Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Total Private Montana 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 2,348 10,311 100.0 _ 4.4 March 1995 1,999 9,855 85.1 85.1 4.9 March 1996 1,690 9,016 72.0 84.5 5.3 March 1997 1,548 9,123 65.9 91.6 5.9 March 1998 1,396 8,735 59.5 90.2 6.3 March 1999 1,310 8,228 55.8 93.8 6.3 March 2000 1,212 8,124 51.6 92.5 6.7 March 2001 1,118 7,925 47.6 92.2 7.1 March 2002 1,050 7,737 44.7 93.9 7.4 March 2003 1,013 7,764 43.1 96.5 7.7 March 2004 968 7,594 41.2 95.6 7.8 March 2005 938 7,506 39.9 96.9 8.0 March 2006 885 7,512 37.7 94.3 8.5 March 2007 874 7,498 37.2 98.8 8.6 March 2008 843 7,390 35.9 96.5 8.8 March 2009 770 6,631 32.8 91.3 8.6 March 2010 719 6,361 30.6 93.4 8.8 March 2011 694 6,141 29.6 96.5 8.8 March 2012 667 6,334 28.4 96.1 9.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 2,531 12,415 100.0 _ 4.9 March 1996 2,027 11,321 80.1 80.1 5.6 March 1997 1,747 10,431 69.0 86.2 6.0 March 1998 1,560 10,541 61.6 89.3 6.8 March 1999 1,435 10,350 56.7 92.0 7.2 March 2000 1,332 10,099 52.6 92.8 7.6 March 2001 1,234 9,687 48.8 92.6 7.9 March 2002 1,131 9,048 44.7 91.7 8.0 March 2003 1,074 9,437 42.4 95.0 8.8 March 2004 1,011 9,383 39.9 94.1 9.3 March 2005 962 9,558 38.0 95.2 9.9 March 2006 920 9,601 36.3 95.6 10.4 March 2007 879 9,595 34.7 95.5 10.9 March 2008 856 9,457 33.8 97.4 11.0 March 2009 800 8,751 31.6 93.5 10.9 March 2010 769 8,356 30.4 96.1 10.9 March 2011 718 8,335 28.4 93.4 11.6 March 2012 700 8,944 27.7 97.5 12.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 2,464 12,293 100.0 _ 5.0 March 1997 1,989 11,254 80.7 80.7 5.7 March 1998 1,724 11,164 70.0 86.7 6.5 March 1999 1,587 11,377 64.4 92.1 7.2 March 2000 1,427 11,157 57.9 89.9 7.8 March 2001 1,309 11,066 53.1 91.7 8.5 March 2002 1,214 10,701 49.3 92.7 8.8 March 2003 1,133 10,451 46.0 93.3 9.2 March 2004 1,085 10,491 44.0 95.8 9.7 March 2005 1,016 10,452 41.2 93.6 10.3 March 2006 980 10,453 39.8 96.5 10.7 March 2007 963 10,799 39.1 98.3 11.2 March 2008 949 10,723 38.5 98.5 11.3 March 2009 874 9,641 35.5 92.1 11.0 March 2010 820 9,100 33.3 93.8 11.1 March 2011 794 8,889 32.2 96.8 11.2 March 2012 775 8,947 31.5 97.6 11.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 2,367 11,251 100.0 _ 4.8 March 1998 1,863 10,475 78.7 78.7 5.6 March 1999 1,641 10,505 69.3 88.1 6.4 March 2000 1,448 10,871 61.2 88.2 7.5 March 2001 1,302 10,698 55.0 89.9 8.2 March 2002 1,180 10,305 49.9 90.6 8.7 March 2003 1,139 10,595 48.1 96.5 9.3 March 2004 1,100 10,969 46.5 96.6 10.0 March 2005 1,049 11,080 44.3 95.4 10.6 March 2006 1,008 11,567 42.6 96.1 11.5 March 2007 953 11,546 40.3 94.5 12.1 March 2008 924 11,092 39.0 97.0 12.0 March 2009 858 10,306 36.2 92.9 12.0 March 2010 809 9,999 34.2 94.3 12.4 March 2011 756 9,655 31.9 93.4 12.8 March 2012 744 9,112 31.4 98.4 12.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 2,954 16,480 100.0 _ 5.6 March 1999 2,476 17,160 83.8 83.8 6.9 March 2000 2,223 16,778 75.3 89.8 7.5 March 2001 1,988 15,846 67.3 89.4 8.0 March 2002 1,832 15,240 62.0 92.2 8.3 March 2003 1,736 14,877 58.8 94.8 8.6 March 2004 1,669 14,847 56.5 96.1 8.9 March 2005 1,611 15,201 54.5 96.5 9.4 March 2006 1,541 14,952 52.2 95.7 9.7 March 2007 1,452 15,018 49.2 94.2 10.3 March 2008 1,413 14,575 47.8 97.3 10.3 March 2009 1,339 13,402 45.3 94.8 10.0 March 2010 1,296 12,939 43.9 96.8 10.0 March 2011 1,266 13,270 42.9 97.7 10.5 March 2012 1,201 12,661 40.7 94.9 10.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 2,396 11,254 100.0 _ 4.7 March 2000 1,921 11,404 80.2 80.2 5.9 March 2001 1,673 11,751 69.8 87.1 7.0 March 2002 1,515 11,031 63.2 90.6 7.3 March 2003 1,392 10,761 58.1 91.9 7.7 March 2004 1,332 10,405 55.6 95.7 7.8 March 2005 1,254 10,244 52.3 94.1 8.2 March 2006 1,183 10,075 49.4 94.3 8.5 March 2007 1,126 10,005 47.0 95.2 8.9 March 2008 1,071 9,864 44.7 95.1 9.2 March 2009 977 8,534 40.8 91.2 8.7 March 2010 933 8,127 38.9 95.5 8.7 March 2011 885 8,018 36.9 94.9 9.1 March 2012 833 7,911 34.8 94.1 9.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 2,302 9,798 100.0 _ 4.3 March 2001 1,869 9,588 81.2 81.2 5.1 March 2002 1,589 8,642 69.0 85.0 5.4 March 2003 1,453 8,399 63.1 91.4 5.8 March 2004 1,341 8,545 58.3 92.3 6.4 March 2005 1,275 8,579 55.4 95.1 6.7 March 2006 1,211 9,249 52.6 95.0 7.6 March 2007 1,157 8,884 50.3 95.5 7.7 March 2008 1,093 9,212 47.5 94.5 8.4 March 2009 1,007 8,153 43.7 92.1 8.1 March 2010 909 7,557 39.5 90.3 8.3 March 2011 877 7,750 38.1 96.5 8.8 March 2012 851 8,133 37.0 97.0 9.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 2,573 11,656 100.0 _ 4.5 March 2002 2,001 10,518 77.8 77.8 5.3 March 2003 1,763 10,209 68.5 88.1 5.8 March 2004 1,568 9,375 60.9 88.9 6.0 March 2005 1,478 9,352 57.4 94.3 6.3 March 2006 1,396 9,547 54.3 94.5 6.8 March 2007 1,287 9,307 50.0 92.2 7.2 March 2008 1,243 8,912 48.3 96.6 7.2 March 2009 1,126 7,956 43.8 90.6 7.1 March 2010 1,064 7,411 41.4 94.5 7.0 March 2011 1,014 7,103 39.4 95.3 7.0 March 2012 970 7,255 37.7 95.7 7.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 2,453 10,712 100.0 _ 4.4 March 2003 1,933 10,375 78.8 78.8 5.4 March 2004 1,727 10,055 70.4 89.3 5.8 March 2005 1,542 10,004 62.9 89.3 6.5 March 2006 1,460 10,123 59.5 94.7 6.9 March 2007 1,373 10,215 56.0 94.0 7.4 March 2008 1,297 9,868 52.9 94.5 7.6 March 2009 1,205 9,155 49.1 92.9 7.6 March 2010 1,124 8,935 45.8 93.3 7.9 March 2011 1,075 8,532 43.8 95.6 7.9 March 2012 1,032 8,538 42.1 96.0 8.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 2,560 10,589 100.0 _ 4.1 March 2004 2,059 10,093 80.4 80.4 4.9 March 2005 1,826 10,393 71.3 88.7 5.7 March 2006 1,688 10,540 65.9 92.4 6.2 March 2007 1,562 10,610 61.0 92.5 6.8 March 2008 1,451 10,228 56.7 92.9 7.0 March 2009 1,287 9,198 50.3 88.7 7.1 March 2010 1,180 8,770 46.1 91.7 7.4 March 2011 1,120 8,579 43.8 94.9 7.7 March 2012 1,089 8,404 42.5 97.2 7.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 2,878 11,778 100.0 _ 4.1 March 2005 2,255 12,006 78.4 78.4 5.3 March 2006 1,971 12,203 68.5 87.4 6.2 March 2007 1,810 12,253 62.9 91.8 6.8 March 2008 1,655 11,129 57.5 91.4 6.7 March 2009 1,437 10,197 49.9 86.8 7.1 March 2010 1,306 9,627 45.4 90.9 7.4 March 2011 1,233 9,744 42.8 94.4 7.9 March 2012 1,181 9,419 41.0 95.8 8.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 2,953 11,058 100.0 _ 3.7 March 2006 2,416 10,750 81.8 81.8 4.4 March 2007 2,139 10,835 72.4 88.5 5.1 March 2008 1,920 10,537 65.0 89.8 5.5 March 2009 1,637 9,143 55.4 85.3 5.6 March 2010 1,453 8,704 49.2 88.8 6.0 March 2011 1,329 8,546 45.0 91.5 6.4 March 2012 1,273 8,408 43.1 95.8 6.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 2,979 11,246 100.0 _ 3.8 March 2007 2,358 10,585 79.2 79.2 4.5 March 2008 2,077 10,189 69.7 88.1 4.9 March 2009 1,697 9,027 57.0 81.7 5.3 March 2010 1,514 8,642 50.8 89.2 5.7 March 2011 1,374 8,219 46.1 90.8 6.0 March 2012 1,295 8,367 43.5 94.3 6.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 2,973 11,461 100.0 _ 3.9 March 2008 2,321 11,060 78.1 78.1 4.8 March 2009 1,860 9,476 62.6 80.1 5.1 March 2010 1,611 8,673 54.2 86.6 5.4 March 2011 1,487 8,513 50.0 92.3 5.7 March 2012 1,372 8,638 46.1 92.3 6.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 2,788 11,224 100.0 _ 4.0 March 2009 2,085 9,469 74.8 74.8 4.5 March 2010 1,743 8,685 62.5 83.6 5.0 March 2011 1,565 8,295 56.1 89.8 5.3 March 2012 1,458 8,616 52.3 93.2 5.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 2,297 8,140 100.0 _ 3.5 March 2010 1,758 7,583 76.5 76.5 4.3 March 2011 1,575 7,446 68.6 89.6 4.7 March 2012 1,448 7,471 63.0 91.9 5.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 2,032 7,502 100.0 _ 3.7 March 2011 1,649 7,451 81.2 81.2 4.5 March 2012 1,434 7,022 70.6 87.0 4.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 2,120 6,880 100.0 _ 3.2 March 2012 1,677 6,857 79.1 79.1 4.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2012 March 2012 2,311 7,970 100.0 _ 3.4 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.