Slovakia had a relatively high early-stage entrepreneurial activity (TEA) in 2016. However, this high early-stage entrepreneurial activity was achieved in 2016 mainly because of the high entrepreneurial activity of nascent entrepreneurs (up to 3 months). Even though in 2016 there was a slight increase in the established entrepreneurial activity. In 2016, there had been a long-standing high rate of business discontinuation. In the period under review 11,3 % of men and 7,6 % of women were involved in the early-stage entrepreneurial activity and in Slovakia.