Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Total Private Maine 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 2,722 18,427 100.0 _ 6.8 March 1995 2,213 17,875 81.3 81.3 8.1 March 1996 1,909 17,164 70.1 86.3 9.0 March 1997 1,646 15,958 60.5 86.2 9.7 March 1998 1,584 14,779 58.2 96.2 9.3 March 1999 1,494 15,170 54.9 94.3 10.2 March 2000 1,402 14,969 51.5 93.8 10.7 March 2001 1,318 14,327 48.4 94.0 10.9 March 2002 1,220 13,963 44.8 92.6 11.4 March 2003 1,173 13,479 43.1 96.1 11.5 March 2004 1,114 13,035 40.9 95.0 11.7 March 2005 1,042 12,668 38.3 93.5 12.2 March 2006 966 12,125 35.5 92.7 12.6 March 2007 926 11,874 34.0 95.9 12.8 March 2008 887 11,536 32.6 95.8 13.0 March 2009 816 10,851 30.0 92.0 13.3 March 2010 781 10,268 28.7 95.7 13.1 March 2011 750 10,452 27.6 96.0 13.9 March 2012 741 10,374 27.2 98.8 14.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 2,618 14,471 100.0 _ 5.5 March 1996 2,165 13,849 82.7 82.7 6.4 March 1997 1,838 14,292 70.2 84.9 7.8 March 1998 1,779 14,016 68.0 96.8 7.9 March 1999 1,635 13,919 62.5 91.9 8.5 March 2000 1,524 14,159 58.2 93.2 9.3 March 2001 1,420 13,624 54.2 93.2 9.6 March 2002 1,336 12,907 51.0 94.1 9.7 March 2003 1,237 12,176 47.2 92.6 9.8 March 2004 1,189 11,981 45.4 96.1 10.1 March 2005 1,115 11,433 42.6 93.8 10.3 March 2006 1,071 11,228 40.9 96.1 10.5 March 2007 1,003 11,085 38.3 93.7 11.1 March 2008 984 11,299 37.6 98.1 11.5 March 2009 912 10,360 34.8 92.7 11.4 March 2010 867 10,044 33.1 95.1 11.6 March 2011 824 9,918 31.5 95.0 12.0 March 2012 799 9,678 30.5 97.0 12.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 2,715 14,554 100.0 _ 5.4 March 1997 2,019 14,904 74.4 74.4 7.4 March 1998 1,887 14,511 69.5 93.5 7.7 March 1999 1,728 14,395 63.6 91.6 8.3 March 2000 1,601 14,572 59.0 92.7 9.1 March 2001 1,464 15,047 53.9 91.4 10.3 March 2002 1,343 13,324 49.5 91.7 9.9 March 2003 1,238 13,054 45.6 92.2 10.5 March 2004 1,191 12,854 43.9 96.2 10.8 March 2005 1,128 12,287 41.5 94.7 10.9 March 2006 1,049 12,040 38.6 93.0 11.5 March 2007 991 11,683 36.5 94.5 11.8 March 2008 943 11,648 34.7 95.2 12.4 March 2009 874 10,371 32.2 92.7 11.9 March 2010 827 9,564 30.5 94.6 11.6 March 2011 788 9,452 29.0 95.3 12.0 March 2012 777 9,454 28.6 98.6 12.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 2,467 12,668 100.0 _ 5.1 March 1998 2,178 12,690 88.3 88.3 5.8 March 1999 1,984 12,730 80.4 91.1 6.4 March 2000 1,814 12,993 73.5 91.4 7.2 March 2001 1,645 13,015 66.7 90.7 7.9 March 2002 1,475 12,213 59.8 89.7 8.3 March 2003 1,388 11,556 56.3 94.1 8.3 March 2004 1,281 11,227 51.9 92.3 8.8 March 2005 1,172 10,905 47.5 91.5 9.3 March 2006 1,105 10,620 44.8 94.3 9.6 March 2007 1,035 10,719 42.0 93.7 10.4 March 2008 966 10,137 39.2 93.3 10.5 March 2009 896 9,177 36.3 92.8 10.2 March 2010 850 8,686 34.5 94.9 10.2 March 2011 795 8,698 32.2 93.5 10.9 March 2012 762 8,655 30.9 95.8 11.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 3,140 18,247 100.0 _ 5.8 March 1999 2,629 18,639 83.7 83.7 7.1 March 2000 2,349 19,687 74.8 89.3 8.4 March 2001 2,090 18,865 66.6 89.0 9.0 March 2002 1,848 16,741 58.9 88.4 9.1 March 2003 1,720 16,264 54.8 93.1 9.5 March 2004 1,569 15,942 50.0 91.2 10.2 March 2005 1,463 15,303 46.6 93.2 10.5 March 2006 1,373 15,321 43.7 93.8 11.2 March 2007 1,288 14,817 41.0 93.8 11.5 March 2008 1,211 14,277 38.6 94.0 11.8 March 2009 1,127 13,361 35.9 93.1 11.9 March 2010 1,067 12,951 34.0 94.7 12.1 March 2011 1,003 12,452 31.9 94.0 12.4 March 2012 961 12,371 30.6 95.8 12.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 3,020 14,548 100.0 _ 4.8 March 2000 2,528 16,393 83.7 83.7 6.5 March 2001 2,173 15,411 72.0 86.0 7.1 March 2002 1,899 14,279 62.9 87.4 7.5 March 2003 1,744 13,416 57.7 91.8 7.7 March 2004 1,594 13,182 52.8 91.4 8.3 March 2005 1,446 12,890 47.9 90.7 8.9 March 2006 1,352 12,384 44.8 93.5 9.2 March 2007 1,278 11,624 42.3 94.5 9.1 March 2008 1,191 11,383 39.4 93.2 9.6 March 2009 1,061 10,257 35.1 89.1 9.7 March 2010 1,007 9,952 33.3 94.9 9.9 March 2011 958 9,996 31.7 95.1 10.4 March 2012 924 9,810 30.6 96.5 10.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 3,046 15,021 100.0 _ 4.9 March 2001 2,489 19,556 81.7 81.7 7.9 March 2002 2,062 18,785 67.7 82.8 9.1 March 2003 1,911 18,656 62.7 92.7 9.8 March 2004 1,749 17,781 57.4 91.5 10.2 March 2005 1,602 16,609 52.6 91.6 10.4 March 2006 1,499 15,839 49.2 93.6 10.6 March 2007 1,404 15,709 46.1 93.7 11.2 March 2008 1,314 15,406 43.1 93.6 11.7 March 2009 1,193 14,477 39.2 90.8 12.1 March 2010 1,104 14,087 36.2 92.5 12.8 March 2011 1,052 13,894 34.5 95.3 13.2 March 2012 1,013 13,794 33.3 96.3 13.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 3,177 14,372 100.0 _ 4.5 March 2002 2,395 13,393 75.4 75.4 5.6 March 2003 2,098 12,703 66.0 87.6 6.1 March 2004 1,863 12,104 58.6 88.8 6.5 March 2005 1,665 11,355 52.4 89.4 6.8 March 2006 1,522 10,796 47.9 91.4 7.1 March 2007 1,412 10,554 44.4 92.8 7.5 March 2008 1,257 10,112 39.6 89.0 8.0 March 2009 1,151 9,184 36.2 91.6 8.0 March 2010 1,107 9,041 34.8 96.2 8.2 March 2011 1,037 8,740 32.6 93.7 8.4 March 2012 987 8,878 31.1 95.2 9.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 3,115 15,040 100.0 _ 4.8 March 2003 2,481 14,677 79.6 79.6 5.9 March 2004 2,192 14,136 70.4 88.4 6.4 March 2005 1,947 13,307 62.5 88.8 6.8 March 2006 1,803 13,372 57.9 92.6 7.4 March 2007 1,641 12,732 52.7 91.0 7.8 March 2008 1,496 12,419 48.0 91.2 8.3 March 2009 1,329 11,508 42.7 88.8 8.7 March 2010 1,256 10,930 40.3 94.5 8.7 March 2011 1,170 10,498 37.6 93.2 9.0 March 2012 1,080 9,767 34.7 92.3 9.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 2,924 13,247 100.0 _ 4.5 March 2004 2,362 13,017 80.8 80.8 5.5 March 2005 2,024 12,466 69.2 85.7 6.2 March 2006 1,767 12,034 60.4 87.3 6.8 March 2007 1,613 11,783 55.2 91.3 7.3 March 2008 1,454 11,043 49.7 90.1 7.6 March 2009 1,285 10,027 43.9 88.4 7.8 March 2010 1,216 9,464 41.6 94.6 7.8 March 2011 1,110 9,482 38.0 91.3 8.5 March 2012 1,060 9,793 36.3 95.5 9.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 2,906 12,183 100.0 _ 4.2 March 2005 2,244 11,920 77.2 77.2 5.3 March 2006 1,967 11,439 67.7 87.7 5.8 March 2007 1,750 10,858 60.2 89.0 6.2 March 2008 1,524 10,506 52.4 87.1 6.9 March 2009 1,332 9,627 45.8 87.4 7.2 March 2010 1,259 9,263 43.3 94.5 7.4 March 2011 1,159 9,437 39.9 92.1 8.1 March 2012 1,095 9,520 37.7 94.5 8.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 3,021 13,861 100.0 _ 4.6 March 2006 2,370 13,748 78.5 78.5 5.8 March 2007 2,063 13,308 68.3 87.0 6.5 March 2008 1,810 12,817 59.9 87.7 7.1 March 2009 1,575 12,001 52.1 87.0 7.6 March 2010 1,411 10,890 46.7 89.6 7.7 March 2011 1,298 10,443 43.0 92.0 8.0 March 2012 1,226 10,373 40.6 94.5 8.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 3,081 13,279 100.0 _ 4.3 March 2007 2,425 12,135 78.7 78.7 5.0 March 2008 2,066 11,341 67.1 85.2 5.5 March 2009 1,760 10,313 57.1 85.2 5.9 March 2010 1,559 9,552 50.6 88.6 6.1 March 2011 1,446 9,445 46.9 92.8 6.5 March 2012 1,348 9,609 43.8 93.2 7.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 2,807 13,308 100.0 _ 4.7 March 2008 2,184 12,128 77.8 77.8 5.6 March 2009 1,777 11,127 63.3 81.4 6.3 March 2010 1,626 10,780 57.9 91.5 6.6 March 2011 1,479 9,802 52.7 91.0 6.6 March 2012 1,396 9,604 49.7 94.4 6.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 2,830 12,346 100.0 _ 4.4 March 2009 2,120 11,184 74.9 74.9 5.3 March 2010 1,879 10,848 66.4 88.6 5.8 March 2011 1,657 10,354 58.6 88.2 6.2 March 2012 1,496 10,089 52.9 90.3 6.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 2,774 12,315 100.0 _ 4.4 March 2010 2,205 11,434 79.5 79.5 5.2 March 2011 1,904 11,307 68.6 86.3 5.9 March 2012 1,742 11,290 62.8 91.5 6.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 2,364 10,161 100.0 _ 4.3 March 2011 1,831 9,568 77.5 77.5 5.2 March 2012 1,614 9,217 68.3 88.1 5.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 2,351 8,669 100.0 _ 3.7 March 2012 1,814 8,405 77.2 77.2 4.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2012 March 2012 2,496 8,711 100.0 _ 3.5 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.