Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Total Private Ohio 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 20,097 182,164 100.0 _ 9.1 March 1995 15,028 188,969 74.8 74.8 12.6 March 1996 13,202 184,431 65.7 87.8 14.0 March 1997 12,024 185,146 59.8 91.1 15.4 March 1998 11,016 185,176 54.8 91.6 16.8 March 1999 10,297 174,712 51.2 93.5 17.0 March 2000 9,655 174,148 48.0 93.8 18.0 March 2001 8,923 166,624 44.4 92.4 18.7 March 2002 8,327 153,658 41.4 93.3 18.5 March 2003 7,793 144,772 38.8 93.6 18.6 March 2004 7,416 142,090 36.9 95.2 19.2 March 2005 7,049 138,750 35.1 95.1 19.7 March 2006 6,743 136,509 33.6 95.7 20.2 March 2007 6,480 134,341 32.2 96.1 20.7 March 2008 6,120 130,400 30.5 94.4 21.3 March 2009 5,832 120,641 29.0 95.3 20.7 March 2010 5,486 115,766 27.3 94.1 21.1 March 2011 5,331 116,683 26.5 97.2 21.9 March 2012 5,109 116,978 25.4 95.8 22.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 22,472 171,101 100.0 _ 7.6 March 1996 18,267 175,663 81.3 81.3 9.6 March 1997 16,079 172,223 71.6 88.0 10.7 March 1998 14,367 170,991 63.9 89.4 11.9 March 1999 13,130 169,702 58.4 91.4 12.9 March 2000 12,208 165,383 54.3 93.0 13.5 March 2001 11,289 160,589 50.2 92.5 14.2 March 2002 10,517 152,692 46.8 93.2 14.5 March 2003 9,940 141,888 44.2 94.5 14.3 March 2004 9,437 139,082 42.0 94.9 14.7 March 2005 8,831 137,180 39.3 93.6 15.5 March 2006 8,413 136,491 37.4 95.3 16.2 March 2007 7,941 131,956 35.3 94.4 16.6 March 2008 7,573 126,604 33.7 95.4 16.7 March 2009 7,225 115,652 32.2 95.4 16.0 March 2010 6,817 106,372 30.3 94.4 15.6 March 2011 6,558 106,885 29.2 96.2 16.3 March 2012 6,304 107,754 28.1 96.1 17.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 20,921 176,070 100.0 _ 8.4 March 1997 16,998 177,043 81.2 81.2 10.4 March 1998 14,813 174,663 70.8 87.1 11.8 March 1999 13,414 175,091 64.1 90.6 13.1 March 2000 12,291 172,107 58.7 91.6 14.0 March 2001 11,202 163,343 53.5 91.1 14.6 March 2002 10,319 153,529 49.3 92.1 14.9 March 2003 9,614 145,922 46.0 93.2 15.2 March 2004 9,118 144,350 43.6 94.8 15.8 March 2005 8,641 140,411 41.3 94.8 16.2 March 2006 8,102 135,124 38.7 93.8 16.7 March 2007 7,671 130,044 36.7 94.7 17.0 March 2008 7,227 127,652 34.5 94.2 17.7 March 2009 6,861 120,568 32.8 94.9 17.6 March 2010 6,510 115,583 31.1 94.9 17.8 March 2011 6,278 114,276 30.0 96.4 18.2 March 2012 6,030 114,568 28.8 96.0 19.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 19,801 162,727 100.0 _ 8.2 March 1998 15,850 169,905 80.0 80.0 10.7 March 1999 14,038 161,089 70.9 88.6 11.5 March 2000 12,685 160,211 64.1 90.4 12.6 March 2001 11,433 150,511 57.7 90.1 13.2 March 2002 10,272 140,421 51.9 89.8 13.7 March 2003 9,456 132,434 47.8 92.1 14.0 March 2004 8,860 130,614 44.7 93.7 14.7 March 2005 8,449 126,645 42.7 95.4 15.0 March 2006 8,010 125,173 40.5 94.8 15.6 March 2007 7,502 120,459 37.9 93.7 16.1 March 2008 7,004 112,438 35.4 93.4 16.1 March 2009 6,604 103,263 33.4 94.3 15.6 March 2010 6,275 99,145 31.7 95.0 15.8 March 2011 5,957 97,287 30.1 94.9 16.3 March 2012 5,680 97,647 28.7 95.4 17.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 18,878 156,159 100.0 _ 8.3 March 1999 15,320 157,445 81.2 81.2 10.3 March 2000 13,636 158,218 72.2 89.0 11.6 March 2001 12,080 153,233 64.0 88.6 12.7 March 2002 10,776 141,196 57.1 89.2 13.1 March 2003 9,755 131,603 51.7 90.5 13.5 March 2004 9,122 128,401 48.3 93.5 14.1 March 2005 8,458 123,822 44.8 92.7 14.6 March 2006 7,919 121,425 41.9 93.6 15.3 March 2007 7,466 118,523 39.5 94.3 15.9 March 2008 6,936 113,092 36.7 92.9 16.3 March 2009 6,632 103,226 35.1 95.6 15.6 March 2010 6,202 99,100 32.9 93.5 16.0 March 2011 5,982 98,753 31.7 96.5 16.5 March 2012 5,715 100,397 30.3 95.5 17.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 18,755 168,478 100.0 _ 9.0 March 2000 15,482 175,819 82.5 82.5 11.4 March 2001 13,428 172,914 71.6 86.7 12.9 March 2002 11,751 161,717 62.7 87.5 13.8 March 2003 10,608 156,378 56.6 90.3 14.7 March 2004 9,832 153,206 52.4 92.7 15.6 March 2005 9,148 148,903 48.8 93.0 16.3 March 2006 8,527 151,297 45.5 93.2 17.7 March 2007 7,962 144,998 42.5 93.4 18.2 March 2008 7,478 141,728 39.9 93.9 19.0 March 2009 6,972 132,265 37.2 93.2 19.0 March 2010 6,548 127,470 34.9 93.9 19.5 March 2011 6,251 126,141 33.3 95.5 20.2 March 2012 5,979 126,635 31.9 95.6 21.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 18,625 154,924 100.0 _ 8.3 March 2001 14,890 158,869 79.9 79.9 10.7 March 2002 12,639 149,181 67.9 84.9 11.8 March 2003 11,259 146,787 60.5 89.1 13.0 March 2004 10,330 147,692 55.5 91.7 14.3 March 2005 9,408 145,246 50.5 91.1 15.4 March 2006 8,772 141,426 47.1 93.2 16.1 March 2007 8,198 138,231 44.0 93.5 16.9 March 2008 7,546 128,534 40.5 92.0 17.0 March 2009 7,084 118,823 38.0 93.9 16.8 March 2010 6,543 112,877 35.1 92.4 17.3 March 2011 6,289 112,899 33.8 96.1 18.0 March 2012 5,978 113,204 32.1 95.1 18.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 18,432 137,476 100.0 _ 7.5 March 2002 14,513 132,884 78.7 78.7 9.2 March 2003 12,355 125,976 67.0 85.1 10.2 March 2004 11,220 125,362 60.9 90.8 11.2 March 2005 10,136 123,391 55.0 90.3 12.2 March 2006 9,372 122,701 50.8 92.5 13.1 March 2007 8,701 120,223 47.2 92.8 13.8 March 2008 7,976 116,806 43.3 91.7 14.6 March 2009 7,480 108,669 40.6 93.8 14.5 March 2010 6,995 102,809 38.0 93.5 14.7 March 2011 6,679 99,848 36.2 95.5 14.9 March 2012 6,286 100,471 34.1 94.1 16.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 18,491 142,912 100.0 _ 7.7 March 2003 14,734 139,705 79.7 79.7 9.5 March 2004 12,599 135,225 68.1 85.5 10.7 March 2005 11,156 132,511 60.3 88.5 11.9 March 2006 10,236 132,403 55.4 91.8 12.9 March 2007 9,248 130,045 50.0 90.3 14.1 March 2008 8,525 125,447 46.1 92.2 14.7 March 2009 7,866 115,844 42.5 92.3 14.7 March 2010 7,260 109,653 39.3 92.3 15.1 March 2011 6,948 110,945 37.6 95.7 16.0 March 2012 6,563 110,105 35.5 94.5 16.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 17,452 118,767 100.0 _ 6.8 March 2004 14,059 117,117 80.6 80.6 8.3 March 2005 12,125 116,260 69.5 86.2 9.6 March 2006 10,951 115,184 62.7 90.3 10.5 March 2007 9,831 109,885 56.3 89.8 11.2 March 2008 8,784 106,714 50.3 89.4 12.1 March 2009 7,969 99,993 45.7 90.7 12.5 March 2010 7,308 94,411 41.9 91.7 12.9 March 2011 6,924 93,374 39.7 94.7 13.5 March 2012 6,509 93,861 37.3 94.0 14.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 17,208 115,230 100.0 _ 6.7 March 2005 13,799 110,073 80.2 80.2 8.0 March 2006 12,180 108,745 70.8 88.3 8.9 March 2007 10,763 105,831 62.5 88.4 9.8 March 2008 9,574 102,256 55.6 89.0 10.7 March 2009 8,664 95,334 50.3 90.5 11.0 March 2010 7,906 90,810 45.9 91.3 11.5 March 2011 7,446 90,862 43.3 94.2 12.2 March 2012 6,960 90,041 40.4 93.5 12.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 17,380 113,899 100.0 _ 6.6 March 2006 14,179 113,744 81.6 81.6 8.0 March 2007 12,183 111,827 70.1 85.9 9.2 March 2008 10,588 105,360 60.9 86.9 10.0 March 2009 9,522 96,386 54.8 89.9 10.1 March 2010 8,634 90,774 49.7 90.7 10.5 March 2011 8,117 90,947 46.7 94.0 11.2 March 2012 7,561 91,235 43.5 93.2 12.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 18,676 106,907 100.0 _ 5.7 March 2007 14,661 106,996 78.5 78.5 7.3 March 2008 12,395 103,028 66.4 84.5 8.3 March 2009 10,875 95,821 58.2 87.7 8.8 March 2010 9,622 90,222 51.5 88.5 9.4 March 2011 8,899 92,482 47.6 92.5 10.4 March 2012 8,282 93,702 44.3 93.1 11.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 16,375 98,255 100.0 _ 6.0 March 2008 12,528 95,566 76.5 76.5 7.6 March 2009 10,627 88,478 64.9 84.8 8.3 March 2010 9,352 84,590 57.1 88.0 9.0 March 2011 8,607 84,744 52.6 92.0 9.8 March 2012 7,828 85,825 47.8 90.9 11.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 16,378 88,570 100.0 _ 5.4 March 2009 12,428 85,958 75.9 75.9 6.9 March 2010 10,615 84,592 64.8 85.4 8.0 March 2011 9,635 86,578 58.8 90.8 9.0 March 2012 8,757 87,470 53.5 90.9 10.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 13,680 69,291 100.0 _ 5.1 March 2010 10,340 65,549 75.6 75.6 6.3 March 2011 9,097 69,638 66.5 88.0 7.7 March 2012 8,132 70,515 59.4 89.4 8.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 12,985 63,565 100.0 _ 4.9 March 2011 10,316 66,420 79.4 79.4 6.4 March 2012 8,873 68,036 68.3 86.0 7.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 13,892 69,282 100.0 _ 5.0 March 2012 11,002 73,107 79.2 79.2 6.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2012 March 2012 16,258 84,876 100.0 _ 5.2 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.