The graph illustrates the sum of shops which closed and opened in one place whole 7 years.
Overall, we can notice that the number of past shops fluctuated between 2001 to 2018, while the number of new shops changed not dramatically like clousers.
In 2011 the number of closurs consumed about 6500 and decreased to 6000, while the openings was about 8500 and decreased dramatically to 4000. In 2012-2013 the sum of the highest one of the closures increased to 7000, but in terms of in 2014 constituted 6500. Whereas the new shops rised whole these years and in 2014 was about 6000.
After this year in 2015 the sum of shop closures reached a trough about 500, while the number of shop openings decreased too (4000). However, the shops which opened unchanged between 2015 to 2017, only as a result made up 3000. As opposed to openings the closures rose gradually and in 2016 accounted for 5000, but stable at this sum before the end.
