Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Total Private New Jersey 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 15,953 108,315 100.0 _ 6.8 March 1995 13,137 113,275 82.3 82.3 8.6 March 1996 11,469 106,964 71.9 87.3 9.3 March 1997 10,193 104,244 63.9 88.9 10.2 March 1998 9,009 100,283 56.5 88.4 11.1 March 1999 8,123 97,273 50.9 90.2 12.0 March 2000 7,449 95,764 46.7 91.7 12.9 March 2001 6,704 91,450 42.0 90.0 13.6 March 2002 6,273 87,962 39.3 93.6 14.0 March 2003 5,736 78,293 36.0 91.4 13.6 March 2004 5,362 75,518 33.6 93.5 14.1 March 2005 4,971 74,506 31.2 92.7 15.0 March 2006 4,721 69,750 29.6 95.0 14.8 March 2007 4,368 66,691 27.4 92.5 15.3 March 2008 4,101 65,591 25.7 93.9 16.0 March 2009 3,844 59,302 24.1 93.7 15.4 March 2010 3,602 55,961 22.6 93.7 15.5 March 2011 3,407 55,736 21.4 94.6 16.4 March 2012 3,235 55,777 20.3 95.0 17.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 19,883 143,259 100.0 _ 7.2 March 1996 15,907 138,679 80.0 80.0 8.7 March 1997 13,764 138,866 69.2 86.5 10.1 March 1998 12,279 132,973 61.8 89.2 10.8 March 1999 10,890 131,281 54.8 88.7 12.1 March 2000 9,958 130,971 50.1 91.4 13.2 March 2001 8,843 121,524 44.5 88.8 13.7 March 2002 8,199 114,322 41.2 92.7 13.9 March 2003 7,477 105,382 37.6 91.2 14.1 March 2004 6,946 104,312 34.9 92.9 15.0 March 2005 6,416 95,146 32.3 92.4 14.8 March 2006 6,066 95,250 30.5 94.5 15.7 March 2007 5,606 92,348 28.2 92.4 16.5 March 2008 5,308 91,045 26.7 94.7 17.2 March 2009 4,967 80,441 25.0 93.6 16.2 March 2010 4,628 79,210 23.3 93.2 17.1 March 2011 4,357 76,338 21.9 94.1 17.5 March 2012 4,187 76,493 21.1 96.1 18.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 21,344 137,063 100.0 _ 6.4 March 1997 17,064 141,080 79.9 79.9 8.3 March 1998 14,663 136,780 68.7 85.9 9.3 March 1999 12,770 133,221 59.8 87.1 10.4 March 2000 11,542 131,889 54.1 90.4 11.4 March 2001 10,317 123,181 48.3 89.4 11.9 March 2002 9,402 112,209 44.0 91.1 11.9 March 2003 8,556 109,833 40.1 91.0 12.8 March 2004 7,994 104,430 37.5 93.4 13.1 March 2005 7,339 103,236 34.4 91.8 14.1 March 2006 6,866 101,066 32.2 93.6 14.7 March 2007 6,347 97,707 29.7 92.4 15.4 March 2008 5,965 95,151 27.9 94.0 16.0 March 2009 5,558 88,404 26.0 93.2 15.9 March 2010 5,227 84,364 24.5 94.0 16.1 March 2011 4,878 81,417 22.9 93.3 16.7 March 2012 4,625 79,283 21.7 94.8 17.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 17,958 127,711 100.0 _ 7.1 March 1998 14,369 134,610 80.0 80.0 9.4 March 1999 12,057 120,179 67.1 83.9 10.0 March 2000 10,730 117,004 59.8 89.0 10.9 March 2001 9,518 110,650 53.0 88.7 11.6 March 2002 8,625 101,048 48.0 90.6 11.7 March 2003 7,824 95,629 43.6 90.7 12.2 March 2004 7,146 92,849 39.8 91.3 13.0 March 2005 6,564 87,949 36.6 91.9 13.4 March 2006 6,192 85,062 34.5 94.3 13.7 March 2007 5,656 80,968 31.5 91.3 14.3 March 2008 5,333 77,492 29.7 94.3 14.5 March 2009 4,885 69,149 27.2 91.6 14.2 March 2010 4,586 65,662 25.5 93.9 14.3 March 2011 4,287 63,325 23.9 93.5 14.8 March 2012 4,092 60,879 22.8 95.5 14.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 23,238 181,597 100.0 _ 7.8 March 1999 18,415 176,767 79.2 79.2 9.6 March 2000 16,016 178,125 68.9 87.0 11.1 March 2001 13,849 162,850 59.6 86.5 11.8 March 2002 12,494 149,477 53.8 90.2 12.0 March 2003 11,136 139,428 47.9 89.1 12.5 March 2004 10,123 132,544 43.6 90.9 13.1 March 2005 9,267 130,965 39.9 91.5 14.1 March 2006 8,651 130,771 37.2 93.4 15.1 March 2007 7,927 125,798 34.1 91.6 15.9 March 2008 7,382 122,094 31.8 93.1 16.5 March 2009 6,872 111,954 29.6 93.1 16.3 March 2010 6,354 108,831 27.3 92.5 17.1 March 2011 5,966 107,010 25.7 93.9 17.9 March 2012 5,676 107,057 24.4 95.1 18.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 23,270 199,275 100.0 _ 8.6 March 2000 18,242 190,520 78.4 78.4 10.4 March 2001 15,188 184,191 65.3 83.3 12.1 March 2002 13,502 173,682 58.0 88.9 12.9 March 2003 12,014 160,029 51.6 89.0 13.3 March 2004 11,063 157,603 47.5 92.1 14.2 March 2005 10,051 153,082 43.2 90.9 15.2 March 2006 9,483 149,897 40.8 94.3 15.8 March 2007 8,684 144,215 37.3 91.6 16.6 March 2008 8,127 138,495 34.9 93.6 17.0 March 2009 7,560 128,396 32.5 93.0 17.0 March 2010 6,974 122,490 30.0 92.2 17.6 March 2011 6,529 119,630 28.1 93.6 18.3 March 2012 6,209 117,629 26.7 95.1 18.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 25,891 183,342 100.0 _ 7.1 March 2001 19,595 178,799 75.7 75.7 9.1 March 2002 16,739 160,701 64.7 85.4 9.6 March 2003 14,482 149,134 55.9 86.5 10.3 March 2004 12,991 142,094 50.2 89.7 10.9 March 2005 11,747 135,983 45.4 90.4 11.6 March 2006 10,843 132,212 41.9 92.3 12.2 March 2007 9,929 128,195 38.3 91.6 12.9 March 2008 9,206 123,139 35.6 92.7 13.4 March 2009 8,401 112,492 32.4 91.3 13.4 March 2010 7,745 106,886 29.9 92.2 13.8 March 2011 7,193 105,752 27.8 92.9 14.7 March 2012 6,787 103,792 26.2 94.4 15.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 21,899 155,669 100.0 _ 7.1 March 2002 16,903 146,144 77.2 77.2 8.6 March 2003 14,121 136,281 64.5 83.5 9.7 March 2004 12,504 131,170 57.1 88.5 10.5 March 2005 11,148 127,190 50.9 89.2 11.4 March 2006 10,251 124,435 46.8 92.0 12.1 March 2007 9,257 120,319 42.3 90.3 13.0 March 2008 8,622 115,260 39.4 93.1 13.4 March 2009 7,888 104,842 36.0 91.5 13.3 March 2010 7,231 98,525 33.0 91.7 13.6 March 2011 6,712 96,106 30.6 92.8 14.3 March 2012 6,333 96,983 28.9 94.4 15.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 22,468 160,720 100.0 _ 7.2 March 2003 17,402 148,833 77.5 77.5 8.6 March 2004 14,865 138,585 66.2 85.4 9.3 March 2005 13,097 133,104 58.3 88.1 10.2 March 2006 11,968 130,012 53.3 91.4 10.9 March 2007 10,629 124,505 47.3 88.8 11.7 March 2008 9,771 121,364 43.5 91.9 12.4 March 2009 8,803 111,742 39.2 90.1 12.7 March 2010 7,984 106,189 35.5 90.7 13.3 March 2011 7,433 103,175 33.1 93.1 13.9 March 2012 6,971 102,029 31.0 93.8 14.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 22,470 133,627 100.0 _ 5.9 March 2004 17,415 127,805 77.5 77.5 7.3 March 2005 15,085 123,258 67.1 86.6 8.2 March 2006 13,555 121,697 60.3 89.9 9.0 March 2007 11,832 115,025 52.7 87.3 9.7 March 2008 10,667 111,308 47.5 90.2 10.4 March 2009 9,520 104,079 42.4 89.2 10.9 March 2010 8,583 97,518 38.2 90.2 11.4 March 2011 7,839 93,673 34.9 91.3 11.9 March 2012 7,288 90,937 32.4 93.0 12.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 21,867 121,060 100.0 _ 5.5 March 2005 17,674 117,740 80.8 80.8 6.7 March 2006 15,285 114,261 69.9 86.5 7.5 March 2007 13,181 108,841 60.3 86.2 8.3 March 2008 11,604 102,637 53.1 88.0 8.8 March 2009 10,368 94,477 47.4 89.3 9.1 March 2010 9,290 88,530 42.5 89.6 9.5 March 2011 8,534 87,477 39.0 91.9 10.3 March 2012 7,870 87,153 36.0 92.2 11.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 23,887 128,170 100.0 _ 5.4 March 2006 19,245 129,360 80.6 80.6 6.7 March 2007 15,974 122,293 66.9 83.0 7.7 March 2008 13,871 115,486 58.1 86.8 8.3 March 2009 12,082 102,692 50.6 87.1 8.5 March 2010 10,614 97,241 44.4 87.8 9.2 March 2011 9,594 93,577 40.2 90.4 9.8 March 2012 8,846 92,435 37.0 92.2 10.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 25,517 125,907 100.0 _ 4.9 March 2007 19,514 121,149 76.5 76.5 6.2 March 2008 16,540 116,408 64.8 84.8 7.0 March 2009 14,198 107,378 55.6 85.8 7.6 March 2010 12,368 99,793 48.5 87.1 8.1 March 2011 11,052 98,768 43.3 89.4 8.9 March 2012 10,035 98,125 39.3 90.8 9.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 22,786 108,702 100.0 _ 4.8 March 2008 17,695 102,775 77.7 77.7 5.8 March 2009 14,691 93,489 64.5 83.0 6.4 March 2010 12,566 87,521 55.1 85.5 7.0 March 2011 11,155 85,620 49.0 88.8 7.7 March 2012 10,176 83,237 44.7 91.2 8.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 21,987 109,664 100.0 _ 5.0 March 2009 16,601 96,140 75.5 75.5 5.8 March 2010 13,697 91,712 62.3 82.5 6.7 March 2011 11,981 87,706 54.5 87.5 7.3 March 2012 10,775 89,109 49.0 89.9 8.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 19,519 88,278 100.0 _ 4.5 March 2010 14,907 82,073 76.4 76.4 5.5 March 2011 12,685 80,799 65.0 85.1 6.4 March 2012 11,173 79,988 57.2 88.1 7.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 19,103 87,480 100.0 _ 4.6 March 2011 14,864 84,276 77.8 77.8 5.7 March 2012 12,786 84,344 66.9 86.0 6.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 19,632 83,612 100.0 _ 4.3 March 2012 15,376 84,253 78.3 78.3 5.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2012 March 2012 20,662 92,104 100.0 _ 4.5 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.