Table 1: New Business Formation by Quarter and Major Industry for 1993 to 1997
| Starting Up Time | |||||||||
| First Quarter | Second Quarter | Third Quarter | Fourth Quarter | Total | |||||
| Number of New Firms | Row % | Number of New Firms | Row % | Number of New Firms | Row % | Number of New Firms | Row % | Number of New Firms | |
| Agriculture | 63 | 24.7 | 78 | 30.6 | 64 | 25.1 | 50 | 19.6 | 255 |
| Mining | 64 | 22.0 | 88 | 30.2 | 69 | 23.7 | 70 | 24.1 | 291 |
| Construction | 272 | 15.4 | 626 | 35.4 | 506 | 28.6 | 366 | 20.7 | 1,770 |
| Manufacturing | 52 | 19.4 | 70 | 26.1 | 75 | 28.0 | 71 | 26.5 | 268 |
| Transportation, Communications, & Public Utilities | 111 | 23.1 | 122 | 25.4 | 123 | 25.6 | 124 | 25.8 | 480 |
| Wholesale Trade | 150 | 30.0 | 121 | 24.2 | 122 | 24.4 | 107 | 21.4 | 500 |
| Retail Trade | 310 | 20.5 | 426 | 28.2 | 419 | 27.7 | 357 | 23.6 | 1,512 |
| Finance, Insurance, & Real Estate | 180 | 31.0 | 135 | 23.3 | 131 | 22.6 | 134 | 23.1 | 580 |
| Services | 816 | 26.2 | 787 | 25.3 | 770 | 24.7 | 742 | 23.8 | 3,115 |
| Public Administration | 12 | 36.4 | 8 | 24.2 | 7 | 21.2 | 6 | 18.2 | 33 |
| Total | 2,030 | 23.1 | 2,461 | 28.0 | 2,286 | 26.0 | 2,027 | 23.0 | 8,804 |
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