---- 13,441 88 191
56 1912 1,564 ---- ---- 15,452 99 203
57 1913 1,617 ---- ---- 16,037 99 273
58 1914 1,655 ---- ---- 18,280 110 358
59 1915 1,675 ---- ---- 22,156 132 302
60 1916 1,708 ---- ---- 16,993 99 196
61 1917 1,733 ---- ---- 13,855 80 182
62 1918 1,708 ---- ---- 9,982 58 163
63 1919 1,711 ---- ---- 6,451 38 113
64 1920 1,821 ---- ---- 8,881 49 295
65 1921 1,927 ---- ---- 19,652 102 627
66 1922 1,983 ---- ---- 23,676 119 624
67 1923 1,996 ---- ---- 18,718 94 539
68 1924 2,047 ---- ---- 20,615 101 543
69 1925 2,113 ---- ---- 21,214 100 444
70 1926 2,158 ---- ---- 21,773 101 409
71 1927 2,184 ---- ---- 23,146 106 520
72 1928 2,187 ---- ---- 23,842 109 490
73 1929 2,203 ---- ---- 22,909 104 483
74 1930 2,160 ---- ---- 26,355 122 668
75 1931 2,127 ---- ---- 28,285 133 736
76 1932 2,066 ---- ---- 31,822 154 928
77 1933 1,986 ---- ---- 19,859 100 458
78 1934 1,982 ---- ---- 12,091 61 334
79 1935 1,975 ---- ---- 12,244 62 311
80 1936 2,001 ---- ---- 9,607 48 203
81 1937 2,063 ---- ---- 9,490 46 183
82 1938 2,104 ---- ---- 12,836 61 247
83 1939 2,344 ---- ---- 14,768 63 183
84 1940 2,162 ---- ---- 13,619 63 167
85 1941 2,154 ---- ---- 11,848 55 136
86 1942 2,090 ---- ---- 9,405 45 101
87 1943 2,013 ---- ---- 3,221 16 45
88 1944 1,746 ---- ---- 1,222 7 32
89 1945 2,023 ---- ---- 809 4 30
90 1946 2,258 132,916 ---- 1,129 5 67
91 1947 2,481 112,897 ---- 3,474 14 205
92 1948 2,625 96,346 112.5 5,250 20 235
93 1949 2,719 85,640 87.9 9,246 34 308
94 1950 2,695 93,092 93.1 9,162 34 248
95 1951 2,599 83,778 98.2 8,058 31 260
96 1952 2,624 92,946 98.1 7,611 29 283
97 1953 2,685 102,706 94.4 8,862 33 394
98 1954 2,640 117,411 91.3 11,086 42 463
99 1955 2,612 139,915 98.9 10,969 42 449
100 1956 2,643 141,163 95.0 12,686 48 563
101 1957 2,642 137,112 90.3 13,739 52 615
102 1958 2,672 150,781 89.4 14,964 56 728
103 1959 2,703 193,067 96.7 14,053 52 693
104 1960 2,710 182,713 92.4 15,445 57 939
105 1961 2,668 181,535 88.4 17,075 64 1,090
106 1962 2,587 182,057 90.7 15,782 61 1,214
107 1963 2,567 186,404 93.3 14,374 56 1,353
108 1964 2,547 197,724 97.2 13,501 53 1,329
109 1965 2,550 203,897 98.5 13,514 53 1,322
110 1966 2,512 200,010 98.2 13,061 52 1,386
111 1967 2,523 206,569 100.1 12,364 49 1,265
112 1968 2,471 233,635 109.8 9,636 39 941
113 1969 2,474 274,267 116.2 9,154 37 1,142
114 1970 2,443 264,209 108.1 10,748 44 1,888
115 1971 2,459 287,577 111.2 10,326 42 1,917
116 1972 2,517 316,601 117.9 9,566 38 2,000
117 1973 2,596 329,358 117.9 9,345 36 2,299
118 1974 2,609 319,149 112.4 9,915 38 3,053
119 1975 2,659 326,345 108.9 11,432 43 4,380
120 1976 2,751 375,766 117.6 9,628 35 3,011
121 1977 2,828 436,170 127.4 7,919 28 3,095
122 1978 2,758 478,019 132.9 6,619 24 2,656
123 1979 2,701 524,565 131.7 7,564 28 2,667
124 1980 2,796 533,520 121.1 11,742 42 4,635
125 1981 2,753 581,242 113.5 16,794 61 6,955
126 1982 2,830 566,942 113.2 24,908 88 15,611
127 1983 2,849 600,420 114.8 31,334 110 16,073
128 1984 4,867 634,991 121.3 52,078 107 29,269
129 1985 4,979 664,235 121.2 57,253 115 36,937
130 1986 5,135 702,738 120.4 61,616 120 44,724
131 1987 5,991 685,572 121.2 61,111 102 34,724
132 1988 5,826 685,095 124.1 57,097 98 39,573
133 1989 7,748 676,565 ---- 50,361 65 42,329
134 1990 8,209 647,366 ---- 60,747 74 56,130
135 1991 8,237 628,604 ---- 88,140 107 96,825
136 1992 8,824 666,800 ---- 97,069 110 94,318
137 1993 7,902 706,537 ---- 86,133 109 47,756
138 1994 8,321 741,778 ---- 71,558 86 28,978
139 1995 8,674 766,988 ---- 71,128 82 37,284
140 1996 8,991 786,482 ---- 71,931 80 29,569
141 1997 9,475 798,779 ---- 83,384 88 37,437
142 1998 ---- 765,868 ---- ---- ---- ----



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