The publication characterises population of new entities in the first five years of their activity on the market. It presents, among others, the information about the way of establishment, encountered difficulties, territorial range of activity and survival rates. Moreover, it includes data on the number of entities, their structure, number of persons employed, wages and salaries, revenues, costs, gross financial result. It also presents the data concerning incurred and expected outlays on tangible fixed assets and growth perspectives of new entities