The Five-Year Wall: Why Nearly Half of New Businesses Don’t Survive — and What That Means for 2026
Every year, hundreds of thousands of new businesses launch across the United States with optimism, strategy, and clear intentions. And every year, the same reality meets them: the five-year mark is a wall most never make it past. This isn’t based on anecdotal guesswork. It’s documented. According to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor…