Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Total Private North Dakota 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 1,105 6,018 100.0 _ 5.4 March 1995 901 6,016 81.5 81.5 6.7 March 1996 805 6,141 72.9 89.3 7.6 March 1997 706 5,939 63.9 87.7 8.4 March 1998 642 5,634 58.1 90.9 8.8 March 1999 599 5,479 54.2 93.3 9.1 March 2000 539 5,317 48.8 90.0 9.9 March 2001 519 4,523 47.0 96.3 8.7 March 2002 485 4,341 43.9 93.4 9.0 March 2003 468 4,202 42.4 96.5 9.0 March 2004 444 4,382 40.2 94.9 9.9 March 2005 421 4,184 38.1 94.8 9.9 March 2006 405 4,199 36.7 96.2 10.4 March 2007 397 3,959 35.9 98.0 10.0 March 2008 383 3,805 34.7 96.5 9.9 March 2009 360 3,637 32.6 94.0 10.1 March 2010 357 3,687 32.3 99.2 10.3 March 2011 344 3,634 31.1 96.4 10.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 1,200 6,785 100.0 _ 5.7 March 1996 973 8,006 81.1 81.1 8.2 March 1997 807 8,143 67.3 82.9 10.1 March 1998 736 8,094 61.3 91.2 11.0 March 1999 672 7,976 56.0 91.3 11.9 March 2000 609 7,914 50.8 90.6 13.0 March 2001 557 7,256 46.4 91.5 13.0 March 2002 506 7,027 42.2 90.8 13.9 March 2003 495 7,164 41.3 97.8 14.5 March 2004 478 7,655 39.8 96.6 16.0 March 2005 475 8,233 39.6 99.4 17.3 March 2006 450 8,087 37.5 94.7 18.0 March 2007 432 8,400 36.0 96.0 19.4 March 2008 418 8,643 34.8 96.8 20.7 March 2009 398 7,884 33.2 95.2 19.8 March 2010 396 7,855 33.0 99.5 19.8 March 2011 385 8,352 32.1 97.2 21.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 1,202 6,278 100.0 _ 5.2 March 1997 942 6,362 78.4 78.4 6.8 March 1998 798 6,131 66.4 84.7 7.7 March 1999 726 6,511 60.4 91.0 9.0 March 2000 670 6,494 55.7 92.3 9.7 March 2001 610 5,672 50.7 91.0 9.3 March 2002 547 5,089 45.5 89.7 9.3 March 2003 509 4,565 42.3 93.1 9.0 March 2004 478 4,528 39.8 93.9 9.5 March 2005 452 4,508 37.6 94.6 10.0 March 2006 436 4,616 36.3 96.5 10.6 March 2007 411 4,636 34.2 94.3 11.3 March 2008 399 4,654 33.2 97.1 11.7 March 2009 373 4,520 31.0 93.5 12.1 March 2010 363 4,794 30.2 97.3 13.2 March 2011 349 4,982 29.0 96.1 14.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 1,161 8,068 100.0 _ 6.9 March 1998 917 8,602 79.0 79.0 9.4 March 1999 829 8,270 71.4 90.4 10.0 March 2000 731 8,849 63.0 88.2 12.1 March 2001 690 8,586 59.4 94.4 12.4 March 2002 616 7,963 53.1 89.3 12.9 March 2003 585 7,980 50.4 95.0 13.6 March 2004 570 7,808 49.1 97.4 13.7 March 2005 544 7,958 46.9 95.4 14.6 March 2006 502 8,174 43.2 92.3 16.3 March 2007 493 7,977 42.5 98.2 16.2 March 2008 475 8,012 40.9 96.3 16.9 March 2009 450 7,710 38.8 94.7 17.1 March 2010 430 7,326 37.0 95.6 17.0 March 2011 427 7,699 36.8 99.3 18.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 1,081 6,088 100.0 _ 5.6 March 1999 893 6,328 82.6 82.6 7.1 March 2000 762 6,154 70.5 85.3 8.1 March 2001 709 6,445 65.6 93.0 9.1 March 2002 636 6,579 58.8 89.7 10.3 March 2003 590 6,448 54.6 92.8 10.9 March 2004 555 6,084 51.3 94.1 11.0 March 2005 515 6,139 47.6 92.8 11.9 March 2006 499 5,971 46.2 96.9 12.0 March 2007 468 5,812 43.3 93.8 12.4 March 2008 448 5,804 41.4 95.7 13.0 March 2009 417 5,297 38.6 93.1 12.7 March 2010 403 5,062 37.3 96.6 12.6 March 2011 383 5,348 35.4 95.0 14.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 1,213 7,250 100.0 _ 6.0 March 2000 978 7,447 80.6 80.6 7.6 March 2001 846 7,788 69.7 86.5 9.2 March 2002 770 7,078 63.5 91.0 9.2 March 2003 726 6,854 59.9 94.3 9.4 March 2004 681 6,563 56.1 93.8 9.6 March 2005 648 6,613 53.4 95.2 10.2 March 2006 610 6,485 50.3 94.1 10.6 March 2007 579 6,720 47.7 94.9 11.6 March 2008 543 7,303 44.8 93.8 13.4 March 2009 502 6,821 41.4 92.4 13.6 March 2010 482 6,674 39.7 96.0 13.8 March 2011 463 6,208 38.2 96.1 13.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 1,285 8,106 100.0 _ 6.3 March 2001 1,020 7,960 79.4 79.4 7.8 March 2002 908 7,490 70.7 89.0 8.2 March 2003 851 7,338 66.2 93.7 8.6 March 2004 775 7,129 60.3 91.1 9.2 March 2005 762 7,063 59.3 98.3 9.3 March 2006 709 6,703 55.2 93.0 9.5 March 2007 673 6,635 52.4 94.9 9.9 March 2008 625 6,402 48.6 92.9 10.2 March 2009 587 6,194 45.7 93.9 10.6 March 2010 564 6,065 43.9 96.1 10.8 March 2011 541 6,075 42.1 95.9 11.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 1,091 6,272 100.0 _ 5.7 March 2002 885 6,118 81.1 81.1 6.9 March 2003 772 6,166 70.8 87.2 8.0 March 2004 730 6,132 66.9 94.6 8.4 March 2005 682 6,146 62.5 93.4 9.0 March 2006 625 6,144 57.3 91.6 9.8 March 2007 603 6,232 55.3 96.5 10.3 March 2008 570 6,216 52.2 94.5 10.9 March 2009 530 6,162 48.6 93.0 11.6 March 2010 509 6,225 46.7 96.0 12.2 March 2011 493 6,556 45.2 96.9 13.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 1,032 5,834 100.0 _ 5.7 March 2003 857 5,692 83.0 83.0 6.6 March 2004 749 5,505 72.6 87.4 7.3 March 2005 720 5,437 69.8 96.1 7.6 March 2006 652 5,481 63.2 90.6 8.4 March 2007 607 5,318 58.8 93.1 8.8 March 2008 572 5,323 55.4 94.2 9.3 March 2009 537 4,875 52.0 93.9 9.1 March 2010 511 4,541 49.5 95.2 8.9 March 2011 482 4,625 46.7 94.3 9.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 1,094 5,867 100.0 _ 5.4 March 2004 938 5,737 85.7 85.7 6.1 March 2005 843 6,006 77.1 89.9 7.1 March 2006 789 6,057 72.1 93.6 7.7 March 2007 729 6,059 66.6 92.4 8.3 March 2008 675 6,076 61.7 92.6 9.0 March 2009 624 5,703 57.0 92.4 9.1 March 2010 580 5,740 53.0 92.9 9.9 March 2011 552 5,907 50.5 95.2 10.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 1,258 6,268 100.0 _ 5.0 March 2005 1,028 6,040 81.7 81.7 5.9 March 2006 955 6,032 75.9 92.9 6.3 March 2007 875 6,054 69.6 91.6 6.9 March 2008 814 6,317 64.7 93.0 7.8 March 2009 734 6,076 58.3 90.2 8.3 March 2010 692 5,798 55.0 94.3 8.4 March 2011 664 5,882 52.8 96.0 8.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 1,271 6,396 100.0 _ 5.0 March 2006 1,031 6,053 81.1 81.1 5.9 March 2007 937 5,839 73.7 90.9 6.2 March 2008 865 5,789 68.1 92.3 6.7 March 2009 785 5,400 61.8 90.8 6.9 March 2010 741 5,230 58.3 94.4 7.1 March 2011 688 5,130 54.1 92.8 7.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 1,451 7,384 100.0 _ 5.1 March 2007 1,160 7,633 79.9 79.9 6.6 March 2008 1,054 7,932 72.6 90.9 7.5 March 2009 970 7,639 66.9 92.0 7.9 March 2010 909 7,677 62.6 93.7 8.4 March 2011 841 8,039 58.0 92.5 9.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 1,437 7,734 100.0 _ 5.4 March 2008 1,158 7,774 80.6 80.6 6.7 March 2009 1,009 7,435 70.2 87.1 7.4 March 2010 917 7,257 63.8 90.9 7.9 March 2011 846 7,662 58.9 92.3 9.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 1,437 7,607 100.0 _ 5.3 March 2009 1,130 7,053 78.6 78.6 6.2 March 2010 1,019 6,782 70.9 90.2 6.7 March 2011 931 6,967 64.8 91.4 7.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 1,302 6,393 100.0 _ 4.9 March 2010 1,022 5,984 78.5 78.5 5.9 March 2011 913 7,212 70.1 89.3 7.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 1,212 5,957 100.0 _ 4.9 March 2011 985 6,955 81.3 81.3 7.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 1,708 8,234 100.0 _ 4.8 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.