Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Total Private Wyoming 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 1,440 6,959 100.0 _ 4.8 March 1995 1,137 6,153 79.0 79.0 5.4 March 1996 952 5,954 66.1 83.7 6.3 March 1997 843 5,710 58.5 88.6 6.8 March 1998 773 5,241 53.7 91.7 6.8 March 1999 687 5,194 47.7 88.9 7.6 March 2000 632 4,934 43.9 92.0 7.8 March 2001 586 4,776 40.7 92.7 8.2 March 2002 534 5,273 37.1 91.1 9.9 March 2003 499 5,107 34.7 93.4 10.2 March 2004 472 5,070 32.8 94.6 10.7 March 2005 447 5,062 31.0 94.7 11.3 March 2006 429 5,444 29.8 96.0 12.7 March 2007 406 5,862 28.2 94.6 14.4 March 2008 386 5,595 26.8 95.1 14.5 March 2009 361 5,204 25.1 93.5 14.4 March 2010 342 4,361 23.8 94.7 12.8 March 2011 330 4,132 22.9 96.5 12.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 1,483 6,091 100.0 _ 4.1 March 1996 1,129 5,438 76.1 76.1 4.8 March 1997 993 5,030 67.0 88.0 5.1 March 1998 898 4,855 60.6 90.4 5.4 March 1999 805 4,635 54.3 89.6 5.8 March 2000 721 4,532 48.6 89.6 6.3 March 2001 664 4,616 44.8 92.1 7.0 March 2002 630 4,326 42.5 94.9 6.9 March 2003 592 4,260 39.9 94.0 7.2 March 2004 556 4,527 37.5 93.9 8.1 March 2005 548 4,689 37.0 98.6 8.6 March 2006 528 4,779 35.6 96.4 9.1 March 2007 517 4,809 34.9 97.9 9.3 March 2008 496 4,625 33.4 95.9 9.3 March 2009 472 4,627 31.8 95.2 9.8 March 2010 449 4,147 30.3 95.1 9.2 March 2011 436 4,018 29.4 97.1 9.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 1,426 5,648 100.0 _ 4.0 March 1997 1,095 5,371 76.8 76.8 4.9 March 1998 947 5,200 66.4 86.5 5.5 March 1999 841 5,081 59.0 88.8 6.0 March 2000 760 4,980 53.3 90.4 6.6 March 2001 684 4,886 48.0 90.0 7.1 March 2002 625 4,238 43.8 91.4 6.8 March 2003 590 4,206 41.4 94.4 7.1 March 2004 564 4,163 39.6 95.6 7.4 March 2005 536 4,525 37.6 95.0 8.4 March 2006 523 4,668 36.7 97.6 8.9 March 2007 481 4,388 33.7 92.0 9.1 March 2008 456 4,200 32.0 94.8 9.2 March 2009 429 3,849 30.1 94.1 9.0 March 2010 415 3,422 29.1 96.7 8.2 March 2011 393 3,282 27.6 94.7 8.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 1,429 6,690 100.0 _ 4.7 March 1998 1,098 5,900 76.8 76.8 5.4 March 1999 939 5,666 65.7 85.5 6.0 March 2000 851 5,391 59.6 90.6 6.3 March 2001 776 5,477 54.3 91.2 7.1 March 2002 703 5,317 49.2 90.6 7.6 March 2003 648 5,218 45.3 92.2 8.1 March 2004 606 5,127 42.4 93.5 8.5 March 2005 571 5,055 40.0 94.2 8.9 March 2006 543 5,018 38.0 95.1 9.2 March 2007 516 4,991 36.1 95.0 9.7 March 2008 508 5,058 35.5 98.4 10.0 March 2009 477 4,939 33.4 93.9 10.4 March 2010 461 4,671 32.3 96.6 10.1 March 2011 434 4,600 30.4 94.1 10.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 1,576 7,286 100.0 _ 4.6 March 1999 1,185 7,605 75.2 75.2 6.4 March 2000 1,030 7,159 65.4 86.9 7.0 March 2001 894 6,667 56.7 86.8 7.5 March 2002 835 6,890 53.0 93.4 8.3 March 2003 740 6,219 47.0 88.6 8.4 March 2004 692 5,519 43.9 93.5 8.0 March 2005 670 5,456 42.5 96.8 8.1 March 2006 634 5,337 40.2 94.6 8.4 March 2007 585 5,500 37.1 92.3 9.4 March 2008 550 5,343 34.9 94.0 9.7 March 2009 520 4,839 33.0 94.5 9.3 March 2010 493 4,250 31.3 94.8 8.6 March 2011 480 4,182 30.5 97.4 8.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 1,519 6,735 100.0 _ 4.4 March 2000 1,189 6,696 78.3 78.3 5.6 March 2001 1,010 6,146 66.5 84.9 6.1 March 2002 891 5,872 58.7 88.2 6.6 March 2003 812 5,580 53.5 91.1 6.9 March 2004 742 5,407 48.8 91.4 7.3 March 2005 677 5,715 44.6 91.2 8.4 March 2006 667 5,785 43.9 98.5 8.7 March 2007 636 5,763 41.9 95.4 9.1 March 2008 604 5,403 39.8 95.0 8.9 March 2009 570 4,924 37.5 94.4 8.6 March 2010 534 4,620 35.2 93.7 8.7 March 2011 501 4,256 33.0 93.8 8.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 1,481 6,203 100.0 _ 4.2 March 2001 1,159 5,710 78.3 78.3 4.9 March 2002 976 5,091 65.9 84.2 5.2 March 2003 863 4,760 58.3 88.4 5.5 March 2004 780 4,638 52.7 90.4 5.9 March 2005 720 4,658 48.6 92.3 6.5 March 2006 689 4,926 46.5 95.7 7.1 March 2007 658 4,985 44.4 95.5 7.6 March 2008 603 4,856 40.7 91.6 8.1 March 2009 562 4,136 37.9 93.2 7.4 March 2010 510 3,740 34.4 90.7 7.3 March 2011 485 3,749 32.7 95.1 7.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 1,636 7,228 100.0 _ 4.4 March 2002 1,237 6,386 75.6 75.6 5.2 March 2003 1,039 5,826 63.5 84.0 5.6 March 2004 953 5,485 58.3 91.7 5.8 March 2005 853 5,329 52.1 89.5 6.2 March 2006 779 5,368 47.6 91.3 6.9 March 2007 732 5,358 44.7 94.0 7.3 March 2008 702 5,367 42.9 95.9 7.6 March 2009 666 4,962 40.7 94.9 7.5 March 2010 605 4,480 37.0 90.8 7.4 March 2011 575 4,415 35.1 95.0 7.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 1,549 6,777 100.0 _ 4.4 March 2003 1,216 6,628 78.5 78.5 5.5 March 2004 1,075 7,029 69.4 88.4 6.5 March 2005 976 7,199 63.0 90.8 7.4 March 2006 873 7,388 56.4 89.4 8.5 March 2007 794 7,247 51.3 91.0 9.1 March 2008 743 7,059 48.0 93.6 9.5 March 2009 683 6,785 44.1 91.9 9.9 March 2010 638 6,100 41.2 93.4 9.6 March 2011 611 6,120 39.4 95.8 10.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 1,440 5,589 100.0 _ 3.9 March 2004 1,164 5,887 80.8 80.8 5.1 March 2005 1,005 5,732 69.8 86.3 5.7 March 2006 884 5,766 61.4 88.0 6.5 March 2007 837 6,083 58.1 94.7 7.3 March 2008 777 6,469 54.0 92.8 8.3 March 2009 717 5,813 49.8 92.3 8.1 March 2010 660 5,423 45.8 92.1 8.2 March 2011 631 5,255 43.8 95.6 8.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 1,560 6,199 100.0 _ 4.0 March 2005 1,250 6,178 80.1 80.1 4.9 March 2006 1,077 6,173 69.0 86.2 5.7 March 2007 976 6,313 62.6 90.6 6.5 March 2008 878 6,239 56.3 90.0 7.1 March 2009 801 5,705 51.3 91.2 7.1 March 2010 741 5,050 47.5 92.5 6.8 March 2011 682 5,197 43.7 92.0 7.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 1,706 6,648 100.0 _ 3.9 March 2006 1,374 6,629 80.5 80.5 4.8 March 2007 1,209 7,022 70.9 88.0 5.8 March 2008 1,106 6,995 64.8 91.5 6.3 March 2009 965 5,933 56.6 87.3 6.1 March 2010 844 5,171 49.5 87.5 6.1 March 2011 775 5,010 45.4 91.8 6.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 1,831 7,888 100.0 _ 4.3 March 2007 1,447 8,293 79.0 79.0 5.7 March 2008 1,257 8,148 68.7 86.9 6.5 March 2009 1,086 7,148 59.3 86.4 6.6 March 2010 951 6,288 51.9 87.6 6.6 March 2011 886 6,178 48.4 93.2 7.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 1,871 7,728 100.0 _ 4.1 March 2008 1,417 6,780 75.7 75.7 4.8 March 2009 1,198 5,879 64.0 84.5 4.9 March 2010 1,026 5,253 54.8 85.6 5.1 March 2011 922 5,341 49.3 89.9 5.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 1,836 8,559 100.0 _ 4.7 March 2009 1,338 6,441 72.9 72.9 4.8 March 2010 1,123 6,037 61.2 83.9 5.4 March 2011 993 5,425 54.1 88.4 5.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 1,582 6,345 100.0 _ 4.0 March 2010 1,213 5,370 76.7 76.7 4.4 March 2011 1,046 5,130 66.1 86.2 4.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 1,380 5,422 100.0 _ 3.9 March 2011 1,092 4,953 79.1 79.1 4.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 1,378 5,117 100.0 _ 3.7 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.