Austrian Enterprise Creation Slightly Up

BusinessEconomy ♦ Published: August 7, 2012; 12:12 ♦ (Vindobona)

2010: 26 172 start-ups, enterprise creation rate 6.5%; more than 19 000 new employer enterprises.

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In 2010, 26 172 new enterprises were created in Austria according to the latest available data by Statistics Austria. Referring to the total number of active enterprises on the market (405 675), this corresponds to an enterprise creation rate of 6.5%. Compared to 2009, the intensity of enterprise creation increased by 0.3 percentage points. On average, 2.4 jobs were created per…