Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Total Private Puerto Rico 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 3,891 29,440 100.0 _ 7.6 March 1995 3,111 27,738 80.0 80.0 8.9 March 1996 2,686 28,500 69.0 86.3 10.6 March 1997 2,374 28,837 61.0 88.4 12.1 March 1998 2,062 27,024 53.0 86.9 13.1 March 1999 1,862 26,653 47.9 90.3 14.3 March 2000 1,674 26,936 43.0 89.9 16.1 March 2001 1,542 24,503 39.6 92.1 15.9 March 2002 1,414 21,544 36.3 91.7 15.2 March 2003 1,299 21,178 33.4 91.9 16.3 March 2004 1,211 20,909 31.1 93.2 17.3 March 2005 1,159 19,689 29.8 95.7 17.0 March 2006 1,155 20,022 29.7 99.7 17.3 March 2007 1,033 17,701 26.5 89.4 17.1 March 2008 955 17,417 24.5 92.4 18.2 March 2009 900 16,784 23.1 94.2 18.6 March 2010 840 16,566 21.6 93.3 19.7 March 2011 797 17,051 20.5 94.9 21.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 4,447 29,937 100.0 _ 6.7 March 1996 3,620 32,317 81.4 81.4 8.9 March 1997 3,135 31,708 70.5 86.6 10.1 March 1998 2,709 30,237 60.9 86.4 11.2 March 1999 2,415 30,158 54.3 89.1 12.5 March 2000 2,132 30,271 47.9 88.3 14.2 March 2001 1,963 28,428 44.1 92.1 14.5 March 2002 1,755 27,423 39.5 89.4 15.6 March 2003 1,650 27,132 37.1 94.0 16.4 March 2004 1,572 25,235 35.3 95.3 16.1 March 2005 1,519 24,549 34.2 96.6 16.2 March 2006 1,451 23,307 32.6 95.5 16.1 March 2007 1,312 21,353 29.5 90.4 16.3 March 2008 1,240 19,539 27.9 94.5 15.8 March 2009 1,160 17,580 26.1 93.5 15.2 March 2010 1,093 16,683 24.6 94.2 15.3 March 2011 1,012 16,812 22.8 92.6 16.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 4,737 42,925 100.0 _ 9.1 March 1997 3,909 44,562 82.5 82.5 11.4 March 1998 3,353 41,277 70.8 85.8 12.3 March 1999 2,941 41,485 62.1 87.7 14.1 March 2000 2,606 39,927 55.0 88.6 15.3 March 2001 2,379 38,520 50.2 91.3 16.2 March 2002 2,120 34,472 44.8 89.1 16.3 March 2003 1,913 34,673 40.4 90.2 18.1 March 2004 1,773 32,040 37.4 92.7 18.1 March 2005 1,698 30,875 35.8 95.8 18.2 March 2006 1,590 30,284 33.6 93.6 19.0 March 2007 1,435 29,009 30.3 90.3 20.2 March 2008 1,353 27,486 28.6 94.3 20.3 March 2009 1,241 25,601 26.2 91.7 20.6 March 2010 1,193 24,826 25.2 96.1 20.8 March 2011 1,120 23,684 23.6 93.9 21.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 4,803 39,190 100.0 _ 8.2 March 1998 3,987 41,333 83.0 83.0 10.4 March 1999 3,340 40,131 69.5 83.8 12.0 March 2000 2,952 40,211 61.5 88.4 13.6 March 2001 2,654 35,779 55.3 89.9 13.5 March 2002 2,317 34,114 48.2 87.3 14.7 March 2003 2,138 32,945 44.5 92.3 15.4 March 2004 2,000 32,424 41.6 93.5 16.2 March 2005 1,904 31,322 39.6 95.2 16.5 March 2006 1,775 27,974 37.0 93.2 15.8 March 2007 1,606 28,424 33.4 90.5 17.7 March 2008 1,528 27,464 31.8 95.1 18.0 March 2009 1,463 25,031 30.5 95.7 17.1 March 2010 1,373 23,992 28.6 93.8 17.5 March 2011 1,281 24,782 26.7 93.3 19.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 5,515 44,659 100.0 _ 8.1 March 1999 4,587 46,178 83.2 83.2 10.1 March 2000 3,881 45,876 70.4 84.6 11.8 March 2001 3,408 45,260 61.8 87.8 13.3 March 2002 2,966 43,028 53.8 87.0 14.5 March 2003 2,742 42,810 49.7 92.4 15.6 March 2004 2,514 45,939 45.6 91.7 18.3 March 2005 2,392 42,241 43.4 95.1 17.7 March 2006 2,218 41,102 40.2 92.7 18.5 March 2007 2,078 39,388 37.7 93.7 19.0 March 2008 1,933 37,522 35.0 93.0 19.4 March 2009 1,785 33,915 32.4 92.3 19.0 March 2010 1,666 33,429 30.2 93.3 20.1 March 2011 1,568 32,592 28.4 94.1 20.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 4,159 31,373 100.0 _ 7.5 March 2000 3,420 31,258 82.2 82.2 9.1 March 2001 2,906 30,145 69.9 85.0 10.4 March 2002 2,466 27,400 59.3 84.9 11.1 March 2003 2,158 23,602 51.9 87.5 10.9 March 2004 1,962 23,054 47.2 90.9 11.8 March 2005 1,842 23,327 44.3 93.9 12.7 March 2006 1,690 22,502 40.6 91.7 13.3 March 2007 1,480 20,678 35.6 87.6 14.0 March 2008 1,362 19,599 32.7 92.0 14.4 March 2009 1,228 16,714 29.5 90.2 13.6 March 2010 1,123 14,724 27.0 91.4 13.1 March 2011 1,043 14,408 25.1 92.9 13.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 4,116 35,055 100.0 _ 8.5 March 2001 3,390 35,165 82.4 82.4 10.4 March 2002 2,777 33,622 67.5 81.9 12.1 March 2003 2,426 31,676 58.9 87.4 13.1 March 2004 2,188 30,819 53.2 90.2 14.1 March 2005 2,036 30,149 49.5 93.1 14.8 March 2006 1,903 28,689 46.2 93.5 15.1 March 2007 1,694 27,818 41.2 89.0 16.4 March 2008 1,581 25,499 38.4 93.3 16.1 March 2009 1,464 24,515 35.6 92.6 16.7 March 2010 1,350 23,034 32.8 92.2 17.1 March 2011 1,264 22,704 30.7 93.6 18.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 4,466 31,148 100.0 _ 7.0 March 2002 3,394 30,924 76.0 76.0 9.1 March 2003 2,951 28,909 66.1 86.9 9.8 March 2004 2,626 27,603 58.8 89.0 10.5 March 2005 2,404 27,141 53.8 91.5 11.3 March 2006 2,252 26,887 50.4 93.7 11.9 March 2007 1,959 24,599 43.9 87.0 12.6 March 2008 1,797 22,531 40.2 91.7 12.5 March 2009 1,638 20,908 36.7 91.2 12.8 March 2010 1,496 19,220 33.5 91.3 12.8 March 2011 1,478 18,339 33.1 98.8 12.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 1,958 18,651 100.0 _ 9.5 March 2003 1,588 17,450 81.1 81.1 11.0 March 2004 1,376 15,946 70.3 86.6 11.6 March 2005 1,245 14,583 63.6 90.5 11.7 March 2006 1,114 13,252 56.9 89.5 11.9 March 2007 966 13,464 49.3 86.7 13.9 March 2008 890 13,011 45.5 92.1 14.6 March 2009 796 12,664 40.7 89.4 15.9 March 2010 743 11,499 37.9 93.3 15.5 March 2011 676 10,483 34.5 91.0 15.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 512 10,269 100.0 _ 20.1 March 2004 380 8,378 74.2 74.2 22.0 March 2005 353 6,849 68.9 92.9 19.4 March 2006 315 6,036 61.5 89.2 19.2 March 2007 283 5,942 55.3 89.8 21.0 March 2008 264 5,952 51.6 93.3 22.5 March 2009 240 5,488 46.9 90.9 22.9 March 2010 212 5,108 41.4 88.3 24.1 March 2011 193 4,942 37.7 91.0 25.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 8,158 60,021 100.0 _ 7.4 March 2005 6,997 58,614 85.8 85.8 8.4 March 2006 6,123 56,250 75.1 87.5 9.2 March 2007 5,163 51,547 63.3 84.3 10.0 March 2008 4,658 47,060 57.1 90.2 10.1 March 2009 4,168 42,622 51.1 89.5 10.2 March 2010 3,806 38,200 46.7 91.3 10.0 March 2011 3,430 36,184 42.0 90.1 10.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 4,946 37,148 100.0 _ 7.5 March 2006 4,094 35,249 82.8 82.8 8.6 March 2007 3,314 32,761 67.0 80.9 9.9 March 2008 2,974 28,865 60.1 89.7 9.7 March 2009 2,557 24,554 51.7 86.0 9.6 March 2010 2,309 23,378 46.7 90.3 10.1 March 2011 2,054 22,266 41.5 89.0 10.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 4,293 30,122 100.0 _ 7.0 March 2007 3,280 28,098 76.4 76.4 8.6 March 2008 2,801 26,553 65.2 85.4 9.5 March 2009 2,406 23,742 56.0 85.9 9.9 March 2010 2,122 22,193 49.4 88.2 10.5 March 2011 1,898 22,016 44.2 89.4 11.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 4,117 24,073 100.0 _ 5.8 March 2008 3,234 21,877 78.6 78.6 6.8 March 2009 2,692 19,290 65.4 83.2 7.2 March 2010 2,354 16,981 57.2 87.4 7.2 March 2011 2,081 15,486 50.5 88.4 7.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 4,050 25,911 100.0 _ 6.4 March 2009 3,189 23,187 78.7 78.7 7.3 March 2010 2,698 20,282 66.6 84.6 7.5 March 2011 2,321 20,432 57.3 86.0 8.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 3,324 20,036 100.0 _ 6.0 March 2010 2,629 18,072 79.1 79.1 6.9 March 2011 2,270 17,261 68.3 86.3 7.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 3,560 21,652 100.0 _ 6.1 March 2011 2,856 20,810 80.2 80.2 7.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 3,034 17,635 100.0 _ 5.8 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.