Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Real Estate and Rental and Leasing Surviving Total Employment Survival Rates Survival Rates of Average Employment Establishments of Survivors Since Birth Previous Year's of Survivors Survivors Annual openings Year ended: March 1994 March 1994 25,388 108,583 100.0 _ 4.3 March 1995 20,374 101,080 80.3 80.3 5.0 March 1996 17,717 96,444 69.8 87.0 5.4 March 1997 15,972 91,152 62.9 90.2 5.7 March 1998 14,396 89,254 56.7 90.1 6.2 March 1999 13,133 84,610 51.7 91.2 6.4 March 2000 11,870 83,154 46.8 90.4 7.0 March 2001 10,969 79,631 43.2 92.4 7.3 March 2002 10,310 72,742 40.6 94.0 7.1 March 2003 9,676 69,335 38.1 93.9 7.2 March 2004 9,198 67,132 36.2 95.1 7.3 March 2005 8,736 64,609 34.4 95.0 7.4 March 2006 8,262 63,914 32.5 94.6 7.7 March 2007 7,820 61,687 30.8 94.7 7.9 March 2008 7,416 60,336 29.2 94.8 8.1 March 2009 6,937 54,837 27.3 93.5 7.9 March 2010 6,590 52,979 26.0 95.0 8.0 March 2011 6,127 49,830 24.1 93.0 8.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 25,505 103,774 100.0 _ 4.1 March 1996 20,694 97,659 81.1 81.1 4.7 March 1997 18,095 94,649 70.9 87.4 5.2 March 1998 16,002 90,935 62.7 88.4 5.7 March 1999 14,538 87,063 57.0 90.9 6.0 March 2000 13,053 82,694 51.2 89.8 6.3 March 2001 12,054 79,996 47.3 92.3 6.6 March 2002 11,106 73,841 43.5 92.1 6.6 March 2003 10,545 71,380 41.3 94.9 6.8 March 2004 9,819 67,823 38.5 93.1 6.9 March 2005 9,143 64,780 35.8 93.1 7.1 March 2006 8,596 62,331 33.7 94.0 7.3 March 2007 8,069 60,100 31.6 93.9 7.4 March 2008 7,650 56,818 30.0 94.8 7.4 March 2009 7,046 51,739 27.6 92.1 7.3 March 2010 6,655 47,582 26.1 94.5 7.1 March 2011 6,231 45,740 24.4 93.6 7.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 24,443 101,616 100.0 _ 4.2 March 1997 19,772 96,772 80.9 80.9 4.9 March 1998 17,084 92,565 69.9 86.4 5.4 March 1999 15,505 91,241 63.4 90.8 5.9 March 2000 13,885 88,968 56.8 89.6 6.4 March 2001 12,610 85,885 51.6 90.8 6.8 March 2002 11,601 79,078 47.5 92.0 6.8 March 2003 10,875 75,719 44.5 93.7 7.0 March 2004 10,246 71,052 41.9 94.2 6.9 March 2005 9,577 69,750 39.2 93.5 7.3 March 2006 9,060 67,445 37.1 94.6 7.4 March 2007 8,523 65,479 34.9 94.1 7.7 March 2008 7,964 61,140 32.6 93.4 7.7 March 2009 7,463 56,114 30.5 93.7 7.5 March 2010 7,267 51,519 29.7 97.4 7.1 March 2011 6,758 47,656 27.6 93.0 7.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 26,248 109,061 100.0 _ 4.2 March 1998 21,397 108,799 81.5 81.5 5.1 March 1999 18,963 102,301 72.2 88.6 5.4 March 2000 16,910 96,968 64.4 89.2 5.7 March 2001 15,215 92,559 58.0 90.0 6.1 March 2002 13,829 87,225 52.7 90.9 6.3 March 2003 12,750 82,877 48.6 92.2 6.5 March 2004 11,975 80,761 45.6 93.9 6.7 March 2005 11,278 76,979 43.0 94.2 6.8 March 2006 10,782 75,149 41.1 95.6 7.0 March 2007 10,213 71,372 38.9 94.7 7.0 March 2008 9,369 66,609 35.7 91.7 7.1 March 2009 8,658 60,198 33.0 92.4 7.0 March 2010 8,130 54,706 31.0 93.9 6.7 March 2011 7,613 51,117 29.0 93.6 6.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 25,640 108,605 100.0 _ 4.2 March 1999 21,386 107,374 83.4 83.4 5.0 March 2000 18,787 107,583 73.3 87.8 5.7 March 2001 16,594 99,301 64.7 88.3 6.0 March 2002 15,022 92,109 58.6 90.5 6.1 March 2003 13,815 86,587 53.9 92.0 6.3 March 2004 12,850 83,250 50.1 93.0 6.5 March 2005 12,056 80,280 47.0 93.8 6.7 March 2006 11,417 79,036 44.5 94.7 6.9 March 2007 10,658 76,180 41.6 93.4 7.1 March 2008 9,900 71,916 38.6 92.9 7.3 March 2009 9,009 64,911 35.1 91.0 7.2 March 2010 8,380 59,743 32.7 93.0 7.1 March 2011 7,915 57,036 30.9 94.5 7.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 25,503 119,580 100.0 _ 4.7 March 2000 21,054 113,624 82.6 82.6 5.4 March 2001 18,358 108,585 72.0 87.2 5.9 March 2002 16,588 100,096 65.0 90.4 6.0 March 2003 15,285 95,406 59.9 92.1 6.2 March 2004 14,270 91,777 56.0 93.4 6.4 March 2005 13,179 86,910 51.7 92.4 6.6 March 2006 12,277 83,158 48.1 93.2 6.8 March 2007 11,417 81,296 44.8 93.0 7.1 March 2008 10,439 76,032 40.9 91.4 7.3 March 2009 9,397 66,313 36.8 90.0 7.1 March 2010 8,826 59,660 34.6 93.9 6.8 March 2011 8,245 56,010 32.3 93.4 6.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 24,239 108,931 100.0 _ 4.5 March 2001 20,338 108,711 83.9 83.9 5.3 March 2002 18,571 101,957 76.6 91.3 5.5 March 2003 16,989 98,586 70.1 91.5 5.8 March 2004 15,645 94,057 64.5 92.1 6.0 March 2005 14,524 90,349 59.9 92.8 6.2 March 2006 13,476 86,434 55.6 92.8 6.4 March 2007 12,454 81,165 51.4 92.4 6.5 March 2008 11,340 77,472 46.8 91.1 6.8 March 2009 10,217 68,208 42.2 90.1 6.7 March 2010 9,402 62,215 38.8 92.0 6.6 March 2011 8,824 58,511 36.4 93.9 6.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 20,879 88,118 100.0 _ 4.2 March 2002 19,482 91,256 93.3 93.3 4.7 March 2003 17,467 86,178 83.7 89.7 4.9 March 2004 15,995 82,473 76.6 91.6 5.2 March 2005 14,713 80,573 70.5 92.0 5.5 March 2006 13,630 77,177 65.3 92.6 5.7 March 2007 12,530 73,643 60.0 91.9 5.9 March 2008 11,416 69,672 54.7 91.1 6.1 March 2009 10,143 61,387 48.6 88.8 6.1 March 2010 9,338 56,790 44.7 92.1 6.1 March 2011 8,646 53,571 41.4 92.6 6.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 23,130 102,970 100.0 _ 4.5 March 2003 20,367 100,233 88.1 88.1 4.9 March 2004 18,443 95,128 79.7 90.6 5.2 March 2005 16,769 92,021 72.5 90.9 5.5 March 2006 15,334 89,000 66.3 91.4 5.8 March 2007 14,028 85,304 60.6 91.5 6.1 March 2008 12,688 79,727 54.9 90.4 6.3 March 2009 11,322 70,743 48.9 89.2 6.2 March 2010 10,428 65,005 45.1 92.1 6.2 March 2011 9,609 61,152 41.5 92.1 6.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 24,642 97,701 100.0 _ 4.0 March 2004 22,480 98,704 91.2 91.2 4.4 March 2005 20,137 97,382 81.7 89.6 4.8 March 2006 18,249 92,229 74.1 90.6 5.1 March 2007 16,281 86,450 66.1 89.2 5.3 March 2008 14,506 79,010 58.9 89.1 5.4 March 2009 12,533 69,071 50.9 86.4 5.5 March 2010 11,452 63,597 46.5 91.4 5.6 March 2011 10,474 60,984 42.5 91.5 5.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 25,581 94,681 100.0 _ 3.7 March 2005 22,961 98,895 89.8 89.8 4.3 March 2006 20,772 97,255 81.2 90.5 4.7 March 2007 18,331 92,218 71.7 88.2 5.0 March 2008 15,910 85,597 62.2 86.8 5.4 March 2009 13,816 75,469 54.0 86.8 5.5 March 2010 12,488 69,572 48.8 90.4 5.6 March 2011 11,348 65,433 44.4 90.9 5.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 27,233 95,974 100.0 _ 3.5 March 2006 24,874 100,684 91.3 91.3 4.0 March 2007 21,444 93,635 78.7 86.2 4.4 March 2008 18,040 85,028 66.2 84.1 4.7 March 2009 15,018 73,865 55.1 83.2 4.9 March 2010 13,429 68,138 49.3 89.4 5.1 March 2011 12,375 64,014 45.4 92.2 5.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 31,497 100,484 100.0 _ 3.2 March 2007 26,747 98,958 84.9 84.9 3.7 March 2008 21,437 88,148 68.1 80.1 4.1 March 2009 17,652 75,246 56.0 82.3 4.3 March 2010 15,462 68,941 49.1 87.6 4.5 March 2011 14,010 64,828 44.5 90.6 4.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 28,149 95,352 100.0 _ 3.4 March 2008 22,768 90,687 80.9 80.9 4.0 March 2009 18,880 79,742 67.1 82.9 4.2 March 2010 16,388 71,654 58.2 86.8 4.4 March 2011 14,807 67,083 52.6 90.4 4.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 24,023 87,196 100.0 _ 3.6 March 2009 19,914 79,347 82.9 82.9 4.0 March 2010 17,225 72,027 71.7 86.5 4.2 March 2011 15,392 70,719 64.1 89.4 4.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 19,517 69,158 100.0 _ 3.5 March 2010 16,479 66,437 84.4 84.4 4.0 March 2011 14,726 63,337 75.5 89.4 4.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 17,131 60,224 100.0 _ 3.5 March 2011 14,983 60,003 87.5 87.5 4.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 17,400 60,445 100.0 _ 3.5 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.