GVU's Fifth WWW User Survey Web Service Providers Graphs

Number of Months/Years in Business

Notes:

This question has changed since the fourth survey to include longer time spans.

Web providers vary greatly in the number of years they have been in business. Almost a quarter (24.2%) reported being in business for over four years, while another quarter (24.5%) have been in business for one to two years. New businesses continue to join the provider industry as well, with 15.5% having been in business for less than six months.

Providers in Europe tend to be both older and newer than those in the US.

Table of Data for All Categories

startup All USA Europe

1to2 109
24.44%
66
28.21%
6
13.95%

2to4 61
13.68%
32
13.68%
6
13.95%

6to12 99
22.20%
57
24.36%
10
23.26%

over4 108
24.22%
47
20.09%
14
32.56%

under3 69
15.47%
32
13.68%
7
16.28%

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GVU's WWW Surveying Team
Graphics, Visualization, & Usability Center
College of Computing
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332-0280