Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by age Total Private Age Class March 1994 March 1995 March 1996 March 1997 March 1998 March 1999 Less than one year 550,308 584,184 588,326 614,966 609,584 609,569 1 year _ 439,281 462,440 464,613 484,847 491,318 2 years _ _ 376,955 400,420 397,930 422,260 3 years _ _ _ 336,753 353,160 355,231 4 years _ _ _ _ 301,872 319,643 5 years _ _ _ _ _ 276,271 6 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 4,929,617 4,594,292 4,288,218 4,036,175 3,787,248 3,585,936 Total 5,479,925 5,617,757 5,715,939 5,852,927 5,934,641 6,060,228 Age Class March 2000 March 2001 March 2002 March 2003 March 2004 March 2005 Less than one year 634,276 630,875 612,069 609,378 602,667 632,510 1 year 485,427 500,436 476,603 480,147 482,456 476,970 2 years 421,058 412,144 420,217 407,194 413,127 417,061 3 years 372,473 367,167 359,735 370,872 362,695 368,526 4 years 318,382 329,015 326,578 324,227 336,672 330,536 5 years 289,156 287,106 295,624 296,814 297,045 308,498 6 years 252,261 263,137 261,977 271,612 274,497 274,316 7 years _ 231,645 241,818 242,268 252,155 255,544 8 years _ _ 214,308 225,660 226,438 234,907 9 years _ _ _ 200,055 212,037 212,058 10 years _ _ _ _ 188,375 198,987 11 years _ _ _ _ _ 178,224 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 3,383,450 3,198,075 3,031,547 2,894,237 2,771,252 2,654,487 Total 6,156,483 6,219,600 6,240,476 6,322,464 6,419,416 6,542,624 Age Class March 2006 March 2007 March 2008 March 2009 March 2010 March 2011 Less than one year 667,341 656,107 626,771 548,201 507,129 536,445 1 year 505,825 522,402 506,556 466,374 418,010 399,119 2 years 416,725 434,755 441,444 415,814 391,178 363,617 3 years 374,177 369,646 380,064 374,331 359,857 350,495 4 years 336,474 337,285 329,464 329,920 328,896 327,062 5 years 303,956 308,761 305,271 290,746 294,259 301,403 6 years 286,307 280,488 283,430 272,578 263,172 272,568 7 years 256,621 266,809 259,845 257,011 249,219 245,029 8 years 240,228 239,862 248,279 236,958 236,957 233,078 9 years 222,482 225,603 224,295 228,046 219,153 223,235 10 years 200,103 209,328 212,092 206,450 211,566 206,341 11 years 188,367 189,026 197,469 196,557 193,072 201,546 12 years 170,401 178,396 178,761 183,515 184,597 183,911 13 years _ 161,338 169,341 168,028 172,882 176,165 14 years _ _ 153,020 158,608 158,325 164,679 15 years _ _ _ 143,321 150,088 151,223 16 years _ _ _ _ 135,380 143,456 17 years _ _ _ _ _ 129,537 Born before March 1993 2,557,451 2,459,019 2,365,999 2,261,969 2,170,758 2,099,298 Total 6,726,458 6,838,825 6,882,101 6,738,427 6,644,498 6,708,207 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.