Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Total Private 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 550,308 4,124,589 100.0 _ 7.5 March 1995 439,281 4,140,247 79.8 79.8 9.4 March 1996 376,955 4,015,342 68.5 85.8 10.7 March 1997 336,753 3,953,116 61.2 89.3 11.7 March 1998 301,872 3,872,507 54.9 89.6 12.8 March 1999 276,271 3,741,091 50.2 91.5 13.5 March 2000 252,261 3,677,756 45.8 91.3 14.6 March 2001 231,645 3,531,829 42.1 91.8 15.2 March 2002 214,308 3,299,941 38.9 92.5 15.4 March 2003 200,055 3,140,189 36.4 93.3 15.7 March 2004 188,375 3,047,333 34.2 94.2 16.2 March 2005 178,224 2,984,942 32.4 94.6 16.7 March 2006 170,401 2,936,957 31.0 95.6 17.2 March 2007 161,338 2,880,427 29.3 94.7 17.9 March 2008 153,020 2,787,718 27.8 94.8 18.2 March 2009 143,321 2,549,738 26.0 93.7 17.8 March 2010 135,380 2,435,539 24.6 94.5 18.0 March 2011 129,536 2,418,221 23.5 95.7 18.7 March 2012 123,852 2,414,647 22.5 95.6 19.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 584,184 4,356,753 100.0 _ 7.5 March 1996 462,440 4,310,177 79.2 79.2 9.3 March 1997 400,420 4,264,561 68.5 86.6 10.7 March 1998 353,160 4,178,140 60.5 88.2 11.8 March 1999 319,643 4,078,687 54.7 90.5 12.8 March 2000 289,156 4,012,095 49.5 90.5 13.9 March 2001 263,137 3,845,425 45.0 91.0 14.6 March 2002 241,818 3,548,383 41.4 91.9 14.7 March 2003 225,660 3,367,056 38.6 93.3 14.9 March 2004 212,037 3,280,932 36.3 94.0 15.5 March 2005 198,987 3,206,286 34.1 93.8 16.1 March 2006 188,367 3,172,414 32.2 94.7 16.8 March 2007 178,396 3,093,552 30.5 94.7 17.3 March 2008 169,341 3,000,916 29.0 94.9 17.7 March 2009 158,608 2,744,648 27.2 93.7 17.3 March 2010 150,088 2,621,345 25.7 94.6 17.5 March 2011 143,484 2,606,424 24.6 95.6 18.2 March 2012 137,572 2,587,257 23.5 95.9 18.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 588,326 4,358,117 100.0 _ 7.4 March 1997 464,613 4,320,141 79.0 79.0 9.3 March 1998 397,930 4,243,438 67.6 85.6 10.7 March 1999 355,231 4,172,895 60.4 89.3 11.7 March 2000 318,382 4,116,944 54.1 89.6 12.9 March 2001 287,106 3,943,158 48.8 90.2 13.7 March 2002 261,977 3,637,556 44.5 91.2 13.9 March 2003 242,268 3,457,995 41.2 92.5 14.3 March 2004 226,438 3,370,907 38.5 93.5 14.9 March 2005 212,058 3,323,313 36.0 93.6 15.7 March 2006 200,103 3,291,677 34.0 94.4 16.4 March 2007 189,026 3,219,552 32.1 94.5 17.0 March 2008 178,761 3,124,610 30.4 94.6 17.5 March 2009 168,028 2,846,423 28.6 94.0 16.9 March 2010 158,325 2,721,206 26.9 94.2 17.2 March 2011 151,173 2,694,486 25.7 95.5 17.8 March 2012 144,726 2,689,148 24.6 95.7 18.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 614,966 4,631,669 100.0 _ 7.5 March 1998 484,847 4,688,205 78.8 78.8 9.7 March 1999 422,260 4,606,320 68.7 87.1 10.9 March 2000 372,473 4,560,353 60.6 88.2 12.2 March 2001 329,015 4,337,230 53.5 88.3 13.2 March 2002 295,624 3,962,604 48.1 89.9 13.4 March 2003 271,612 3,712,108 44.2 91.9 13.7 March 2004 252,155 3,608,769 41.0 92.8 14.3 March 2005 234,907 3,540,254 38.2 93.2 15.1 March 2006 222,482 3,504,922 36.2 94.7 15.8 March 2007 209,328 3,431,074 34.0 94.1 16.4 March 2008 197,469 3,313,513 32.1 94.3 16.8 March 2009 183,515 3,007,018 29.8 92.9 16.4 March 2010 172,882 2,851,120 28.1 94.2 16.5 March 2011 164,646 2,829,289 26.8 95.2 17.2 March 2012 157,504 2,820,885 25.6 95.7 17.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 609,584 4,698,777 100.0 _ 7.7 March 1999 491,318 4,703,529 80.6 80.6 9.6 March 2000 421,058 4,706,632 69.1 85.7 11.2 March 2001 367,167 4,505,182 60.2 87.2 12.3 March 2002 326,578 4,136,490 53.6 88.9 12.7 March 2003 296,814 3,899,287 48.7 90.9 13.1 March 2004 274,497 3,794,035 45.0 92.5 13.8 March 2005 255,544 3,738,457 41.9 93.1 14.6 March 2006 240,228 3,709,830 39.4 94.0 15.4 March 2007 225,603 3,646,190 37.0 93.9 16.2 March 2008 212,092 3,523,812 34.8 94.0 16.6 March 2009 196,557 3,244,019 32.2 92.7 16.5 March 2010 184,597 3,081,709 30.3 93.9 16.7 March 2011 176,096 3,056,774 28.9 95.4 17.4 March 2012 167,864 3,049,421 27.5 95.3 18.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 609,569 4,702,798 100.0 _ 7.7 March 2000 485,427 4,745,334 79.6 79.6 9.8 March 2001 412,144 4,565,297 67.6 84.9 11.1 March 2002 359,735 4,207,021 59.0 87.3 11.7 March 2003 324,227 3,976,764 53.2 90.1 12.3 March 2004 297,045 3,863,841 48.7 91.6 13.0 March 2005 274,316 3,777,403 45.0 92.3 13.8 March 2006 256,621 3,749,411 42.1 93.5 14.6 March 2007 239,862 3,672,686 39.3 93.5 15.3 March 2008 224,295 3,550,989 36.8 93.5 15.8 March 2009 206,450 3,256,943 33.9 92.0 15.8 March 2010 193,072 3,087,604 31.7 93.5 16.0 March 2011 183,849 3,059,215 30.2 95.2 16.6 March 2012 175,569 3,053,484 28.8 95.5 17.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 634,276 4,648,531 100.0 _ 7.3 March 2001 500,436 4,640,059 78.9 78.9 9.3 March 2002 420,217 4,242,325 66.3 84.0 10.1 March 2003 370,872 4,058,894 58.5 88.3 10.9 March 2004 336,672 3,951,418 53.1 90.8 11.7 March 2005 308,498 3,871,419 48.6 91.6 12.5 March 2006 286,307 3,863,535 45.1 92.8 13.5 March 2007 266,809 3,796,101 42.1 93.2 14.2 March 2008 248,279 3,657,246 39.1 93.1 14.7 March 2009 228,046 3,355,111 36.0 91.9 14.7 March 2010 211,566 3,196,884 33.4 92.8 15.1 March 2011 201,513 3,173,985 31.8 95.2 15.8 March 2012 191,604 3,157,458 30.2 95.1 16.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 630,875 4,279,589 100.0 _ 6.8 March 2002 476,603 3,977,966 75.5 75.5 8.3 March 2003 407,194 3,802,166 64.5 85.4 9.3 March 2004 362,695 3,739,230 57.5 89.1 10.3 March 2005 330,536 3,689,933 52.4 91.1 11.2 March 2006 303,956 3,657,766 48.2 92.0 12.0 March 2007 280,488 3,565,983 44.5 92.3 12.7 March 2008 259,845 3,419,872 41.2 92.6 13.2 March 2009 236,958 3,110,322 37.6 91.2 13.1 March 2010 219,153 2,950,842 34.7 92.5 13.5 March 2011 206,256 2,917,889 32.7 94.1 14.1 March 2012 195,925 2,897,527 31.1 95.0 14.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 612,069 4,163,828 100.0 _ 6.8 March 2003 480,147 3,952,078 78.4 78.4 8.2 March 2004 413,127 3,851,857 67.5 86.0 9.3 March 2005 368,526 3,819,766 60.2 89.2 10.4 March 2006 336,474 3,815,787 55.0 91.3 11.3 March 2007 308,761 3,722,550 50.4 91.8 12.1 March 2008 283,430 3,553,919 46.3 91.8 12.5 March 2009 257,011 3,256,637 42.0 90.7 12.7 March 2010 236,957 3,063,779 38.7 92.2 12.9 March 2011 223,145 3,030,524 36.5 94.2 13.6 March 2012 210,402 3,002,369 34.4 94.3 14.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 609,378 3,842,243 100.0 _ 6.3 March 2004 482,456 3,769,430 79.2 79.2 7.8 March 2005 417,061 3,725,214 68.4 86.4 8.9 March 2006 374,177 3,697,327 61.4 89.7 9.9 March 2007 337,285 3,626,492 55.3 90.1 10.8 March 2008 305,271 3,473,093 50.1 90.5 11.4 March 2009 272,578 3,157,698 44.7 89.3 11.6 March 2010 249,219 2,977,875 40.9 91.4 11.9 March 2011 232,857 2,947,745 38.2 93.4 12.7 March 2012 218,676 2,930,648 35.9 93.9 13.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 602,667 3,595,392 100.0 _ 6.0 March 2005 476,970 3,567,784 79.1 79.1 7.5 March 2006 416,725 3,567,546 69.1 87.4 8.6 March 2007 369,646 3,478,056 61.3 88.7 9.4 March 2008 329,464 3,315,127 54.7 89.1 10.1 March 2009 290,746 3,007,332 48.2 88.2 10.3 March 2010 263,172 2,839,679 43.7 90.5 10.8 March 2011 244,790 2,811,357 40.6 93.0 11.5 March 2012 228,741 2,794,363 38.0 93.4 12.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 632,510 3,579,940 100.0 _ 5.7 March 2006 505,825 3,625,577 80.0 80.0 7.2 March 2007 434,755 3,549,678 68.7 85.9 8.2 March 2008 380,064 3,391,478 60.1 87.4 8.9 March 2009 329,920 3,046,674 52.2 86.8 9.2 March 2010 294,259 2,879,209 46.5 89.2 9.8 March 2011 272,293 2,858,711 43.0 92.5 10.5 March 2012 253,144 2,853,203 40.0 93.0 11.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 667,341 3,567,959 100.0 _ 5.3 March 2007 522,402 3,524,413 78.3 78.3 6.7 March 2008 441,444 3,354,798 66.1 84.5 7.6 March 2009 374,331 3,010,428 56.1 84.8 8.0 March 2010 328,896 2,822,053 49.3 87.9 8.6 March 2011 300,979 2,798,159 45.1 91.5 9.3 March 2012 277,691 2,795,390 41.6 92.3 10.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 656,107 3,469,671 100.0 _ 5.3 March 2008 506,556 3,356,057 77.2 77.2 6.6 March 2009 415,814 3,024,327 63.4 82.1 7.3 March 2010 359,857 2,855,033 54.8 86.5 7.9 March 2011 326,615 2,820,663 49.8 90.8 8.6 March 2012 298,473 2,804,362 45.5 91.4 9.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 626,771 3,285,086 100.0 _ 5.2 March 2009 466,374 2,952,344 74.4 74.4 6.3 March 2010 391,178 2,770,192 62.4 83.9 7.1 March 2011 350,020 2,752,102 55.8 89.5 7.9 March 2012 316,774 2,771,718 50.5 90.5 8.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 548,201 2,745,774 100.0 _ 5.0 March 2010 418,010 2,552,221 76.3 76.3 6.1 March 2011 363,254 2,553,943 66.3 86.9 7.0 March 2012 322,945 2,557,542 58.9 88.9 7.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 507,129 2,464,358 100.0 _ 4.9 March 2011 398,438 2,440,843 78.6 78.6 6.1 March 2012 343,668 2,447,875 67.8 86.3 7.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 537,526 2,527,207 100.0 _ 4.7 March 2012 420,928 2,546,710 78.3 78.3 6.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2012 March 2012 571,901 2,707,464 100.0 _ 4.7 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.