Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Total Private Rhode Island 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 2,340 13,103 100.0 _ 5.6 March 1995 1,804 12,125 77.1 77.1 6.7 March 1996 1,586 12,108 67.8 87.9 7.6 March 1997 1,424 12,228 60.9 89.8 8.6 March 1998 1,299 12,072 55.5 91.2 9.3 March 1999 1,219 10,983 52.1 93.8 9.0 March 2000 1,145 10,644 48.9 93.9 9.3 March 2001 1,049 10,555 44.8 91.6 10.1 March 2002 985 10,407 42.1 93.9 10.6 March 2003 927 10,114 39.6 94.1 10.9 March 2004 876 9,739 37.4 94.5 11.1 March 2005 823 9,458 35.2 93.9 11.5 March 2006 776 9,124 33.2 94.3 11.8 March 2007 735 9,154 31.4 94.7 12.5 March 2008 704 8,615 30.1 95.8 12.2 March 2009 665 7,757 28.4 94.5 11.7 March 2010 603 7,250 25.8 90.7 12.0 March 2011 585 7,330 25.0 97.0 12.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 2,162 13,284 100.0 _ 6.1 March 1996 1,697 13,234 78.5 78.5 7.8 March 1997 1,507 11,452 69.7 88.8 7.6 March 1998 1,328 11,106 61.4 88.1 8.4 March 1999 1,169 10,936 54.1 88.0 9.4 March 2000 1,087 10,996 50.3 93.0 10.1 March 2001 991 9,658 45.8 91.2 9.7 March 2002 913 9,336 42.2 92.1 10.2 March 2003 856 8,938 39.6 93.8 10.4 March 2004 806 8,887 37.3 94.2 11.0 March 2005 771 8,929 35.7 95.7 11.6 March 2006 715 8,765 33.1 92.7 12.3 March 2007 709 8,540 32.8 99.2 12.0 March 2008 661 8,338 30.6 93.2 12.6 March 2009 611 7,681 28.3 92.4 12.6 March 2010 570 7,375 26.4 93.3 12.9 March 2011 540 7,266 25.0 94.7 13.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 2,370 12,433 100.0 _ 5.2 March 1997 1,862 11,952 78.6 78.6 6.4 March 1998 1,567 11,597 66.1 84.2 7.4 March 1999 1,381 11,621 58.3 88.1 8.4 March 2000 1,269 11,632 53.5 91.9 9.2 March 2001 1,155 11,259 48.7 91.0 9.7 March 2002 1,043 10,474 44.0 90.3 10.0 March 2003 987 10,122 41.6 94.6 10.3 March 2004 894 9,846 37.7 90.6 11.0 March 2005 846 9,613 35.7 94.6 11.4 March 2006 772 9,418 32.6 91.3 12.2 March 2007 751 9,015 31.7 97.3 12.0 March 2008 699 9,081 29.5 93.1 13.0 March 2009 635 8,463 26.8 90.8 13.3 March 2010 614 8,090 25.9 96.7 13.2 March 2011 579 7,890 24.4 94.3 13.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 2,356 13,683 100.0 _ 5.8 March 1998 1,824 12,862 77.4 77.4 7.1 March 1999 1,529 11,666 64.9 83.8 7.6 March 2000 1,416 12,225 60.1 92.6 8.6 March 2001 1,264 12,320 53.7 89.3 9.7 March 2002 1,168 11,904 49.6 92.4 10.2 March 2003 1,074 11,711 45.6 92.0 10.9 March 2004 990 12,011 42.0 92.2 12.1 March 2005 948 11,889 40.2 95.8 12.5 March 2006 876 11,911 37.2 92.4 13.6 March 2007 857 11,703 36.4 97.8 13.7 March 2008 802 10,972 34.0 93.6 13.7 March 2009 740 10,170 31.4 92.3 13.7 March 2010 699 9,616 29.7 94.5 13.8 March 2011 677 9,641 28.7 96.9 14.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 2,410 11,469 100.0 _ 4.8 March 1999 1,864 12,437 77.3 77.3 6.7 March 2000 1,648 13,307 68.4 88.4 8.1 March 2001 1,465 12,839 60.8 88.9 8.8 March 2002 1,299 12,367 53.9 88.7 9.5 March 2003 1,181 12,101 49.0 90.9 10.2 March 2004 1,081 11,784 44.9 91.5 10.9 March 2005 1,004 11,962 41.7 92.9 11.9 March 2006 938 11,465 38.9 93.4 12.2 March 2007 907 11,188 37.6 96.7 12.3 March 2008 860 10,543 35.7 94.8 12.3 March 2009 783 9,986 32.5 91.0 12.8 March 2010 721 9,090 29.9 92.1 12.6 March 2011 725 8,723 30.1 100.6 12.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 2,403 13,887 100.0 _ 5.8 March 2000 1,893 14,008 78.8 78.8 7.4 March 2001 1,654 15,061 68.8 87.4 9.1 March 2002 1,437 14,803 59.8 86.9 10.3 March 2003 1,305 14,244 54.3 90.8 10.9 March 2004 1,227 13,606 51.1 94.0 11.1 March 2005 1,146 14,302 47.7 93.4 12.5 March 2006 1,039 13,994 43.2 90.7 13.5 March 2007 999 14,227 41.6 96.2 14.2 March 2008 918 14,171 38.2 91.9 15.4 March 2009 830 12,508 34.5 90.4 15.1 March 2010 770 12,319 32.0 92.8 16.0 March 2011 739 12,665 30.8 96.0 17.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 2,532 15,490 100.0 _ 6.1 March 2001 1,963 16,682 77.5 77.5 8.5 March 2002 1,687 15,812 66.6 85.9 9.4 March 2003 1,477 14,196 58.3 87.6 9.6 March 2004 1,364 14,402 53.9 92.3 10.6 March 2005 1,265 14,040 50.0 92.7 11.1 March 2006 1,133 14,103 44.7 89.6 12.4 March 2007 1,091 14,011 43.1 96.3 12.8 March 2008 1,006 13,692 39.7 92.2 13.6 March 2009 926 12,467 36.6 92.0 13.5 March 2010 862 12,034 34.0 93.1 14.0 March 2011 861 12,219 34.0 99.9 14.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 2,645 12,035 100.0 _ 4.6 March 2002 1,983 10,819 75.0 75.0 5.5 March 2003 1,695 10,248 64.1 85.5 6.0 March 2004 1,491 10,366 56.4 88.0 7.0 March 2005 1,355 10,313 51.2 90.9 7.6 March 2006 1,189 9,446 45.0 87.7 7.9 March 2007 1,104 9,344 41.7 92.9 8.5 March 2008 1,016 8,881 38.4 92.0 8.7 March 2009 926 8,336 35.0 91.1 9.0 March 2010 844 7,934 31.9 91.1 9.4 March 2011 794 7,687 30.0 94.1 9.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 2,450 12,302 100.0 _ 5.0 March 2003 1,865 11,737 76.1 76.1 6.3 March 2004 1,608 11,641 65.6 86.2 7.2 March 2005 1,456 11,271 59.4 90.5 7.7 March 2006 1,276 11,492 52.1 87.6 9.0 March 2007 1,205 11,272 49.2 94.4 9.4 March 2008 1,085 9,931 44.3 90.0 9.2 March 2009 958 8,843 39.1 88.3 9.2 March 2010 917 8,687 37.4 95.7 9.5 March 2011 845 8,586 34.5 92.1 10.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 2,437 11,112 100.0 _ 4.6 March 2004 1,839 11,474 75.5 75.5 6.2 March 2005 1,597 11,057 65.5 86.8 6.9 March 2006 1,405 10,865 57.7 88.0 7.7 March 2007 1,303 10,258 53.5 92.7 7.9 March 2008 1,143 9,241 46.9 87.7 8.1 March 2009 1,019 8,314 41.8 89.2 8.2 March 2010 929 8,008 38.1 91.2 8.6 March 2011 857 7,770 35.2 92.2 9.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 2,399 10,680 100.0 _ 4.5 March 2005 1,885 10,700 78.6 78.6 5.7 March 2006 1,585 10,719 66.1 84.1 6.8 March 2007 1,438 10,413 59.9 90.7 7.2 March 2008 1,243 9,712 51.8 86.4 7.8 March 2009 1,092 8,700 45.5 87.9 8.0 March 2010 983 8,716 41.0 90.0 8.9 March 2011 909 8,567 37.9 92.5 9.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 2,527 10,142 100.0 _ 4.0 March 2006 1,866 9,714 73.8 73.8 5.2 March 2007 1,661 9,516 65.7 89.0 5.7 March 2008 1,396 8,761 55.2 84.0 6.3 March 2009 1,215 7,458 48.1 87.0 6.1 March 2010 1,085 7,244 42.9 89.3 6.7 March 2011 995 6,710 39.4 91.7 6.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 2,287 8,895 100.0 _ 3.9 March 2007 1,826 8,440 79.8 79.8 4.6 March 2008 1,530 7,952 66.9 83.8 5.2 March 2009 1,258 7,516 55.0 82.2 6.0 March 2010 1,108 7,276 48.4 88.1 6.6 March 2011 1,022 7,395 44.7 92.2 7.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 2,476 11,852 100.0 _ 4.8 March 2008 1,816 10,669 73.3 73.3 5.9 March 2009 1,480 9,861 59.8 81.5 6.7 March 2010 1,305 9,717 52.7 88.2 7.4 March 2011 1,193 9,120 48.2 91.4 7.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 2,194 7,734 100.0 _ 3.5 March 2009 1,578 6,707 71.9 71.9 4.3 March 2010 1,289 6,704 58.8 81.7 5.2 March 2011 1,159 6,412 52.8 89.9 5.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 1,953 8,225 100.0 _ 4.2 March 2010 1,481 7,395 75.8 75.8 5.0 March 2011 1,210 6,743 62.0 81.7 5.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 1,863 7,880 100.0 _ 4.2 March 2011 1,421 7,863 76.3 76.3 5.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 1,968 7,244 100.0 _ 3.7 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.