Table 16
Exit rate, by number of firms and industry, 2000 to 2008

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Exit rate, by number of firms and industry, 2000 to 2008

Table summary
This table displays the results of exit rate. The information is grouped by industry appearing as row headers,  2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2000 to 2008 average, calculated using percent units of measure appearing as column headers.

Industry  2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2000 to 2008 average
  percent
Goods and services industries  
Agriculture 9.6 9.3 9.5 9.2 8.8 9.7 9.4 9.1 9.0 9.3
Mining 9.3 9.6 8.6 8.0 7.5 8.2 8.3 8.7 10.0 8.7
Utility 30.6 13.6 8.9 6.8 4.7 7.4 6.4 8.4 6.4 10.4
Construction 9.1 8.6 8.5 8.1 7.8 8.8 8.3 8.3 9.0 8.5
Manufacturing, durable 7.1 7.6 7.1 6.6 6.4 7.0 6.5 6.5 7.2 6.9
Manufacturing, non-durable 9.2 8.7 8.4 7.8 7.4 8.3 7.8 7.3 7.9 8.1
Wholesale trade 9.8 8.1 8.0 7.7 7.0 7.6 7.4 7.6 7.6 7.9
Retail trade 9.3 9.2 9.0 8.7 8.6 9.6 9.2 9.2 9.2 9.1
Transportation and warehousing 11.3 10.4 10.0 9.8 9.1 10.0 9.3 9.8 10.4 10.0
Information and cultural 10.3 10.5 10.7 9.2 9.2 9.0 9.2 9.9 9.9 9.8
Financial, insurance and real estate 9.5 9.7 9.7 8.9 8.2 8.6 8.6 9.0 9.8 9.1
Professional services 10.3 10.0 10.0 9.5 9.0 9.1 9.0 8.9 9.3 9.5
Administrative services 8.9 10.0 9.9 9.2 9.1 9.7 9.2 9.1 9.4 9.4
Education 6.7 9.8 9.5 9.4 8.4 8.9 8.7 8.7 9.0 8.8
Health 5.7 5.7 6.3 6.5 6.1 6.0 6.0 5.7 5.8 6.0
Food and accommodation 8.1 7.8 8.5 7.9 8.0 8.3 8.5 8.6 8.1 8.2
Arts and entertainment 11.4 11.3 10.7 11.3 11.0 11.9 10.8 10.9 10.0 11.0
Personal services 8.6 9.4 9.3 8.9 9.0 9.4 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.1
Total goods 9.0 8.7 8.6 8.1 7.8 8.7 8.2 8.2 8.7 8.4
Total services 9.7 9.6 9.5 9.1 8.8 9.3 8.9 9.0 9.2 9.2
Total business 9.5 9.3 9.2 8.8 8.5 9.1 8.7 8.8 9.1 9.0
                     
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, authors' compilation based on Longitudinal Employment Analysis Program data.
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