Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Total Private Delaware 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 1,816 9,576 100.0 _ 5.3 March 1995 1,494 10,257 82.3 82.3 6.9 March 1996 1,329 9,661 73.2 89.0 7.3 March 1997 1,131 8,912 62.3 85.1 7.9 March 1998 1,017 8,446 56.0 89.9 8.3 March 1999 916 8,730 50.4 90.1 9.5 March 2000 866 8,417 47.7 94.5 9.7 March 2001 783 7,791 43.1 90.4 10.0 March 2002 692 7,736 38.1 88.4 11.2 March 2003 637 7,512 35.1 92.1 11.8 March 2004 617 7,379 34.0 96.9 12.0 March 2005 573 7,250 31.6 92.9 12.7 March 2006 522 6,893 28.7 91.1 13.2 March 2007 486 6,652 26.8 93.1 13.7 March 2008 462 6,266 25.4 95.1 13.6 March 2009 420 5,638 23.1 90.9 13.4 March 2010 389 5,296 21.4 92.6 13.6 March 2011 377 5,560 20.8 96.9 14.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 1,986 10,802 100.0 _ 5.4 March 1996 1,626 10,989 81.9 81.9 6.8 March 1997 1,356 10,846 68.3 83.4 8.0 March 1998 1,196 11,022 60.2 88.2 9.2 March 1999 1,057 10,990 53.2 88.4 10.4 March 2000 984 10,385 49.5 93.1 10.6 March 2001 889 11,196 44.8 90.3 12.6 March 2002 764 10,329 38.5 85.9 13.5 March 2003 717 10,342 36.1 93.8 14.4 March 2004 705 11,404 35.5 98.3 16.2 March 2005 660 10,673 33.2 93.6 16.2 March 2006 591 10,715 29.8 89.5 18.1 March 2007 562 10,681 28.3 95.1 19.0 March 2008 534 10,338 26.9 95.0 19.4 March 2009 516 9,544 26.0 96.6 18.5 March 2010 463 9,410 23.3 89.7 20.3 March 2011 460 9,233 23.2 99.4 20.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 2,102 10,559 100.0 _ 5.0 March 1997 1,673 9,649 79.6 79.6 5.8 March 1998 1,472 9,416 70.0 88.0 6.4 March 1999 1,273 9,451 60.6 86.5 7.4 March 2000 1,158 9,910 55.1 91.0 8.6 March 2001 1,063 8,717 50.6 91.8 8.2 March 2002 939 7,626 44.7 88.3 8.1 March 2003 854 7,262 40.6 90.9 8.5 March 2004 838 7,198 39.9 98.1 8.6 March 2005 774 6,808 36.8 92.4 8.8 March 2006 714 6,448 34.0 92.2 9.0 March 2007 673 6,188 32.0 94.3 9.2 March 2008 620 5,868 29.5 92.1 9.5 March 2009 572 5,474 27.2 92.3 9.6 March 2010 512 5,464 24.4 89.5 10.7 March 2011 504 5,341 24.0 98.4 10.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 2,325 15,584 100.0 _ 6.7 March 1998 1,891 16,337 81.3 81.3 8.6 March 1999 1,573 16,600 67.7 83.2 10.6 March 2000 1,424 17,143 61.2 90.5 12.0 March 2001 1,325 16,395 57.0 93.0 12.4 March 2002 1,136 14,706 48.9 85.7 12.9 March 2003 1,039 14,503 44.7 91.5 14.0 March 2004 1,046 13,956 45.0 100.7 13.3 March 2005 940 13,408 40.4 89.9 14.3 March 2006 879 13,172 37.8 93.5 15.0 March 2007 798 12,686 34.3 90.8 15.9 March 2008 744 11,997 32.0 93.2 16.1 March 2009 691 10,986 29.7 92.9 15.9 March 2010 591 9,976 25.4 85.5 16.9 March 2011 585 9,848 25.2 99.0 16.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 2,242 13,146 100.0 _ 5.9 March 1999 1,779 13,422 79.3 79.3 7.5 March 2000 1,599 13,778 71.3 89.9 8.6 March 2001 1,417 12,756 63.2 88.6 9.0 March 2002 1,235 11,449 55.1 87.2 9.3 March 2003 1,092 10,737 48.7 88.4 9.8 March 2004 1,021 10,201 45.5 93.5 10.0 March 2005 922 9,830 41.1 90.3 10.7 March 2006 858 9,890 38.3 93.1 11.5 March 2007 786 9,927 35.1 91.6 12.6 March 2008 724 9,404 32.3 92.1 13.0 March 2009 655 8,312 29.2 90.5 12.7 March 2010 540 8,097 24.1 82.4 15.0 March 2011 546 7,838 24.4 101.1 14.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 2,325 13,345 100.0 _ 5.7 March 2000 1,896 13,784 81.5 81.5 7.3 March 2001 1,621 12,852 69.7 85.5 7.9 March 2002 1,294 11,434 55.7 79.8 8.8 March 2003 1,165 10,793 50.1 90.0 9.3 March 2004 1,100 10,806 47.3 94.4 9.8 March 2005 1,023 11,110 44.0 93.0 10.9 March 2006 936 10,460 40.3 91.5 11.2 March 2007 862 10,212 37.1 92.1 11.8 March 2008 787 10,229 33.8 91.3 13.0 March 2009 714 9,480 30.7 90.7 13.3 March 2010 602 9,317 25.9 84.3 15.5 March 2011 609 8,807 26.2 101.2 14.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 2,335 15,451 100.0 _ 6.6 March 2001 1,936 16,269 82.9 82.9 8.4 March 2002 1,585 14,487 67.9 81.9 9.1 March 2003 1,376 13,667 58.9 86.8 9.9 March 2004 1,323 13,829 56.7 96.1 10.5 March 2005 1,201 13,855 51.4 90.8 11.5 March 2006 1,109 13,483 47.5 92.3 12.2 March 2007 1,016 13,615 43.5 91.6 13.4 March 2008 935 13,091 40.0 92.0 14.0 March 2009 823 12,458 35.2 88.0 15.1 March 2010 679 11,383 29.1 82.5 16.8 March 2011 695 10,854 29.8 102.4 15.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 2,508 18,091 100.0 _ 7.2 March 2002 1,826 16,217 72.8 72.8 8.9 March 2003 1,575 15,099 62.8 86.3 9.6 March 2004 1,581 15,925 63.0 100.4 10.1 March 2005 1,436 15,150 57.3 90.8 10.6 March 2006 1,304 14,896 52.0 90.8 11.4 March 2007 1,175 15,003 46.9 90.1 12.8 March 2008 1,054 15,093 42.0 89.7 14.3 March 2009 960 13,532 38.3 91.1 14.1 March 2010 823 12,775 32.8 85.7 15.5 March 2011 815 12,438 32.5 99.0 15.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 1,975 13,109 100.0 _ 6.6 March 2003 1,550 12,487 78.5 78.5 8.1 March 2004 1,480 12,216 74.9 95.5 8.3 March 2005 1,292 11,954 65.4 87.3 9.3 March 2006 1,162 11,798 58.8 89.9 10.2 March 2007 1,025 10,980 51.9 88.2 10.7 March 2008 920 10,388 46.6 89.8 11.3 March 2009 837 9,475 42.4 91.0 11.3 March 2010 719 8,896 36.4 85.9 12.4 March 2011 696 8,440 35.2 96.8 12.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 2,216 14,045 100.0 _ 6.3 March 2004 1,771 13,977 79.9 79.9 7.9 March 2005 1,562 13,381 70.5 88.2 8.6 March 2006 1,382 13,234 62.4 88.5 9.6 March 2007 1,230 13,223 55.5 89.0 10.8 March 2008 1,096 13,168 49.5 89.1 12.0 March 2009 961 11,303 43.4 87.7 11.8 March 2010 841 9,801 38.0 87.5 11.7 March 2011 803 9,554 36.2 95.5 11.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 2,410 14,610 100.0 _ 6.1 March 2005 1,913 13,046 79.4 79.4 6.8 March 2006 1,600 12,999 66.4 83.6 8.1 March 2007 1,410 12,220 58.5 88.1 8.7 March 2008 1,236 11,238 51.3 87.7 9.1 March 2009 1,082 10,233 44.9 87.5 9.5 March 2010 939 9,099 39.0 86.8 9.7 March 2011 879 8,383 36.5 93.6 9.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 2,178 12,208 100.0 _ 5.6 March 2006 1,705 11,941 78.3 78.3 7.0 March 2007 1,443 11,270 66.3 84.6 7.8 March 2008 1,299 10,589 59.6 90.0 8.2 March 2009 1,119 9,463 51.4 86.1 8.5 March 2010 967 9,523 44.4 86.4 9.8 March 2011 900 8,504 41.3 93.1 9.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 2,552 14,331 100.0 _ 5.6 March 2007 1,768 11,421 69.3 69.3 6.5 March 2008 1,508 10,600 59.1 85.3 7.0 March 2009 1,264 9,556 49.5 83.8 7.6 March 2010 1,075 9,324 42.1 85.0 8.7 March 2011 985 9,113 38.6 91.6 9.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 2,259 15,543 100.0 _ 6.9 March 2008 1,754 14,323 77.6 77.6 8.2 March 2009 1,442 13,296 63.8 82.2 9.2 March 2010 1,242 12,663 55.0 86.1 10.2 March 2011 1,128 12,217 49.9 90.8 10.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 2,233 11,637 100.0 _ 5.2 March 2009 1,681 9,031 75.3 75.3 5.4 March 2010 1,371 8,703 61.4 81.6 6.3 March 2011 1,262 9,138 56.5 92.0 7.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 1,940 11,036 100.0 _ 5.7 March 2010 1,480 10,396 76.3 76.3 7.0 March 2011 1,277 10,208 65.8 86.3 8.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 1,751 8,358 100.0 _ 4.8 March 2011 1,357 8,571 77.5 77.5 6.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 1,885 10,257 100.0 _ 5.4 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.