Nearly 12,400 enterprise openings in the second quarter of 2025

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release | Business demography 2025, 2nd quarter

According to Statistics Finland, there were 12,380 enterprise openings in April to June 2025. At the same time, enterprise closures numbered 10,794. Compared to the corresponding period of the year before, enterprise openings increased by 1,900 and enterprise closures by 1,700.

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  • In April to June 2025, there were 1,600 more enterprise openings than closures. This is because 2,500 more enterprise openings than closures were recorded in transportation and storage.
  • The number of enterprise closures increased in each region except for South Ostrobothnia compared to the corresponding period of the year before.

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Business demography [online publication].
Reference period: 2025, 2nd quarter. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 10.10.2025].
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