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Fact-check: "Studies show that 75% of new businesses fail in the first year." Verdict: FALSE (and the way it's framed misleads even if you correct the number). Evidence against: - US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Business Employment Dynamics (data through 2024): about 20% of new US businesses fail in their FIRST year, not 75%. About 50% fail by year 5. About 65% by year 10. (BLS Table 7, "Survival of private sector establishments by opening year") - The 75% number appears nowhere in BLS data. Tracing the claim's origin: it appears in roughly 2010-onwards business-advice blog posts, often citing each other circularly without primary sourcing. - Statistics Canada (May 2024 report) shows similar 5-year survival pattern: ~50% of businesses founded in 2018 still operating at year 5. What the claim is technically pointing at but misleadingly frames: - It's true that MOST new businesses don't survive a decade. But "most fail in the first year" is wrong by a factor of ~3.5. - The first-year vs five-year framing matters because it changes the practical advice — the first year is statistically the easiest, not the hardest. Missing context: - "Failure" definition varies. BLS counts an "exit" — which includes voluntary closures, sales, and conversions, not just bankruptcy. - Failure rates vary dramatically by industry. Restaurants: 60% by year 3. Tech startups (VC-backed): 90% by year 10 but year 1 is rarely fatal. - Survivorship bias: this stat is typically deployed in pep-talk content; the data shows the actual pattern is more gradual and survivable than the framing suggests. Likely origin: a misreading of a 2009 Small Business Administration report that used a 5-year window, restated as "first year" in a popular blog post around 2012-2013. Confidence: high. BLS data is the gold standard for US business demographics; the 75% claim has no primary source.