Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Total Private Florida 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 40,195 264,493 100.0 _ 6.6 March 1995 31,350 258,998 78.0 78.0 8.3 March 1996 26,261 245,827 65.3 83.8 9.4 March 1997 22,969 246,414 57.1 87.5 10.7 March 1998 19,607 235,022 48.8 85.4 12.0 March 1999 18,768 222,970 46.7 95.7 11.9 March 2000 15,889 226,539 39.5 84.7 14.3 March 2001 14,334 210,534 35.7 90.2 14.7 March 2002 13,086 203,322 32.6 91.3 15.5 March 2003 12,250 216,566 30.5 93.6 17.7 March 2004 11,387 201,590 28.3 93.0 17.7 March 2005 10,994 200,234 27.4 96.5 18.2 March 2006 11,445 195,196 28.5 104.1 17.1 March 2007 10,554 184,817 26.3 92.2 17.5 March 2008 9,896 171,776 24.6 93.8 17.4 March 2009 8,949 155,976 22.3 90.4 17.4 March 2010 8,312 147,715 20.7 92.9 17.8 March 2011 7,901 147,988 19.7 95.1 18.7 March 2012 7,500 146,011 18.7 94.9 19.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 42,010 297,377 100.0 _ 7.1 March 1996 32,308 279,018 76.9 76.9 8.6 March 1997 27,505 268,865 65.5 85.1 9.8 March 1998 22,961 262,607 54.7 83.5 11.4 March 1999 21,395 275,173 50.9 93.2 12.9 March 2000 17,870 280,361 42.5 83.5 15.7 March 2001 16,096 280,737 38.3 90.1 17.4 March 2002 14,602 238,146 34.8 90.7 16.3 March 2003 13,988 231,539 33.3 95.8 16.6 March 2004 12,946 226,810 30.8 92.6 17.5 March 2005 11,983 215,312 28.5 92.6 18.0 March 2006 11,266 214,403 26.8 94.0 19.0 March 2007 11,085 202,036 26.4 98.4 18.2 March 2008 10,474 188,288 24.9 94.5 18.0 March 2009 9,835 163,931 23.4 93.9 16.7 March 2010 9,221 155,884 21.9 93.8 16.9 March 2011 8,770 156,305 20.9 95.1 17.8 March 2012 8,390 149,963 20.0 95.7 17.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 47,428 341,120 100.0 _ 7.2 March 1997 32,647 286,521 68.8 68.8 8.8 March 1998 26,497 272,580 55.9 81.2 10.3 March 1999 24,766 277,571 52.2 93.5 11.2 March 2000 20,324 274,923 42.9 82.1 13.5 March 2001 18,329 268,425 38.6 90.2 14.6 March 2002 16,566 250,836 34.9 90.4 15.1 March 2003 15,431 235,045 32.5 93.1 15.2 March 2004 14,185 234,561 29.9 91.9 16.5 March 2005 12,861 233,777 27.1 90.7 18.2 March 2006 12,120 229,040 25.6 94.2 18.9 March 2007 11,403 214,481 24.0 94.1 18.8 March 2008 10,861 195,833 22.9 95.2 18.0 March 2009 11,222 167,170 23.7 103.3 14.9 March 2010 10,502 155,545 22.1 93.6 14.8 March 2011 9,771 154,775 20.6 93.0 15.8 March 2012 9,308 152,291 19.6 95.3 16.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 47,274 362,841 100.0 _ 7.7 March 1998 35,443 354,140 75.0 75.0 10.0 March 1999 32,958 351,145 69.7 93.0 10.7 March 2000 27,387 344,751 57.9 83.1 12.6 March 2001 21,472 312,428 45.4 78.4 14.6 March 2002 18,877 280,736 39.9 87.9 14.9 March 2003 17,230 249,884 36.4 91.3 14.5 March 2004 15,807 227,938 33.4 91.7 14.4 March 2005 14,273 222,730 30.2 90.3 15.6 March 2006 13,973 221,463 29.6 97.9 15.8 March 2007 13,094 217,619 27.7 93.7 16.6 March 2008 12,429 203,856 26.3 94.9 16.4 March 2009 11,113 181,159 23.5 89.4 16.3 March 2010 10,452 168,768 22.1 94.1 16.1 March 2011 9,794 162,066 20.7 93.7 16.5 March 2012 9,412 157,833 19.9 96.1 16.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 39,779 353,242 100.0 _ 8.9 March 1999 33,348 354,061 83.8 83.8 10.6 March 2000 26,638 338,888 67.0 79.9 12.7 March 2001 21,961 323,213 55.2 82.4 14.7 March 2002 19,288 309,597 48.5 87.8 16.1 March 2003 17,300 276,877 43.5 89.7 16.0 March 2004 15,811 266,773 39.7 91.4 16.9 March 2005 14,728 258,421 37.0 93.2 17.5 March 2006 13,701 253,414 34.4 93.0 18.5 March 2007 12,824 249,530 32.2 93.6 19.5 March 2008 12,245 236,435 30.8 95.5 19.3 March 2009 10,780 208,176 27.1 88.0 19.3 March 2010 10,119 194,369 25.4 93.9 19.2 March 2011 9,535 190,859 24.0 94.2 20.0 March 2012 9,194 187,153 23.1 96.4 20.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 40,428 405,515 100.0 _ 10.0 March 2000 32,751 393,206 81.0 81.0 12.0 March 2001 28,154 346,643 69.6 86.0 12.3 March 2002 24,741 326,973 61.2 87.9 13.2 March 2003 22,319 313,085 55.2 90.2 14.0 March 2004 20,324 290,312 50.3 91.1 14.3 March 2005 18,597 280,935 46.0 91.5 15.1 March 2006 17,464 280,538 43.2 93.9 16.1 March 2007 16,277 269,314 40.3 93.2 16.5 March 2008 15,201 255,954 37.6 93.4 16.8 March 2009 13,197 227,512 32.6 86.8 17.2 March 2010 12,571 214,124 31.1 95.3 17.0 March 2011 11,803 209,904 29.2 93.9 17.8 March 2012 11,711 207,501 29.0 99.2 17.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 49,403 360,713 100.0 _ 7.3 March 2001 41,233 352,556 83.5 83.5 8.6 March 2002 34,476 315,331 69.8 83.6 9.1 March 2003 30,386 335,307 61.5 88.1 11.0 March 2004 27,090 302,305 54.8 89.2 11.2 March 2005 24,446 288,000 49.5 90.2 11.8 March 2006 22,665 286,435 45.9 92.7 12.6 March 2007 21,058 271,498 42.6 92.9 12.9 March 2008 19,596 253,168 39.7 93.1 12.9 March 2009 17,186 225,027 34.8 87.7 13.1 March 2010 15,907 212,083 32.2 92.6 13.3 March 2011 15,255 208,103 30.9 95.9 13.6 March 2012 14,595 207,796 29.5 95.7 14.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 54,485 415,516 100.0 _ 7.6 March 2002 40,978 370,209 75.2 75.2 9.0 March 2003 34,206 344,307 62.8 83.5 10.1 March 2004 29,985 330,932 55.0 87.7 11.0 March 2005 26,433 337,398 48.5 88.2 12.8 March 2006 24,169 335,712 44.4 91.4 13.9 March 2007 22,786 319,925 41.8 94.3 14.0 March 2008 21,419 284,293 39.3 94.0 13.3 March 2009 18,997 243,533 34.9 88.7 12.8 March 2010 17,195 230,186 31.6 90.5 13.4 March 2011 15,732 228,328 28.9 91.5 14.5 March 2012 15,615 223,493 28.7 99.3 14.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 50,110 329,025 100.0 _ 6.6 March 2003 38,135 296,733 76.1 76.1 7.8 March 2004 32,011 279,385 63.9 83.9 8.7 March 2005 27,863 285,762 55.6 87.0 10.3 March 2006 25,221 304,421 50.3 90.5 12.1 March 2007 23,516 287,742 46.9 93.2 12.2 March 2008 21,133 247,245 42.2 89.9 11.7 March 2009 18,062 214,194 36.0 85.5 11.9 March 2010 16,512 197,658 33.0 91.4 12.0 March 2011 15,475 191,340 30.9 93.7 12.4 March 2012 14,494 184,701 28.9 93.7 12.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 55,610 355,016 100.0 _ 6.4 March 2004 42,642 333,152 76.7 76.7 7.8 March 2005 35,451 328,522 63.7 83.1 9.3 March 2006 31,574 306,295 56.8 89.1 9.7 March 2007 27,899 295,992 50.2 88.4 10.6 March 2008 25,278 260,801 45.5 90.6 10.3 March 2009 20,870 222,756 37.5 82.6 10.7 March 2010 18,879 204,199 33.9 90.5 10.8 March 2011 17,633 200,060 31.7 93.4 11.3 March 2012 16,595 193,877 29.8 94.1 11.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 60,600 361,081 100.0 _ 6.0 March 2005 46,390 336,242 76.6 76.6 7.2 March 2006 39,972 324,937 66.0 86.2 8.1 March 2007 34,518 302,164 57.0 86.4 8.8 March 2008 30,353 268,198 50.1 87.9 8.8 March 2009 24,512 232,269 40.4 80.8 9.5 March 2010 21,940 216,889 36.2 89.5 9.9 March 2011 19,957 210,585 32.9 91.0 10.6 March 2012 18,741 205,318 30.9 93.9 11.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 61,616 337,562 100.0 _ 5.5 March 2006 48,117 323,445 78.1 78.1 6.7 March 2007 39,716 295,515 64.5 82.5 7.4 March 2008 33,392 265,428 54.2 84.1 7.9 March 2009 26,608 229,107 43.2 79.7 8.6 March 2010 23,271 213,549 37.8 87.5 9.2 March 2011 21,307 207,651 34.6 91.6 9.7 March 2012 19,953 202,603 32.4 93.6 10.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 69,306 346,880 100.0 _ 5.0 March 2007 51,283 321,155 74.0 74.0 6.3 March 2008 41,035 276,781 59.2 80.0 6.7 March 2009 31,861 230,147 46.0 77.6 7.2 March 2010 27,633 211,529 39.9 86.7 7.7 March 2011 24,870 204,411 35.9 90.0 8.2 March 2012 22,845 200,430 33.0 91.9 8.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 61,402 314,145 100.0 _ 5.1 March 2008 44,973 275,969 73.2 73.2 6.1 March 2009 33,808 229,144 55.1 75.2 6.8 March 2010 28,836 208,691 47.0 85.3 7.2 March 2011 25,810 200,823 42.0 89.5 7.8 March 2012 23,585 197,440 38.4 91.4 8.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 58,274 338,732 100.0 _ 5.8 March 2009 38,947 268,598 66.8 66.8 6.9 March 2010 32,625 239,643 56.0 83.8 7.3 March 2011 28,641 230,553 49.1 87.8 8.0 March 2012 25,606 224,652 43.9 89.4 8.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 49,710 278,588 100.0 _ 5.6 March 2010 37,276 244,217 75.0 75.0 6.6 March 2011 31,403 230,081 63.2 84.2 7.3 March 2012 27,661 223,853 55.6 88.1 8.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 44,160 225,689 100.0 _ 5.1 March 2011 33,731 207,447 76.4 76.4 6.2 March 2012 29,041 198,821 65.8 86.1 6.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 46,607 224,828 100.0 _ 4.8 March 2012 36,252 215,402 77.8 77.8 5.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2012 March 2012 51,431 249,496 100.0 _ 4.9 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.