Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by age Wholesale Trade Age Class March 1994 March 1995 March 1996 March 1997 March 1998 March 1999 Less than one year 46,846 49,171 50,508 53,193 51,116 48,376 1 year _ 37,690 39,004 40,012 41,437 40,452 2 years _ _ 31,883 33,258 33,461 35,188 3 years _ _ _ 28,093 28,950 29,368 4 years _ _ _ _ 24,837 25,785 5 years _ _ _ _ _ 22,364 6 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 412,319 382,136 353,827 331,283 309,569 291,112 Total 459,165 468,997 475,222 485,839 489,370 492,645 Age Class March 2000 March 2001 March 2002 March 2003 March 2004 March 2005 Less than one year 46,796 45,095 47,446 45,597 43,120 44,013 1 year 38,252 36,412 39,816 39,488 39,471 37,339 2 years 33,710 31,758 32,698 33,454 34,283 34,047 3 years 30,223 29,006 27,913 28,691 29,658 30,139 4 years 25,838 26,406 25,741 25,006 26,040 26,579 5 years 23,067 22,936 23,544 23,327 22,746 23,735 6 years 20,215 20,612 20,787 21,603 21,402 20,907 7 years _ 18,161 18,870 19,122 19,887 19,720 8 years _ _ 16,829 17,383 17,794 18,441 9 years _ _ _ 15,559 16,376 16,605 10 years _ _ _ _ 14,669 15,282 11 years _ _ _ _ _ 13,628 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 273,525 257,209 243,577 231,760 221,741 212,170 Total 491,626 487,595 497,221 500,990 507,187 512,605 Age Class March 2006 March 2007 March 2008 March 2009 March 2010 March 2011 Less than one year 47,452 47,756 44,766 39,511 35,780 38,718 1 year 39,171 41,401 40,505 37,948 32,808 30,963 2 years 32,344 33,892 35,198 34,126 31,609 28,615 3 years 30,091 28,755 29,654 30,042 29,366 28,197 4 years 27,179 27,056 25,670 26,047 26,151 26,313 5 years 24,298 24,721 24,492 22,773 22,956 23,715 6 years 21,811 22,283 22,518 21,756 20,425 21,153 7 years 19,388 20,300 20,510 20,325 19,774 18,943 8 years 18,352 18,115 18,792 18,666 18,465 18,243 9 years 17,245 17,119 16,866 17,287 17,150 17,214 10 years 15,518 16,134 16,074 15,485 15,977 16,038 11 years 14,504 14,551 15,146 14,751 14,411 15,108 12 years 12,956 13,704 13,757 14,024 13,747 13,643 13 years _ 12,306 12,880 12,734 13,064 13,116 14 years _ _ 11,556 12,054 11,867 12,351 15 years _ _ _ 10,870 11,297 11,263 16 years _ _ _ _ 10,178 10,830 17 years _ _ _ _ _ 9,689 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 204,234 196,842 189,041 180,560 172,921 167,267 Total 524,543 534,935 537,425 528,959 517,946 521,379 Age Class March 2012 Less than one year 38,067 1 year 32,797 2 years 26,430 3 years 25,437 4 years 25,244 5 years 23,752 6 years 21,616 7 years 19,411 8 years 17,483 9 years 17,001 10 years 16,132 11 years 15,174 12 years 14,291 13 years 12,913 14 years 12,431 15 years 11,754 16 years 10,695 17 years 10,330 18 years 9,250 Born before March 1993 161,582 Total 521,790 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.