OREANDA-NEWS. August 23, 2011. 2,311 enterprises (56.6 percent of their total number) were registered in this period in Chisinau and 1,770 enterprises (43.4%) – in territories, according to data of the State Registration Chamber. Most new enterprises were registered for 7 months in March – 726, the least number – in May – 506. 2,082 enterprises were liquidated in Moldova in January-July 2011, 17.8 percent more than in the same period last year.

Most enterprises were liquidated in June – 376, least – in January – 204. 687 enterprises (33% of the total number) were liquidated in January-July this year in the Chisinau office, 1,395 enterprises (67%) – in territories.

As of August 1, 2011, the State Register has contained information about 159344 legal entities and individual entrepreneurs with 67000 of them – individual businessmen, 75626 – limited liability companies, 4820 – joint-stock companies, 4048 – cooperatives, 1455 – state-owned and municipal enterprise, 3151 noncommercial organizations, 3244 – others.

Most registered enterprises – 27% of the total number – work in retail, 12% are engaged in wholesale trade, 15% - transactions with real estate, 6% - processing industry.