Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Total Private Kentucky 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 6,641 48,200 100.0 _ 7.3 March 1995 5,280 49,038 79.5 79.5 9.3 March 1996 4,592 48,069 69.1 87.0 10.5 March 1997 4,145 47,666 62.4 90.3 11.5 March 1998 3,763 46,785 56.7 90.8 12.4 March 1999 3,442 44,598 51.8 91.5 13.0 March 2000 3,296 44,458 49.6 95.8 13.5 March 2001 2,886 42,892 43.5 87.6 14.9 March 2002 2,699 40,736 40.6 93.5 15.1 March 2003 2,511 37,317 37.8 93.0 14.9 March 2004 2,378 37,052 35.8 94.7 15.6 March 2005 2,226 36,902 33.5 93.6 16.6 March 2006 2,133 36,908 32.1 95.8 17.3 March 2007 2,011 35,237 30.3 94.3 17.5 March 2008 1,902 34,841 28.6 94.6 18.3 March 2009 1,784 32,152 26.9 93.8 18.0 March 2010 1,728 31,488 26.0 96.9 18.2 March 2011 1,644 30,864 24.8 95.1 18.8 March 2012 1,594 31,078 24.0 97.0 19.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 7,015 49,522 100.0 _ 7.1 March 1996 5,604 51,621 79.9 79.9 9.2 March 1997 4,814 53,997 68.6 85.9 11.2 March 1998 4,292 54,627 61.2 89.2 12.7 March 1999 3,882 52,744 55.3 90.4 13.6 March 2000 3,635 52,113 51.8 93.6 14.3 March 2001 3,246 49,121 46.3 89.3 15.1 March 2002 2,978 45,811 42.5 91.7 15.4 March 2003 2,795 44,639 39.8 93.9 16.0 March 2004 2,634 44,701 37.5 94.2 17.0 March 2005 2,470 44,257 35.2 93.8 17.9 March 2006 2,330 43,822 33.2 94.3 18.8 March 2007 2,172 41,674 31.0 93.2 19.2 March 2008 2,050 39,657 29.2 94.4 19.3 March 2009 1,939 36,132 27.6 94.6 18.6 March 2010 1,864 34,850 26.6 96.1 18.7 March 2011 1,752 35,903 25.0 94.0 20.5 March 2012 1,701 35,804 24.2 97.1 21.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 6,962 50,575 100.0 _ 7.3 March 1997 5,566 51,986 79.9 79.9 9.3 March 1998 4,806 54,089 69.0 86.3 11.3 March 1999 4,308 55,398 61.9 89.6 12.9 March 2000 4,063 56,354 58.4 94.3 13.9 March 2001 3,613 52,528 51.9 88.9 14.5 March 2002 3,272 49,755 47.0 90.6 15.2 March 2003 3,090 46,881 44.4 94.4 15.2 March 2004 2,916 46,793 41.9 94.4 16.0 March 2005 2,820 46,150 40.5 96.7 16.4 March 2006 2,681 46,288 38.5 95.1 17.3 March 2007 2,509 44,206 36.0 93.6 17.6 March 2008 2,380 42,593 34.2 94.9 17.9 March 2009 2,221 37,724 31.9 93.3 17.0 March 2010 2,087 36,507 30.0 94.0 17.5 March 2011 2,014 36,239 28.9 96.5 18.0 March 2012 1,935 36,733 27.8 96.1 19.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 7,440 53,517 100.0 _ 7.2 March 1998 5,847 53,784 78.6 78.6 9.2 March 1999 5,070 51,432 68.1 86.7 10.1 March 2000 4,615 52,483 62.0 91.0 11.4 March 2001 3,944 48,561 53.0 85.5 12.3 March 2002 3,592 47,989 48.3 91.1 13.4 March 2003 3,329 46,104 44.7 92.7 13.8 March 2004 3,104 45,553 41.7 93.2 14.7 March 2005 2,923 46,252 39.3 94.2 15.8 March 2006 2,750 46,455 37.0 94.1 16.9 March 2007 2,621 45,193 35.2 95.3 17.2 March 2008 2,487 44,149 33.4 94.9 17.8 March 2009 2,298 38,510 30.9 92.4 16.8 March 2010 2,184 36,454 29.4 95.0 16.7 March 2011 2,063 36,161 27.7 94.5 17.5 March 2012 2,008 36,556 27.0 97.3 18.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 7,193 51,349 100.0 _ 7.1 March 1999 5,867 53,572 81.6 81.6 9.1 March 2000 5,195 53,055 72.2 88.5 10.2 March 2001 4,276 49,871 59.4 82.3 11.7 March 2002 3,755 45,896 52.2 87.8 12.2 March 2003 3,409 43,879 47.4 90.8 12.9 March 2004 3,166 42,398 44.0 92.9 13.4 March 2005 2,953 42,802 41.1 93.3 14.5 March 2006 2,790 41,940 38.8 94.5 15.0 March 2007 2,639 41,035 36.7 94.6 15.5 March 2008 2,490 39,216 34.6 94.4 15.7 March 2009 2,302 34,762 32.0 92.4 15.1 March 2010 2,180 33,330 30.3 94.7 15.3 March 2011 2,076 32,611 28.9 95.2 15.7 March 2012 1,998 32,533 27.8 96.2 16.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 7,583 62,852 100.0 _ 8.3 March 2000 6,496 67,682 85.7 85.7 10.4 March 2001 5,192 61,366 68.5 79.9 11.8 March 2002 4,494 57,587 59.3 86.6 12.8 March 2003 4,117 55,338 54.3 91.6 13.4 March 2004 3,766 54,517 49.7 91.5 14.5 March 2005 3,487 53,277 46.0 92.6 15.3 March 2006 3,284 53,874 43.3 94.2 16.4 March 2007 3,081 51,523 40.6 93.8 16.7 March 2008 2,863 50,090 37.8 92.9 17.5 March 2009 2,671 46,732 35.2 93.3 17.5 March 2010 2,541 43,930 33.5 95.1 17.3 March 2011 2,446 43,367 32.3 96.3 17.7 March 2012 2,390 43,929 31.5 97.7 18.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 7,238 51,288 100.0 _ 7.1 March 2001 5,565 48,836 76.9 76.9 8.8 March 2002 4,592 44,955 63.4 82.5 9.8 March 2003 4,137 43,669 57.2 90.1 10.6 March 2004 3,733 43,791 51.6 90.2 11.7 March 2005 3,481 42,766 48.1 93.2 12.3 March 2006 3,205 43,332 44.3 92.1 13.5 March 2007 2,987 42,167 41.3 93.2 14.1 March 2008 2,891 40,674 39.9 96.8 14.1 March 2009 2,683 37,454 37.1 92.8 14.0 March 2010 2,510 35,775 34.7 93.6 14.3 March 2011 2,366 35,743 32.7 94.3 15.1 March 2012 2,268 36,076 31.3 95.9 15.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 6,815 45,822 100.0 _ 6.7 March 2002 5,172 43,201 75.9 75.9 8.4 March 2003 4,398 40,919 64.5 85.0 9.3 March 2004 3,993 40,148 58.6 90.8 10.1 March 2005 3,636 41,129 53.4 91.1 11.3 March 2006 3,315 41,453 48.6 91.2 12.5 March 2007 3,031 40,234 44.5 91.4 13.3 March 2008 2,845 38,658 41.7 93.9 13.6 March 2009 2,633 35,485 38.6 92.5 13.5 March 2010 2,495 32,727 36.6 94.8 13.1 March 2011 2,350 33,132 34.5 94.2 14.1 March 2012 2,247 33,050 33.0 95.6 14.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 6,715 45,614 100.0 _ 6.8 March 2003 5,156 43,697 76.8 76.8 8.5 March 2004 4,495 44,027 66.9 87.2 9.8 March 2005 4,044 43,693 60.2 90.0 10.8 March 2006 3,702 45,153 55.1 91.5 12.2 March 2007 3,412 41,584 50.8 92.2 12.2 March 2008 3,157 38,551 47.0 92.5 12.2 March 2009 2,899 35,386 43.2 91.8 12.2 March 2010 2,711 33,798 40.4 93.5 12.5 March 2011 2,475 32,736 36.9 91.3 13.2 March 2012 2,368 31,809 35.3 95.7 13.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 6,306 42,624 100.0 _ 6.8 March 2004 4,985 41,136 79.1 79.1 8.3 March 2005 4,304 39,534 68.3 86.3 9.2 March 2006 3,822 39,688 60.6 88.8 10.4 March 2007 3,374 38,553 53.5 88.3 11.4 March 2008 3,079 37,368 48.8 91.3 12.1 March 2009 2,771 33,418 43.9 90.0 12.1 March 2010 2,540 33,021 40.3 91.7 13.0 March 2011 2,371 31,962 37.6 93.3 13.5 March 2012 2,255 33,308 35.8 95.1 14.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 6,480 39,703 100.0 _ 6.1 March 2005 5,154 38,420 79.5 79.5 7.5 March 2006 4,478 36,966 69.1 86.9 8.3 March 2007 3,964 36,504 61.2 88.5 9.2 March 2008 3,590 35,799 55.4 90.6 10.0 March 2009 3,226 32,411 49.8 89.9 10.0 March 2010 2,919 30,710 45.0 90.5 10.5 March 2011 2,668 30,155 41.2 91.4 11.3 March 2012 2,532 29,772 39.1 94.9 11.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 6,944 42,258 100.0 _ 6.1 March 2006 5,532 42,928 79.7 79.7 7.8 March 2007 4,695 41,899 67.6 84.9 8.9 March 2008 4,199 40,435 60.5 89.4 9.6 March 2009 3,705 37,342 53.4 88.2 10.1 March 2010 3,361 35,493 48.4 90.7 10.6 March 2011 3,068 34,986 44.2 91.3 11.4 March 2012 2,926 34,638 42.1 95.4 11.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 7,072 44,165 100.0 _ 6.2 March 2007 5,451 43,578 77.1 77.1 8.0 March 2008 4,723 42,494 66.8 86.6 9.0 March 2009 4,056 36,879 57.4 85.9 9.1 March 2010 3,588 35,406 50.7 88.5 9.9 March 2011 3,283 36,289 46.4 91.5 11.1 March 2012 3,079 37,452 43.5 93.8 12.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 6,925 41,766 100.0 _ 6.0 March 2008 5,457 41,150 78.8 78.8 7.5 March 2009 4,577 40,932 66.1 83.9 8.9 March 2010 4,019 37,898 58.0 87.8 9.4 March 2011 3,598 36,570 52.0 89.5 10.2 March 2012 3,378 36,744 48.8 93.9 10.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 6,694 37,688 100.0 _ 5.6 March 2009 5,157 34,491 77.0 77.0 6.7 March 2010 4,417 32,622 66.0 85.7 7.4 March 2011 3,959 31,991 59.1 89.6 8.1 March 2012 3,673 33,157 54.9 92.8 9.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 6,036 32,495 100.0 _ 5.4 March 2010 4,680 32,742 77.5 77.5 7.0 March 2011 4,024 31,625 66.7 86.0 7.9 March 2012 3,586 30,793 59.4 89.1 8.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 5,460 28,663 100.0 _ 5.2 March 2011 4,205 28,228 77.0 77.0 6.7 March 2012 3,705 27,616 67.9 88.1 7.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 5,475 31,290 100.0 _ 5.7 March 2012 4,321 30,331 78.9 78.9 7.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2012 March 2012 5,948 30,028 100.0 _ 5.0 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.