3.2.2.3. Business Demography (Number of active enterprises) by legal forms – SBS methodology (2014–2019)

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Code Legal form 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Number of active enterprises
11 Business associations with legal entity 387 649 378 207 374 793 368 208 374 226 373 038
113 Private limited liability companies 275 255 271 196 270 931 267 017 273 446 274 041
114 Limited companies 4 400 4 524 4 718 4 871 5 128 5 068
116 General partnerships 3 058 2 785 2 637 2 495 2 400 2 286
117 Limited partnerships 104 936 99 702 96 507 93 825 93 252 91 643
12, 15 Co-operatives 2 312 2 461 2 469 2 438 2 347 2 197
13 Other enterprises with legal entity 5 177 5 069 5 121 4 936 5 068 5 082
14 European enterprises with legal entity 7 6 6 7 13 14
21 Business association without legal entity 6 5 3 2 4 3
22 Other enterprises without legal entity 856 873 905 922 1 016 1 018
1, 21, 22 Business partnerships 396 007 386 621 383 297 376 562 382 801 381 479
23 Entrepreneurs 256 936 301 024 325 400 367 064 407 372 473 673
231 Private entrepreneurs 254 517 296 769 320 690 361 339 401 105 466 874
1, 2 Enterprises, total 652 943 687 645 708 697 743 626 790 173 855 152
57 Non-profit business associations 40 856 902 921 1 000 1 792
7 Transitional and terminated classification 15 13 11 9 9 6
1, 2, 57, 7 Enterprises and non-profit business associations, total 652 998 688 514 709 610 744 556 791 182 856 950
Number of newly born enterprises
11 Business associations with legal entity 30 628 21 333 21 285 19 773 26 397 17 471
113 Private limited liability companies 23 736 17 914 18 143 16 347 22 272 12 891
114 Limited companies 276 271 296 305 405 192
116 General partnerships 110 38 53 34 45 65
117 Limited partnerships 6 506 3 110 2 793 3 087 3 675 4 323
12, 15 Co-operatives 599 423 331 299 203 54
13 Other enterprises with legal entity 215 152 227 120 312 207
14 European enterprises with legal entity 1 – – 1 7 2
21 Business association without legal entity – – – – 1 –
22 Other enterprises without legal entity 122 106 119 103 153 51
1, 21, 22 Business partnerships 31 565 22 014 21 962 20 336 27 151 17 787
23 Entrepreneurs 49 571 60 659 53 747 71 602 76 787 100 308
231 Private entrepreneurs 47 722 58 296 53 264 70 402 76 082 99 533
1, 2 Enterprises, total 81 136 82 673 75 709 91 938 103 938 118 095
57 Non-profit business associations – 612 141 79 82 740
7 Transitional and terminated classification 1 – – – – –
1, 2, 57, 7 Enterprises and non-profit business associations, total 81 137 83 285 75 850 92 017 104 020 118 835
Number of dead enterprises
11 Business associations with legal entity 30 680 26 040 24 926 22 803 22 017 ..
113 Private limited liability companies 22 298 19 673 19 118 17 778 14 597 ..
114 Limited companies 193 188 226 267 281 ..
116 General partnerships 247 162 155 125 170 ..
117 Limited partnerships 7 942 6 017 5 427 4 633 6 969 ..
12, 15 Co-operatives 213 264 255 330 163 ..
13 Other enterprises with legal entity 263 208 253 228 233 ..
14 European enterprises with legal entity 1 – – 1 1 ..
21 Business association without legal entity 1 2 – – 1 ..
22 Other enterprises without legal entity 79 70 69 55 56 ..
1, 21, 22 Business partnerships 31 237 26 584 25 503 23 418 22 473 ..
23 Entrepreneurs 31 459 29 407 31 691 36 293 52 017 ..
231 Private entrepreneurs 29 728 29 051 31 210 35 687 51 190 ..
1, 2 Enterprises, total 62 696 55 991 57 194 59 711 74 490 ..
57 Non-profit business associations – 85 79 35 83 ..
7 Transitional and terminated classification 2 1 2 – 1 ..
1, 2, 57, 7 Enterprises and non-profit business associations, total 62 698 56 077 57 275 59 746 74 574 ..
Preliminary data 

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