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Business births and closures in Switzerland

Explore genuine business births and permanent closures, with national history and an optional Fribourg comparison.

New businesses · 2023

46,931

7.90% · Switzerland

Business closures · 2021

37,247

6.49% · Switzerland

Closure data arrive later because dormant businesses are checked for reactivation over two years. Each headline shows its own latest year. The comparison below uses the latest year available in both sources.

How have business births and closures changed?

Rate (% of active businesses) · Switzerland

How have business births and closures changed? · Switzerland0%2%4%6%8%10%2013201820232013 · New businesses: 7.13% · Business closures: 6.19%2014 · New businesses: 7.80% · Business closures: 6.60%2015 · New businesses: 7.48% · Business closures: 6.70%2016 · New businesses: 7.10% · Business closures: 6.57%2017 · New businesses: 7.12% · Business closures: 6.74%2018 · New businesses: 7.08% · Business closures: 6.50%2019 · New businesses: 7.51% · Business closures: 7.09%2020 · New businesses: 7.12% · Business closures: 6.33%2021 · New businesses: 7.49% · Business closures: 6.49%2022 · New businesses: 8.00%2023 · New businesses: 7.90%
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Latest common year: 2021

New businesses

Switzerland
7.49%
Fribourg
8.84%

Business closures

Switzerland
6.49%
Fribourg
6.65%

The regional comparison covers Fribourg only. Switzerland is the published national total.

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MeasureYearGeographyBusinessesActive businessesRate (% of active businesses)
New businesses2023Fribourg1,66318,8908.80
New businesses2023Switzerland46,931594,0987.90
New businesses2022Fribourg1,67718,5309.05
New businesses2022Switzerland46,987587,1378.00
New businesses2021Fribourg1,58017,8708.84
New businesses2021Switzerland43,037574,2587.49
New businesses2020Fribourg1,44917,3058.37
New businesses2020Switzerland40,188564,7877.12
New businesses2019Fribourg1,47017,1288.58
New businesses2019Switzerland42,606567,2547.51
New businesses2018Fribourg1,30016,6117.83
New businesses2018Switzerland39,435556,8497.08
New businesses2017Fribourg1,23916,3887.56
New businesses2017Switzerland39,594555,7187.12
New businesses2016Fribourg1,24916,2487.69
New businesses2016Switzerland39,064550,2237.10
New businesses2015Fribourg1,21415,9307.62
New businesses2015Switzerland40,811545,2877.48
New businesses2014Fribourg1,24015,7587.87
New businesses2014Switzerland41,866536,7647.80
New businesses2013Fribourg1,05115,3986.83
New businesses2013Switzerland36,997518,8537.13
Business closures2021Fribourg1,18917,8706.65
Business closures2021Switzerland37,247574,2586.49
Business closures2020Fribourg1,11817,3056.46
Business closures2020Switzerland35,771564,7876.33
Business closures2019Fribourg1,25917,1287.35
Business closures2019Switzerland40,238567,2547.09
Business closures2018Fribourg1,10416,6116.65
Business closures2018Switzerland36,197556,8496.50
Business closures2017Fribourg1,09316,3886.67
Business closures2017Switzerland37,442555,7186.74
Business closures2016Fribourg1,11816,2486.88
Business closures2016Switzerland36,126550,2236.57
Business closures2015Fribourg1,02615,9306.44
Business closures2015Switzerland36,553545,2876.70
Business closures2014Fribourg1,08415,7586.88
Business closures2014Switzerland35,409536,7646.60
Business closures2013Fribourg1,04415,3986.78
Business closures2013Switzerland32,140518,8536.19

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Sources and definitions

These sources cover market businesses in the secondary and tertiary sectors. Births are genuinely new businesses. Closures are permanent cessations. Mergers, takeovers, splits and restructuring are excluded. The primary sector is excluded. Rates use the active-business population in each source and year; births minus closures are not presented as net growth.

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