In 2018,
There was an average of 3.4 jobs which were created (for self-employed persons and employees). Most jobs per employer enterprise birth were recorded in the activities “Accommodation and food service activities” (4.7) and “Administrative and support service activities” (4.3), “Transportation and storage” (4.2) as well as “Construction” (3.8).
The highest employer enterprise birth rates for the reference year
2018 were found for the activities “Administrative and support service activities”
(11.4%), “Other service activities” (11.2%), “Professional, scientific
and technical activities” (11.1) and “Wholesale and retail trade;
repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles” (10.9%).The lowest employer
enterprise birth rates were recorded in the activities “Mining and
quarrying” (2.5%), “Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning
supply” (4.2%), “Manufacturing” (4.6%) and “Water supply; sewerage,
waste management and remediation activities” (4.8%). In absolute counts the economic sectors “Wholesale and retail trade”
The results by legal form show that 59.7% of employer enterprises were created in 2018 as a sole proprietor. 27.3% of employer enterprises were formed as a limited liability company and 13.0% as partnerships or other legal forms. Most jobs on average per enterprise were created by partnerships or other legal forms (4.2).
Regarding to the employment size classes it can be found that most of the new employer enterprises had 1 to 4 employees (87.2%). The remaining percent accounted for the size classes 5 to 9 employees (9.3%) and 10 or more employees (3.5%).
The results according to provinces show that the employer enterprise birth rates were highest in Vienna (10.3%) and Burgenland (8.2%). Provinces with birth rates below average are Carinthia (7.9%), Lower Austria (7.8%), Styria (7.6%), Upper Austria/ Salzburg (each 7.1%), Vorarlberg (7.0%) and Tyrol (6.9%).
In 2018, around two thirds (67.2%) of the employer enterprises (sole proprietorships only) were created by men. However, the female employer enterprise birth rate (9.8%) was higher than the male one (8.6%).
The absolute employer enterprise birth counts over the time period from
2007 to 2018 were not subject of large fluctuations; the number of new
employer enterprises decreased by 9.7%. The highest number of employer
enterprise births was recorded in 2011
The numbers of enterprise deaths for the last two reporting years (here: 2017 and 2018) and those for enterprise births, active enterprises and survival for the most recent reporting year (here: 2018) are provisional.
Since 2015 a revised method to produce employer business demography statistics was used. The data were recalculated with the new method back to reporting year 2007. For enterprise deaths the recalculation of the new methodology for the years 2007 to 2009 was ex post only possible in a limited way. That is why there is a break in time series for the year 2010.