B
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28.67%
28.67% -- business failure rate for new businesses (all industries) (2026)
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Value
28.67%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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Evidence Quality
B
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Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Avid Panda
Primary
Tier B
https://avidpanda.com/insights/the-failure-rate-for-new-pr-and-communication-agencies/ ↗
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The Failure Rate for New PR and Communication Agencies
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Avid Panda
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Cited as Avid Panda's previous research; methodology not detailed in this article
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IndustryPR & Communication Agencies
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new businesses (all industries): 28.67% business failure rate. Source: Avid Panda (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/new-business-failure-rate-28-67
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