Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Total Private District of Columbia 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 1,895 15,912 100.0 _ 8.4 March 1995 1,439 16,436 75.9 75.9 11.4 March 1996 1,256 14,703 66.3 87.3 11.7 March 1997 1,016 12,716 53.6 80.9 12.5 March 1998 894 11,739 47.2 88.0 13.1 March 1999 769 11,107 40.6 86.0 14.4 March 2000 708 11,169 37.4 92.1 15.8 March 2001 645 10,192 34.0 91.1 15.8 March 2002 588 9,494 31.0 91.2 16.1 March 2003 532 9,287 28.1 90.5 17.5 March 2004 497 9,779 26.2 93.4 19.7 March 2005 506 9,545 26.7 101.8 18.9 March 2006 467 9,104 24.6 92.3 19.5 March 2007 437 9,040 23.1 93.6 20.7 March 2008 421 8,978 22.2 96.3 21.3 March 2009 398 8,394 21.0 94.5 21.1 March 2010 395 7,885 20.8 99.2 20.0 March 2011 365 7,672 19.3 92.4 21.0 March 2012 353 7,349 18.6 96.7 20.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 2,076 14,184 100.0 _ 6.8 March 1996 1,695 13,439 81.6 81.6 7.9 March 1997 1,362 11,747 65.6 80.4 8.6 March 1998 1,102 10,425 53.1 80.9 9.5 March 1999 950 9,496 45.8 86.2 10.0 March 2000 867 9,298 41.8 91.3 10.7 March 2001 751 8,959 36.2 86.6 11.9 March 2002 691 8,772 33.3 92.0 12.7 March 2003 642 8,343 30.9 92.9 13.0 March 2004 595 8,475 28.7 92.7 14.2 March 2005 550 8,319 26.5 92.4 15.1 March 2006 508 7,900 24.5 92.4 15.6 March 2007 463 7,213 22.3 91.1 15.6 March 2008 436 6,781 21.0 94.2 15.6 March 2009 398 6,376 19.2 91.3 16.0 March 2010 375 6,238 18.1 94.2 16.6 March 2011 348 6,385 16.8 92.8 18.3 March 2012 331 6,544 15.9 95.1 19.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 2,302 16,319 100.0 _ 7.1 March 1997 1,761 15,720 76.5 76.5 8.9 March 1998 1,372 16,128 59.6 77.9 11.8 March 1999 1,180 14,667 51.3 86.0 12.4 March 2000 1,042 14,545 45.3 88.3 14.0 March 2001 901 14,807 39.1 86.5 16.4 March 2002 809 12,992 35.1 89.8 16.1 March 2003 745 12,814 32.4 92.1 17.2 March 2004 687 12,337 29.8 92.2 18.0 March 2005 655 12,594 28.5 95.3 19.2 March 2006 603 12,430 26.2 92.1 20.6 March 2007 556 11,799 24.2 92.2 21.2 March 2008 518 11,369 22.5 93.2 21.9 March 2009 481 10,977 20.9 92.9 22.8 March 2010 460 10,265 20.0 95.6 22.3 March 2011 412 10,473 17.9 89.6 25.4 March 2012 387 10,188 16.8 93.9 26.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 1,719 15,122 100.0 _ 8.8 March 1998 1,382 15,112 80.4 80.4 10.9 March 1999 1,177 15,391 68.5 85.2 13.1 March 2000 1,024 15,506 59.6 87.0 15.1 March 2001 904 14,192 52.6 88.3 15.7 March 2002 797 11,506 46.4 88.2 14.4 March 2003 724 10,949 42.1 90.8 15.1 March 2004 663 11,190 38.6 91.6 16.9 March 2005 614 11,141 35.7 92.6 18.1 March 2006 585 10,550 34.0 95.3 18.0 March 2007 530 10,644 30.8 90.6 20.1 March 2008 479 10,120 27.9 90.4 21.1 March 2009 451 9,842 26.2 94.2 21.8 March 2010 420 9,336 24.4 93.1 22.2 March 2011 425 9,754 24.7 101.2 23.0 March 2012 395 8,786 23.0 92.9 22.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 1,466 10,561 100.0 _ 7.2 March 1999 1,075 9,819 73.3 73.3 9.1 March 2000 937 9,811 63.9 87.2 10.5 March 2001 787 9,926 53.7 84.0 12.6 March 2002 676 9,248 46.1 85.9 13.7 March 2003 610 8,958 41.6 90.2 14.7 March 2004 556 8,797 37.9 91.1 15.8 March 2005 513 8,052 35.0 92.3 15.7 March 2006 470 8,173 32.1 91.6 17.4 March 2007 438 8,410 29.9 93.2 19.2 March 2008 403 9,107 27.5 92.0 22.6 March 2009 371 8,155 25.3 92.1 22.0 March 2010 349 8,426 23.8 94.1 24.1 March 2011 307 8,929 20.9 88.0 29.1 March 2012 300 9,331 20.5 97.7 31.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 1,383 14,312 100.0 _ 10.3 March 2000 1,199 16,170 86.7 86.7 13.5 March 2001 971 16,058 70.2 81.0 16.5 March 2002 828 13,501 59.9 85.3 16.3 March 2003 746 13,370 53.9 90.1 17.9 March 2004 666 12,630 48.2 89.3 19.0 March 2005 594 12,577 43.0 89.2 21.2 March 2006 554 11,970 40.1 93.3 21.6 March 2007 501 12,299 36.2 90.4 24.5 March 2008 470 11,792 34.0 93.8 25.1 March 2009 423 10,906 30.6 90.0 25.8 March 2010 397 10,879 28.7 93.9 27.4 March 2011 369 10,509 26.7 92.9 28.5 March 2012 364 10,583 26.3 98.6 29.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 4,074 31,626 100.0 _ 7.8 March 2001 2,964 29,835 72.8 72.8 10.1 March 2002 2,388 27,249 58.6 80.6 11.4 March 2003 2,060 26,367 50.6 86.3 12.8 March 2004 1,875 26,736 46.0 91.0 14.3 March 2005 1,702 27,261 41.8 90.8 16.0 March 2006 1,556 27,600 38.2 91.4 17.7 March 2007 1,422 27,560 34.9 91.4 19.4 March 2008 1,312 26,415 32.2 92.3 20.1 March 2009 1,179 23,424 28.9 89.9 19.9 March 2010 1,095 21,926 26.9 92.9 20.0 March 2011 1,016 22,261 24.9 92.8 21.9 March 2012 954 21,598 23.4 93.9 22.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 2,574 19,347 100.0 _ 7.5 March 2002 1,745 18,831 67.8 67.8 10.8 March 2003 1,459 17,628 56.7 83.6 12.1 March 2004 1,232 16,430 47.9 84.4 13.3 March 2005 1,106 17,044 43.0 89.8 15.4 March 2006 988 16,879 38.4 89.3 17.1 March 2007 899 16,203 34.9 91.0 18.0 March 2008 814 16,191 31.6 90.5 19.9 March 2009 759 15,449 29.5 93.2 20.4 March 2010 704 15,649 27.4 92.8 22.2 March 2011 646 15,291 25.1 91.8 23.7 March 2012 616 15,002 23.9 95.4 24.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 2,342 16,438 100.0 _ 7.0 March 2003 1,737 15,627 74.2 74.2 9.0 March 2004 1,446 14,182 61.7 83.2 9.8 March 2005 1,283 14,479 54.8 88.7 11.3 March 2006 1,153 13,928 49.2 89.9 12.1 March 2007 1,031 13,243 44.0 89.4 12.8 March 2008 934 12,941 39.9 90.6 13.9 March 2009 824 12,967 35.2 88.2 15.7 March 2010 782 13,038 33.4 94.9 16.7 March 2011 722 13,342 30.8 92.3 18.5 March 2012 686 13,631 29.3 95.0 19.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 2,351 15,988 100.0 _ 6.8 March 2004 1,763 15,937 75.0 75.0 9.0 March 2005 1,447 14,598 61.5 82.1 10.1 March 2006 1,245 14,290 53.0 86.0 11.5 March 2007 1,097 15,003 46.7 88.1 13.7 March 2008 1,036 14,807 44.1 94.4 14.3 March 2009 945 13,901 40.2 91.2 14.7 March 2010 840 13,875 35.7 88.9 16.5 March 2011 745 13,248 31.7 88.7 17.8 March 2012 728 13,597 31.0 97.7 18.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 2,353 14,575 100.0 _ 6.2 March 2005 1,689 14,664 71.8 71.8 8.7 March 2006 1,438 14,711 61.1 85.1 10.2 March 2007 1,270 14,527 54.0 88.3 11.4 March 2008 1,125 15,364 47.8 88.6 13.7 March 2009 968 15,406 41.1 86.0 15.9 March 2010 876 14,440 37.2 90.5 16.5 March 2011 783 14,412 33.3 89.4 18.4 March 2012 736 13,937 31.3 94.0 18.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 2,471 11,853 100.0 _ 4.8 March 2006 1,817 11,866 73.5 73.5 6.5 March 2007 1,488 11,986 60.2 81.9 8.1 March 2008 1,232 11,468 49.9 82.8 9.3 March 2009 1,051 11,279 42.5 85.3 10.7 March 2010 976 11,414 39.5 92.9 11.7 March 2011 884 11,140 35.8 90.6 12.6 March 2012 818 11,094 33.1 92.5 13.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 2,400 13,389 100.0 _ 5.6 March 2007 1,801 13,203 75.0 75.0 7.3 March 2008 1,428 12,431 59.5 79.3 8.7 March 2009 1,246 12,071 51.9 87.3 9.7 March 2010 1,123 12,006 46.8 90.1 10.7 March 2011 979 11,403 40.8 87.2 11.6 March 2012 924 11,956 38.5 94.4 12.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 2,390 12,460 100.0 _ 5.2 March 2008 1,716 12,536 71.8 71.8 7.3 March 2009 1,392 12,211 58.2 81.1 8.8 March 2010 1,259 12,114 52.7 90.4 9.6 March 2011 1,104 11,970 46.2 87.7 10.8 March 2012 978 11,487 40.9 88.6 11.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 2,205 11,119 100.0 _ 5.0 March 2009 1,577 11,920 71.5 71.5 7.6 March 2010 1,297 11,439 58.8 82.2 8.8 March 2011 1,127 11,304 51.1 86.9 10.0 March 2012 1,020 10,975 46.3 90.5 10.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 1,962 10,297 100.0 _ 5.2 March 2010 1,508 10,157 76.9 76.9 6.7 March 2011 1,293 10,933 65.9 85.7 8.5 March 2012 1,172 11,625 59.7 90.6 9.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 2,171 11,611 100.0 _ 5.3 March 2011 1,534 11,845 70.7 70.7 7.7 March 2012 1,335 12,095 61.5 87.0 9.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 2,282 12,119 100.0 _ 5.3 March 2012 1,632 13,224 71.5 71.5 8.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2012 March 2012 2,373 13,910 100.0 _ 5.9 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.