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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 2006
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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