Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by age Management of Companies and Enterprises Age Class March 1994 March 1995 March 1996 March 1997 March 1998 March 1999 Less than one year 2,031 2,083 2,244 2,562 2,671 2,805 1 year _ 1,799 1,849 1,981 2,249 2,268 2 years _ _ 1,655 1,718 1,828 2,045 3 years _ _ _ 1,577 1,600 1,707 4 years _ _ _ _ 1,479 1,469 5 years _ _ _ _ _ 1,392 6 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 24,004 23,539 22,988 22,499 22,195 21,735 Total 26,035 27,421 28,736 30,337 32,022 33,421 Age Class March 2000 March 2001 March 2002 March 2003 March 2004 March 2005 Less than one year 2,536 2,306 2,269 2,186 2,611 2,786 1 year 2,367 2,096 1,967 1,947 2,081 2,387 2 years 2,085 2,075 1,821 1,797 1,955 1,991 3 years 1,796 1,817 1,753 1,702 1,877 1,737 4 years 1,543 1,638 1,583 1,604 1,711 1,729 5 years 1,380 1,404 1,397 1,446 1,604 1,623 6 years 1,305 1,254 1,239 1,326 1,472 1,563 7 years _ 1,196 1,088 1,147 1,336 1,439 8 years _ _ 1,183 1,028 1,131 1,302 9 years _ _ _ 1,139 1,028 1,094 10 years _ _ _ _ 1,150 995 11 years _ _ _ _ _ 1,098 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 20,852 19,684 18,743 18,377 18,508 18,348 Total 33,864 33,470 33,043 33,699 36,464 38,092 Age Class March 2006 March 2007 March 2008 March 2009 March 2010 March 2011 Less than one year 3,298 3,597 3,907 3,642 3,087 3,085 1 year 2,502 2,864 3,015 3,199 2,965 2,616 2 years 2,184 2,244 2,486 2,617 2,696 2,703 3 years 1,887 1,992 2,059 2,234 2,280 2,501 4 years 1,675 1,841 1,832 1,848 1,981 2,179 5 years 1,652 1,572 1,729 1,672 1,667 1,892 6 years 1,595 1,617 1,504 1,579 1,503 1,594 7 years 1,524 1,542 1,515 1,433 1,455 1,478 8 years 1,398 1,513 1,450 1,401 1,321 1,449 9 years 1,242 1,375 1,429 1,400 1,289 1,356 10 years 1,073 1,201 1,311 1,367 1,283 1,324 11 years 955 1,059 1,139 1,232 1,229 1,348 12 years 1,057 967 1,018 1,107 1,126 1,272 13 years _ 978 987 962 1,019 1,157 14 years _ _ 960 950 901 1,035 15 years _ _ _ 928 917 895 16 years _ _ _ _ 886 927 17 years _ _ _ _ _ 888 Born before March 1993 18,193 17,948 17,817 17,599 17,395 17,269 Total 40,235 42,310 44,158 45,170 45,000 46,968 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.