Every day, 200 businesses 'give up the game'

The Department of Business Registration Management (Ministry of Planning and Investment) has just announced a report on the situation of business suspension and dissolution in December and the whole year of 2016.

The report of the Department of Business Registration Management shows that the total number of enterprises registering to temporarily suspend operations for a certain period of time and indefinitely, and completing dissolution is 73,145 enterprises. On average, every day, 200 enterprises suspend operations and complete dissolution.

Every day, 200 businesses quit the game. The number of businesses dissolved or stopped operating in 2016 was 73,145.

Specifically, the number of enterprises registered to temporarily suspend business nationwide is 19,917 enterprises. These enterprises will return to business operation status after the end of the suspension period.

The number of enterprises temporarily suspending operations without registration or waiting for dissolution nationwide is 40,750, a decrease of 14,992 enterprises, equivalent to a decrease of 26.9% compared to 2015.

The number of enterprises temporarily suspended and awaiting dissolution are mostly enterprises with registered capital of less than 10 billion VND, accounting for 92.5% of the total number of enterprises registered to suspend operations and dissolve. Compared to the same period in 2015, the number of enterprises temporarily suspended with registered capital of less than 10 billion VND decreased by 27.5%.

According to the Department of Business Registration Management, in 2016, all regions had a decrease in the number of enterprises temporarily suspending operations without registration or awaiting dissolution compared to the same period last year, including: The Mekong Delta had 2,745 enterprises, down 50.8%; followed by the Northern Midlands and Mountains with 1,426 enterprises, down 35.7%; the North Central and Central Coast had 4,665 enterprises, down 32.1%;…

In particular, all industries and professions have a number of enterprises temporarily suspending operations without registration or waiting for dissolution that has decreased compared to the same period, such as: Agriculture, forestry and fishery has 689 enterprises, down 62.4%; mining has 340 enterprises, down 51.6%; electricity, water and gas production and distribution has 201 enterprises, down 44.0%;...

However, the number of enterprises completing dissolution tended to increase, reaching 12,478 enterprises, an increase of 3,011 enterprises compared to the same period last year (31.8%).

"In addition to the favorable conditions of the new policy framework and the opportunities opened up during the period of national integration, inherent limitations that have not been thoroughly resolved are still barriers causing difficulties for the production and business activities of domestic enterprises," the report stated.

Accordingly, the number of dissolved enterprises, mostly small-sized enterprises with registered capital of less than 10 billion VND, is 11,611 enterprises, accounting for 93.1% of the total number of dissolved enterprises nationwide, an increase of 30.9% over the same period in 2015.

Previously, the Department of Business Registration also said that the number of businesses registered for establishment in 2016 reached an unprecedented high of 110,100, an increase of 16.2% compared to 2015.

Thus, on average, nearly 302 new businesses are established every day, equivalent to nearly 13 businesses being established every hour. The committed capital to be put into the market is 891,094 billion VND, an average of 8.09 billion VND for each newly established business, an increase of 48.1% over the same period in 2015. The number of businesses returning to operation is 26,689, an increase of 43.1% over 2015.

According to Bach Duong/vneconomy