Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Utilities 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 546 8,136 100.0 _ 14.9 March 1995 472 8,687 86.4 86.4 18.4 March 1996 448 8,365 82.1 94.9 18.7 March 1997 428 7,924 78.4 95.5 18.5 March 1998 393 7,299 72.0 91.8 18.6 March 1999 366 7,179 67.0 93.1 19.6 March 2000 350 6,868 64.1 95.6 19.6 March 2001 334 6,516 61.2 95.4 19.5 March 2002 311 6,201 57.0 93.1 19.9 March 2003 345 5,912 63.2 110.9 17.1 March 2004 324 5,533 59.3 93.9 17.1 March 2005 299 4,968 54.8 92.3 16.6 March 2006 281 4,847 51.5 94.0 17.2 March 2007 270 4,948 49.5 96.1 18.3 March 2008 246 4,659 45.1 91.1 18.9 March 2009 231 4,450 42.3 93.9 19.3 March 2010 214 4,053 39.2 92.6 18.9 March 2011 201 3,697 36.8 93.9 18.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 621 9,615 100.0 _ 15.5 March 1996 549 9,343 88.4 88.4 17.0 March 1997 478 8,205 77.0 87.1 17.2 March 1998 426 8,251 68.6 89.1 19.4 March 1999 392 7,714 63.1 92.0 19.7 March 2000 371 7,427 59.7 94.6 20.0 March 2001 346 7,075 55.7 93.3 20.4 March 2002 326 6,793 52.5 94.2 20.8 March 2003 307 6,387 49.4 94.2 20.8 March 2004 262 6,086 42.2 85.3 23.2 March 2005 252 5,894 40.6 96.2 23.4 March 2006 229 5,600 36.9 90.9 24.5 March 2007 221 5,500 35.6 96.5 24.9 March 2008 214 5,440 34.5 96.8 25.4 March 2009 205 5,418 33.0 95.8 26.4 March 2010 205 5,398 33.0 100.0 26.3 March 2011 202 5,438 32.5 98.5 26.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 785 10,123 100.0 _ 12.9 March 1997 632 9,326 80.5 80.5 14.8 March 1998 572 10,094 72.9 90.5 17.6 March 1999 513 11,136 65.4 89.7 21.7 March 2000 465 10,832 59.2 90.6 23.3 March 2001 419 10,652 53.4 90.1 25.4 March 2002 373 10,971 47.5 89.0 29.4 March 2003 353 9,354 45.0 94.6 26.5 March 2004 329 8,982 41.9 93.2 27.3 March 2005 312 8,922 39.7 94.8 28.6 March 2006 285 8,972 36.3 91.3 31.5 March 2007 271 8,830 34.5 95.1 32.6 March 2008 265 8,944 33.8 97.8 33.8 March 2009 260 9,338 33.1 98.1 35.9 March 2010 256 8,466 32.6 98.5 33.1 March 2011 261 8,318 33.2 102.0 31.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 832 13,119 100.0 _ 15.8 March 1998 687 14,055 82.6 82.6 20.5 March 1999 610 13,415 73.3 88.8 22.0 March 2000 537 10,948 64.5 88.0 20.4 March 2001 469 10,528 56.4 87.3 22.4 March 2002 428 10,557 51.4 91.3 24.7 March 2003 399 10,098 48.0 93.2 25.3 March 2004 378 10,147 45.4 94.7 26.8 March 2005 361 10,343 43.4 95.5 28.7 March 2006 318 9,697 38.2 88.1 30.5 March 2007 337 9,733 40.5 106.0 28.9 March 2008 329 10,259 39.5 97.6 31.2 March 2009 309 10,015 37.1 93.9 32.4 March 2010 298 9,446 35.8 96.4 31.7 March 2011 288 9,180 34.6 96.6 31.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 911 18,977 100.0 _ 20.8 March 1999 745 18,016 81.8 81.8 24.2 March 2000 667 17,430 73.2 89.5 26.1 March 2001 585 16,961 64.2 87.7 29.0 March 2002 532 16,666 58.4 90.9 31.3 March 2003 493 16,088 54.1 92.7 32.6 March 2004 458 15,494 50.3 92.9 33.8 March 2005 440 14,716 48.3 96.1 33.4 March 2006 432 14,529 47.4 98.2 33.6 March 2007 403 13,656 44.2 93.3 33.9 March 2008 392 13,841 43.0 97.3 35.3 March 2009 370 13,338 40.6 94.4 36.0 March 2010 354 12,826 38.9 95.7 36.2 March 2011 359 13,184 39.4 101.4 36.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 995 21,120 100.0 _ 21.2 March 2000 810 20,851 81.4 81.4 25.7 March 2001 702 21,408 70.6 86.7 30.5 March 2002 635 20,461 63.8 90.5 32.2 March 2003 599 20,774 60.2 94.3 34.7 March 2004 528 18,345 53.1 88.1 34.7 March 2005 488 17,589 49.0 92.4 36.0 March 2006 468 17,840 47.0 95.9 38.1 March 2007 447 17,118 44.9 95.5 38.3 March 2008 432 17,330 43.4 96.6 40.1 March 2009 407 17,656 40.9 94.2 43.4 March 2010 389 15,916 39.1 95.6 40.9 March 2011 386 15,494 38.8 99.2 40.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 837 13,153 100.0 _ 15.7 March 2001 680 13,350 81.2 81.2 19.6 March 2002 609 11,707 72.8 89.6 19.2 March 2003 580 11,955 69.3 95.2 20.6 March 2004 549 11,467 65.6 94.7 20.9 March 2005 488 11,194 58.3 88.9 22.9 March 2006 438 10,761 52.3 89.8 24.6 March 2007 412 10,585 49.2 94.1 25.7 March 2008 391 11,383 46.7 94.9 29.1 March 2009 369 11,139 44.1 94.4 30.2 March 2010 363 10,940 43.4 98.4 30.1 March 2011 351 11,341 41.9 96.7 32.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 766 11,658 100.0 _ 15.2 March 2002 708 13,765 92.4 92.4 19.4 March 2003 636 13,237 83.0 89.8 20.8 March 2004 602 12,246 78.6 94.7 20.3 March 2005 555 11,735 72.5 92.2 21.1 March 2006 517 11,579 67.5 93.2 22.4 March 2007 487 12,076 63.6 94.2 24.8 March 2008 461 12,223 60.2 94.7 26.5 March 2009 451 12,696 58.9 97.8 28.2 March 2010 433 11,980 56.5 96.0 27.7 March 2011 420 11,990 54.8 97.0 28.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 992 14,110 100.0 _ 14.2 March 2003 840 13,133 84.7 84.7 15.6 March 2004 743 13,179 74.9 88.5 17.7 March 2005 673 13,587 67.8 90.6 20.2 March 2006 589 12,593 59.4 87.5 21.4 March 2007 531 12,775 53.5 90.2 24.1 March 2008 513 12,239 51.7 96.6 23.9 March 2009 483 12,350 48.7 94.2 25.6 March 2010 457 11,297 46.1 94.6 24.7 March 2011 446 11,536 45.0 97.6 25.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 700 7,604 100.0 _ 10.9 March 2004 622 8,284 88.9 88.9 13.3 March 2005 539 8,102 77.0 86.7 15.0 March 2006 488 9,597 69.7 90.5 19.7 March 2007 466 9,417 66.6 95.5 20.2 March 2008 448 9,591 64.0 96.1 21.4 March 2009 422 9,449 60.3 94.2 22.4 March 2010 397 8,096 56.7 94.1 20.4 March 2011 374 7,381 53.4 94.2 19.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 683 5,763 100.0 _ 8.4 March 2005 605 6,294 88.6 88.6 10.4 March 2006 526 6,091 77.0 86.9 11.6 March 2007 493 6,058 72.2 93.7 12.3 March 2008 468 6,041 68.5 94.9 12.9 March 2009 442 6,180 64.7 94.4 14.0 March 2010 412 6,030 60.3 93.2 14.6 March 2011 392 5,666 57.4 95.1 14.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 574 5,329 100.0 _ 9.3 March 2006 511 5,017 89.0 89.0 9.8 March 2007 470 5,702 81.9 92.0 12.1 March 2008 443 5,997 77.2 94.3 13.5 March 2009 406 6,497 70.7 91.6 16.0 March 2010 353 5,519 61.5 86.9 15.6 March 2011 328 5,275 57.1 92.9 16.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 582 3,761 100.0 _ 6.5 March 2007 520 4,459 89.3 89.3 8.6 March 2008 460 5,027 79.0 88.5 10.9 March 2009 424 5,448 72.9 92.2 12.8 March 2010 395 5,546 67.9 93.2 14.0 March 2011 354 5,536 60.8 89.6 15.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 619 4,126 100.0 _ 6.7 March 2008 530 4,939 85.6 85.6 9.3 March 2009 489 4,903 79.0 92.3 10.0 March 2010 433 4,757 70.0 88.5 11.0 March 2011 396 4,818 64.0 91.5 12.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 639 4,688 100.0 _ 7.3 March 2009 549 5,078 85.9 85.9 9.2 March 2010 487 4,731 76.2 88.7 9.7 March 2011 436 4,995 68.2 89.5 11.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 649 4,170 100.0 _ 6.4 March 2010 519 3,950 80.0 80.0 7.6 March 2011 474 4,005 73.0 91.3 8.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 612 3,012 100.0 _ 4.9 March 2011 489 3,292 79.9 79.9 6.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 586 3,789 100.0 _ 6.5 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.