Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Total Private California 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 67,289 546,046 100.0 _ 8.1 March 1995 53,041 529,694 78.8 78.8 10.0 March 1996 44,084 516,715 65.5 83.1 11.7 March 1997 39,020 508,075 58.0 88.5 13.0 March 1998 34,504 487,513 51.3 88.4 14.1 March 1999 31,250 472,104 46.4 90.6 15.1 March 2000 28,596 465,918 42.5 91.5 16.3 March 2001 26,206 464,136 38.9 91.6 17.7 March 2002 24,144 430,007 35.9 92.1 17.8 March 2003 22,427 403,244 33.3 92.9 18.0 March 2004 20,873 394,727 31.0 93.1 18.9 March 2005 19,516 388,983 29.0 93.5 19.9 March 2006 18,391 380,594 27.3 94.2 20.7 March 2007 17,265 369,131 25.7 93.9 21.4 March 2008 16,345 341,795 24.3 94.7 20.9 March 2009 15,234 306,776 22.6 93.2 20.1 March 2010 14,250 292,621 21.2 93.5 20.5 March 2011 13,852 291,985 20.6 97.2 21.1 March 2012 12,913 294,748 19.2 93.2 22.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 66,879 510,157 100.0 _ 7.6 March 1996 51,113 499,278 76.4 76.4 9.8 March 1997 43,807 503,473 65.5 85.7 11.5 March 1998 38,001 488,677 56.8 86.7 12.9 March 1999 34,409 473,789 51.4 90.5 13.8 March 2000 31,261 466,264 46.7 90.9 14.9 March 2001 28,664 449,976 42.9 91.7 15.7 March 2002 26,137 415,962 39.1 91.2 15.9 March 2003 24,357 384,435 36.4 93.2 15.8 March 2004 22,629 367,149 33.8 92.9 16.2 March 2005 21,082 357,828 31.5 93.2 17.0 March 2006 19,804 352,835 29.6 93.9 17.8 March 2007 18,590 340,240 27.8 93.9 18.3 March 2008 17,602 328,250 26.3 94.7 18.6 March 2009 16,513 296,068 24.7 93.8 17.9 March 2010 15,458 277,044 23.1 93.6 17.9 March 2011 14,914 271,237 22.3 96.5 18.2 March 2012 14,065 268,186 21.0 94.3 19.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 70,484 538,170 100.0 _ 7.6 March 1997 54,621 524,977 77.5 77.5 9.6 March 1998 46,010 515,845 65.3 84.2 11.2 March 1999 41,150 507,105 58.4 89.4 12.3 March 2000 37,272 510,268 52.9 90.6 13.7 March 2001 33,690 502,822 47.8 90.4 14.9 March 2002 30,685 453,328 43.5 91.1 14.8 March 2003 28,208 434,862 40.0 91.9 15.4 March 2004 25,891 408,232 36.7 91.8 15.8 March 2005 24,063 399,048 34.1 92.9 16.6 March 2006 22,544 394,682 32.0 93.7 17.5 March 2007 21,062 387,041 29.9 93.4 18.4 March 2008 19,890 365,740 28.2 94.4 18.4 March 2009 18,596 335,605 26.4 93.5 18.0 March 2010 17,253 319,445 24.5 92.8 18.5 March 2011 16,657 315,782 23.6 96.5 19.0 March 2012 15,635 315,748 22.2 93.9 20.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 70,089 601,818 100.0 _ 8.6 March 1998 53,695 599,520 76.6 76.6 11.2 March 1999 46,790 585,103 66.8 87.1 12.5 March 2000 41,413 579,217 59.1 88.5 14.0 March 2001 37,052 543,362 52.9 89.5 14.7 March 2002 33,177 493,959 47.3 89.5 14.9 March 2003 30,368 457,278 43.3 91.5 15.1 March 2004 27,748 434,948 39.6 91.4 15.7 March 2005 25,730 417,943 36.7 92.7 16.2 March 2006 24,178 411,496 34.5 94.0 17.0 March 2007 22,564 399,369 32.2 93.3 17.7 March 2008 21,052 384,862 30.0 93.3 18.3 March 2009 19,572 346,332 27.9 93.0 17.7 March 2010 18,382 326,257 26.2 93.9 17.7 March 2011 17,587 321,325 25.1 95.7 18.3 March 2012 16,248 320,448 23.2 92.4 19.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 70,741 626,600 100.0 _ 8.9 March 1999 55,823 605,348 78.9 78.9 10.8 March 2000 48,076 611,217 68.0 86.1 12.7 March 2001 42,056 592,122 59.5 87.5 14.1 March 2002 37,414 519,862 52.9 89.0 13.9 March 2003 33,802 490,196 47.8 90.3 14.5 March 2004 30,908 469,914 43.7 91.4 15.2 March 2005 28,580 455,047 40.4 92.5 15.9 March 2006 26,497 450,105 37.5 92.7 17.0 March 2007 24,756 438,819 35.0 93.4 17.7 March 2008 23,339 412,309 33.0 94.3 17.7 March 2009 21,682 378,915 30.6 92.9 17.5 March 2010 20,005 349,242 28.3 92.3 17.5 March 2011 19,234 343,594 27.2 96.1 17.9 March 2012 18,064 344,976 25.5 93.9 19.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 74,503 561,901 100.0 _ 7.5 March 2000 58,837 583,173 79.0 79.0 9.9 March 2001 50,020 576,149 67.1 85.0 11.5 March 2002 43,728 514,675 58.7 87.4 11.8 March 2003 39,430 480,437 52.9 90.2 12.2 March 2004 35,604 465,417 47.8 90.3 13.1 March 2005 32,487 444,930 43.6 91.2 13.7 March 2006 30,034 444,685 40.3 92.4 14.8 March 2007 27,815 435,670 37.3 92.6 15.7 March 2008 25,695 419,906 34.5 92.4 16.3 March 2009 23,567 383,854 31.6 91.7 16.3 March 2010 21,775 362,366 29.2 92.4 16.6 March 2011 21,027 361,231 28.2 96.6 17.2 March 2012 19,435 363,699 26.1 92.4 18.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 77,636 620,782 100.0 _ 8.0 March 2001 60,462 620,756 77.9 77.9 10.3 March 2002 50,682 554,224 65.3 83.8 10.9 March 2003 44,424 506,760 57.2 87.7 11.4 March 2004 39,735 486,138 51.2 89.4 12.2 March 2005 36,006 469,028 46.4 90.6 13.0 March 2006 32,938 469,282 42.4 91.5 14.2 March 2007 30,489 459,381 39.3 92.6 15.1 March 2008 28,165 438,590 36.3 92.4 15.6 March 2009 25,797 401,191 33.2 91.6 15.6 March 2010 23,552 380,678 30.3 91.3 16.2 March 2011 22,594 371,170 29.1 95.9 16.4 March 2012 20,910 368,663 26.9 92.5 17.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 79,864 549,854 100.0 _ 6.9 March 2002 58,751 509,842 73.6 73.6 8.7 March 2003 49,815 507,073 62.4 84.8 10.2 March 2004 43,703 515,448 54.7 87.7 11.8 March 2005 42,033 493,043 52.6 96.2 11.7 March 2006 38,167 477,097 47.8 90.8 12.5 March 2007 34,824 452,342 43.6 91.2 13.0 March 2008 31,854 425,343 39.9 91.5 13.4 March 2009 28,432 376,307 35.6 89.3 13.2 March 2010 25,956 351,196 32.5 91.3 13.5 March 2011 24,622 344,904 30.8 94.9 14.0 March 2012 22,661 345,258 28.4 92.0 15.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 77,587 582,098 100.0 _ 7.5 March 2003 60,868 544,012 78.5 78.5 8.9 March 2004 51,442 535,117 66.3 84.5 10.4 March 2005 45,626 521,412 58.8 88.7 11.4 March 2006 41,326 514,706 53.3 90.6 12.5 March 2007 37,418 503,580 48.2 90.5 13.5 March 2008 34,045 475,668 43.9 91.0 14.0 March 2009 30,812 439,078 39.7 90.5 14.3 March 2010 27,928 405,158 36.0 90.6 14.5 March 2011 26,690 398,368 34.4 95.6 14.9 March 2012 24,540 399,764 31.6 91.9 16.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 75,105 499,894 100.0 _ 6.7 March 2004 58,916 488,016 78.4 78.4 8.3 March 2005 50,452 472,604 67.2 85.6 9.4 March 2006 44,656 467,126 59.5 88.5 10.5 March 2007 39,829 449,746 53.0 89.2 11.3 March 2008 35,696 427,371 47.5 89.6 12.0 March 2009 31,768 378,156 42.3 89.0 11.9 March 2010 28,680 352,661 38.2 90.3 12.3 March 2011 27,211 355,295 36.2 94.9 13.1 March 2012 24,802 353,556 33.0 91.1 14.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 73,844 476,727 100.0 _ 6.5 March 2005 58,411 476,678 79.1 79.1 8.2 March 2006 50,275 477,118 68.1 86.1 9.5 March 2007 44,500 463,068 60.3 88.5 10.4 March 2008 39,285 433,853 53.2 88.3 11.0 March 2009 34,678 387,720 47.0 88.3 11.2 March 2010 30,529 359,922 41.3 88.0 11.8 March 2011 29,064 358,468 39.4 95.2 12.3 March 2012 26,340 353,256 35.7 90.6 13.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 78,316 476,867 100.0 _ 6.1 March 2006 62,385 492,637 79.7 79.7 7.9 March 2007 53,117 481,277 67.8 85.1 9.1 March 2008 45,859 452,339 58.6 86.3 9.9 March 2009 39,592 390,401 50.6 86.3 9.9 March 2010 34,431 369,026 44.0 87.0 10.7 March 2011 32,543 368,395 41.6 94.5 11.3 March 2012 29,407 371,478 37.5 90.4 12.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 81,213 444,583 100.0 _ 5.5 March 2007 63,412 444,438 78.1 78.1 7.0 March 2008 52,885 416,650 65.1 83.4 7.9 March 2009 44,386 370,169 54.7 83.9 8.3 March 2010 38,158 340,326 47.0 86.0 8.9 March 2011 35,687 337,315 43.9 93.5 9.5 March 2012 32,026 335,998 39.4 89.7 10.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 78,999 412,806 100.0 _ 5.2 March 2008 60,325 400,821 76.4 76.4 6.6 March 2009 49,271 359,380 62.4 81.7 7.3 March 2010 41,505 339,347 52.5 84.2 8.2 March 2011 38,892 334,058 49.2 93.7 8.6 March 2012 34,554 334,144 43.7 88.8 9.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 74,309 404,731 100.0 _ 5.4 March 2009 55,668 362,088 74.9 74.9 6.5 March 2010 44,965 337,511 60.5 80.8 7.5 March 2011 41,823 341,229 56.3 93.0 8.2 March 2012 36,654 345,190 49.3 87.6 9.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 63,391 322,819 100.0 _ 5.1 March 2010 46,813 298,002 73.8 73.8 6.4 March 2011 42,577 303,209 67.2 91.0 7.1 March 2012 36,644 302,752 57.8 86.1 8.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 59,134 306,956 100.0 _ 5.2 March 2011 47,628 304,899 80.5 80.5 6.4 March 2012 40,077 308,491 67.8 84.1 7.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 63,110 305,297 100.0 _ 4.8 March 2012 48,056 315,507 76.1 76.1 6.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2012 March 2012 66,105 329,723 100.0 _ 5.0 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.