Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by age Total Private North Carolina Age Class March 1994 March 1995 March 1996 March 1997 March 1998 March 1999 Less than one year 13,476 15,002 15,622 16,711 15,667 18,153 1 year _ 11,133 12,118 12,875 13,180 13,023 2 years _ _ 9,750 10,766 11,054 11,717 3 years _ _ _ 8,840 9,505 10,081 4 years _ _ _ _ 7,945 8,795 5 years _ _ _ _ _ 7,415 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 132,207 125,605 119,806 114,753 107,728 103,647 Total 145,683 151,740 157,296 163,945 165,079 172,831 Age Class March 2000 March 2001 March 2002 March 2003 March 2004 March 2005 Less than one year 17,990 15,734 15,697 20,357 16,034 15,738 1 year 14,919 14,252 12,161 12,370 16,690 13,081 2 years 11,224 12,863 12,032 10,509 10,956 14,687 3 years 10,289 9,896 11,042 10,677 9,502 9,826 4 years 9,031 9,217 8,785 10,077 9,777 8,667 5 years 7,962 8,223 8,274 8,177 9,361 9,046 6 years 6,797 7,285 7,543 7,557 7,646 8,646 7 years _ 6,277 6,699 6,990 7,222 7,182 8 years _ _ 5,802 6,212 6,679 6,746 9 years _ _ _ 5,356 5,940 6,405 10 years _ _ _ _ 5,164 5,661 11 years _ _ _ _ _ 4,986 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 97,905 92,647 87,793 83,617 80,414 77,462 Total 176,117 176,394 175,828 181,899 185,385 188,133 Age Class March 2006 March 2007 March 2008 March 2009 March 2010 March 2011 Less than one year 17,742 25,296 20,144 16,132 14,674 16,378 1 year 12,921 14,681 20,117 14,896 12,067 11,532 2 years 11,548 11,453 12,529 16,544 12,391 10,451 3 years 13,296 10,409 10,083 10,680 14,268 11,051 4 years 9,091 12,253 9,291 8,795 9,408 12,823 5 years 7,991 8,404 11,102 8,164 7,768 8,534 6 years 8,440 7,459 7,832 9,861 7,372 7,184 7 years 8,104 7,939 6,944 7,070 8,999 6,743 8 years 6,678 7,599 7,340 6,293 6,512 8,312 9 years 6,318 6,168 7,110 6,693 5,831 6,063 10 years 6,081 6,002 5,761 6,486 6,160 5,542 11 years 5,345 5,803 5,647 5,342 6,005 5,806 12 years 4,750 5,054 5,491 5,217 4,942 5,679 13 years _ 4,531 4,715 5,022 4,788 4,664 14 years _ _ 4,292 4,353 4,710 4,563 15 years _ _ _ 3,955 4,073 4,474 16 years _ _ _ _ 3,754 3,852 17 years _ _ _ _ _ 3,513 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 74,132 71,682 68,487 64,806 61,622 59,163 Total 192,437 204,733 206,885 200,309 195,344 196,327 Age Class March 2012 Less than one year 16,700 1 year 12,945 2 years 10,096 3 years 9,440 4 years 10,201 5 years 11,916 6 years 8,023 7 years 6,695 8 years 6,373 9 years 7,902 10 years 5,778 11 years 5,292 12 years 5,555 13 years 5,436 14 years 4,520 15 years 4,351 16 years 4,296 17 years 3,701 18 years 3,382 Born before March 1993 57,387 Total 199,989 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.