Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Total Private Washington 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 12,449 66,336 100.0 _ 5.3 March 1995 9,547 66,371 76.7 76.7 7.0 March 1996 8,002 65,638 64.3 83.8 8.2 March 1997 7,144 66,484 57.4 89.3 9.3 March 1998 6,494 65,638 52.2 90.9 10.1 March 1999 5,846 64,586 47.0 90.0 11.0 March 2000 5,316 63,787 42.7 90.9 12.0 March 2001 4,874 62,099 39.2 91.7 12.7 March 2002 4,523 55,955 36.3 92.8 12.4 March 2003 4,498 54,057 36.1 99.4 12.0 March 2004 4,314 53,057 34.7 95.9 12.3 March 2005 4,137 53,873 33.2 95.9 13.0 March 2006 3,919 54,004 31.5 94.7 13.8 March 2007 3,763 54,210 30.2 96.0 14.4 March 2008 3,628 53,039 29.1 96.4 14.6 March 2009 3,381 49,224 27.2 93.2 14.6 March 2010 3,161 46,252 25.4 93.5 14.6 March 2011 2,964 44,521 23.8 93.8 15.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 12,647 77,089 100.0 _ 6.1 March 1996 9,611 78,147 76.0 76.0 8.1 March 1997 8,347 80,109 66.0 86.8 9.6 March 1998 7,478 82,789 59.1 89.6 11.1 March 1999 6,704 83,222 53.0 89.6 12.4 March 2000 6,046 84,205 47.8 90.2 13.9 March 2001 5,607 78,337 44.3 92.7 14.0 March 2002 5,143 69,651 40.7 91.7 13.5 March 2003 5,002 66,472 39.6 97.3 13.3 March 2004 4,770 66,104 37.7 95.4 13.9 March 2005 4,500 66,839 35.6 94.3 14.9 March 2006 4,252 68,051 33.6 94.5 16.0 March 2007 4,109 65,065 32.5 96.6 15.8 March 2008 4,027 66,125 31.8 98.0 16.4 March 2009 3,743 61,492 29.6 92.9 16.4 March 2010 3,575 58,542 28.3 95.5 16.4 March 2011 3,431 56,754 27.1 96.0 16.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 12,867 83,057 100.0 _ 6.5 March 1997 9,894 84,603 76.9 76.9 8.6 March 1998 8,592 83,660 66.8 86.8 9.7 March 1999 7,519 82,957 58.4 87.5 11.0 March 2000 6,767 80,245 52.6 90.0 11.9 March 2001 6,143 75,902 47.7 90.8 12.4 March 2002 5,620 70,071 43.7 91.5 12.5 March 2003 5,376 67,338 41.8 95.7 12.5 March 2004 5,086 66,549 39.5 94.6 13.1 March 2005 4,823 67,366 37.5 94.8 14.0 March 2006 4,615 68,028 35.9 95.7 14.7 March 2007 4,411 67,355 34.3 95.6 15.3 March 2008 4,251 66,215 33.0 96.4 15.6 March 2009 3,951 60,327 30.7 92.9 15.3 March 2010 3,764 58,109 29.3 95.3 15.4 March 2011 3,626 58,076 28.2 96.3 16.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 13,294 88,433 100.0 _ 6.7 March 1998 10,410 91,442 78.3 78.3 8.8 March 1999 8,846 91,171 66.5 85.0 10.3 March 2000 7,790 91,618 58.6 88.1 11.8 March 2001 6,816 82,813 51.3 87.5 12.1 March 2002 6,111 73,676 46.0 89.7 12.1 March 2003 5,946 70,416 44.7 97.3 11.8 March 2004 5,590 69,986 42.0 94.0 12.5 March 2005 5,208 70,662 39.2 93.2 13.6 March 2006 4,961 71,153 37.3 95.3 14.3 March 2007 4,727 70,471 35.6 95.3 14.9 March 2008 4,530 68,795 34.1 95.8 15.2 March 2009 4,244 61,968 31.9 93.7 14.6 March 2010 3,978 59,688 29.9 93.7 15.0 March 2011 3,843 58,549 28.9 96.6 15.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 13,713 91,681 100.0 _ 6.7 March 1999 10,528 92,270 76.8 76.8 8.8 March 2000 9,125 94,701 66.5 86.7 10.4 March 2001 8,028 90,751 58.5 88.0 11.3 March 2002 7,093 81,909 51.7 88.4 11.5 March 2003 6,760 79,333 49.3 95.3 11.7 March 2004 6,247 77,111 45.6 92.4 12.3 March 2005 5,900 77,350 43.0 94.4 13.1 March 2006 5,570 78,482 40.6 94.4 14.1 March 2007 5,385 80,199 39.3 96.7 14.9 March 2008 5,110 80,102 37.3 94.9 15.7 March 2009 4,747 74,392 34.6 92.9 15.7 March 2010 4,426 69,298 32.3 93.2 15.7 March 2011 4,267 69,327 31.1 96.4 16.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 13,323 87,270 100.0 _ 6.6 March 2000 10,372 91,226 77.9 77.9 8.8 March 2001 8,720 86,634 65.5 84.1 9.9 March 2002 7,655 76,477 57.5 87.8 10.0 March 2003 7,192 74,688 54.0 94.0 10.4 March 2004 6,703 74,086 50.3 93.2 11.1 March 2005 6,195 74,184 46.5 92.4 12.0 March 2006 5,761 73,632 43.2 93.0 12.8 March 2007 5,435 75,098 40.8 94.3 13.8 March 2008 5,196 73,536 39.0 95.6 14.2 March 2009 4,779 65,505 35.9 92.0 13.7 March 2010 4,474 61,949 33.6 93.6 13.8 March 2011 4,224 61,085 31.7 94.4 14.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 13,559 89,618 100.0 _ 6.6 March 2001 10,135 85,893 74.7 74.7 8.5 March 2002 8,437 83,157 62.2 83.2 9.9 March 2003 7,803 80,984 57.5 92.5 10.4 March 2004 7,153 79,935 52.8 91.7 11.2 March 2005 6,600 81,560 48.7 92.3 12.4 March 2006 6,140 82,222 45.3 93.0 13.4 March 2007 5,811 83,645 42.9 94.6 14.4 March 2008 5,517 82,282 40.7 94.9 14.9 March 2009 5,042 77,299 37.2 91.4 15.3 March 2010 4,659 73,938 34.4 92.4 15.9 March 2011 4,473 74,210 33.0 96.0 16.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 13,142 76,186 100.0 _ 5.8 March 2002 9,465 68,191 72.0 72.0 7.2 March 2003 8,509 66,446 64.7 89.9 7.8 March 2004 7,664 67,224 58.3 90.1 8.8 March 2005 7,018 69,641 53.4 91.6 9.9 March 2006 6,395 71,236 48.7 91.1 11.1 March 2007 6,007 71,741 45.7 93.9 11.9 March 2008 5,584 68,057 42.5 93.0 12.2 March 2009 5,104 60,624 38.8 91.4 11.9 March 2010 4,721 56,824 35.9 92.5 12.0 March 2011 4,466 57,240 34.0 94.6 12.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 12,121 70,967 100.0 _ 5.9 March 2003 9,897 68,632 81.7 81.7 6.9 March 2004 8,668 70,283 71.5 87.6 8.1 March 2005 7,820 72,647 64.5 90.2 9.3 March 2006 7,224 72,722 59.6 92.4 10.1 March 2007 6,681 73,734 55.1 92.5 11.0 March 2008 6,210 73,620 51.2 93.0 11.9 March 2009 5,639 68,549 46.5 90.8 12.2 March 2010 5,181 62,874 42.7 91.9 12.1 March 2011 4,927 61,953 40.6 95.1 12.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 13,164 65,805 100.0 _ 5.0 March 2004 10,093 64,876 76.7 76.7 6.4 March 2005 8,819 65,888 67.0 87.4 7.5 March 2006 7,877 67,003 59.8 89.3 8.5 March 2007 7,131 67,077 54.2 90.5 9.4 March 2008 6,577 65,429 50.0 92.2 9.9 March 2009 5,881 58,789 44.7 89.4 10.0 March 2010 5,362 55,715 40.7 91.2 10.4 March 2011 5,081 56,071 38.6 94.8 11.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 13,383 61,782 100.0 _ 4.6 March 2005 10,487 62,125 78.4 78.4 5.9 March 2006 9,042 63,134 67.6 86.2 7.0 March 2007 8,249 65,611 61.6 91.2 8.0 March 2008 7,536 64,398 56.3 91.4 8.5 March 2009 6,580 58,638 49.2 87.3 8.9 March 2010 5,997 54,747 44.8 91.1 9.1 March 2011 5,590 53,868 41.8 93.2 9.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 14,027 56,221 100.0 _ 4.0 March 2006 10,906 57,974 77.8 77.8 5.3 March 2007 9,496 59,267 67.7 87.1 6.2 March 2008 8,399 57,513 59.9 88.4 6.8 March 2009 7,241 51,381 51.6 86.2 7.1 March 2010 6,450 48,762 46.0 89.1 7.6 March 2011 5,967 48,793 42.5 92.5 8.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 14,357 60,417 100.0 _ 4.2 March 2007 11,208 62,186 78.1 78.1 5.5 March 2008 9,593 61,265 66.8 85.6 6.4 March 2009 7,951 55,076 55.4 82.9 6.9 March 2010 6,987 51,418 48.7 87.9 7.4 March 2011 6,325 51,124 44.1 90.5 8.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 14,824 62,649 100.0 _ 4.2 March 2008 11,427 62,046 77.1 77.1 5.4 March 2009 9,010 55,200 60.8 78.8 6.1 March 2010 7,721 51,164 52.1 85.7 6.6 March 2011 6,979 50,881 47.1 90.4 7.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 15,193 62,823 100.0 _ 4.1 March 2009 10,693 55,122 70.4 70.4 5.2 March 2010 8,839 51,317 58.2 82.7 5.8 March 2011 7,950 52,005 52.3 89.9 6.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 12,163 49,621 100.0 _ 4.1 March 2010 9,020 47,135 74.2 74.2 5.2 March 2011 7,862 48,086 64.6 87.2 6.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 10,721 41,634 100.0 _ 3.9 March 2011 8,368 42,259 78.1 78.1 5.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 12,396 45,179 100.0 _ 3.6 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.