Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by age Total Private Massachusetts Age Class March 1994 March 1995 March 1996 March 1997 March 1998 March 1999 Less than one year 13,224 13,604 12,822 14,009 13,760 13,053 1 year _ 10,781 10,995 10,542 11,118 11,582 2 years _ _ 9,429 9,789 9,137 9,792 3 years _ _ _ 8,623 8,624 8,220 4 years _ _ _ _ 7,771 7,849 5 years _ _ _ _ _ 7,154 6 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 120,269 113,866 107,512 102,664 96,645 91,925 Total 133,493 138,251 140,758 145,627 147,055 149,575 Age Class March 2000 March 2001 March 2002 March 2003 March 2004 March 2005 Less than one year 12,995 14,344 13,015 13,205 12,162 12,402 1 year 10,655 10,545 11,151 10,171 10,595 9,633 2 years 10,154 9,224 8,876 9,485 8,905 9,171 3 years 8,800 8,991 8,105 7,707 8,245 7,899 4 years 7,427 7,904 8,008 7,220 7,022 7,515 5 years 7,228 6,767 7,086 7,241 6,647 6,421 6 years 6,602 6,577 6,262 6,495 6,728 6,184 7 years _ 6,162 6,073 5,769 6,036 6,223 8 years _ _ 5,700 5,681 5,461 5,618 9 years _ _ _ 5,332 5,310 5,088 10 years _ _ _ _ 5,025 4,968 11 years _ _ _ _ _ 4,750 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 87,316 82,794 78,966 75,235 72,230 69,172 Total 151,177 153,308 153,242 153,541 154,366 155,044 Age Class March 2006 March 2007 March 2008 March 2009 March 2010 March 2011 Less than one year 11,712 11,882 11,338 9,457 9,381 8,669 1 year 10,144 9,322 9,550 8,745 7,488 7,668 2 years 8,507 8,748 8,099 8,000 7,612 6,472 3 years 8,263 7,541 7,785 6,951 7,047 6,779 4 years 7,217 7,445 6,785 6,851 6,240 6,374 5 years 6,928 6,616 6,751 6,058 6,253 5,728 6 years 5,970 6,393 6,097 6,071 5,601 5,723 7 years 5,790 5,604 5,924 5,557 5,621 5,156 8 years 5,870 5,410 5,186 5,443 5,131 5,204 9 years 5,280 5,523 5,004 4,783 5,085 4,813 10 years 4,824 4,899 5,237 4,624 4,479 4,799 11 years 4,707 4,553 4,648 4,813 4,314 4,203 12 years 4,539 4,445 4,317 4,336 4,583 4,087 13 years _ 4,315 4,231 4,056 4,076 4,287 14 years _ _ 4,100 3,955 3,854 3,879 15 years _ _ _ 3,873 3,777 3,660 16 years _ _ _ _ 3,682 3,557 17 years _ _ _ _ _ 3,518 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 66,584 63,957 61,427 58,651 56,430 54,370 Total 156,335 156,653 156,479 152,224 150,654 148,946 Age Class March 2012 Less than one year 10,957 1 year 7,163 2 years 6,839 3 years 5,933 4 years 6,341 5 years 5,952 6 years 5,394 7 years 5,444 8 years 4,949 9 years 4,999 10 years 4,579 11 years 4,620 12 years 4,034 13 years 3,931 14 years 4,167 15 years 3,773 16 years 3,560 17 years 3,456 18 years 3,415 Born before March 1993 53,064 Total 152,570 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.