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Appendix table 1. Enterprise openings and closures by industry

Industry	Openings Q4/2018	Share of stock of enterprises, %	Change Q4/2018 - Q4/2017	Closures Q3/2018	Share of stock of enterprises, %	Change Q3/2018 - Q3/2017 1)
Total	7,745	2.1	1,176	3,956	1.1	..
M Professional, scientific and technical activities	1,235	2.3	130	559	1.0	..
G Wholesale and retail trade	931	1.6	6	713	1.3	..
F Construction	906	1.8	110	491	1.0	..
H Transportation and storage	568	2.5	374	281	1.3	..
S Other service activities	540	2.1	59	306	1.2	..
N Administrative and support service activities	515	2.6	108	220	1.1	..
J Information and communication	488	2.9	33	188	1.1	..
R Arts, entertainment and recreation	419	3.6	88	121	1.0	..
C Manufacturing	417	1.6	82	235	0.9	..
L Real estate activities	346	1.2	-33	188	0.7	..
I Accommodation and food service activities	332	2.3	-32	237	1.6	.
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing	291	1.4	101	108	0.5	..
Q Human health and social work activities	260	2.3	49	132	1.2	..
P Education	226	3.4	59	81	1.2	..
K Financial and insurance activities	126	2.9	-14	65	1.5	..
E Water supply	14	0.7	-5	10	0.5	..
D Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	13	1.2	5	6	0.6	..
B Mining and quarrying	8	0.7	0	5	0.4	..
T Activities of households as employers	0	0.0	-2	1	0.7	..
Other industries (O, U, X)	110	4.4	58	9	0.4	..

1) Due to a methodological change in the source data, the number of enterprise closures and the size of the stock of enterprises have not been published for the last three quarters of 2017.

Source: Enterprise openings 2018, 4th quarter; enterprise closures 2018, 3rd quarter. Statistics Finland

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Updated 25.04.2019