Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Information 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 10,916 108,747 100.0 _ 10.0 March 1995 8,580 118,562 78.6 78.6 13.8 March 1996 7,311 116,830 67.0 85.2 16.0 March 1997 6,402 125,876 58.6 87.6 19.7 March 1998 5,650 127,698 51.8 88.3 22.6 March 1999 4,993 115,162 45.7 88.4 23.1 March 2000 4,502 115,698 41.2 90.2 25.7 March 2001 4,023 114,572 36.9 89.4 28.5 March 2002 3,607 100,532 33.0 89.7 27.9 March 2003 3,320 88,509 30.4 92.0 26.7 March 2004 3,059 84,733 28.0 92.1 27.7 March 2005 2,895 84,294 26.5 94.6 29.1 March 2006 2,720 78,499 24.9 94.0 28.9 March 2007 2,599 76,706 23.8 95.6 29.5 March 2008 2,482 72,901 22.7 95.5 29.4 March 2009 2,313 68,025 21.2 93.2 29.4 March 2010 2,197 66,562 20.1 95.0 30.3 March 2011 2,042 61,711 18.7 92.9 30.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 12,245 126,667 100.0 _ 10.3 March 1996 9,300 133,147 75.9 75.9 14.3 March 1997 7,808 137,737 63.8 84.0 17.6 March 1998 6,646 142,279 54.3 85.1 21.4 March 1999 5,890 135,739 48.1 88.6 23.0 March 2000 5,202 140,898 42.5 88.3 27.1 March 2001 4,569 140,017 37.3 87.8 30.6 March 2002 4,090 121,638 33.4 89.5 29.7 March 2003 3,818 107,258 31.2 93.3 28.1 March 2004 3,452 99,859 28.2 90.4 28.9 March 2005 3,217 96,449 26.3 93.2 30.0 March 2006 3,003 91,684 24.5 93.3 30.5 March 2007 2,783 88,273 22.7 92.7 31.7 March 2008 2,677 84,341 21.9 96.2 31.5 March 2009 2,455 76,166 20.0 91.7 31.0 March 2010 2,330 72,320 19.0 94.9 31.0 March 2011 2,213 67,094 18.1 95.0 30.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 13,402 133,025 100.0 _ 9.9 March 1997 10,348 144,056 77.2 77.2 13.9 March 1998 8,683 154,443 64.8 83.9 17.8 March 1999 7,463 153,740 55.7 85.9 20.6 March 2000 6,490 159,879 48.4 87.0 24.6 March 2001 5,625 156,316 42.0 86.7 27.8 March 2002 4,890 133,786 36.5 86.9 27.4 March 2003 4,345 119,906 32.4 88.9 27.6 March 2004 3,913 109,861 29.2 90.1 28.1 March 2005 3,659 105,598 27.3 93.5 28.9 March 2006 3,401 99,864 25.4 92.9 29.4 March 2007 3,248 96,543 24.2 95.5 29.7 March 2008 3,018 93,142 22.5 92.9 30.9 March 2009 2,757 90,522 20.6 91.4 32.8 March 2010 2,590 86,252 19.3 93.9 33.3 March 2011 2,476 83,983 18.5 95.6 33.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 14,693 165,494 100.0 _ 11.3 March 1998 11,183 191,142 76.1 76.1 17.1 March 1999 9,387 198,170 63.9 83.9 21.1 March 2000 8,124 200,045 55.3 86.5 24.6 March 2001 6,892 190,550 46.9 84.8 27.6 March 2002 5,917 159,993 40.3 85.9 27.0 March 2003 5,183 137,400 35.3 87.6 26.5 March 2004 4,641 130,222 31.6 89.5 28.1 March 2005 4,306 117,515 29.3 92.8 27.3 March 2006 3,931 112,934 26.8 91.3 28.7 March 2007 3,585 100,617 24.4 91.2 28.1 March 2008 3,451 97,231 23.5 96.3 28.2 March 2009 3,177 89,459 21.6 92.1 28.2 March 2010 3,062 83,334 20.8 96.4 27.2 March 2011 2,866 81,576 19.5 93.6 28.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 14,723 162,120 100.0 _ 11.0 March 1999 11,520 174,958 78.2 78.2 15.2 March 2000 9,547 195,825 64.8 82.9 20.5 March 2001 7,885 188,430 53.6 82.6 23.9 March 2002 6,748 152,113 45.8 85.6 22.5 March 2003 6,067 136,150 41.2 89.9 22.4 March 2004 5,477 126,894 37.2 90.3 23.2 March 2005 5,028 119,190 34.2 91.8 23.7 March 2006 4,619 115,802 31.4 91.9 25.1 March 2007 4,301 113,237 29.2 93.1 26.3 March 2008 4,045 109,411 27.5 94.0 27.0 March 2009 3,839 104,062 26.1 94.9 27.1 March 2010 3,543 95,718 24.1 92.3 27.0 March 2011 3,315 91,630 22.5 93.6 27.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 15,209 169,414 100.0 _ 11.1 March 2000 11,626 199,095 76.4 76.4 17.1 March 2001 9,263 196,137 60.9 79.7 21.2 March 2002 7,727 159,888 50.8 83.4 20.7 March 2003 6,687 139,034 44.0 86.5 20.8 March 2004 5,915 137,771 38.9 88.5 23.3 March 2005 5,415 130,329 35.6 91.5 24.1 March 2006 4,851 128,188 31.9 89.6 26.4 March 2007 4,427 127,041 29.1 91.3 28.7 March 2008 4,115 127,498 27.1 93.0 31.0 March 2009 3,773 120,507 24.8 91.7 31.9 March 2010 3,560 111,635 23.4 94.4 31.4 March 2011 3,321 112,158 21.8 93.3 33.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 20,084 230,001 100.0 _ 11.5 March 2001 14,462 253,122 72.0 72.0 17.5 March 2002 11,034 193,452 54.9 76.3 17.5 March 2003 9,053 158,277 45.1 82.0 17.5 March 2004 7,692 147,629 38.3 85.0 19.2 March 2005 7,024 144,341 35.0 91.3 20.5 March 2006 6,294 138,639 31.3 89.6 22.0 March 2007 5,666 139,683 28.2 90.0 24.7 March 2008 5,102 130,014 25.4 90.0 25.5 March 2009 4,680 123,561 23.3 91.7 26.4 March 2010 4,291 113,920 21.4 91.7 26.5 March 2011 4,056 111,947 20.2 94.5 27.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 18,496 177,487 100.0 _ 9.6 March 2002 13,799 160,143 74.6 74.6 11.6 March 2003 10,979 145,477 59.4 79.6 13.3 March 2004 9,137 131,835 49.4 83.2 14.4 March 2005 7,908 122,369 42.8 86.5 15.5 March 2006 6,993 116,171 37.8 88.4 16.6 March 2007 6,102 108,654 33.0 87.3 17.8 March 2008 5,637 106,001 30.5 92.4 18.8 March 2009 5,112 95,719 27.6 90.7 18.7 March 2010 4,665 96,614 25.2 91.3 20.7 March 2011 4,344 92,627 23.5 93.1 21.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 15,348 145,162 100.0 _ 9.5 March 2003 11,600 130,425 75.6 75.6 11.2 March 2004 9,499 126,708 61.9 81.9 13.3 March 2005 8,230 119,726 53.6 86.6 14.5 March 2006 7,271 112,187 47.4 88.3 15.4 March 2007 6,421 104,330 41.8 88.3 16.2 March 2008 5,710 99,898 37.2 88.9 17.5 March 2009 5,200 92,038 33.9 91.1 17.7 March 2010 4,761 86,025 31.0 91.6 18.1 March 2011 4,451 81,938 29.0 93.5 18.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 11,392 88,532 100.0 _ 7.8 March 2004 9,377 87,548 82.3 82.3 9.3 March 2005 7,871 85,687 69.1 83.9 10.9 March 2006 6,844 85,574 60.1 87.0 12.5 March 2007 5,881 82,738 51.6 85.9 14.1 March 2008 5,275 80,531 46.3 89.7 15.3 March 2009 4,782 76,137 42.0 90.7 15.9 March 2010 4,252 71,929 37.3 88.9 16.9 March 2011 3,950 69,461 34.7 92.9 17.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 10,540 72,906 100.0 _ 6.9 March 2005 8,714 74,710 82.7 82.7 8.6 March 2006 7,535 82,127 71.5 86.5 10.9 March 2007 6,488 77,439 61.6 86.1 11.9 March 2008 5,751 75,772 54.6 88.6 13.2 March 2009 5,103 68,481 48.4 88.7 13.4 March 2010 4,545 65,381 43.1 89.1 14.4 March 2011 4,130 63,484 39.2 90.9 15.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 10,428 57,041 100.0 _ 5.5 March 2006 8,882 62,879 85.2 85.2 7.1 March 2007 7,362 62,960 70.6 82.9 8.6 March 2008 6,373 60,935 61.1 86.6 9.6 March 2009 5,530 55,475 53.0 86.8 10.0 March 2010 4,886 53,500 46.9 88.4 10.9 March 2011 4,448 51,432 42.7 91.0 11.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 11,156 67,224 100.0 _ 6.0 March 2007 9,156 71,463 82.1 82.1 7.8 March 2008 7,711 82,072 69.1 84.2 10.6 March 2009 6,628 74,039 59.4 86.0 11.2 March 2010 5,787 66,005 51.9 87.3 11.4 March 2011 5,235 63,685 46.9 90.5 12.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 11,211 61,815 100.0 _ 5.5 March 2008 9,188 65,708 82.0 82.0 7.2 March 2009 7,807 62,204 69.6 85.0 8.0 March 2010 6,663 56,812 59.4 85.3 8.5 March 2011 6,020 58,717 53.7 90.3 9.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 10,768 63,278 100.0 _ 5.9 March 2009 8,937 63,538 83.0 83.0 7.1 March 2010 7,444 60,190 69.1 83.3 8.1 March 2011 6,481 58,573 60.2 87.1 9.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 10,952 54,071 100.0 _ 4.9 March 2010 8,661 50,666 79.1 79.1 5.8 March 2011 7,348 50,866 67.1 84.8 6.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 8,535 40,872 100.0 _ 4.8 March 2011 7,007 41,035 82.1 82.1 5.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 9,269 44,221 100.0 _ 4.8 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.