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KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 28): Nearly 70% of Malaysian businesses launched in 2019 are still operating in 2024, up from 66.5% of 2018 start-ups.

There were 46,859 new businesses in 2019, compared with 47,247 in 2018.

The Department of Statistics Malaysia’s Business Demography Statistics on Tuesday (Oct 28) released an analysis of how long businesses operate, from start-up to closure and how long they survive before shutting down.

DOSM found that businesses in the construction space led the way with a five-year survival rate of 72.8%, followed by manufacturing at 70.3% and services at 69.8%.

At the sub-sector level, private health and social work recorded the highest survival rate at 79.2%, followed by residential buildings (76.8%) and transport equipment & repair (73.2%).

Among states, Labuan recorded the highest survival rate at 77.8%, followed by Sarawak (77.3%) and Perak (76.2%).

In 2024, Malaysia had 734,089 active businesses — the highest in eight years — with nearly twice as many new businesses started as those that closed.

Kuala Lumpur topped the list with 236,877 active enterprises, followed by Selangor (195,333) and Johor (72,401). The lowest counts were in Putrajaya (616) and Perlis (822), followed by Labuan (1,061).

Malaysia saw 55,376 new businesses launched in 2024, marking an eight-year high.

Kuala Lumpur saw the highest number of new businesses in 2024 with 18,427, followed by Selangor (15,100) and Johor (6,679).

States exceeding the new enterprise rate of 7.5% included Putrajaya (9.7%), Johor (9.2%), Kuala Lumpur (7.8%), and Selangor (7.7%).

The services sector led new business growth with a 7.8% rate, followed by construction and mining & quarrying at 6.8% each. Within services, food & beverages (13.8%), arts & entertainment (12.6%) and information & communication (11.5%) saw the highest new business rates.

In 2024, Malaysia saw 28,924 business closures, down from 33,077 in 2023, bringing the national closure rate down to 3.9% from 4.7%.

Closures were highest in Kuala Lumpur (9,793), Selangor (7,701), and Johor (2,969), while the highest closure rates were in Perlis (4.7%), Kelantan (4.6%), and Putrajaya (4.5%).

By sector, mining and quarrying had the highest closure rate at 5.1% (mineral mining & quarrying 5.2%, petroleum & natural gas 4.6%) followed by services at 4.0% and agriculture at 3.9%.

Source: https://theedgemalaysia.com/node/775715