Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Finance and Insurance 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 28,992 203,771 100.0 _ 7.0 March 1995 22,853 197,845 78.8 78.8 8.7 March 1996 19,428 196,976 67.0 85.0 10.1 March 1997 17,442 194,089 60.2 89.8 11.1 March 1998 15,843 198,272 54.6 90.8 12.5 March 1999 14,659 183,374 50.6 92.5 12.5 March 2000 13,232 173,875 45.6 90.3 13.1 March 2001 12,187 172,672 42.0 92.1 14.2 March 2002 11,547 173,662 39.8 94.7 15.0 March 2003 10,546 162,627 36.4 91.3 15.4 March 2004 9,969 154,640 34.4 94.5 15.5 March 2005 9,561 146,663 33.0 95.9 15.3 March 2006 9,283 150,353 32.0 97.1 16.2 March 2007 8,811 147,741 30.4 94.9 16.8 March 2008 8,461 141,644 29.2 96.0 16.7 March 2009 7,898 124,059 27.2 93.3 15.7 March 2010 7,464 116,410 25.7 94.5 15.6 March 2011 7,134 114,301 24.6 95.6 16.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 29,590 225,537 100.0 _ 7.6 March 1996 23,990 206,086 81.1 81.1 8.6 March 1997 20,925 208,457 70.7 87.2 10.0 March 1998 18,730 210,166 63.3 89.5 11.2 March 1999 16,980 198,454 57.4 90.7 11.7 March 2000 15,108 179,357 51.1 89.0 11.9 March 2001 13,708 171,168 46.3 90.7 12.5 March 2002 12,703 163,854 42.9 92.7 12.9 March 2003 11,903 156,147 40.2 93.7 13.1 March 2004 11,446 150,428 38.7 96.2 13.1 March 2005 10,966 148,927 37.1 95.8 13.6 March 2006 10,504 144,785 35.5 95.8 13.8 March 2007 10,032 139,768 33.9 95.5 13.9 March 2008 9,429 133,569 31.9 94.0 14.2 March 2009 8,967 128,918 30.3 95.1 14.4 March 2010 8,530 121,956 28.8 95.1 14.3 March 2011 8,124 118,970 27.5 95.2 14.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 31,359 226,402 100.0 _ 7.2 March 1997 25,514 226,581 81.4 81.4 8.9 March 1998 21,929 224,455 69.9 85.9 10.2 March 1999 19,554 222,504 62.4 89.2 11.4 March 2000 17,535 213,235 55.9 89.7 12.2 March 2001 15,781 196,160 50.3 90.0 12.4 March 2002 14,650 190,480 46.7 92.8 13.0 March 2003 13,768 191,356 43.9 94.0 13.9 March 2004 13,119 189,776 41.8 95.3 14.5 March 2005 12,550 189,062 40.0 95.7 15.1 March 2006 12,101 185,143 38.6 96.4 15.3 March 2007 11,569 178,406 36.9 95.6 15.4 March 2008 10,970 169,472 35.0 94.8 15.4 March 2009 10,383 157,929 33.1 94.6 15.2 March 2010 9,846 148,676 31.4 94.8 15.1 March 2011 9,439 144,978 30.1 95.9 15.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 33,206 214,546 100.0 _ 6.5 March 1998 26,599 228,435 80.1 80.1 8.6 March 1999 23,084 224,067 69.5 86.8 9.7 March 2000 20,132 212,930 60.6 87.2 10.6 March 2001 17,609 203,256 53.0 87.5 11.5 March 2002 16,188 198,323 48.8 91.9 12.3 March 2003 14,952 196,679 45.0 92.4 13.2 March 2004 14,233 188,906 42.9 95.2 13.3 March 2005 13,533 184,199 40.8 95.1 13.6 March 2006 12,913 181,481 38.9 95.4 14.1 March 2007 12,264 172,486 36.9 95.0 14.1 March 2008 11,717 161,052 35.3 95.5 13.7 March 2009 10,904 149,511 32.8 93.1 13.7 March 2010 10,341 140,541 31.1 94.8 13.6 March 2011 9,745 135,978 29.3 94.2 14.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 35,808 252,039 100.0 _ 7.0 March 1999 28,691 269,996 80.1 80.1 9.4 March 2000 24,378 254,490 68.1 85.0 10.4 March 2001 21,105 248,002 58.9 86.6 11.8 March 2002 19,216 240,356 53.7 91.0 12.5 March 2003 17,672 229,470 49.4 92.0 13.0 March 2004 16,615 228,520 46.4 94.0 13.8 March 2005 15,789 231,695 44.1 95.0 14.7 March 2006 15,076 232,284 42.1 95.5 15.4 March 2007 14,208 224,458 39.7 94.2 15.8 March 2008 13,651 214,765 38.1 96.1 15.7 March 2009 12,854 198,100 35.9 94.2 15.4 March 2010 12,129 188,004 33.9 94.4 15.5 March 2011 11,607 178,964 32.4 95.7 15.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 36,504 279,106 100.0 _ 7.6 March 2000 28,750 282,114 78.8 78.8 9.8 March 2001 24,039 276,553 65.9 83.6 11.5 March 2002 21,762 267,438 59.6 90.5 12.3 March 2003 20,280 274,281 55.6 93.2 13.5 March 2004 18,966 271,086 52.0 93.5 14.3 March 2005 18,084 259,401 49.5 95.3 14.3 March 2006 17,225 257,519 47.2 95.2 15.0 March 2007 16,286 244,924 44.6 94.5 15.0 March 2008 15,027 231,777 41.2 92.3 15.4 March 2009 13,966 215,436 38.3 92.9 15.4 March 2010 13,101 194,164 35.9 93.8 14.8 March 2011 12,486 195,242 34.2 95.3 15.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 38,362 244,832 100.0 _ 6.4 March 2001 29,926 252,531 78.0 78.0 8.4 March 2002 26,716 256,553 69.6 89.3 9.6 March 2003 23,633 252,003 61.6 88.5 10.7 March 2004 21,811 246,202 56.9 92.3 11.3 March 2005 20,082 242,410 52.3 92.1 12.1 March 2006 18,862 239,084 49.2 93.9 12.7 March 2007 17,889 234,044 46.6 94.8 13.1 March 2008 16,605 214,279 43.3 92.8 12.9 March 2009 15,224 196,424 39.7 91.7 12.9 March 2010 14,198 187,201 37.0 93.3 13.2 March 2011 13,579 183,752 35.4 95.6 13.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 35,224 207,788 100.0 _ 5.9 March 2002 30,406 218,671 86.3 86.3 7.2 March 2003 26,562 221,473 75.4 87.4 8.3 March 2004 23,948 220,346 68.0 90.2 9.2 March 2005 22,049 221,223 62.6 92.1 10.0 March 2006 20,631 221,136 58.6 93.6 10.7 March 2007 19,212 216,617 54.5 93.1 11.3 March 2008 17,754 197,989 50.4 92.4 11.2 March 2009 16,201 185,185 46.0 91.3 11.4 March 2010 14,989 173,112 42.6 92.5 11.5 March 2011 14,114 170,953 40.1 94.2 12.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 34,932 211,822 100.0 _ 6.1 March 2003 29,247 223,988 83.7 83.7 7.7 March 2004 25,871 226,306 74.1 88.5 8.7 March 2005 23,275 224,333 66.6 90.0 9.6 March 2006 21,619 228,744 61.9 92.9 10.6 March 2007 19,958 215,662 57.1 92.3 10.8 March 2008 18,079 196,995 51.8 90.6 10.9 March 2009 16,151 181,991 46.2 89.3 11.3 March 2010 14,839 167,558 42.5 91.9 11.3 March 2011 13,940 165,216 39.9 93.9 11.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 35,511 192,554 100.0 _ 5.4 March 2004 30,507 207,135 85.9 85.9 6.8 March 2005 26,930 205,756 75.8 88.3 7.6 March 2006 24,409 207,995 68.7 90.6 8.5 March 2007 22,063 196,672 62.1 90.4 8.9 March 2008 19,271 176,397 54.3 87.3 9.2 March 2009 16,894 161,286 47.6 87.7 9.5 March 2010 15,257 148,633 43.0 90.3 9.7 March 2011 14,303 145,802 40.3 93.7 10.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 34,848 173,086 100.0 _ 5.0 March 2005 29,513 177,731 84.7 84.7 6.0 March 2006 26,012 177,189 74.6 88.1 6.8 March 2007 23,480 171,442 67.4 90.3 7.3 March 2008 20,203 154,160 58.0 86.0 7.6 March 2009 17,509 141,679 50.2 86.7 8.1 March 2010 15,779 131,899 45.3 90.1 8.4 March 2011 14,767 131,790 42.4 93.6 8.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 35,341 174,221 100.0 _ 4.9 March 2006 30,803 189,354 87.2 87.2 6.1 March 2007 27,007 186,054 76.4 87.7 6.9 March 2008 23,183 172,930 65.6 85.8 7.5 March 2009 20,066 156,173 56.8 86.6 7.8 March 2010 17,886 145,952 50.6 89.1 8.2 March 2011 16,638 141,839 47.1 93.0 8.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 36,266 150,780 100.0 _ 4.2 March 2007 30,374 159,406 83.8 83.8 5.2 March 2008 25,113 146,591 69.2 82.7 5.8 March 2009 21,091 130,651 58.2 84.0 6.2 March 2010 18,645 120,304 51.4 88.4 6.5 March 2011 17,204 119,288 47.4 92.3 6.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 36,397 153,503 100.0 _ 4.2 March 2008 28,399 154,232 78.0 78.0 5.4 March 2009 23,621 144,603 64.9 83.2 6.1 March 2010 20,690 134,850 56.8 87.6 6.5 March 2011 18,812 131,787 51.7 90.9 7.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 33,352 135,303 100.0 _ 4.1 March 2009 26,527 135,261 79.5 79.5 5.1 March 2010 22,505 126,362 67.5 84.8 5.6 March 2011 20,094 124,081 60.2 89.3 6.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 27,765 110,911 100.0 _ 4.0 March 2010 22,154 108,220 79.8 79.8 4.9 March 2011 19,474 111,109 70.1 87.9 5.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 24,918 92,870 100.0 _ 3.7 March 2011 20,803 96,618 83.5 83.5 4.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 23,230 82,114 100.0 _ 3.5 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.