Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Total Private Iowa 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 5,420 37,412 100.0 _ 6.9 March 1995 4,276 38,125 78.9 78.9 8.9 March 1996 3,780 37,466 69.7 88.4 9.9 March 1997 3,405 34,747 62.8 90.1 10.2 March 1998 3,094 34,614 57.1 90.9 11.2 March 1999 2,833 33,384 52.3 91.6 11.8 March 2000 2,640 33,101 48.7 93.2 12.5 March 2001 2,390 32,109 44.1 90.5 13.4 March 2002 2,259 31,225 41.7 94.5 13.8 March 2003 2,112 29,120 39.0 93.5 13.8 March 2004 2,046 29,376 37.7 96.9 14.4 March 2005 1,979 29,688 36.5 96.7 15.0 March 2006 1,850 28,506 34.1 93.5 15.4 March 2007 1,774 30,597 32.7 95.9 17.2 March 2008 1,703 29,549 31.4 96.0 17.4 March 2009 1,586 28,092 29.3 93.1 17.7 March 2010 1,523 27,283 28.1 96.0 17.9 March 2011 1,445 26,935 26.7 94.9 18.6 March 2012 1,397 26,887 25.8 96.7 19.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 5,183 33,257 100.0 _ 6.4 March 1996 4,258 36,487 82.2 82.2 8.6 March 1997 3,709 34,952 71.6 87.1 9.4 March 1998 3,369 34,986 65.0 90.8 10.4 March 1999 3,102 33,310 59.8 92.1 10.7 March 2000 2,862 32,757 55.2 92.3 11.4 March 2001 2,602 29,534 50.2 90.9 11.4 March 2002 2,419 28,219 46.7 93.0 11.7 March 2003 2,265 26,544 43.7 93.6 11.7 March 2004 2,165 26,016 41.8 95.6 12.0 March 2005 2,060 25,863 39.7 95.2 12.6 March 2006 1,958 25,210 37.8 95.0 12.9 March 2007 1,836 24,188 35.4 93.8 13.2 March 2008 1,781 23,640 34.4 97.0 13.3 March 2009 1,714 22,137 33.1 96.2 12.9 March 2010 1,635 21,065 31.5 95.4 12.9 March 2011 1,558 21,080 30.1 95.3 13.5 March 2012 1,506 21,356 29.1 96.7 14.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 4,972 36,480 100.0 _ 7.3 March 1997 4,043 39,720 81.3 81.3 9.8 March 1998 3,605 39,362 72.5 89.2 10.9 March 1999 3,263 37,801 65.6 90.5 11.6 March 2000 3,024 37,484 60.8 92.7 12.4 March 2001 2,707 34,038 54.4 89.5 12.6 March 2002 2,496 32,342 50.2 92.2 13.0 March 2003 2,315 31,055 46.6 92.7 13.4 March 2004 2,226 31,703 44.8 96.2 14.2 March 2005 2,075 30,723 41.7 93.2 14.8 March 2006 1,968 30,351 39.6 94.8 15.4 March 2007 1,868 28,513 37.6 94.9 15.3 March 2008 1,778 28,128 35.8 95.2 15.8 March 2009 1,681 26,429 33.8 94.5 15.7 March 2010 1,601 25,749 32.2 95.2 16.1 March 2011 1,546 26,317 31.1 96.6 17.0 March 2012 1,486 25,721 29.9 96.1 17.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 5,274 36,016 100.0 _ 6.8 March 1998 4,358 37,569 82.6 82.6 8.6 March 1999 3,869 38,251 73.4 88.8 9.9 March 2000 3,457 37,071 65.5 89.4 10.7 March 2001 3,061 33,472 58.0 88.5 10.9 March 2002 2,816 32,133 53.4 92.0 11.4 March 2003 2,621 30,478 49.7 93.1 11.6 March 2004 2,492 30,131 47.3 95.1 12.1 March 2005 2,400 30,438 45.5 96.3 12.7 March 2006 2,266 29,194 43.0 94.4 12.9 March 2007 2,133 28,550 40.4 94.1 13.4 March 2008 2,047 28,314 38.8 96.0 13.8 March 2009 1,953 26,827 37.0 95.4 13.7 March 2010 1,874 25,435 35.5 96.0 13.6 March 2011 1,795 25,414 34.0 95.8 14.2 March 2012 1,725 25,551 32.7 96.1 14.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 5,755 39,148 100.0 _ 6.8 March 1999 4,732 39,769 82.2 82.2 8.4 March 2000 4,141 38,945 72.0 87.5 9.4 March 2001 3,601 36,760 62.6 87.0 10.2 March 2002 3,247 34,586 56.4 90.2 10.7 March 2003 3,016 33,431 52.4 92.9 11.1 March 2004 2,842 32,402 49.4 94.2 11.4 March 2005 2,686 32,558 46.7 94.5 12.1 March 2006 2,496 32,042 43.4 92.9 12.8 March 2007 2,367 31,299 41.1 94.8 13.2 March 2008 2,247 30,950 39.0 94.9 13.8 March 2009 2,110 29,451 36.7 93.9 14.0 March 2010 1,998 28,102 34.7 94.7 14.1 March 2011 1,911 26,845 33.2 95.6 14.0 March 2012 1,845 26,978 32.1 96.5 14.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 4,963 38,550 100.0 _ 7.8 March 2000 4,082 36,536 82.2 82.2 9.0 March 2001 3,462 35,234 69.8 84.8 10.2 March 2002 3,097 35,647 62.4 89.5 11.5 March 2003 2,806 32,990 56.5 90.6 11.8 March 2004 2,654 32,901 53.5 94.6 12.4 March 2005 2,512 31,911 50.6 94.6 12.7 March 2006 2,350 32,593 47.4 93.6 13.9 March 2007 2,158 30,710 43.5 91.8 14.2 March 2008 2,056 29,266 41.4 95.3 14.2 March 2009 1,915 26,483 38.6 93.1 13.8 March 2010 1,830 26,090 36.9 95.6 14.3 March 2011 1,740 26,174 35.1 95.1 15.0 March 2012 1,651 23,457 33.3 94.9 14.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 4,956 39,803 100.0 _ 8.0 March 2001 3,943 38,907 79.6 79.6 9.9 March 2002 3,411 31,767 68.8 86.5 9.3 March 2003 3,069 31,244 61.9 90.0 10.2 March 2004 2,885 31,264 58.2 94.0 10.8 March 2005 2,686 31,880 54.2 93.1 11.9 March 2006 2,492 31,886 50.3 92.8 12.8 March 2007 2,357 31,492 47.6 94.6 13.4 March 2008 2,190 31,454 44.2 92.9 14.4 March 2009 2,089 29,935 42.2 95.4 14.3 March 2010 1,979 28,735 39.9 94.7 14.5 March 2011 1,882 28,572 38.0 95.1 15.2 March 2012 1,798 29,081 36.3 95.5 16.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 5,606 35,224 100.0 _ 6.3 March 2002 4,405 32,394 78.6 78.6 7.4 March 2003 3,903 32,019 69.6 88.6 8.2 March 2004 3,597 30,887 64.2 92.2 8.6 March 2005 3,308 31,144 59.0 92.0 9.4 March 2006 3,052 30,369 54.4 92.3 10.0 March 2007 2,843 29,960 50.7 93.2 10.5 March 2008 2,684 29,680 47.9 94.4 11.1 March 2009 2,507 27,897 44.7 93.4 11.1 March 2010 2,341 26,467 41.8 93.4 11.3 March 2011 2,222 26,531 39.6 94.9 11.9 March 2012 2,126 26,681 37.9 95.7 12.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 5,049 30,661 100.0 _ 6.1 March 2003 4,110 29,038 81.4 81.4 7.1 March 2004 3,651 29,259 72.3 88.8 8.0 March 2005 3,293 27,814 65.2 90.2 8.4 March 2006 2,995 28,104 59.3 91.0 9.4 March 2007 2,783 27,286 55.1 92.9 9.8 March 2008 2,631 26,533 52.1 94.5 10.1 March 2009 2,448 24,918 48.5 93.0 10.2 March 2010 2,300 23,667 45.6 94.0 10.3 March 2011 2,156 23,582 42.7 93.7 10.9 March 2012 2,045 24,284 40.5 94.9 11.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 5,243 29,244 100.0 _ 5.6 March 2004 4,282 28,446 81.7 81.7 6.6 March 2005 3,800 27,541 72.5 88.7 7.2 March 2006 3,427 27,352 65.4 90.2 8.0 March 2007 3,146 26,768 60.0 91.8 8.5 March 2008 2,912 25,802 55.5 92.6 8.9 March 2009 2,650 25,228 50.5 91.0 9.5 March 2010 2,489 24,799 47.5 93.9 10.0 March 2011 2,306 24,015 44.0 92.6 10.4 March 2012 2,186 23,853 41.7 94.8 10.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 5,166 31,228 100.0 _ 6.0 March 2005 4,205 30,090 81.4 81.4 7.2 March 2006 3,760 30,816 72.8 89.4 8.2 March 2007 3,383 28,414 65.5 90.0 8.4 March 2008 3,084 26,968 59.7 91.2 8.7 March 2009 2,777 24,820 53.8 90.0 8.9 March 2010 2,612 23,858 50.6 94.1 9.1 March 2011 2,411 23,577 46.7 92.3 9.8 March 2012 2,311 23,674 44.7 95.9 10.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 5,406 30,267 100.0 _ 5.6 March 2006 4,470 30,471 82.7 82.7 6.8 March 2007 3,935 30,413 72.8 88.0 7.7 March 2008 3,527 32,321 65.2 89.6 9.2 March 2009 3,166 30,552 58.6 89.8 9.7 March 2010 2,913 30,295 53.9 92.0 10.4 March 2011 2,732 29,530 50.5 93.8 10.8 March 2012 2,618 29,809 48.4 95.8 11.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 5,744 32,721 100.0 _ 5.7 March 2007 4,689 32,515 81.6 81.6 6.9 March 2008 4,051 31,391 70.5 86.4 7.7 March 2009 3,569 28,161 62.1 88.1 7.9 March 2010 3,253 27,299 56.6 91.1 8.4 March 2011 2,978 26,370 51.8 91.5 8.9 March 2012 2,792 26,394 48.6 93.8 9.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 5,344 28,471 100.0 _ 5.3 March 2008 4,281 27,199 80.1 80.1 6.4 March 2009 3,703 25,253 69.3 86.5 6.8 March 2010 3,303 23,675 61.8 89.2 7.2 March 2011 2,983 23,351 55.8 90.3 7.8 March 2012 2,774 22,851 51.9 93.0 8.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 5,276 28,514 100.0 _ 5.4 March 2009 4,124 26,684 78.2 78.2 6.5 March 2010 3,580 25,236 67.9 86.8 7.0 March 2011 3,223 25,099 61.1 90.0 7.8 March 2012 2,928 25,195 55.5 90.8 8.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 4,952 23,385 100.0 _ 4.7 March 2010 4,034 22,002 81.5 81.5 5.5 March 2011 3,492 21,325 70.5 86.6 6.1 March 2012 3,159 21,114 63.8 90.5 6.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 4,349 20,736 100.0 _ 4.8 March 2011 3,526 20,639 81.1 81.1 5.9 March 2012 3,092 20,579 71.1 87.7 6.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 3,736 19,444 100.0 _ 5.2 March 2012 3,051 18,822 81.7 81.7 6.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2012 March 2012 5,713 26,249 100.0 _ 4.6 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.