Scottish Economic Statistics 2008

This is the ninth edition of the annual publication Scottish Economic Statistics, which is produced by statisticians in the Scottish Government.


Table 2.5: Survival rates of VAT registered enterprises 1 in Scotland 2 up to 10 years after registration, 1995-2005

Months After Registration

Year of Registration

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

6 months

94.9

94.3

94.9

95.5

94.8

95.8

96.9

97.9

97.9

97.9

98.5

12 months

88.5

87.0

88.5

89.3

88.8

90.4

91.4

91.9

92.6

91.4

-

18 months

80.9

80.8

82.9

83.0

82.7

84.7

85.9

86.3

86.3

86.1

-

24 months

75.1

75.0

76.6

76.9

76.8

78.9

79.4

80.1

80.9

-

-

30 months

69.5

69.5

71.7

70.9

71.2

73.0

73.9

74.8

76.5

-

-

36 months

65.2

64.7

67.3

65.7

66.5

68.0

69.4

70.3

-

-

-

42 months

60.6

60.5

63.1

61.3

62.1

63.3

64.6

66.6

-

-

-

48 months

57.3

56.8

59.2

57.4

58.0

59.6

60.7

-

-

-

-

54 months

53.9

53.7

55.8

53.7

54.5

56.1

57.9

-

-

-

-

60 months

50.9

50.7

52.2

50.4

51.5

52.6

-

-

-

-

-

66 months

48.3

47.9

49.3

47.6

48.5

50.5

-

-

-

-

-

72 months

45.7

45.5

46.6

45.3

46.5

-

-

-

-

-

-

78 months

43.4

43.2

44.3

42.9

44.8

-

-

-

-

-

-

84 months

41.5

41.0

42.3

40.9

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

90 months

39.3

39.1

40.2

39.3

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

96 months

37.6

37.3

38.5

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

102 months

35.9

35.7

37.2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

108 months

34.5

34.3

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

114 months

33.2

33.1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

120 months

31.8

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Source: DTI Small Business Service, February 2007
1. Survival rate figures are calculated using the stock of VAT registered enterprises. The stock of VAT registered enterprises is the number of enterprises registered for VAT at the start of a given year.
2. Only enterprises which are based ( i.e. have their headquarters) in Scotland are included in the analysis.

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