Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Total Private Virginia 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 13,201 92,609 100.0 _ 7.0 March 1995 10,779 91,842 81.7 81.7 8.5 March 1996 9,213 91,014 69.8 85.5 9.9 March 1997 8,597 88,324 65.1 93.3 10.3 March 1998 7,464 94,741 56.5 86.8 12.7 March 1999 6,856 87,047 51.9 91.9 12.7 March 2000 6,395 86,162 48.4 93.3 13.5 March 2001 5,918 84,113 44.8 92.5 14.2 March 2002 5,575 80,446 42.2 94.2 14.4 March 2003 5,247 77,855 39.7 94.1 14.8 March 2004 4,967 77,065 37.6 94.7 15.5 March 2005 4,729 75,668 35.8 95.2 16.0 March 2006 4,519 75,883 34.2 95.6 16.8 March 2007 4,303 73,083 32.6 95.2 17.0 March 2008 4,075 71,373 30.9 94.7 17.5 March 2009 3,815 66,478 28.9 93.6 17.4 March 2010 3,610 64,649 27.3 94.6 17.9 March 2011 3,392 62,357 25.7 94.0 18.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 14,505 110,161 100.0 _ 7.6 March 1996 11,495 110,140 79.2 79.2 9.6 March 1997 10,402 108,325 71.7 90.5 10.4 March 1998 8,862 107,329 61.1 85.2 12.1 March 1999 8,047 104,994 55.5 90.8 13.0 March 2000 7,398 106,354 51.0 91.9 14.4 March 2001 6,830 103,885 47.1 92.3 15.2 March 2002 6,445 96,908 44.4 94.4 15.0 March 2003 5,996 91,567 41.3 93.0 15.3 March 2004 5,647 89,996 38.9 94.2 15.9 March 2005 5,289 89,515 36.5 93.7 16.9 March 2006 5,012 87,563 34.6 94.8 17.5 March 2007 4,772 84,499 32.9 95.2 17.7 March 2008 4,480 81,518 30.9 93.9 18.2 March 2009 4,202 75,729 29.0 93.8 18.0 March 2010 3,967 73,975 27.3 94.4 18.6 March 2011 3,738 72,322 25.8 94.2 19.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 13,450 105,618 100.0 _ 7.9 March 1997 11,414 111,336 84.9 84.9 9.8 March 1998 9,248 110,400 68.8 81.0 11.9 March 1999 8,303 109,366 61.7 89.8 13.2 March 2000 7,522 106,561 55.9 90.6 14.2 March 2001 6,870 103,677 51.1 91.3 15.1 March 2002 6,249 97,383 46.5 91.0 15.6 March 2003 5,809 91,721 43.2 93.0 15.8 March 2004 5,486 91,627 40.8 94.4 16.7 March 2005 5,159 89,109 38.4 94.0 17.3 March 2006 4,957 88,540 36.9 96.1 17.9 March 2007 4,727 84,381 35.1 95.4 17.9 March 2008 4,375 81,130 32.5 92.6 18.5 March 2009 4,091 75,466 30.4 93.5 18.4 March 2010 3,812 72,917 28.3 93.2 19.1 March 2011 3,622 72,482 26.9 95.0 20.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 16,462 118,631 100.0 _ 7.2 March 1998 12,407 123,171 75.4 75.4 9.9 March 1999 10,846 125,188 65.9 87.4 11.5 March 2000 9,648 127,260 58.6 89.0 13.2 March 2001 8,742 126,073 53.1 90.6 14.4 March 2002 7,887 114,170 47.9 90.2 14.5 March 2003 7,271 106,180 44.2 92.2 14.6 March 2004 6,726 105,055 40.9 92.5 15.6 March 2005 6,254 105,599 38.0 93.0 16.9 March 2006 5,918 103,347 35.9 94.6 17.5 March 2007 5,566 100,547 33.8 94.1 18.1 March 2008 5,178 96,885 31.5 93.0 18.7 March 2009 4,824 86,041 29.3 93.2 17.8 March 2010 4,467 81,980 27.1 92.6 18.4 March 2011 4,261 81,102 25.9 95.4 19.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 15,228 116,135 100.0 _ 7.6 March 1999 12,275 121,045 80.6 80.6 9.9 March 2000 10,605 123,764 69.6 86.4 11.7 March 2001 9,342 122,795 61.3 88.1 13.1 March 2002 8,334 113,630 54.7 89.2 13.6 March 2003 7,601 108,659 49.9 91.2 14.3 March 2004 7,130 108,846 46.8 93.8 15.3 March 2005 6,659 109,108 43.7 93.4 16.4 March 2006 6,317 109,100 41.5 94.9 17.3 March 2007 5,902 107,794 38.8 93.4 18.3 March 2008 5,529 103,904 36.3 93.7 18.8 March 2009 5,098 96,758 33.5 92.2 19.0 March 2010 4,777 93,278 31.4 93.7 19.5 March 2011 4,466 90,692 29.3 93.5 20.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 15,355 115,635 100.0 _ 7.5 March 2000 12,250 124,067 79.8 79.8 10.1 March 2001 10,605 125,826 69.1 86.6 11.9 March 2002 9,311 117,375 60.6 87.8 12.6 March 2003 8,337 109,833 54.3 89.5 13.2 March 2004 7,716 114,971 50.3 92.6 14.9 March 2005 7,167 113,174 46.7 92.9 15.8 March 2006 6,709 111,103 43.7 93.6 16.6 March 2007 6,297 107,237 41.0 93.9 17.0 March 2008 5,898 102,363 38.4 93.7 17.4 March 2009 5,451 97,071 35.5 92.4 17.8 March 2010 5,101 92,250 33.2 93.6 18.1 March 2011 4,807 92,500 31.3 94.2 19.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 15,675 123,730 100.0 _ 7.9 March 2001 12,466 125,241 79.5 79.5 10.0 March 2002 10,563 112,627 67.4 84.7 10.7 March 2003 9,381 106,751 59.8 88.8 11.4 March 2004 8,583 106,445 54.8 91.5 12.4 March 2005 7,779 107,457 49.6 90.6 13.8 March 2006 7,263 108,544 46.3 93.4 14.9 March 2007 6,762 106,051 43.1 93.1 15.7 March 2008 6,264 101,046 40.0 92.6 16.1 March 2009 5,789 93,161 36.9 92.4 16.1 March 2010 5,352 87,189 34.1 92.5 16.3 March 2011 5,046 89,233 32.2 94.3 17.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 15,429 98,759 100.0 _ 6.4 March 2002 11,770 95,213 76.3 76.3 8.1 March 2003 10,061 91,512 65.2 85.5 9.1 March 2004 9,011 91,961 58.4 89.6 10.2 March 2005 8,163 90,986 52.9 90.6 11.1 March 2006 7,471 91,010 48.4 91.5 12.2 March 2007 6,899 87,374 44.7 92.3 12.7 March 2008 6,371 83,718 41.3 92.3 13.1 March 2009 5,770 78,179 37.4 90.6 13.5 March 2010 5,370 76,206 34.8 93.1 14.2 March 2011 4,984 75,457 32.3 92.8 15.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 15,747 90,665 100.0 _ 5.8 March 2003 12,322 90,084 78.2 78.2 7.3 March 2004 10,687 90,265 67.9 86.7 8.4 March 2005 9,480 89,200 60.2 88.7 9.4 March 2006 8,744 87,909 55.5 92.2 10.1 March 2007 8,032 86,207 51.0 91.9 10.7 March 2008 7,279 83,252 46.2 90.6 11.4 March 2009 6,657 77,226 42.3 91.5 11.6 March 2010 6,119 73,046 38.9 91.9 11.9 March 2011 5,772 72,424 36.7 94.3 12.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 15,217 90,400 100.0 _ 5.9 March 2004 12,147 92,831 79.8 79.8 7.6 March 2005 10,546 95,240 69.3 86.8 9.0 March 2006 9,513 95,007 62.5 90.2 10.0 March 2007 8,598 92,025 56.5 90.4 10.7 March 2008 7,758 89,581 51.0 90.2 11.5 March 2009 6,931 82,312 45.5 89.3 11.9 March 2010 6,276 77,029 41.2 90.5 12.3 March 2011 5,800 76,337 38.1 92.4 13.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 15,755 91,111 100.0 _ 5.8 March 2005 12,604 94,883 80.0 80.0 7.5 March 2006 10,919 94,913 69.3 86.6 8.7 March 2007 9,677 92,615 61.4 88.6 9.6 March 2008 8,570 88,816 54.4 88.6 10.4 March 2009 7,606 83,195 48.3 88.8 10.9 March 2010 6,891 78,775 43.7 90.6 11.4 March 2011 6,363 76,984 40.4 92.3 12.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 17,471 90,326 100.0 _ 5.2 March 2006 13,765 94,636 78.8 78.8 6.9 March 2007 11,855 94,423 67.9 86.1 8.0 March 2008 10,260 91,492 58.7 86.5 8.9 March 2009 8,903 82,866 51.0 86.8 9.3 March 2010 7,855 79,701 45.0 88.2 10.1 March 2011 7,271 78,873 41.6 92.6 10.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 17,854 89,949 100.0 _ 5.0 March 2007 13,972 90,480 78.3 78.3 6.5 March 2008 11,771 85,646 65.9 84.2 7.3 March 2009 10,037 79,702 56.2 85.3 7.9 March 2010 8,728 74,485 48.9 87.0 8.5 March 2011 7,933 73,898 44.4 90.9 9.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 18,904 88,696 100.0 _ 4.7 March 2008 14,451 86,569 76.4 76.4 6.0 March 2009 12,045 81,133 63.7 83.4 6.7 March 2010 10,391 77,193 55.0 86.3 7.4 March 2011 9,511 76,173 50.3 91.5 8.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 18,326 86,649 100.0 _ 4.7 March 2009 13,798 79,375 75.3 75.3 5.8 March 2010 11,542 75,331 63.0 83.6 6.5 March 2011 10,149 73,707 55.4 87.9 7.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 17,763 79,953 100.0 _ 4.5 March 2010 13,668 75,890 76.9 76.9 5.6 March 2011 11,721 77,141 66.0 85.8 6.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 15,689 67,416 100.0 _ 4.3 March 2011 12,216 66,929 77.9 77.9 5.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 17,811 74,994 100.0 _ 4.2 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.