Scottish Economic Statistics 2006

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Table 2.5: Survival rates of VAT registered enterprises 1 in Scotland 2 up to 10 years after registration, 1994-2003

Months After Registration

Year of Registration

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

6 months

94.1%

95.0%

94.4%

94.9%

95.6%

94.9%

95.9%

97.1%

98.0%

97.8%

12 months

86.5%

88.5%

87.1%

88.6%

89.4%

89.0%

90.5%

92.1%

92.0%

91.1%

18 months

79.1%

81.0%

81.0%

83.1%

83.2%

83.0%

85.2%

86.9%

86.1%

-

24 months

72.7%

75.3%

75.2%

76.8%

77.2%

77.3%

79.7%

80.5%

79.1%

-

30 months

67.3%

69.7%

69.9%

72.0%

71.3%

72.0%

74.0%

74.3%

-

-

36 months

62.6%

65.5%

65.2%

67.6%

66.2%

67.6%

69.0%

68.5%

-

-

42 months

58.7%

61.0%

61.0%

63.6%

62.0%

63.4%

63.9%

-

-

-

48 months

55.2%

57.7%

57.4%

59.8%

58.4%

59.5%

59.5%

-

-

-

54 months

52.1%

54.4%

54.3%

56.6%

54.8%

55.7%

-

-

-

-

60 months

49.1%

51.4%

51.4%

53.3%

51.5%

52.2%

-

-

-

-

66 months

46.8%

48.9%

48.9%

50.5%

48.5%

-

-

-

-

-

72 months

44.6%

46.4%

46.5%

47.8%

46.0%

-

-

-

-

-

78 months

42.5%

44.2%

44.2%

45.4%

-

-

-

-

-

-

84 months

40.6%

42.4%

42.0%

43.0%

-

-

-

-

-

-

90 months

38.7%

40.3%

39.9%

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

96 months

37.0%

38.7%

38.0%

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

102 months

35.4%

36.8%

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

108 months

33.7%

35.2%

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

114 months

32.3%

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

120 months

31.1%

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Source: DTI, SBS 2004
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 anlaysis.

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