Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Total Private Georgia 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 17,497 133,372 100.0 _ 7.6 March 1995 13,952 136,840 79.7 79.7 9.8 March 1996 12,170 140,263 69.6 87.2 11.5 March 1997 10,706 135,694 61.2 88.0 12.7 March 1998 9,425 130,448 53.9 88.0 13.8 March 1999 8,605 126,834 49.2 91.3 14.7 March 2000 7,904 121,917 45.2 91.9 15.4 March 2001 7,144 114,604 40.8 90.4 16.0 March 2002 6,735 105,137 38.5 94.3 15.6 March 2003 6,243 98,885 35.7 92.7 15.8 March 2004 5,866 95,632 33.5 94.0 16.3 March 2005 5,402 90,013 30.9 92.1 16.7 March 2006 5,003 87,113 28.6 92.6 17.4 March 2007 4,633 85,324 26.5 92.6 18.4 March 2008 4,396 81,415 25.1 94.9 18.5 March 2009 4,056 73,884 23.2 92.3 18.2 March 2010 3,799 69,909 21.7 93.7 18.4 March 2011 3,563 68,688 20.4 93.8 19.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 17,385 128,941 100.0 _ 7.4 March 1996 14,141 135,721 81.3 81.3 9.6 March 1997 12,175 133,165 70.0 86.1 10.9 March 1998 10,552 128,930 60.7 86.7 12.2 March 1999 9,507 128,284 54.7 90.1 13.5 March 2000 8,534 124,785 49.1 89.8 14.6 March 2001 7,677 117,482 44.2 90.0 15.3 March 2002 7,024 105,395 40.4 91.5 15.0 March 2003 6,511 99,001 37.5 92.7 15.2 March 2004 6,164 93,452 35.5 94.7 15.2 March 2005 5,635 90,262 32.4 91.4 16.0 March 2006 5,279 88,068 30.4 93.7 16.7 March 2007 5,031 85,951 28.9 95.3 17.1 March 2008 4,770 80,372 27.4 94.8 16.8 March 2009 4,316 70,600 24.8 90.5 16.4 March 2010 4,078 67,000 23.5 94.5 16.4 March 2011 3,819 65,352 22.0 93.6 17.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 18,119 149,103 100.0 _ 8.2 March 1997 14,599 153,822 80.6 80.6 10.5 March 1998 12,310 147,330 67.9 84.3 12.0 March 1999 10,930 142,068 60.3 88.8 13.0 March 2000 9,811 140,465 54.1 89.8 14.3 March 2001 8,656 134,358 47.8 88.2 15.5 March 2002 7,875 122,517 43.5 91.0 15.6 March 2003 7,311 116,593 40.3 92.8 15.9 March 2004 6,735 113,901 37.2 92.1 16.9 March 2005 6,083 115,240 33.6 90.3 18.9 March 2006 5,644 115,139 31.1 92.8 20.4 March 2007 5,306 114,287 29.3 94.0 21.5 March 2008 5,055 109,950 27.9 95.3 21.8 March 2009 4,632 97,050 25.6 91.6 21.0 March 2010 4,292 91,853 23.7 92.7 21.4 March 2011 4,044 93,390 22.3 94.2 23.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 18,460 142,887 100.0 _ 7.7 March 1998 14,303 147,856 77.5 77.5 10.3 March 1999 12,605 142,811 68.3 88.1 11.3 March 2000 11,214 143,204 60.7 89.0 12.8 March 2001 9,754 134,375 52.8 87.0 13.8 March 2002 8,757 120,181 47.4 89.8 13.7 March 2003 7,959 110,327 43.1 90.9 13.9 March 2004 7,329 108,483 39.7 92.1 14.8 March 2005 6,670 105,163 36.1 91.0 15.8 March 2006 6,262 103,771 33.9 93.9 16.6 March 2007 5,913 96,909 32.0 94.4 16.4 March 2008 5,588 92,787 30.3 94.5 16.6 March 2009 5,073 82,859 27.5 90.8 16.3 March 2010 4,695 78,720 25.4 92.5 16.8 March 2011 4,408 80,354 23.9 93.9 18.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 20,703 182,586 100.0 _ 8.8 March 1999 16,833 180,671 81.3 81.3 10.7 March 2000 14,793 179,179 71.5 87.9 12.1 March 2001 12,628 164,982 61.0 85.4 13.1 March 2002 11,161 149,378 53.9 88.4 13.4 March 2003 10,191 140,969 49.2 91.3 13.8 March 2004 9,476 135,832 45.8 93.0 14.3 March 2005 8,573 131,065 41.4 90.5 15.3 March 2006 8,042 128,756 38.8 93.8 16.0 March 2007 7,517 126,772 36.3 93.5 16.9 March 2008 7,062 122,386 34.1 93.9 17.3 March 2009 6,463 109,076 31.2 91.5 16.9 March 2010 6,023 102,073 29.1 93.2 16.9 March 2011 5,682 101,426 27.4 94.3 17.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 21,222 175,450 100.0 _ 8.3 March 2000 16,960 173,636 79.9 79.9 10.2 March 2001 14,495 165,791 68.3 85.5 11.4 March 2002 12,530 151,726 59.0 86.4 12.1 March 2003 11,323 141,278 53.4 90.4 12.5 March 2004 10,287 138,325 48.5 90.9 13.4 March 2005 9,239 132,783 43.5 89.8 14.4 March 2006 8,602 130,758 40.5 93.1 15.2 March 2007 8,145 128,021 38.4 94.7 15.7 March 2008 7,760 124,009 36.6 95.3 16.0 March 2009 7,035 111,087 33.1 90.7 15.8 March 2010 6,538 103,213 30.8 92.9 15.8 March 2011 6,055 102,552 28.5 92.6 16.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 20,939 187,386 100.0 _ 8.9 March 2001 16,934 180,846 80.9 80.9 10.7 March 2002 13,900 156,360 66.4 82.1 11.2 March 2003 12,314 146,165 58.8 88.6 11.9 March 2004 11,182 144,039 53.4 90.8 12.9 March 2005 10,440 141,424 49.9 93.4 13.5 March 2006 9,680 144,400 46.2 92.7 14.9 March 2007 9,025 141,671 43.1 93.2 15.7 March 2008 8,383 131,323 40.0 92.9 15.7 March 2009 7,684 117,698 36.7 91.7 15.3 March 2010 7,104 109,989 33.9 92.5 15.5 March 2011 6,690 108,779 31.9 94.2 16.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 22,030 174,105 100.0 _ 7.9 March 2002 16,422 156,736 74.5 74.5 9.5 March 2003 14,027 145,633 63.7 85.4 10.4 March 2004 12,629 142,724 57.3 90.0 11.3 March 2005 11,400 141,787 51.7 90.3 12.4 March 2006 10,534 143,275 47.8 92.4 13.6 March 2007 9,689 143,417 44.0 92.0 14.8 March 2008 8,997 134,029 40.8 92.9 14.9 March 2009 8,151 121,768 37.0 90.6 14.9 March 2010 7,592 116,991 34.5 93.1 15.4 March 2011 7,056 116,665 32.0 92.9 16.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 22,539 165,193 100.0 _ 7.3 March 2003 17,449 153,885 77.4 77.4 8.8 March 2004 15,288 150,406 67.8 87.6 9.8 March 2005 13,451 149,899 59.7 88.0 11.1 March 2006 12,183 146,693 54.1 90.6 12.0 March 2007 11,402 144,585 50.6 93.6 12.7 March 2008 10,542 135,731 46.8 92.5 12.9 March 2009 9,477 119,316 42.0 89.9 12.6 March 2010 8,802 111,928 39.1 92.9 12.7 March 2011 8,161 110,837 36.2 92.7 13.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 20,353 131,673 100.0 _ 6.5 March 2004 16,046 127,425 78.8 78.8 7.9 March 2005 13,560 125,171 66.6 84.5 9.2 March 2006 12,391 127,862 60.9 91.4 10.3 March 2007 11,285 126,860 55.4 91.1 11.2 March 2008 10,389 119,563 51.0 92.1 11.5 March 2009 9,256 108,709 45.5 89.1 11.7 March 2010 8,364 101,794 41.1 90.4 12.2 March 2011 7,709 100,594 37.9 92.2 13.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 19,086 119,765 100.0 _ 6.3 March 2005 14,437 117,123 75.6 75.6 8.1 March 2006 12,773 118,500 66.9 88.5 9.3 March 2007 11,480 115,575 60.1 89.9 10.1 March 2008 10,350 108,114 54.2 90.2 10.4 March 2009 9,039 94,626 47.4 87.3 10.5 March 2010 8,247 88,787 43.2 91.2 10.8 March 2011 7,507 86,294 39.3 91.0 11.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 21,175 133,111 100.0 _ 6.3 March 2006 16,921 137,895 79.9 79.9 8.1 March 2007 14,930 136,426 70.5 88.2 9.1 March 2008 13,303 130,562 62.8 89.1 9.8 March 2009 11,382 114,654 53.8 85.6 10.1 March 2010 10,212 106,607 48.2 89.7 10.4 March 2011 9,403 105,867 44.4 92.1 11.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 21,081 123,502 100.0 _ 5.9 March 2007 16,575 122,261 78.6 78.6 7.4 March 2008 14,342 116,150 68.0 86.5 8.1 March 2009 12,121 100,584 57.5 84.5 8.3 March 2010 10,569 94,709 50.1 87.2 9.0 March 2011 9,614 94,037 45.6 91.0 9.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 21,334 119,750 100.0 _ 5.6 March 2008 16,472 114,134 77.2 77.2 6.9 March 2009 13,651 102,869 64.0 82.9 7.5 March 2010 11,852 97,351 55.6 86.8 8.2 March 2011 10,656 96,697 49.9 89.9 9.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 20,840 119,756 100.0 _ 5.7 March 2009 15,423 105,480 74.0 74.0 6.8 March 2010 13,018 96,453 62.5 84.4 7.4 March 2011 11,642 95,797 55.9 89.4 8.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 17,248 102,817 100.0 _ 6.0 March 2010 13,102 94,372 76.0 76.0 7.2 March 2011 11,286 90,683 65.4 86.1 8.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 15,384 81,604 100.0 _ 5.3 March 2011 11,844 79,976 77.0 77.0 6.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 16,531 83,487 100.0 _ 5.1 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.