Many statistics looking at closed businesses
lump voluntary closures and failures together, which can make your odds look grimmer than they actually may be.
Not exact matches
For example, D&B's startup failure ratio for 1994 was 10:1 (one failure for every 10 startups) but according to the Census Bureau it was 1.1:1 (one failure for every 1.1 startups); this discrepancy is because the Census Bureau data
lumps together
voluntary closures and failures.