Start-Ups in Austria 2009: Rate of Enterprise Creation at 6.9%

BusinessEconomy ♦ Published: August 1, 2011; 15:26 ♦ (Vindobona)

On average, 2.4 jobs were created per start-up. 85.4% of all new enterprises were operating in the services sector.

Start-Ups in Austria 2009: Rate of Enterprise Creation at 6.9% / Picture: © www.parisnajd.com

In 2009, 28,015 new enterprises were created in Austria according to the latest available data from Statistics Austria. Referring to the total number of active enterprises on the market (403,751), this corresponds to a rate of enterprise creation of 6.9%. Compared to the year 2008, the intensity of enterprise creation increased by 0.3 percentage points. On average, 2.4 jobs were created…