Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Total Private Arkansas 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 5,132 34,678 100.0 _ 6.8 March 1995 3,927 35,230 76.5 76.5 9.0 March 1996 3,420 33,439 66.6 87.1 9.8 March 1997 3,026 31,973 59.0 88.5 10.6 March 1998 2,717 31,039 52.9 89.8 11.4 March 1999 2,515 29,443 49.0 92.6 11.7 March 2000 2,307 28,284 45.0 91.7 12.3 March 2001 2,162 26,422 42.1 93.7 12.2 March 2002 1,974 24,067 38.5 91.3 12.2 March 2003 1,870 23,744 36.4 94.7 12.7 March 2004 1,781 22,918 34.7 95.2 12.9 March 2005 1,709 22,976 33.3 96.0 13.4 March 2006 1,607 21,918 31.3 94.0 13.6 March 2007 1,518 21,239 29.6 94.5 14.0 March 2008 1,443 21,334 28.1 95.1 14.8 March 2009 1,365 19,144 26.6 94.6 14.0 March 2010 1,309 18,267 25.5 95.9 14.0 March 2011 1,226 18,328 23.9 93.7 14.9 March 2012 1,206 18,342 23.5 98.4 15.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 5,671 35,767 100.0 _ 6.3 March 1996 4,424 33,142 78.0 78.0 7.5 March 1997 3,780 31,375 66.7 85.4 8.3 March 1998 3,355 29,253 59.2 88.8 8.7 March 1999 3,023 28,333 53.3 90.1 9.4 March 2000 2,700 26,955 47.6 89.3 10.0 March 2001 2,467 25,238 43.5 91.4 10.2 March 2002 2,246 23,375 39.6 91.0 10.4 March 2003 2,099 22,384 37.0 93.5 10.7 March 2004 1,990 21,910 35.1 94.8 11.0 March 2005 1,855 21,697 32.7 93.2 11.7 March 2006 1,766 21,223 31.1 95.2 12.0 March 2007 1,661 20,250 29.3 94.1 12.2 March 2008 1,586 20,001 28.0 95.5 12.6 March 2009 1,472 17,802 26.0 92.8 12.1 March 2010 1,400 16,786 24.7 95.1 12.0 March 2011 1,286 16,234 22.7 91.9 12.6 March 2012 1,264 15,815 22.3 98.3 12.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 5,551 34,752 100.0 _ 6.3 March 1997 4,277 33,480 77.0 77.0 7.8 March 1998 3,649 32,388 65.7 85.3 8.9 March 1999 3,206 32,357 57.8 87.9 10.1 March 2000 2,888 31,392 52.0 90.1 10.9 March 2001 2,603 29,591 46.9 90.1 11.4 March 2002 2,375 27,997 42.8 91.2 11.8 March 2003 2,185 26,634 39.4 92.0 12.2 March 2004 2,048 26,069 36.9 93.7 12.7 March 2005 1,932 25,182 34.8 94.3 13.0 March 2006 1,826 24,217 32.9 94.5 13.3 March 2007 1,726 23,966 31.1 94.5 13.9 March 2008 1,616 22,983 29.1 93.6 14.2 March 2009 1,510 21,006 27.2 93.4 13.9 March 2010 1,418 20,623 25.5 93.9 14.5 March 2011 1,330 20,335 24.0 93.8 15.3 March 2012 1,321 20,149 23.8 99.3 15.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 5,371 31,293 100.0 _ 5.8 March 1998 4,171 30,767 77.7 77.7 7.4 March 1999 3,554 30,349 66.2 85.2 8.5 March 2000 3,151 30,663 58.7 88.7 9.7 March 2001 2,796 28,810 52.1 88.7 10.3 March 2002 2,502 26,752 46.6 89.5 10.7 March 2003 2,301 24,705 42.8 92.0 10.7 March 2004 2,141 24,051 39.9 93.0 11.2 March 2005 2,006 23,589 37.3 93.7 11.8 March 2006 1,887 23,666 35.1 94.1 12.5 March 2007 1,782 23,439 33.2 94.4 13.2 March 2008 1,642 22,477 30.6 92.1 13.7 March 2009 1,570 20,934 29.2 95.6 13.3 March 2010 1,490 20,459 27.7 94.9 13.7 March 2011 1,381 19,792 25.7 92.7 14.3 March 2012 1,372 20,325 25.5 99.3 14.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 5,074 29,422 100.0 _ 5.8 March 1999 4,013 27,573 79.1 79.1 6.9 March 2000 3,420 27,271 67.4 85.2 8.0 March 2001 3,043 26,954 60.0 89.0 8.9 March 2002 2,697 23,618 53.2 88.6 8.8 March 2003 2,446 22,910 48.2 90.7 9.4 March 2004 2,296 22,691 45.3 93.9 9.9 March 2005 2,147 21,409 42.3 93.5 10.0 March 2006 1,994 21,282 39.3 92.9 10.7 March 2007 1,893 19,852 37.3 94.9 10.5 March 2008 1,768 19,231 34.8 93.4 10.9 March 2009 1,650 17,900 32.5 93.3 10.8 March 2010 1,550 17,163 30.5 93.9 11.1 March 2011 1,434 16,688 28.3 92.5 11.6 March 2012 1,412 16,799 27.8 98.5 11.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 5,436 35,463 100.0 _ 6.5 March 2000 4,273 35,272 78.6 78.6 8.3 March 2001 3,636 32,492 66.9 85.1 8.9 March 2002 3,139 28,650 57.7 86.3 9.1 March 2003 2,831 27,004 52.1 90.2 9.5 March 2004 2,599 26,484 47.8 91.8 10.2 March 2005 2,390 25,418 44.0 92.0 10.6 March 2006 2,213 25,004 40.7 92.6 11.3 March 2007 2,082 24,115 38.3 94.1 11.6 March 2008 1,948 23,062 35.8 93.6 11.8 March 2009 1,832 21,839 33.7 94.0 11.9 March 2010 1,727 20,507 31.8 94.3 11.9 March 2011 1,607 20,380 29.6 93.1 12.7 March 2012 1,572 20,139 28.9 97.8 12.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 5,519 33,691 100.0 _ 6.1 March 2001 4,259 31,272 77.2 77.2 7.3 March 2002 3,551 28,629 64.3 83.4 8.1 March 2003 3,186 25,973 57.7 89.7 8.2 March 2004 2,963 26,048 53.7 93.0 8.8 March 2005 2,721 26,153 49.3 91.8 9.6 March 2006 2,522 27,311 45.7 92.7 10.8 March 2007 2,327 26,053 42.2 92.3 11.2 March 2008 2,203 23,514 39.9 94.7 10.7 March 2009 2,023 21,642 36.7 91.8 10.7 March 2010 1,850 20,981 33.5 91.4 11.3 March 2011 1,696 20,906 30.7 91.7 12.3 March 2012 1,665 21,345 30.2 98.2 12.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 5,528 33,376 100.0 _ 6.0 March 2002 4,239 34,884 76.7 76.7 8.2 March 2003 3,631 31,240 65.7 85.7 8.6 March 2004 3,225 27,163 58.3 88.8 8.4 March 2005 2,948 25,654 53.3 91.4 8.7 March 2006 2,648 25,164 47.9 89.8 9.5 March 2007 2,458 24,507 44.5 92.8 10.0 March 2008 2,244 24,023 40.6 91.3 10.7 March 2009 2,077 22,249 37.6 92.6 10.7 March 2010 1,949 21,138 35.3 93.8 10.8 March 2011 1,825 21,024 33.0 93.6 11.5 March 2012 1,803 20,841 32.6 98.8 11.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 5,367 29,928 100.0 _ 5.6 March 2003 4,270 28,359 79.6 79.6 6.6 March 2004 3,704 28,002 69.0 86.7 7.6 March 2005 3,278 26,552 61.1 88.5 8.1 March 2006 3,011 25,511 56.1 91.9 8.5 March 2007 2,772 24,701 51.6 92.1 8.9 March 2008 2,537 23,799 47.3 91.5 9.4 March 2009 2,302 21,692 42.9 90.7 9.4 March 2010 2,144 21,282 39.9 93.1 9.9 March 2011 1,985 20,491 37.0 92.6 10.3 March 2012 1,926 20,328 35.9 97.0 10.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 5,313 29,728 100.0 _ 5.6 March 2004 4,182 29,925 78.7 78.7 7.2 March 2005 3,618 29,860 68.1 86.5 8.3 March 2006 3,235 29,294 60.9 89.4 9.1 March 2007 2,929 27,419 55.1 90.5 9.4 March 2008 2,652 26,618 49.9 90.5 10.0 March 2009 2,410 24,276 45.4 90.9 10.1 March 2010 2,217 23,333 41.7 92.0 10.5 March 2011 2,042 23,518 38.4 92.1 11.5 March 2012 1,978 23,345 37.2 96.9 11.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 5,589 27,557 100.0 _ 4.9 March 2005 4,356 26,566 77.9 77.9 6.1 March 2006 3,797 26,143 67.9 87.2 6.9 March 2007 3,392 25,170 60.7 89.3 7.4 March 2008 3,023 23,976 54.1 89.1 7.9 March 2009 2,690 22,017 48.1 89.0 8.2 March 2010 2,431 21,040 43.5 90.4 8.7 March 2011 2,187 20,435 39.1 90.0 9.3 March 2012 2,126 20,650 38.0 97.2 9.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 5,817 27,530 100.0 _ 4.7 March 2006 4,614 27,538 79.3 79.3 6.0 March 2007 4,009 26,192 68.9 86.9 6.5 March 2008 3,497 24,729 60.1 87.2 7.1 March 2009 3,061 22,648 52.6 87.5 7.4 March 2010 2,763 21,300 47.5 90.3 7.7 March 2011 2,472 20,625 42.5 89.5 8.3 March 2012 2,379 20,719 40.9 96.2 8.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 7,116 31,644 100.0 _ 4.4 March 2007 5,612 30,460 78.9 78.9 5.4 March 2008 4,815 28,970 67.7 85.8 6.0 March 2009 4,126 25,961 58.0 85.7 6.3 March 2010 3,566 23,627 50.1 86.4 6.6 March 2011 3,151 23,034 44.3 88.4 7.3 March 2012 2,917 23,219 41.0 92.6 8.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 6,502 31,201 100.0 _ 4.8 March 2008 5,084 30,970 78.2 78.2 6.1 March 2009 4,220 28,191 64.9 83.0 6.7 March 2010 3,640 27,105 56.0 86.3 7.4 March 2011 3,248 26,062 50.0 89.2 8.0 March 2012 3,031 25,742 46.6 93.3 8.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 6,638 27,240 100.0 _ 4.1 March 2009 4,982 27,042 75.1 75.1 5.4 March 2010 4,161 23,904 62.7 83.5 5.7 March 2011 3,620 22,006 54.5 87.0 6.1 March 2012 3,324 21,975 50.1 91.8 6.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 6,187 27,695 100.0 _ 4.5 March 2010 4,503 24,826 72.8 72.8 5.5 March 2011 3,787 24,055 61.2 84.1 6.4 March 2012 3,405 23,722 55.0 89.9 7.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 5,128 22,444 100.0 _ 4.4 March 2011 3,825 20,921 74.6 74.6 5.5 March 2012 3,385 21,489 66.0 88.5 6.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 5,834 23,018 100.0 _ 3.9 March 2012 4,565 22,009 78.2 78.2 4.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2012 March 2012 5,833 24,148 100.0 _ 4.1 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.