Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Total Private Louisiana 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 8,472 72,327 100.0 _ 8.5 March 1995 6,842 78,544 80.8 80.8 11.5 March 1996 5,914 76,772 69.8 86.4 13.0 March 1997 5,335 73,328 63.0 90.2 13.7 March 1998 4,848 71,629 57.2 90.9 14.8 March 1999 4,456 68,006 52.6 91.9 15.3 March 2000 4,017 64,425 47.4 90.1 16.0 March 2001 3,738 59,400 44.1 93.1 15.9 March 2002 3,502 54,683 41.3 93.7 15.6 March 2003 3,250 52,917 38.4 92.8 16.3 March 2004 3,072 51,291 36.3 94.5 16.7 March 2005 2,898 49,976 34.2 94.3 17.2 March 2006 2,603 45,881 30.7 89.8 17.6 March 2007 2,518 44,421 29.7 96.7 17.6 March 2008 2,414 43,174 28.5 95.9 17.9 March 2009 2,291 40,053 27.0 94.9 17.5 March 2010 2,150 37,548 25.4 93.8 17.5 March 2011 2,074 37,797 24.5 96.5 18.2 March 2012 2,014 37,173 23.8 97.1 18.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 8,672 74,931 100.0 _ 8.6 March 1996 6,890 76,958 79.5 79.5 11.2 March 1997 6,030 76,077 69.5 87.5 12.6 March 1998 5,475 78,572 63.1 90.8 14.4 March 1999 4,911 71,409 56.6 89.7 14.5 March 2000 4,423 68,087 51.0 90.1 15.4 March 2001 4,096 61,775 47.2 92.6 15.1 March 2002 3,748 56,598 43.2 91.5 15.1 March 2003 3,448 55,810 39.8 92.0 16.2 March 2004 3,297 54,883 38.0 95.6 16.6 March 2005 3,122 52,304 36.0 94.7 16.8 March 2006 2,778 46,813 32.0 89.0 16.9 March 2007 2,660 46,956 30.7 95.8 17.7 March 2008 2,546 45,532 29.4 95.7 17.9 March 2009 2,416 43,201 27.9 94.9 17.9 March 2010 2,278 40,555 26.3 94.3 17.8 March 2011 2,223 40,408 25.6 97.6 18.2 March 2012 2,126 39,337 24.5 95.6 18.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 7,633 54,316 100.0 _ 7.1 March 1997 6,068 53,122 79.5 79.5 8.8 March 1998 5,342 49,570 70.0 88.0 9.3 March 1999 4,819 47,783 63.1 90.2 9.9 March 2000 4,350 44,786 57.0 90.3 10.3 March 2001 3,943 41,965 51.7 90.6 10.6 March 2002 3,608 38,306 47.3 91.5 10.6 March 2003 3,247 36,114 42.5 90.0 11.1 March 2004 3,011 34,851 39.4 92.7 11.6 March 2005 2,812 33,361 36.8 93.4 11.9 March 2006 2,490 30,047 32.6 88.5 12.1 March 2007 2,422 31,104 31.7 97.3 12.8 March 2008 2,335 30,340 30.6 96.4 13.0 March 2009 2,220 29,498 29.1 95.1 13.3 March 2010 2,065 27,909 27.1 93.0 13.5 March 2011 1,936 27,592 25.4 93.8 14.3 March 2012 1,848 27,204 24.2 95.5 14.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 8,404 60,972 100.0 _ 7.3 March 1998 6,716 60,677 79.9 79.9 9.0 March 1999 5,744 59,953 68.3 85.5 10.4 March 2000 5,110 56,956 60.8 89.0 11.1 March 2001 4,457 52,644 53.0 87.2 11.8 March 2002 4,014 46,911 47.8 90.1 11.7 March 2003 3,704 45,805 44.1 92.3 12.4 March 2004 3,433 43,768 40.8 92.7 12.7 March 2005 3,237 42,422 38.5 94.3 13.1 March 2006 2,908 40,088 34.6 89.8 13.8 March 2007 2,783 39,760 33.1 95.7 14.3 March 2008 2,625 37,781 31.2 94.3 14.4 March 2009 2,488 34,901 29.6 94.8 14.0 March 2010 2,321 33,931 27.6 93.3 14.6 March 2011 2,214 33,469 26.3 95.4 15.1 March 2012 2,130 32,449 25.3 96.2 15.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 8,933 58,697 100.0 _ 6.6 March 1999 7,005 58,494 78.4 78.4 8.4 March 2000 6,054 58,444 67.8 86.4 9.7 March 2001 5,201 55,576 58.2 85.9 10.7 March 2002 4,632 50,740 51.9 89.1 11.0 March 2003 4,210 49,000 47.1 90.9 11.6 March 2004 3,900 45,672 43.7 92.6 11.7 March 2005 3,645 44,873 40.8 93.5 12.3 March 2006 3,261 41,822 36.5 89.5 12.8 March 2007 3,102 41,266 34.7 95.1 13.3 March 2008 2,916 40,191 32.6 94.0 13.8 March 2009 2,753 37,222 30.8 94.4 13.5 March 2010 2,583 35,639 28.9 93.8 13.8 March 2011 2,488 35,839 27.9 96.3 14.4 March 2012 2,359 36,895 26.4 94.8 15.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 8,656 66,909 100.0 _ 7.7 March 2000 6,861 68,758 79.3 79.3 10.0 March 2001 5,623 64,413 65.0 82.0 11.5 March 2002 4,964 58,192 57.3 88.3 11.7 March 2003 4,469 53,349 51.6 90.0 11.9 March 2004 4,095 52,828 47.3 91.6 12.9 March 2005 3,997 50,804 46.2 97.6 12.7 March 2006 3,522 44,559 40.7 88.1 12.7 March 2007 3,330 45,226 38.5 94.5 13.6 March 2008 3,137 43,442 36.2 94.2 13.8 March 2009 2,918 43,083 33.7 93.0 14.8 March 2010 2,727 40,740 31.5 93.5 14.9 March 2011 2,595 39,477 30.0 95.2 15.2 March 2012 2,488 39,204 28.7 95.9 15.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 8,737 67,658 100.0 _ 7.7 March 2001 6,723 68,943 76.9 76.9 10.3 March 2002 5,623 65,345 64.4 83.6 11.6 March 2003 5,007 60,582 57.3 89.0 12.1 March 2004 4,529 59,314 51.8 90.5 13.1 March 2005 4,220 57,555 48.3 93.2 13.6 March 2006 3,766 54,182 43.1 89.2 14.4 March 2007 3,567 54,214 40.8 94.7 15.2 March 2008 3,374 53,528 38.6 94.6 15.9 March 2009 3,162 51,174 36.2 93.7 16.2 March 2010 2,946 48,064 33.7 93.2 16.3 March 2011 2,847 47,683 32.6 96.6 16.7 March 2012 2,706 46,195 31.0 95.0 17.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 8,243 62,327 100.0 _ 7.6 March 2002 6,292 58,187 76.3 76.3 9.2 March 2003 5,451 53,233 66.1 86.6 9.8 March 2004 4,910 52,907 59.6 90.1 10.8 March 2005 4,590 51,832 55.7 93.5 11.3 March 2006 4,040 48,294 49.0 88.0 12.0 March 2007 3,784 48,965 45.9 93.7 12.9 March 2008 3,582 48,113 43.5 94.7 13.4 March 2009 3,299 45,015 40.0 92.1 13.6 March 2010 3,075 43,856 37.3 93.2 14.3 March 2011 2,948 44,328 35.8 95.9 15.0 March 2012 2,784 43,584 33.8 94.4 15.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 8,182 61,928 100.0 _ 7.6 March 2003 6,473 60,770 79.1 79.1 9.4 March 2004 5,604 58,115 68.5 86.6 10.4 March 2005 5,080 54,876 62.1 90.6 10.8 March 2006 4,426 51,750 54.1 87.1 11.7 March 2007 4,216 53,067 51.5 95.3 12.6 March 2008 3,940 50,093 48.2 93.5 12.7 March 2009 3,675 47,214 44.9 93.3 12.8 March 2010 3,435 44,866 42.0 93.5 13.1 March 2011 3,251 44,296 39.7 94.6 13.6 March 2012 3,069 42,344 37.5 94.4 13.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 7,736 55,501 100.0 _ 7.2 March 2004 6,066 55,386 78.4 78.4 9.1 March 2005 5,271 53,952 68.1 86.9 10.2 March 2006 4,464 49,130 57.7 84.7 11.0 March 2007 4,071 49,524 52.6 91.2 12.2 March 2008 3,779 47,924 48.8 92.8 12.7 March 2009 3,462 44,908 44.8 91.6 13.0 March 2010 3,215 40,957 41.6 92.9 12.7 March 2011 3,018 40,291 39.0 93.9 13.4 March 2012 2,854 40,547 36.9 94.6 14.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 8,087 53,492 100.0 _ 6.6 March 2005 6,395 51,889 79.1 79.1 8.1 March 2006 5,243 49,011 64.8 82.0 9.3 March 2007 4,785 50,080 59.2 91.3 10.5 March 2008 4,287 48,333 53.0 89.6 11.3 March 2009 3,941 44,869 48.7 91.9 11.4 March 2010 3,622 41,794 44.8 91.9 11.5 March 2011 3,385 42,258 41.9 93.5 12.5 March 2012 3,172 41,362 39.2 93.7 13.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 8,254 52,865 100.0 _ 6.4 March 2006 6,206 53,253 75.2 75.2 8.6 March 2007 5,492 55,629 66.5 88.5 10.1 March 2008 4,939 53,549 59.8 89.9 10.8 March 2009 4,464 50,141 54.1 90.4 11.2 March 2010 4,038 47,320 48.9 90.5 11.7 March 2011 3,759 46,177 45.5 93.1 12.3 March 2012 3,496 45,423 42.4 93.0 13.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 8,280 63,242 100.0 _ 7.6 March 2007 6,375 56,529 77.0 77.0 8.9 March 2008 5,521 52,982 66.7 86.6 9.6 March 2009 4,778 48,952 57.7 86.5 10.2 March 2010 4,234 42,518 51.1 88.6 10.0 March 2011 3,873 43,751 46.8 91.5 11.3 March 2012 3,569 42,274 43.1 92.2 11.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 8,742 58,467 100.0 _ 6.7 March 2008 6,904 56,808 79.0 79.0 8.2 March 2009 5,797 51,290 66.3 84.0 8.8 March 2010 4,992 47,793 57.1 86.1 9.6 March 2011 4,567 47,676 52.2 91.5 10.4 March 2012 4,175 45,303 47.8 91.4 10.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 8,631 54,471 100.0 _ 6.3 March 2009 6,622 53,403 76.7 76.7 8.1 March 2010 5,573 48,134 64.6 84.2 8.6 March 2011 5,055 47,755 58.6 90.7 9.4 March 2012 4,633 47,809 53.7 91.7 10.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 7,763 48,404 100.0 _ 6.2 March 2010 5,897 44,767 76.0 76.0 7.6 March 2011 5,157 46,749 66.4 87.5 9.1 March 2012 4,663 46,390 60.1 90.4 9.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 6,904 43,711 100.0 _ 6.3 March 2011 5,295 42,110 76.7 76.7 8.0 March 2012 4,653 40,946 67.4 87.9 8.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 7,150 42,071 100.0 _ 5.9 March 2012 5,481 41,384 76.7 76.7 7.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2012 March 2012 7,457 44,158 100.0 _ 5.9 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.