Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Retail Trade 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 80,584 686,950 100.0 _ 8.5 March 1995 66,729 688,800 82.8 82.8 10.3 March 1996 57,635 667,473 71.5 86.4 11.6 March 1997 51,489 654,239 63.9 89.3 12.7 March 1998 46,452 635,952 57.6 90.2 13.7 March 1999 42,247 618,498 52.4 90.9 14.6 March 2000 38,651 602,272 48.0 91.5 15.6 March 2001 35,614 584,948 44.2 92.1 16.4 March 2002 32,764 549,318 40.7 92.0 16.8 March 2003 30,629 517,811 38.0 93.5 16.9 March 2004 28,757 498,091 35.7 93.9 17.3 March 2005 27,206 486,558 33.8 94.6 17.9 March 2006 25,818 469,354 32.0 94.9 18.2 March 2007 24,519 458,136 30.4 95.0 18.7 March 2008 23,312 446,645 28.9 95.1 19.2 March 2009 21,962 413,442 27.3 94.2 18.8 March 2010 20,854 397,943 25.9 95.0 19.1 March 2011 19,881 389,990 24.7 95.3 19.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 83,219 701,792 100.0 _ 8.4 March 1996 68,310 683,954 82.1 82.1 10.0 March 1997 59,723 662,842 71.8 87.4 11.1 March 1998 53,006 641,726 63.7 88.8 12.1 March 1999 48,002 629,602 57.7 90.6 13.1 March 2000 43,453 614,067 52.2 90.5 14.1 March 2001 39,799 587,731 47.8 91.6 14.8 March 2002 36,324 549,005 43.6 91.3 15.1 March 2003 33,812 520,511 40.6 93.1 15.4 March 2004 31,693 502,767 38.1 93.7 15.9 March 2005 29,691 491,147 35.7 93.7 16.5 March 2006 27,859 480,441 33.5 93.8 17.2 March 2007 26,361 468,306 31.7 94.6 17.8 March 2008 25,415 451,049 30.5 96.4 17.7 March 2009 23,915 413,520 28.7 94.1 17.3 March 2010 22,736 399,833 27.3 95.1 17.6 March 2011 21,770 395,888 26.2 95.8 18.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 81,674 684,436 100.0 _ 8.4 March 1997 66,896 669,511 81.9 81.9 10.0 March 1998 57,831 652,468 70.8 86.4 11.3 March 1999 51,797 637,483 63.4 89.6 12.3 March 2000 46,708 620,546 57.2 90.2 13.3 March 2001 42,526 591,404 52.1 91.0 13.9 March 2002 38,665 550,911 47.3 90.9 14.2 March 2003 35,692 520,663 43.7 92.3 14.6 March 2004 33,256 506,233 40.7 93.2 15.2 March 2005 31,019 494,579 38.0 93.3 15.9 March 2006 29,077 484,793 35.6 93.7 16.7 March 2007 27,480 471,260 33.6 94.5 17.1 March 2008 26,175 453,473 32.0 95.3 17.3 March 2009 24,692 416,580 30.2 94.3 16.9 March 2010 23,586 402,138 28.9 95.5 17.0 March 2011 22,478 397,443 27.5 95.3 17.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 83,466 708,802 100.0 _ 8.5 March 1998 68,377 692,188 81.9 81.9 10.1 March 1999 60,058 683,022 72.0 87.8 11.4 March 2000 53,268 664,264 63.8 88.7 12.5 March 2001 47,728 631,675 57.2 89.6 13.2 March 2002 42,780 586,643 51.3 89.6 13.7 March 2003 39,267 554,125 47.0 91.8 14.1 March 2004 36,356 538,533 43.6 92.6 14.8 March 2005 33,482 513,161 40.1 92.1 15.3 March 2006 32,159 500,453 38.5 96.0 15.6 March 2007 30,276 491,784 36.3 94.1 16.2 March 2008 28,681 473,653 34.4 94.7 16.5 March 2009 26,877 433,206 32.2 93.7 16.1 March 2010 25,520 417,869 30.6 95.0 16.4 March 2011 24,367 411,623 29.2 95.5 16.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 79,523 667,644 100.0 _ 8.4 March 1999 66,021 665,396 83.0 83.0 10.1 March 2000 57,567 663,535 72.4 87.2 11.5 March 2001 50,798 636,703 63.9 88.2 12.5 March 2002 45,662 598,724 57.4 89.9 13.1 March 2003 41,439 564,397 52.1 90.8 13.6 March 2004 38,145 548,852 48.0 92.1 14.4 March 2005 35,437 534,995 44.6 92.9 15.1 March 2006 33,493 524,734 42.1 94.5 15.7 March 2007 31,472 510,667 39.6 94.0 16.2 March 2008 29,643 493,437 37.3 94.2 16.6 March 2009 27,731 454,636 34.9 93.5 16.4 March 2010 26,238 439,511 33.0 94.6 16.8 March 2011 25,175 435,938 31.7 95.9 17.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 77,370 681,767 100.0 _ 8.8 March 2000 64,693 684,228 83.6 83.6 10.6 March 2001 56,068 655,635 72.5 86.7 11.7 March 2002 49,998 618,440 64.6 89.2 12.4 March 2003 45,443 585,778 58.7 90.9 12.9 March 2004 41,551 569,663 53.7 91.4 13.7 March 2005 38,502 555,771 49.8 92.7 14.4 March 2006 35,837 540,676 46.3 93.1 15.1 March 2007 33,482 528,137 43.3 93.4 15.8 March 2008 31,716 508,135 41.0 94.7 16.0 March 2009 29,594 464,059 38.2 93.3 15.7 March 2010 28,032 449,606 36.2 94.7 16.0 March 2011 26,837 442,234 34.7 95.7 16.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 76,459 733,246 100.0 _ 9.6 March 2001 63,725 725,355 83.3 83.3 11.4 March 2002 57,284 682,038 74.9 89.9 11.9 March 2003 51,035 649,002 66.7 89.1 12.7 March 2004 46,813 633,852 61.2 91.7 13.5 March 2005 43,206 613,116 56.5 92.3 14.2 March 2006 40,164 607,969 52.5 93.0 15.1 March 2007 37,695 593,383 49.3 93.9 15.7 March 2008 35,614 569,557 46.6 94.5 16.0 March 2009 33,303 526,657 43.6 93.5 15.8 March 2010 31,225 509,928 40.8 93.8 16.3 March 2011 30,072 507,351 39.3 96.3 16.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 63,618 616,083 100.0 _ 9.7 March 2002 58,391 610,771 91.8 91.8 10.5 March 2003 51,161 587,263 80.4 87.6 11.5 March 2004 46,049 579,227 72.4 90.0 12.6 March 2005 41,866 571,831 65.8 90.9 13.7 March 2006 38,416 560,793 60.4 91.8 14.6 March 2007 35,691 552,369 56.1 92.9 15.5 March 2008 33,857 534,776 53.2 94.9 15.8 March 2009 31,478 493,599 49.5 93.0 15.7 March 2010 29,565 477,343 46.5 93.9 16.1 March 2011 28,071 472,138 44.1 94.9 16.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 67,062 617,146 100.0 _ 9.2 March 2003 58,658 604,512 87.5 87.5 10.3 March 2004 52,370 604,124 78.1 89.3 11.5 March 2005 47,318 597,064 70.6 90.4 12.6 March 2006 43,153 586,966 64.3 91.2 13.6 March 2007 39,962 577,313 59.6 92.6 14.4 March 2008 37,230 556,249 55.5 93.2 14.9 March 2009 34,364 512,396 51.2 92.3 14.9 March 2010 32,317 498,545 48.2 94.0 15.4 March 2011 30,573 489,443 45.6 94.6 16.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 66,018 570,559 100.0 _ 8.6 March 2004 58,933 584,316 89.3 89.3 9.9 March 2005 52,092 576,603 78.9 88.4 11.1 March 2006 46,662 567,312 70.7 89.6 12.2 March 2007 42,448 558,835 64.3 91.0 13.2 March 2008 38,764 537,946 58.7 91.3 13.9 March 2009 35,335 495,264 53.5 91.2 14.0 March 2010 32,992 481,075 50.0 93.4 14.6 March 2011 31,161 474,869 47.2 94.5 15.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 63,334 537,058 100.0 _ 8.5 March 2005 56,537 546,588 89.3 89.3 9.7 March 2006 50,143 540,313 79.2 88.7 10.8 March 2007 45,139 532,785 71.3 90.0 11.8 March 2008 40,845 511,128 64.5 90.5 12.5 March 2009 36,725 469,431 58.0 89.9 12.8 March 2010 33,798 451,280 53.4 92.0 13.4 March 2011 31,664 444,744 50.0 93.7 14.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 64,356 553,331 100.0 _ 8.6 March 2006 58,803 577,346 91.4 91.4 9.8 March 2007 52,513 567,044 81.6 89.3 10.8 March 2008 47,124 547,682 73.2 89.7 11.6 March 2009 42,003 500,021 65.3 89.1 11.9 March 2010 38,201 483,013 59.4 90.9 12.6 March 2011 35,661 478,863 55.4 93.4 13.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 65,437 531,127 100.0 _ 8.1 March 2007 59,021 550,040 90.2 90.2 9.3 March 2008 51,829 529,075 79.2 87.8 10.2 March 2009 45,467 483,590 69.5 87.7 10.6 March 2010 40,748 466,496 62.3 89.6 11.4 March 2011 37,669 464,162 57.6 92.4 12.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 64,200 542,386 100.0 _ 8.4 March 2008 56,561 538,446 88.1 88.1 9.5 March 2009 49,380 496,390 76.9 87.3 10.1 March 2010 44,074 478,229 68.7 89.3 10.9 March 2011 40,516 470,872 63.1 91.9 11.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 59,967 491,512 100.0 _ 8.2 March 2009 52,549 461,832 87.6 87.6 8.8 March 2010 46,571 447,660 77.7 88.6 9.6 March 2011 42,518 444,683 70.9 91.3 10.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 54,748 399,269 100.0 _ 7.3 March 2010 47,916 390,694 87.5 87.5 8.2 March 2011 43,536 392,469 79.5 90.9 9.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 49,240 320,965 100.0 _ 6.5 March 2011 44,046 327,279 89.5 89.5 7.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 50,961 322,117 100.0 _ 6.3 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.