Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Total Private West Virginia 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 3,185 19,547 100.0 _ 6.1 March 1995 2,573 18,106 80.8 80.8 7.0 March 1996 2,194 16,772 68.9 85.3 7.6 March 1997 1,976 16,167 62.0 90.1 8.2 March 1998 1,784 15,363 56.0 90.3 8.6 March 1999 1,620 14,709 50.9 90.8 9.1 March 2000 1,481 14,272 46.5 91.4 9.6 March 2001 1,369 13,793 43.0 92.4 10.1 March 2002 1,234 13,456 38.7 90.1 10.9 March 2003 1,150 12,465 36.1 93.2 10.8 March 2004 1,087 12,320 34.1 94.5 11.3 March 2005 1,016 12,167 31.9 93.5 12.0 March 2006 964 12,249 30.3 94.9 12.7 March 2007 909 11,658 28.5 94.3 12.8 March 2008 869 11,086 27.3 95.6 12.8 March 2009 809 10,261 25.4 93.1 12.7 March 2010 749 9,419 23.5 92.6 12.6 March 2011 716 8,996 22.5 95.6 12.6 March 2012 688 8,590 21.6 96.1 12.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 3,198 20,029 100.0 _ 6.3 March 1996 2,463 20,190 77.0 77.0 8.2 March 1997 2,157 19,998 67.4 87.6 9.3 March 1998 1,903 19,371 59.5 88.2 10.2 March 1999 1,696 18,151 53.0 89.1 10.7 March 2000 1,551 17,060 48.5 91.5 11.0 March 2001 1,402 16,583 43.8 90.4 11.8 March 2002 1,285 15,086 40.2 91.7 11.7 March 2003 1,188 14,348 37.1 92.5 12.1 March 2004 1,117 14,122 34.9 94.0 12.6 March 2005 1,060 13,949 33.1 94.9 13.2 March 2006 1,003 13,477 31.4 94.6 13.4 March 2007 944 13,591 29.5 94.1 14.4 March 2008 905 13,035 28.3 95.9 14.4 March 2009 862 12,726 27.0 95.2 14.8 March 2010 809 11,980 25.3 93.9 14.8 March 2011 766 12,483 24.0 94.7 16.3 March 2012 733 11,696 22.9 95.7 16.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 3,283 23,471 100.0 _ 7.1 March 1997 2,580 22,732 78.6 78.6 8.8 March 1998 2,265 22,233 69.0 87.8 9.8 March 1999 2,045 20,875 62.3 90.3 10.2 March 2000 1,865 20,256 56.8 91.2 10.9 March 2001 1,664 19,911 50.7 89.2 12.0 March 2002 1,537 19,920 46.8 92.4 13.0 March 2003 1,430 18,581 43.6 93.0 13.0 March 2004 1,353 18,835 41.2 94.6 13.9 March 2005 1,289 18,809 39.3 95.3 14.6 March 2006 1,212 18,820 36.9 94.0 15.5 March 2007 1,147 18,791 34.9 94.6 16.4 March 2008 1,092 18,012 33.3 95.2 16.5 March 2009 1,020 17,001 31.1 93.4 16.7 March 2010 962 16,494 29.3 94.3 17.1 March 2011 927 16,313 28.2 96.4 17.6 March 2012 889 16,050 27.1 95.9 18.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 3,305 21,467 100.0 _ 6.5 March 1998 2,572 21,199 77.8 77.8 8.2 March 1999 2,208 20,945 66.8 85.8 9.5 March 2000 1,975 20,520 59.8 89.4 10.4 March 2001 1,750 20,794 53.0 88.6 11.9 March 2002 1,582 19,005 47.9 90.4 12.0 March 2003 1,443 18,799 43.7 91.2 13.0 March 2004 1,386 18,578 41.9 96.0 13.4 March 2005 1,267 18,252 38.3 91.4 14.4 March 2006 1,225 17,173 37.1 96.7 14.0 March 2007 1,179 17,287 35.7 96.2 14.7 March 2008 1,134 17,452 34.3 96.2 15.4 March 2009 1,058 16,032 32.0 93.3 15.2 March 2010 989 14,635 29.9 93.5 14.8 March 2011 937 14,685 28.4 94.7 15.7 March 2012 905 14,606 27.4 96.6 16.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 3,210 21,279 100.0 _ 6.6 March 1999 2,508 21,326 78.1 78.1 8.5 March 2000 2,154 20,682 67.1 85.9 9.6 March 2001 1,873 19,949 58.3 87.0 10.7 March 2002 1,668 19,539 52.0 89.1 11.7 March 2003 1,531 19,029 47.7 91.8 12.4 March 2004 1,445 18,262 45.0 94.4 12.6 March 2005 1,360 18,675 42.4 94.1 13.7 March 2006 1,263 18,940 39.3 92.9 15.0 March 2007 1,189 18,702 37.0 94.1 15.7 March 2008 1,108 18,520 34.5 93.2 16.7 March 2009 1,022 16,721 31.8 92.2 16.4 March 2010 973 15,560 30.3 95.2 16.0 March 2011 924 15,105 28.8 95.0 16.3 March 2012 879 14,797 27.4 95.1 16.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 3,370 23,004 100.0 _ 6.8 March 2000 2,683 22,336 79.6 79.6 8.3 March 2001 2,259 23,456 67.0 84.2 10.4 March 2002 2,002 21,572 59.4 88.6 10.8 March 2003 1,796 20,154 53.3 89.7 11.2 March 2004 1,664 19,622 49.4 92.7 11.8 March 2005 1,507 19,144 44.7 90.6 12.7 March 2006 1,404 18,894 41.7 93.2 13.5 March 2007 1,301 17,952 38.6 92.7 13.8 March 2008 1,193 17,421 35.4 91.7 14.6 March 2009 1,100 16,530 32.6 92.2 15.0 March 2010 1,037 15,420 30.8 94.3 14.9 March 2011 993 15,111 29.5 95.8 15.2 March 2012 943 14,888 28.0 95.0 15.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 3,146 23,007 100.0 _ 7.3 March 2001 2,429 22,957 77.2 77.2 9.5 March 2002 2,124 22,484 67.5 87.4 10.6 March 2003 1,885 20,432 59.9 88.7 10.8 March 2004 1,744 19,922 55.4 92.5 11.4 March 2005 1,580 19,298 50.2 90.6 12.2 March 2006 1,460 18,691 46.4 92.4 12.8 March 2007 1,348 17,989 42.8 92.3 13.3 March 2008 1,289 17,835 41.0 95.6 13.8 March 2009 1,208 16,559 38.4 93.7 13.7 March 2010 1,138 15,654 36.2 94.2 13.8 March 2011 1,093 16,583 34.7 96.0 15.2 March 2012 1,051 16,379 33.4 96.2 15.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 2,843 17,234 100.0 _ 6.1 March 2002 2,184 16,611 76.8 76.8 7.6 March 2003 1,893 15,636 66.6 86.7 8.3 March 2004 1,685 14,792 59.3 89.0 8.8 March 2005 1,519 14,330 53.4 90.1 9.4 March 2006 1,383 14,537 48.6 91.0 10.5 March 2007 1,279 13,787 45.0 92.5 10.8 March 2008 1,181 12,925 41.5 92.3 10.9 March 2009 1,094 12,148 38.5 92.6 11.1 March 2010 998 11,493 35.1 91.2 11.5 March 2011 947 11,713 33.3 94.9 12.4 March 2012 912 11,425 32.1 96.3 12.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 2,890 16,723 100.0 _ 5.8 March 2003 2,230 15,971 77.2 77.2 7.2 March 2004 1,952 15,625 67.5 87.5 8.0 March 2005 1,770 15,725 61.2 90.7 8.9 March 2006 1,591 15,366 55.1 89.9 9.7 March 2007 1,428 14,580 49.4 89.8 10.2 March 2008 1,313 14,051 45.4 91.9 10.7 March 2009 1,189 14,310 41.1 90.6 12.0 March 2010 1,098 13,371 38.0 92.3 12.2 March 2011 1,043 13,010 36.1 95.0 12.5 March 2012 968 12,942 33.5 92.8 13.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 2,775 15,928 100.0 _ 5.7 March 2004 2,188 15,918 78.8 78.8 7.3 March 2005 1,920 15,280 69.2 87.8 8.0 March 2006 1,718 14,810 61.9 89.5 8.6 March 2007 1,580 14,152 56.9 92.0 9.0 March 2008 1,438 13,111 51.8 91.0 9.1 March 2009 1,294 12,427 46.6 90.0 9.6 March 2010 1,188 11,389 42.8 91.8 9.6 March 2011 1,108 11,753 39.9 93.3 10.6 March 2012 1,043 11,795 37.6 94.1 11.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 3,081 18,024 100.0 _ 5.9 March 2005 2,404 18,736 78.0 78.0 7.8 March 2006 2,055 18,176 66.7 85.5 8.8 March 2007 1,828 17,245 59.3 89.0 9.4 March 2008 1,660 16,754 53.9 90.8 10.1 March 2009 1,484 16,243 48.2 89.4 10.9 March 2010 1,373 15,561 44.6 92.5 11.3 March 2011 1,277 15,906 41.4 93.0 12.5 March 2012 1,209 15,833 39.2 94.7 13.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 3,001 17,299 100.0 _ 5.8 March 2006 2,419 17,789 80.6 80.6 7.4 March 2007 2,096 16,983 69.8 86.6 8.1 March 2008 1,830 15,843 61.0 87.3 8.7 March 2009 1,616 14,864 53.8 88.3 9.2 March 2010 1,500 14,918 50.0 92.8 9.9 March 2011 1,387 14,574 46.2 92.5 10.5 March 2012 1,292 14,711 43.1 93.2 11.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 3,141 18,769 100.0 _ 6.0 March 2007 2,469 17,820 78.6 78.6 7.2 March 2008 2,131 16,455 67.8 86.3 7.7 March 2009 1,819 14,970 57.9 85.4 8.2 March 2010 1,624 14,490 51.7 89.3 8.9 March 2011 1,463 14,579 46.6 90.1 10.0 March 2012 1,365 14,571 43.5 93.3 10.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 2,909 18,269 100.0 _ 6.3 March 2008 2,265 17,317 77.9 77.9 7.6 March 2009 1,893 16,495 65.1 83.6 8.7 March 2010 1,663 15,340 57.2 87.8 9.2 March 2011 1,490 14,703 51.2 89.6 9.9 March 2012 1,384 14,396 47.6 92.9 10.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 2,751 16,186 100.0 _ 5.9 March 2009 2,114 15,053 76.8 76.8 7.1 March 2010 1,772 13,999 64.4 83.8 7.9 March 2011 1,568 13,433 57.0 88.5 8.6 March 2012 1,454 13,262 52.9 92.7 9.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 2,659 14,342 100.0 _ 5.4 March 2010 2,081 13,464 78.3 78.3 6.5 March 2011 1,792 13,419 67.4 86.1 7.5 March 2012 1,589 13,485 59.8 88.7 8.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 2,340 12,000 100.0 _ 5.1 March 2011 1,849 12,131 79.0 79.0 6.6 March 2012 1,648 13,106 70.4 89.1 8.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 2,411 12,227 100.0 _ 5.1 March 2012 1,931 11,978 80.1 80.1 6.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2012 March 2012 2,740 16,011 100.0 _ 5.8 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.