Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Administrative and Waste Services 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 35,235 347,337 100.0 _ 9.9 March 1995 27,294 372,309 77.5 77.5 13.6 March 1996 22,984 376,419 65.2 84.2 16.4 March 1997 20,244 382,148 57.5 88.1 18.9 March 1998 17,685 375,036 50.2 87.4 21.2 March 1999 16,018 362,689 45.5 90.6 22.6 March 2000 14,497 351,311 41.1 90.5 24.2 March 2001 13,251 326,530 37.6 91.4 24.6 March 2002 12,141 303,012 34.5 91.6 25.0 March 2003 11,187 291,447 31.7 92.1 26.1 March 2004 10,452 277,824 29.7 93.4 26.6 March 2005 9,775 270,908 27.7 93.5 27.7 March 2006 9,294 249,866 26.4 95.1 26.9 March 2007 8,912 254,945 25.3 95.9 28.6 March 2008 8,461 244,580 24.0 94.9 28.9 March 2009 7,864 207,873 22.3 92.9 26.4 March 2010 7,368 208,014 20.9 93.7 28.2 March 2011 7,027 215,286 19.9 95.4 30.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 37,505 389,507 100.0 _ 10.4 March 1996 28,876 428,431 77.0 77.0 14.8 March 1997 24,440 438,983 65.2 84.6 18.0 March 1998 21,092 451,114 56.2 86.3 21.4 March 1999 18,729 480,624 49.9 88.8 25.7 March 2000 16,830 495,272 44.9 89.9 29.4 March 2001 15,122 462,198 40.3 89.9 30.6 March 2002 13,727 389,686 36.6 90.8 28.4 March 2003 12,609 357,115 33.6 91.9 28.3 March 2004 11,763 352,883 31.4 93.3 30.0 March 2005 10,899 331,119 29.1 92.7 30.4 March 2006 10,341 337,009 27.6 94.9 32.6 March 2007 9,822 310,219 26.2 95.0 31.6 March 2008 9,373 293,532 25.0 95.4 31.3 March 2009 8,668 233,023 23.1 92.5 26.9 March 2010 8,147 225,950 21.7 94.0 27.7 March 2011 7,791 230,609 20.8 95.6 29.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 39,220 416,082 100.0 _ 10.6 March 1997 29,848 456,498 76.1 76.1 15.3 March 1998 24,886 468,558 63.5 83.4 18.8 March 1999 21,889 489,238 55.8 88.0 22.4 March 2000 19,261 501,617 49.1 88.0 26.0 March 2001 17,136 466,675 43.7 89.0 27.2 March 2002 15,393 405,059 39.2 89.8 26.3 March 2003 14,150 378,682 36.1 91.9 26.8 March 2004 13,052 367,222 33.3 92.2 28.1 March 2005 12,096 362,131 30.8 92.7 29.9 March 2006 11,306 367,275 28.8 93.5 32.5 March 2007 10,797 362,226 27.5 95.5 33.5 March 2008 10,198 338,971 26.0 94.5 33.2 March 2009 9,704 262,822 24.7 95.2 27.1 March 2010 8,941 259,403 22.8 92.1 29.0 March 2011 8,561 277,217 21.8 95.7 32.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 41,535 500,995 100.0 _ 12.1 March 1998 31,394 570,170 75.6 75.6 18.2 March 1999 26,903 589,902 64.8 85.7 21.9 March 2000 23,468 605,098 56.5 87.2 25.8 March 2001 20,181 547,657 48.6 86.0 27.1 March 2002 17,901 475,431 43.1 88.7 26.6 March 2003 16,277 412,034 39.2 90.9 25.3 March 2004 15,014 398,275 36.1 92.2 26.5 March 2005 13,855 407,220 33.4 92.3 29.4 March 2006 13,043 410,966 31.4 94.1 31.5 March 2007 12,366 401,294 29.8 94.8 32.5 March 2008 11,670 379,485 28.1 94.4 32.5 March 2009 10,823 307,490 26.1 92.7 28.4 March 2010 10,252 293,874 24.7 94.7 28.7 March 2011 9,777 304,438 23.5 95.4 31.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 39,974 493,984 100.0 _ 12.4 March 1999 31,438 536,971 78.6 78.6 17.1 March 2000 26,480 567,297 66.2 84.2 21.4 March 2001 22,556 522,188 56.4 85.2 23.2 March 2002 19,835 460,520 49.6 87.9 23.2 March 2003 17,702 408,908 44.3 89.2 23.1 March 2004 16,197 393,594 40.5 91.5 24.3 March 2005 14,947 384,339 37.4 92.3 25.7 March 2006 13,899 368,218 34.8 93.0 26.5 March 2007 13,243 362,470 33.1 95.3 27.4 March 2008 12,318 338,586 30.8 93.0 27.5 March 2009 11,317 288,669 28.3 91.9 25.5 March 2010 10,535 271,752 26.4 93.1 25.8 March 2011 9,955 275,805 24.9 94.5 27.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 40,027 510,692 100.0 _ 12.8 March 2000 31,200 540,855 77.9 77.9 17.3 March 2001 26,078 503,753 65.2 83.6 19.3 March 2002 22,766 448,658 56.9 87.3 19.7 March 2003 20,039 421,116 50.1 88.0 21.0 March 2004 18,209 393,781 45.5 90.9 21.6 March 2005 16,470 381,013 41.1 90.4 23.1 March 2006 15,285 375,269 38.2 92.8 24.6 March 2007 14,373 360,022 35.9 94.0 25.0 March 2008 13,484 338,420 33.7 93.8 25.1 March 2009 12,342 286,904 30.8 91.5 23.2 March 2010 11,463 274,182 28.6 92.9 23.9 March 2011 10,944 277,045 27.3 95.5 25.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 39,035 443,361 100.0 _ 11.4 March 2001 30,117 451,337 77.2 77.2 15.0 March 2002 26,260 418,976 67.3 87.2 16.0 March 2003 22,790 430,343 58.4 86.8 18.9 March 2004 20,301 404,927 52.0 89.1 19.9 March 2005 18,414 392,485 47.2 90.7 21.3 March 2006 16,985 399,815 43.5 92.2 23.5 March 2007 15,898 391,469 40.7 93.6 24.6 March 2008 14,816 368,963 38.0 93.2 24.9 March 2009 13,670 311,921 35.0 92.3 22.8 March 2010 12,547 307,419 32.1 91.8 24.5 March 2011 11,876 307,569 30.4 94.7 25.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 37,115 423,286 100.0 _ 11.4 March 2002 31,398 402,377 84.6 84.6 12.8 March 2003 26,052 425,410 70.2 83.0 16.3 March 2004 22,887 444,391 61.7 87.9 19.4 March 2005 20,825 412,009 56.1 91.0 19.8 March 2006 19,034 412,530 51.3 91.4 21.7 March 2007 17,621 383,767 47.5 92.6 21.8 March 2008 16,252 334,495 43.8 92.2 20.6 March 2009 14,700 274,542 39.6 90.5 18.7 March 2010 13,553 265,742 36.5 92.2 19.6 March 2011 12,869 276,894 34.7 95.0 21.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 39,704 419,925 100.0 _ 10.6 March 2003 31,520 411,340 79.4 79.4 13.1 March 2004 27,120 408,719 68.3 86.0 15.1 March 2005 23,778 431,977 59.9 87.7 18.2 March 2006 21,586 451,750 54.4 90.8 20.9 March 2007 19,830 415,773 49.9 91.9 21.0 March 2008 17,957 371,429 45.2 90.6 20.7 March 2009 16,191 316,587 40.8 90.2 19.6 March 2010 14,763 295,299 37.2 91.2 20.0 March 2011 13,804 303,467 34.8 93.5 22.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 38,754 381,886 100.0 _ 9.9 March 2004 31,918 395,230 82.4 82.4 12.4 March 2005 26,887 406,946 69.4 84.2 15.1 March 2006 24,218 389,579 62.5 90.1 16.1 March 2007 21,937 390,950 56.6 90.6 17.8 March 2008 19,946 358,288 51.5 90.9 18.0 March 2009 17,697 302,534 45.7 88.7 17.1 March 2010 15,943 287,861 41.1 90.1 18.1 March 2011 14,765 296,592 38.1 92.6 20.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 36,973 330,555 100.0 _ 8.9 March 2005 30,482 359,292 82.4 82.4 11.8 March 2006 26,557 366,219 71.8 87.1 13.8 March 2007 23,707 357,538 64.1 89.3 15.1 March 2008 21,232 337,037 57.4 89.6 15.9 March 2009 18,738 287,125 50.7 88.3 15.3 March 2010 16,781 277,676 45.4 89.6 16.5 March 2011 15,584 283,067 42.1 92.9 18.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 36,810 306,566 100.0 _ 8.3 March 2006 31,472 341,233 85.5 85.5 10.8 March 2007 27,831 343,872 75.6 88.4 12.4 March 2008 24,456 324,278 66.4 87.9 13.3 March 2009 21,269 276,025 57.8 87.0 13.0 March 2010 18,853 265,739 51.2 88.6 14.1 March 2011 17,455 269,724 47.4 92.6 15.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 38,589 298,076 100.0 _ 7.7 March 2007 32,548 318,951 84.3 84.3 9.8 March 2008 27,695 301,411 71.8 85.1 10.9 March 2009 23,607 256,349 61.2 85.2 10.9 March 2010 20,556 241,734 53.3 87.1 11.8 March 2011 18,878 254,348 48.9 91.8 13.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 38,962 270,329 100.0 _ 6.9 March 2008 31,767 284,709 81.5 81.5 9.0 March 2009 26,595 248,662 68.3 83.7 9.3 March 2010 22,938 241,724 58.9 86.2 10.5 March 2011 20,825 246,120 53.4 90.8 11.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 38,023 258,945 100.0 _ 6.8 March 2009 30,428 246,872 80.0 80.0 8.1 March 2010 25,592 239,039 67.3 84.1 9.3 March 2011 22,842 242,611 60.1 89.3 10.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 34,667 212,702 100.0 _ 6.1 March 2010 26,829 211,168 77.4 77.4 7.9 March 2011 23,522 221,215 67.9 87.7 9.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 31,029 202,707 100.0 _ 6.5 March 2011 25,607 225,328 82.5 82.5 8.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 32,390 211,635 100.0 _ 6.5 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.