In the fiscal year 2022, the business closure rate in Japan stood at 3.3 percent, up from 3.1 percent in the previous fiscal year. The business closure rate reflects business exits 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 businesses closing down in Japan from fiscal year 2013 to 2022
fiscal year 2013 to 2022; 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
Exit rate = number of businesses whose employment insurance coverage ceased 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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National Institute of Science and Technology Policy. (August 9, 2024). Rate of businesses closing down in Japan from fiscal year 2013 to 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 18, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1372856/japan-business-closure-rate/
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National Institute of Science and Technology Policy. (2024). Rate of businesses closing down in Japan from fiscal year 2013 to 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 18, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1372856/japan-business-closure-rate/
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