Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Total Private Arizona 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 9,318 73,272 100.0 _ 7.9 March 1995 7,272 76,923 78.0 78.0 10.6 March 1996 6,307 76,529 67.7 86.7 12.1 March 1997 5,635 78,452 60.5 89.3 13.9 March 1998 5,042 80,101 54.1 89.5 15.9 March 1999 4,471 82,660 48.0 88.7 18.5 March 2000 4,073 84,822 43.7 91.1 20.8 March 2001 3,807 78,583 40.9 93.5 20.6 March 2002 3,505 74,070 37.6 92.1 21.1 March 2003 3,303 67,803 35.4 94.2 20.5 March 2004 3,078 64,877 33.0 93.2 21.1 March 2005 2,921 60,989 31.3 94.9 20.9 March 2006 2,785 62,027 29.9 95.3 22.3 March 2007 2,606 62,634 28.0 93.6 24.0 March 2008 2,456 62,069 26.4 94.2 25.3 March 2009 2,345 55,263 25.2 95.5 23.6 March 2010 2,134 54,194 22.9 91.0 25.4 March 2011 2,002 50,245 21.5 93.8 25.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 10,559 91,767 100.0 _ 8.7 March 1996 8,445 99,321 80.0 80.0 11.8 March 1997 7,104 100,707 67.3 84.1 14.2 March 1998 6,395 102,122 60.6 90.0 16.0 March 1999 5,703 95,564 54.0 89.2 16.8 March 2000 5,121 85,556 48.5 89.8 16.7 March 2001 4,668 85,250 44.2 91.2 18.3 March 2002 4,295 83,108 40.7 92.0 19.3 March 2003 4,007 81,069 37.9 93.3 20.2 March 2004 3,840 80,185 36.4 95.8 20.9 March 2005 3,632 84,872 34.4 94.6 23.4 March 2006 3,413 86,626 32.3 94.0 25.4 March 2007 3,224 84,943 30.5 94.5 26.3 March 2008 3,050 82,140 28.9 94.6 26.9 March 2009 2,821 71,995 26.7 92.5 25.5 March 2010 2,620 65,926 24.8 92.9 25.2 March 2011 2,466 65,866 23.4 94.1 26.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 11,692 88,608 100.0 _ 7.6 March 1997 9,245 93,104 79.1 79.1 10.1 March 1998 7,916 96,587 67.7 85.6 12.2 March 1999 6,836 94,723 58.5 86.4 13.9 March 2000 6,044 94,195 51.7 88.4 15.6 March 2001 5,453 90,504 46.6 90.2 16.6 March 2002 4,937 79,348 42.2 90.5 16.1 March 2003 4,545 76,647 38.9 92.1 16.9 March 2004 4,260 73,442 36.4 93.7 17.2 March 2005 4,043 74,553 34.6 94.9 18.4 March 2006 3,777 75,250 32.3 93.4 19.9 March 2007 3,546 75,153 30.3 93.9 21.2 March 2008 3,297 67,085 28.2 93.0 20.3 March 2009 3,039 57,633 26.0 92.2 19.0 March 2010 2,784 53,491 23.8 91.6 19.2 March 2011 2,611 52,557 22.3 93.8 20.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 10,670 76,913 100.0 _ 7.2 March 1998 8,466 84,714 79.3 79.3 10.0 March 1999 6,978 84,925 65.4 82.4 12.2 March 2000 6,088 86,160 57.1 87.2 14.2 March 2001 5,426 84,902 50.9 89.1 15.6 March 2002 4,802 77,659 45.0 88.5 16.2 March 2003 4,364 76,487 40.9 90.9 17.5 March 2004 4,031 77,167 37.8 92.4 19.1 March 2005 3,714 76,246 34.8 92.1 20.5 March 2006 3,474 80,110 32.6 93.5 23.1 March 2007 3,305 81,275 31.0 95.1 24.6 March 2008 3,096 76,313 29.0 93.7 24.6 March 2009 2,806 65,973 26.3 90.6 23.5 March 2010 2,725 59,731 25.5 97.1 21.9 March 2011 2,552 59,597 23.9 93.7 23.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 11,400 83,674 100.0 _ 7.3 March 1999 8,732 87,925 76.6 76.6 10.1 March 2000 7,512 90,334 65.9 86.0 12.0 March 2001 6,498 87,501 57.0 86.5 13.5 March 2002 5,652 83,824 49.6 87.0 14.8 March 2003 5,129 78,922 45.0 90.7 15.4 March 2004 4,722 78,739 41.4 92.1 16.7 March 2005 4,406 86,502 38.6 93.3 19.6 March 2006 4,096 89,808 35.9 93.0 21.9 March 2007 3,902 85,381 34.2 95.3 21.9 March 2008 3,844 83,564 33.7 98.5 21.7 March 2009 3,490 74,911 30.6 90.8 21.5 March 2010 3,223 70,997 28.3 92.3 22.0 March 2011 3,091 70,668 27.1 95.9 22.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 9,515 72,508 100.0 _ 7.6 March 2000 7,464 74,707 78.4 78.4 10.0 March 2001 6,251 75,115 65.7 83.7 12.0 March 2002 5,398 68,933 56.7 86.4 12.8 March 2003 4,811 63,764 50.6 89.1 13.3 March 2004 4,324 62,658 45.4 89.9 14.5 March 2005 3,987 62,915 41.9 92.2 15.8 March 2006 3,670 63,330 38.6 92.0 17.3 March 2007 3,434 64,105 36.1 93.6 18.7 March 2008 3,161 55,729 33.2 92.1 17.6 March 2009 2,813 47,955 29.6 89.0 17.0 March 2010 2,549 45,542 26.8 90.6 17.9 March 2011 2,400 44,050 25.2 94.2 18.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 12,237 86,333 100.0 _ 7.1 March 2001 9,309 90,776 76.1 76.1 9.8 March 2002 7,716 84,155 63.1 82.9 10.9 March 2003 6,866 87,751 56.1 89.0 12.8 March 2004 6,140 90,657 50.2 89.4 14.8 March 2005 5,647 89,429 46.1 92.0 15.8 March 2006 5,196 91,308 42.5 92.0 17.6 March 2007 4,919 90,168 40.2 94.7 18.3 March 2008 4,715 85,684 38.5 95.9 18.2 March 2009 4,270 75,290 34.9 90.6 17.6 March 2010 3,855 72,111 31.5 90.3 18.7 March 2011 3,659 70,130 29.9 94.9 19.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 11,492 82,492 100.0 _ 7.2 March 2002 8,458 75,311 73.6 73.6 8.9 March 2003 7,259 74,110 63.2 85.8 10.2 March 2004 6,409 74,846 55.8 88.3 11.7 March 2005 5,847 75,737 50.9 91.2 13.0 March 2006 5,364 79,229 46.7 91.7 14.8 March 2007 4,912 76,916 42.7 91.6 15.7 March 2008 4,552 74,040 39.6 92.7 16.3 March 2009 4,062 65,393 35.3 89.2 16.1 March 2010 3,679 61,340 32.0 90.6 16.7 March 2011 3,436 58,739 29.9 93.4 17.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 11,110 82,949 100.0 _ 7.5 March 2003 8,548 79,403 76.9 76.9 9.3 March 2004 7,095 74,427 63.9 83.0 10.5 March 2005 6,515 77,099 58.6 91.8 11.8 March 2006 5,940 80,505 53.5 91.2 13.6 March 2007 5,425 76,893 48.8 91.3 14.2 March 2008 4,904 71,443 44.1 90.4 14.6 March 2009 4,377 62,938 39.4 89.3 14.4 March 2010 3,962 58,368 35.7 90.5 14.7 March 2011 3,647 56,912 32.8 92.0 15.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 10,684 79,242 100.0 _ 7.4 March 2004 8,348 83,362 78.1 78.1 10.0 March 2005 7,345 88,144 68.7 88.0 12.0 March 2006 6,623 90,956 62.0 90.2 13.7 March 2007 5,957 90,261 55.8 89.9 15.2 March 2008 5,331 82,363 49.9 89.5 15.4 March 2009 4,723 72,114 44.2 88.6 15.3 March 2010 4,271 68,409 40.0 90.4 16.0 March 2011 3,917 66,851 36.7 91.7 17.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 9,708 68,474 100.0 _ 7.1 March 2005 7,933 74,073 81.7 81.7 9.3 March 2006 6,858 77,038 70.6 86.4 11.2 March 2007 6,119 75,426 63.0 89.2 12.3 March 2008 5,430 69,489 55.9 88.7 12.8 March 2009 4,720 60,565 48.6 86.9 12.8 March 2010 4,178 54,927 43.0 88.5 13.1 March 2011 3,890 53,781 40.1 93.1 13.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 11,414 84,675 100.0 _ 7.4 March 2006 9,201 90,128 80.6 80.6 9.8 March 2007 7,832 85,414 68.6 85.1 10.9 March 2008 6,753 77,948 59.2 86.2 11.5 March 2009 5,791 67,674 50.7 85.8 11.7 March 2010 5,111 62,092 44.8 88.3 12.1 March 2011 4,612 60,724 40.4 90.2 13.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 17,008 105,310 100.0 _ 6.2 March 2007 13,222 104,862 77.7 77.7 7.9 March 2008 10,879 97,241 64.0 82.3 8.9 March 2009 9,076 83,322 53.4 83.4 9.2 March 2010 7,786 77,882 45.8 85.8 10.0 March 2011 6,968 79,863 41.0 89.5 11.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 14,364 84,562 100.0 _ 5.9 March 2008 10,483 78,837 73.0 73.0 7.5 March 2009 8,335 68,788 58.0 79.5 8.3 March 2010 7,065 65,820 49.2 84.8 9.3 March 2011 6,316 65,686 44.0 89.4 10.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 12,344 77,917 100.0 _ 6.3 March 2009 8,882 66,866 72.0 72.0 7.5 March 2010 7,186 61,056 58.2 80.9 8.5 March 2011 6,286 60,781 50.9 87.5 9.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 11,721 64,106 100.0 _ 5.5 March 2010 8,473 58,092 72.3 72.3 6.9 March 2011 7,103 55,263 60.6 83.8 7.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 9,842 50,793 100.0 _ 5.2 March 2011 7,418 48,671 75.4 75.4 6.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 9,820 50,145 100.0 _ 5.1 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.