Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Total Private Tennessee 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 10,196 72,408 100.0 _ 7.1 March 1995 8,182 76,502 80.2 80.2 9.4 March 1996 6,906 71,732 67.7 84.4 10.4 March 1997 6,029 69,472 59.1 87.3 11.5 March 1998 5,319 66,661 52.2 88.2 12.5 March 1999 4,751 63,765 46.6 89.3 13.4 March 2000 4,370 62,770 42.9 92.0 14.4 March 2001 4,010 60,869 39.3 91.8 15.2 March 2002 3,696 59,257 36.2 92.2 16.0 March 2003 3,426 54,519 33.6 92.7 15.9 March 2004 3,275 53,630 32.1 95.6 16.4 March 2005 3,088 51,032 30.3 94.3 16.5 March 2006 2,941 49,807 28.8 95.2 16.9 March 2007 2,781 48,886 27.3 94.6 17.6 March 2008 2,639 47,193 25.9 94.9 17.9 March 2009 2,492 40,293 24.4 94.4 16.2 March 2010 2,343 39,393 23.0 94.0 16.8 March 2011 2,171 38,426 21.3 92.7 17.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 10,858 74,059 100.0 _ 6.8 March 1996 8,450 75,213 77.8 77.8 8.9 March 1997 7,105 75,845 65.4 84.1 10.7 March 1998 6,171 71,018 56.8 86.9 11.5 March 1999 5,506 67,273 50.7 89.2 12.2 March 2000 4,979 66,927 45.9 90.4 13.4 March 2001 4,515 63,066 41.6 90.7 14.0 March 2002 4,088 57,656 37.6 90.5 14.1 March 2003 3,743 54,863 34.5 91.6 14.7 March 2004 3,473 53,953 32.0 92.8 15.5 March 2005 3,278 52,374 30.2 94.4 16.0 March 2006 3,122 52,207 28.8 95.2 16.7 March 2007 2,928 49,681 27.0 93.8 17.0 March 2008 2,786 48,591 25.7 95.2 17.4 March 2009 2,607 43,513 24.0 93.6 16.7 March 2010 2,482 41,825 22.9 95.2 16.9 March 2011 2,364 42,500 21.8 95.2 18.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 11,453 101,546 100.0 _ 8.9 March 1997 8,901 99,988 77.7 77.7 11.2 March 1998 7,526 99,353 65.7 84.6 13.2 March 1999 6,576 97,041 57.4 87.4 14.8 March 2000 5,822 95,924 50.8 88.5 16.5 March 2001 5,179 90,032 45.2 89.0 17.4 March 2002 4,664 85,671 40.7 90.1 18.4 March 2003 4,285 84,119 37.4 91.9 19.6 March 2004 4,019 86,299 35.1 93.8 21.5 March 2005 3,759 82,236 32.8 93.5 21.9 March 2006 3,582 81,574 31.3 95.3 22.8 March 2007 3,403 79,187 29.7 95.0 23.3 March 2008 3,220 77,444 28.1 94.6 24.1 March 2009 3,013 70,908 26.3 93.6 23.5 March 2010 2,854 66,884 24.9 94.7 23.4 March 2011 2,703 69,142 23.6 94.7 25.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 11,689 85,021 100.0 _ 7.3 March 1998 8,983 84,828 76.9 76.9 9.4 March 1999 7,543 84,549 64.5 84.0 11.2 March 2000 6,571 88,002 56.2 87.1 13.4 March 2001 5,844 82,767 50.0 88.9 14.2 March 2002 5,249 77,550 44.9 89.8 14.8 March 2003 4,799 74,902 41.1 91.4 15.6 March 2004 4,429 74,051 37.9 92.3 16.7 March 2005 4,111 74,809 35.2 92.8 18.2 March 2006 3,901 72,924 33.4 94.9 18.7 March 2007 3,694 69,487 31.6 94.7 18.8 March 2008 3,536 67,131 30.3 95.7 19.0 March 2009 3,312 59,362 28.3 93.7 17.9 March 2010 3,108 56,915 26.6 93.8 18.3 March 2011 2,941 56,586 25.2 94.6 19.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 11,523 90,398 100.0 _ 7.8 March 1999 9,002 94,595 78.1 78.1 10.5 March 2000 7,714 101,367 66.9 85.7 13.1 March 2001 6,652 93,217 57.7 86.2 14.0 March 2002 5,855 85,575 50.8 88.0 14.6 March 2003 5,261 80,343 45.7 89.9 15.3 March 2004 4,881 79,145 42.4 92.8 16.2 March 2005 4,542 79,675 39.4 93.1 17.5 March 2006 4,270 80,195 37.1 94.0 18.8 March 2007 3,974 78,343 34.5 93.1 19.7 March 2008 3,741 75,692 32.5 94.1 20.2 March 2009 3,516 68,251 30.5 94.0 19.4 March 2010 3,275 65,340 28.4 93.1 20.0 March 2011 3,089 63,390 26.8 94.3 20.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 11,394 99,766 100.0 _ 8.8 March 2000 8,889 108,172 78.0 78.0 12.2 March 2001 7,404 102,568 65.0 83.3 13.9 March 2002 6,318 98,375 55.5 85.3 15.6 March 2003 5,616 94,022 49.3 88.9 16.7 March 2004 5,247 91,524 46.1 93.4 17.4 March 2005 4,841 92,147 42.5 92.3 19.0 March 2006 4,469 92,371 39.2 92.3 20.7 March 2007 4,160 89,112 36.5 93.1 21.4 March 2008 3,914 86,744 34.4 94.1 22.2 March 2009 3,688 74,577 32.4 94.2 20.2 March 2010 3,456 71,338 30.3 93.7 20.6 March 2011 3,300 69,156 29.0 95.5 21.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 11,131 89,012 100.0 _ 8.0 March 2001 8,539 85,731 76.7 76.7 10.0 March 2002 7,041 78,519 63.3 82.5 11.2 March 2003 6,138 76,089 55.1 87.2 12.4 March 2004 5,529 74,897 49.7 90.1 13.5 March 2005 5,044 72,678 45.3 91.2 14.4 March 2006 4,623 74,903 41.5 91.7 16.2 March 2007 4,277 74,224 38.4 92.5 17.4 March 2008 4,001 70,610 35.9 93.5 17.6 March 2009 3,795 62,191 34.1 94.9 16.4 March 2010 3,542 58,291 31.8 93.3 16.5 March 2011 3,367 58,628 30.2 95.1 17.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 10,733 75,244 100.0 _ 7.0 March 2002 8,030 70,092 74.8 74.8 8.7 March 2003 6,775 67,231 63.1 84.4 9.9 March 2004 5,940 66,181 55.3 87.7 11.1 March 2005 5,274 64,815 49.1 88.8 12.3 March 2006 4,810 63,159 44.8 91.2 13.1 March 2007 4,384 60,996 40.8 91.1 13.9 March 2008 4,049 60,210 37.7 92.4 14.9 March 2009 3,677 56,131 34.3 90.8 15.3 March 2010 3,375 52,794 31.4 91.8 15.6 March 2011 3,130 53,401 29.2 92.7 17.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 10,463 69,023 100.0 _ 6.6 March 2003 8,252 69,482 78.9 78.9 8.4 March 2004 6,915 68,545 66.1 83.8 9.9 March 2005 6,179 67,736 59.1 89.4 11.0 March 2006 5,581 67,952 53.3 90.3 12.2 March 2007 5,122 65,250 49.0 91.8 12.7 March 2008 4,717 63,454 45.1 92.1 13.5 March 2009 4,334 58,331 41.4 91.9 13.5 March 2010 4,026 53,932 38.5 92.9 13.4 March 2011 3,766 53,669 36.0 93.5 14.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 10,989 73,900 100.0 _ 6.7 March 2004 8,719 73,516 79.3 79.3 8.4 March 2005 7,514 72,118 68.4 86.2 9.6 March 2006 6,677 71,019 60.8 88.9 10.6 March 2007 5,973 68,532 54.4 89.5 11.5 March 2008 5,358 66,206 48.8 89.7 12.4 March 2009 4,844 59,518 44.1 90.4 12.3 March 2010 4,455 55,622 40.5 92.0 12.5 March 2011 4,135 54,549 37.6 92.8 13.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 10,855 70,194 100.0 _ 6.5 March 2005 8,567 70,321 78.9 78.9 8.2 March 2006 7,328 70,834 67.5 85.5 9.7 March 2007 6,347 66,867 58.5 86.6 10.5 March 2008 5,735 64,686 52.8 90.4 11.3 March 2009 5,043 56,662 46.5 87.9 11.2 March 2010 4,593 54,880 42.3 91.1 11.9 March 2011 4,244 53,000 39.1 92.4 12.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 11,274 72,838 100.0 _ 6.5 March 2006 8,975 72,217 79.6 79.6 8.0 March 2007 7,601 69,128 67.4 84.7 9.1 March 2008 6,673 66,057 59.2 87.8 9.9 March 2009 5,816 58,214 51.6 87.2 10.0 March 2010 5,134 55,525 45.5 88.3 10.8 March 2011 4,700 53,400 41.7 91.5 11.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 11,902 70,449 100.0 _ 5.9 March 2007 9,360 69,450 78.6 78.6 7.4 March 2008 7,904 65,888 66.4 84.4 8.3 March 2009 6,686 59,787 56.2 84.6 8.9 March 2010 5,781 55,974 48.6 86.5 9.7 March 2011 5,237 57,446 44.0 90.6 11.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 11,868 69,502 100.0 _ 5.9 March 2008 9,233 69,360 77.8 77.8 7.5 March 2009 7,479 59,751 63.0 81.0 8.0 March 2010 6,332 56,380 53.4 84.7 8.9 March 2011 5,664 56,317 47.7 89.5 9.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 11,952 66,772 100.0 _ 5.6 March 2009 9,046 57,812 75.7 75.7 6.4 March 2010 7,481 53,906 62.6 82.7 7.2 March 2011 6,455 53,208 54.0 86.3 8.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 10,008 53,021 100.0 _ 5.3 March 2010 7,694 51,293 76.9 76.9 6.7 March 2011 6,482 50,496 64.8 84.2 7.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 9,261 48,850 100.0 _ 5.3 March 2011 7,170 45,973 77.4 77.4 6.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 9,628 47,971 100.0 _ 5.0 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.