Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by age Total Private Missouri Age Class March 1994 March 1995 March 1996 March 1997 March 1998 March 1999 Less than one year 10,768 10,955 10,196 12,008 11,582 11,343 1 year _ 8,642 8,564 8,386 9,651 9,424 2 years _ _ 7,430 7,781 7,274 8,315 3 years _ _ _ 6,895 6,906 6,488 4 years _ _ _ _ 6,265 6,292 5 years _ _ _ _ _ 5,748 6 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 105,512 99,239 93,049 89,670 85,389 80,958 Total 116,280 118,836 119,239 124,740 127,067 128,568 Age Class March 2000 March 2001 March 2002 March 2003 March 2004 March 2005 Less than one year 11,169 10,532 10,736 11,005 10,485 11,291 1 year 9,121 8,889 8,255 8,557 8,837 8,302 2 years 8,142 7,597 7,517 7,059 7,348 7,705 3 years 7,330 7,075 6,677 6,644 6,303 6,552 4 years 5,876 6,488 6,261 6,082 5,998 5,772 5 years 5,789 5,301 6,010 5,721 5,588 5,502 6 years 5,321 5,177 4,779 5,567 5,291 5,124 7 years _ 4,861 4,759 4,468 5,143 4,934 8 years _ _ 4,468 4,479 4,172 4,833 9 years _ _ _ 4,193 4,160 3,895 10 years _ _ _ _ 3,910 3,935 11 years _ _ _ _ _ 3,656 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 76,766 72,518 68,499 65,475 62,460 59,920 Total 129,514 128,438 127,961 129,250 129,695 131,421 Age Class March 2006 March 2007 March 2008 March 2009 March 2010 March 2011 Less than one year 11,651 11,705 10,727 9,918 8,179 9,759 1 year 8,991 9,344 9,120 8,046 7,823 6,137 2 years 7,236 7,957 8,123 7,460 6,810 6,583 3 years 6,839 6,522 7,090 6,941 6,648 5,895 4 years 5,955 6,261 5,834 6,138 6,228 5,924 5 years 5,220 5,576 5,694 5,119 5,572 5,558 6 years 5,088 4,843 5,225 5,113 4,757 5,077 7 years 4,777 4,776 4,508 4,726 4,749 4,380 8 years 4,661 4,497 4,479 4,135 4,445 4,300 9 years 4,520 4,421 4,293 4,109 3,900 4,121 10 years 3,661 4,283 4,165 3,896 3,898 3,557 11 years 3,707 3,465 4,073 3,796 3,671 3,621 12 years 3,481 3,506 3,312 3,772 3,634 3,445 13 years _ 3,334 3,337 3,104 3,590 3,405 14 years _ _ 3,201 3,088 2,928 3,376 15 years _ _ _ 2,981 2,949 2,736 16 years _ _ _ _ 2,831 2,746 17 years _ _ _ _ _ 2,668 Born before March 1993 57,377 55,335 53,233 50,739 49,336 47,538 Total 133,164 135,825 136,414 133,081 131,948 130,826 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.