Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Total Private Massachusetts 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 13,224 92,035 100.0 _ 7.0 March 1995 10,781 96,796 81.5 81.5 9.0 March 1996 9,429 93,216 71.3 87.5 9.9 March 1997 8,623 94,401 65.2 91.5 10.9 March 1998 7,771 93,338 58.8 90.1 12.0 March 1999 7,154 88,215 54.1 92.1 12.3 March 2000 6,602 86,286 49.9 92.3 13.1 March 2001 6,162 83,834 46.6 93.3 13.6 March 2002 5,700 78,080 43.1 92.5 13.7 March 2003 5,332 71,843 40.3 93.5 13.5 March 2004 5,025 70,127 38.0 94.2 14.0 March 2005 4,750 69,351 35.9 94.5 14.6 March 2006 4,539 67,192 34.3 95.6 14.8 March 2007 4,315 66,319 32.6 95.1 15.4 March 2008 4,100 65,006 31.0 95.0 15.9 March 2009 3,873 60,328 29.3 94.5 15.6 March 2010 3,682 57,847 27.8 95.1 15.7 March 2011 3,518 57,522 26.6 95.5 16.4 March 2012 3,415 57,552 25.8 97.1 16.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 13,604 92,954 100.0 _ 6.8 March 1996 10,995 93,111 80.8 80.8 8.5 March 1997 9,789 93,431 72.0 89.0 9.5 March 1998 8,624 90,502 63.4 88.1 10.5 March 1999 7,849 88,283 57.7 91.0 11.2 March 2000 7,228 90,259 53.1 92.1 12.5 March 2001 6,577 86,742 48.3 91.0 13.2 March 2002 6,073 79,980 44.6 92.3 13.2 March 2003 5,681 73,557 41.8 93.5 12.9 March 2004 5,310 69,899 39.0 93.5 13.2 March 2005 4,968 67,145 36.5 93.6 13.5 March 2006 4,707 65,266 34.6 94.7 13.9 March 2007 4,445 62,998 32.7 94.4 14.2 March 2008 4,231 62,123 31.1 95.2 14.7 March 2009 3,955 58,226 29.1 93.5 14.7 March 2010 3,777 56,566 27.8 95.5 15.0 March 2011 3,557 56,493 26.1 94.2 15.9 March 2012 3,456 55,466 25.4 97.2 16.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 12,822 93,607 100.0 _ 7.3 March 1997 10,542 97,998 82.2 82.2 9.3 March 1998 9,137 97,383 71.3 86.7 10.7 March 1999 8,220 97,086 64.1 90.0 11.8 March 2000 7,427 96,983 57.9 90.4 13.1 March 2001 6,767 94,148 52.8 91.1 13.9 March 2002 6,262 85,585 48.8 92.5 13.7 March 2003 5,769 82,495 45.0 92.1 14.3 March 2004 5,461 80,592 42.6 94.7 14.8 March 2005 5,088 78,191 39.7 93.2 15.4 March 2006 4,824 77,416 37.6 94.8 16.0 March 2007 4,553 77,023 35.5 94.4 16.9 March 2008 4,317 74,992 33.7 94.8 17.4 March 2009 4,056 71,288 31.6 94.0 17.6 March 2010 3,854 68,843 30.1 95.0 17.9 March 2011 3,660 68,024 28.5 95.0 18.6 March 2012 3,560 67,929 27.8 97.3 19.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 14,009 100,369 100.0 _ 7.2 March 1998 11,118 97,383 79.4 79.4 8.8 March 1999 9,792 99,618 69.9 88.1 10.2 March 2000 8,800 100,673 62.8 89.9 11.4 March 2001 7,904 99,173 56.4 89.8 12.5 March 2002 7,086 89,914 50.6 89.7 12.7 March 2003 6,495 82,812 46.4 91.7 12.8 March 2004 6,036 79,392 43.1 92.9 13.2 March 2005 5,618 75,626 40.1 93.1 13.5 March 2006 5,280 73,890 37.7 94.0 14.0 March 2007 4,899 74,022 35.0 92.8 15.1 March 2008 4,648 72,012 33.2 94.9 15.5 March 2009 4,336 66,180 31.0 93.3 15.3 March 2010 4,076 64,287 29.1 94.0 15.8 March 2011 3,879 64,113 27.7 95.2 16.5 March 2012 3,773 64,138 26.9 97.3 17.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 13,760 98,453 100.0 _ 7.2 March 1999 11,582 103,112 84.2 84.2 8.9 March 2000 10,154 108,130 73.8 87.7 10.6 March 2001 8,991 109,340 65.3 88.5 12.2 March 2002 8,008 97,595 58.2 89.1 12.2 March 2003 7,241 89,442 52.6 90.4 12.4 March 2004 6,728 86,141 48.9 92.9 12.8 March 2005 6,223 84,056 45.2 92.5 13.5 March 2006 5,870 83,717 42.7 94.3 14.3 March 2007 5,523 82,973 40.1 94.1 15.0 March 2008 5,237 80,655 38.1 94.8 15.4 March 2009 4,813 74,024 35.0 91.9 15.4 March 2010 4,583 71,794 33.3 95.2 15.7 March 2011 4,287 70,365 31.2 93.5 16.4 March 2012 4,167 70,697 30.3 97.2 17.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 13,053 95,647 100.0 _ 7.3 March 2000 10,655 101,983 81.6 81.6 9.6 March 2001 9,224 107,306 70.7 86.6 11.6 March 2002 8,105 98,148 62.1 87.9 12.1 March 2003 7,220 92,317 55.3 89.1 12.8 March 2004 6,647 91,239 50.9 92.1 13.7 March 2005 6,184 87,067 47.4 93.0 14.1 March 2006 5,790 87,362 44.4 93.6 15.1 March 2007 5,410 87,120 41.4 93.4 16.1 March 2008 5,004 85,274 38.3 92.5 17.0 March 2009 4,624 80,817 35.4 92.4 17.5 March 2010 4,314 79,730 33.0 93.3 18.5 March 2011 4,087 79,377 31.3 94.7 19.4 March 2012 3,931 79,833 30.1 96.2 20.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 12,995 98,800 100.0 _ 7.6 March 2001 10,545 105,463 81.1 81.1 10.0 March 2002 8,876 94,822 68.3 84.2 10.7 March 2003 7,707 86,719 59.3 86.8 11.3 March 2004 7,022 84,410 54.0 91.1 12.0 March 2005 6,421 82,162 49.4 91.4 12.8 March 2006 5,970 81,564 45.9 93.0 13.7 March 2007 5,604 81,740 43.1 93.9 14.6 March 2008 5,186 81,177 39.9 92.5 15.7 March 2009 4,783 75,780 36.8 92.2 15.8 March 2010 4,479 74,228 34.5 93.6 16.6 March 2011 4,203 74,300 32.3 93.8 17.7 March 2012 4,034 74,806 31.0 96.0 18.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 14,344 94,137 100.0 _ 6.6 March 2002 11,151 90,755 77.7 77.7 8.1 March 2003 9,485 83,529 66.1 85.1 8.8 March 2004 8,245 84,293 57.5 86.9 10.2 March 2005 7,515 81,375 52.4 91.1 10.8 March 2006 6,928 80,727 48.3 92.2 11.7 March 2007 6,393 80,286 44.6 92.3 12.6 March 2008 5,924 78,578 41.3 92.7 13.3 March 2009 5,443 74,136 37.9 91.9 13.6 March 2010 5,085 72,459 35.5 93.4 14.2 March 2011 4,799 71,957 33.5 94.4 15.0 March 2012 4,620 72,392 32.2 96.3 15.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 13,015 76,053 100.0 _ 5.8 March 2003 10,171 74,508 78.1 78.1 7.3 March 2004 8,905 73,967 68.4 87.6 8.3 March 2005 7,899 74,869 60.7 88.7 9.5 March 2006 7,217 74,214 55.5 91.4 10.3 March 2007 6,616 72,626 50.8 91.7 11.0 March 2008 6,097 71,927 46.8 92.2 11.8 March 2009 5,557 67,642 42.7 91.1 12.2 March 2010 5,131 65,813 39.4 92.3 12.8 March 2011 4,813 65,407 37.0 93.8 13.6 March 2012 4,579 64,330 35.2 95.1 14.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 13,205 74,845 100.0 _ 5.7 March 2004 10,595 75,408 80.2 80.2 7.1 March 2005 9,171 75,382 69.5 86.6 8.2 March 2006 8,263 76,262 62.6 90.1 9.2 March 2007 7,445 75,561 56.4 90.1 10.1 March 2008 6,751 73,472 51.1 90.7 10.9 March 2009 6,071 70,410 46.0 89.9 11.6 March 2010 5,621 67,735 42.6 92.6 12.1 March 2011 5,204 66,883 39.4 92.6 12.9 March 2012 4,999 66,534 37.9 96.1 13.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 12,162 61,482 100.0 _ 5.1 March 2005 9,633 62,005 79.2 79.2 6.4 March 2006 8,507 62,474 69.9 88.3 7.3 March 2007 7,541 60,832 62.0 88.6 8.1 March 2008 6,785 60,714 55.8 90.0 8.9 March 2009 6,058 55,807 49.8 89.3 9.2 March 2010 5,601 55,027 46.1 92.5 9.8 March 2011 5,156 55,138 42.4 92.1 10.7 March 2012 4,949 56,244 40.7 96.0 11.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 12,402 68,541 100.0 _ 5.5 March 2006 10,144 69,808 81.8 81.8 6.9 March 2007 8,748 70,516 70.5 86.2 8.1 March 2008 7,785 68,711 62.8 89.0 8.8 March 2009 6,851 63,375 55.2 88.0 9.3 March 2010 6,253 61,728 50.4 91.3 9.9 March 2011 5,723 61,653 46.1 91.5 10.8 March 2012 5,444 61,748 43.9 95.1 11.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 11,712 59,199 100.0 _ 5.1 March 2007 9,322 59,885 79.6 79.6 6.4 March 2008 8,099 58,503 69.2 86.9 7.2 March 2009 6,951 54,403 59.3 85.8 7.8 March 2010 6,240 52,231 53.3 89.8 8.4 March 2011 5,728 51,713 48.9 91.8 9.0 March 2012 5,394 51,868 46.1 94.2 9.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 11,882 57,591 100.0 _ 4.8 March 2008 9,550 59,652 80.4 80.4 6.2 March 2009 8,000 54,520 67.3 83.8 6.8 March 2010 7,047 51,944 59.3 88.1 7.4 March 2011 6,374 52,215 53.6 90.4 8.2 March 2012 5,952 52,011 50.1 93.4 8.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 11,338 60,778 100.0 _ 5.4 March 2009 8,745 57,445 77.1 77.1 6.6 March 2010 7,612 56,179 67.1 87.0 7.4 March 2011 6,779 56,873 59.8 89.1 8.4 March 2012 6,341 58,618 55.9 93.5 9.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 9,457 47,170 100.0 _ 5.0 March 2010 7,488 46,357 79.2 79.2 6.2 March 2011 6,472 46,465 68.4 86.4 7.2 March 2012 5,933 47,560 62.7 91.7 8.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 9,381 51,452 100.0 _ 5.5 March 2011 7,668 50,497 81.7 81.7 6.6 March 2012 6,839 51,271 72.9 89.2 7.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 8,669 45,815 100.0 _ 5.3 March 2012 7,163 46,622 82.6 82.6 6.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2012 March 2012 10,957 54,033 100.0 _ 4.9 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.