In the fiscal year 2020, the business entry rate in Japan was highest in Okinawa prefecture at 8.8 percent. The business entry rate reflects new businesses in a given year as a percentage of the total number of businesses at the end of the previous year based on employment insurance data.
Rate of new business starts in Japan in fiscal year 2020, by prefecture
fiscal year 2020; the Japanese fiscal year starts on April 1 of the stated year and ends on March 31 of the following year
Special properties
business establishments with employees
Supplementary notes
Entry rate = number of businesses newly covered by employment insurance each fiscal year / number of businesses covered by employment insurance at the end of the previous fiscal year x 100.
As the figures are based on employment insurance data, the statistic does not include one-man businesses.
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The Small and Medium Enterprise Agency. (April 26, 2022). Rate of new business starts in Japan in fiscal year 2020, by prefecture [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 27, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1372862/japan-business-entry-rate-by-prefecture/
The Small and Medium Enterprise Agency. "Rate of new business starts in Japan in fiscal year 2020, by prefecture." Chart. April 26, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1372862/japan-business-entry-rate-by-prefecture/
The Small and Medium Enterprise Agency. (2022). Rate of new business starts in Japan in fiscal year 2020, by prefecture. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1372862/japan-business-entry-rate-by-prefecture/
The Small and Medium Enterprise Agency. "Rate of New Business Starts in Japan in Fiscal Year 2020, by Prefecture." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Apr 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1372862/japan-business-entry-rate-by-prefecture/
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Rate of new business starts in Japan in fiscal year 2020, by prefecture [Graph], The Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, April 26, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1372862/japan-business-entry-rate-by-prefecture/
