During the pandemic a record number of Americans turned entrepreneurs—sending new business applications to soaring heights.

But everyone knows running a business is difficult, and now there’s some new data to validate the sentiment.

This chart tracks the survival rate of all private American companies born in 2013, categorized by industry. Figures for this chart are rounded and sourced from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), published 2024.

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