1Construction11.4
2Manufacturing10.9
3Mining & quarrying10.3
4Agriculture9.3
5Services7.3
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Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM)rate · percentIN BRIEF
BUSINESS · SECTORS · 2025
Which sectors are seeing the fastest business formation and churn?
Compare enterprise birth rates, death rates and five-year survival rates across Malaysia's major sectors in 2025.
SHOW ME THE DATAEnterprise birth rate → Five-year survival rate · rate · percent
1Mining & quarrying6.6
2Services5.3
3Construction5.2
4Agriculture4.9
5Manufacturing4.6
1Construction73.8
2Agriculture73.1
3Services72.5
4Manufacturing70.5
5Mining & quarrying70.1
Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM)rate · percentSourceDepartment of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) ↗29 Sep 2026HIGH CONFIDENCE
Method & notes
Sector momentum is multi-dimensional: formation, closure and survival should be read together.
METHOD & LIMITATIONSHow the numbers were calculated
PulseKita transcribes DOSM Business Demography 2025 sector rates for enterprise births, enterprise deaths and five-year survival.
- A high enterprise birth rate can indicate dynamism and/or intense entry competition.
- A high death rate signals churn, not necessarily weak demand.
- Five-year survival is a cohort measure for enterprises born in 2020 and still operating in 2025.
Evidence trail
EVIDENCE CHAINtransformation inherited from methodology
- 1Primary evidenceBusiness Demography 2025
- 2TransformationPulseKita transcribes DOSM Business Demography 2025 sector rates for enterprise births, enterprise deaths and five-year survival.
- 3Published visualSequence infographic
Source
HIGH CONFIDENCEofficial primary
COVERAGEEnterprise birth rate → Five-year survival rate
UNITrate · percent
SOURCEofficial publication
UPDATED29 Sep 2026