The role of younger and older business establishments in the U.S. labor market

Chart 3. Survival rates of establishments which opened in 1994 and the percent of initial employment of the surviving establishments
Year	Survival rates of establishments	Percent of initial employment	Average size of survivors
1994	100.0	100.0	7.5
1995	79.8	100.4	9.4
1996	68.5	97.4	10.7
1997	61.2	95.8	11.7
1998	54.9	93.9	12.8
1999	50.2	90.7	13.5
2000	45.8	89.2	14.6
2001	42.1	85.6	15.2
2002	38.9	80.0	15.4
2003	36.4	76.1	15.7
2004	34.2	73.9	16.2
2005	32.4	72.4	16.7
2006	31.0	71.2	17.2
2007	29.3	69.8	17.9
2008	27.8	67.8	18.3
2009	26.0	61.9	17.8

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics