Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Total Private Texas 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 33,298 326,968 100.0 _ 9.8 March 1995 27,258 325,658 81.9 81.9 11.9 March 1996 23,997 317,236 72.1 88.0 13.2 March 1997 21,746 313,039 65.3 90.6 14.4 March 1998 19,584 311,286 58.8 90.1 15.9 March 1999 17,987 308,955 54.0 91.8 17.2 March 2000 16,448 299,406 49.4 91.4 18.2 March 2001 15,239 289,700 45.8 92.6 19.0 March 2002 14,129 269,190 42.4 92.7 19.1 March 2003 13,106 249,794 39.4 92.8 19.1 March 2004 12,237 241,612 36.7 93.4 19.7 March 2005 11,612 237,175 34.9 94.9 20.4 March 2006 10,964 235,517 32.9 94.4 21.5 March 2007 10,494 239,112 31.5 95.7 22.8 March 2008 9,975 236,877 30.0 95.1 23.7 March 2009 9,569 220,535 28.7 95.9 23.0 March 2010 9,141 211,447 27.5 95.5 23.1 March 2011 8,858 209,220 26.6 96.9 23.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 43,197 388,317 100.0 _ 9.0 March 1996 35,001 386,218 81.0 81.0 11.0 March 1997 31,021 387,170 71.8 88.6 12.5 March 1998 27,452 384,238 63.6 88.5 14.0 March 1999 24,813 370,355 57.4 90.4 14.9 March 2000 22,495 357,123 52.1 90.7 15.9 March 2001 20,572 348,353 47.6 91.5 16.9 March 2002 18,832 322,414 43.6 91.5 17.1 March 2003 17,389 308,495 40.3 92.3 17.7 March 2004 16,250 303,664 37.6 93.4 18.7 March 2005 15,369 297,056 35.6 94.6 19.3 March 2006 14,532 297,884 33.6 94.6 20.5 March 2007 13,795 294,050 31.9 94.9 21.3 March 2008 13,274 290,647 30.7 96.2 21.9 March 2009 12,681 272,245 29.4 95.5 21.5 March 2010 12,201 262,945 28.2 96.2 21.6 March 2011 11,731 262,643 27.2 96.1 22.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 35,164 299,853 100.0 _ 8.5 March 1997 28,900 309,896 82.2 82.2 10.7 March 1998 24,744 310,331 70.4 85.6 12.5 March 1999 21,943 303,134 62.4 88.7 13.8 March 2000 19,591 298,958 55.7 89.3 15.3 March 2001 17,790 290,111 50.6 90.8 16.3 March 2002 16,191 262,220 46.0 91.0 16.2 March 2003 14,852 245,689 42.2 91.7 16.5 March 2004 13,820 233,976 39.3 93.1 16.9 March 2005 13,091 234,115 37.2 94.7 17.9 March 2006 12,259 240,922 34.9 93.6 19.7 March 2007 11,737 236,874 33.4 95.7 20.2 March 2008 11,110 234,780 31.6 94.7 21.1 March 2009 10,613 219,608 30.2 95.5 20.7 March 2010 10,143 208,626 28.8 95.6 20.6 March 2011 9,694 205,002 27.6 95.6 21.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 51,777 383,712 100.0 _ 7.4 March 1998 41,088 405,584 79.4 79.4 9.9 March 1999 35,821 406,960 69.2 87.2 11.4 March 2000 31,595 403,656 61.0 88.2 12.8 March 2001 28,283 398,142 54.6 89.5 14.1 March 2002 25,387 365,723 49.0 89.8 14.4 March 2003 22,909 341,496 44.2 90.2 14.9 March 2004 21,218 332,479 41.0 92.6 15.7 March 2005 19,998 331,649 38.6 94.3 16.6 March 2006 18,920 335,166 36.5 94.6 17.7 March 2007 17,924 332,767 34.6 94.7 18.6 March 2008 16,975 332,684 32.8 94.7 19.6 March 2009 16,046 312,291 31.0 94.5 19.5 March 2010 15,304 296,882 29.6 95.4 19.4 March 2011 14,586 296,680 28.2 95.3 20.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 43,789 373,519 100.0 _ 8.5 March 1999 34,822 378,826 79.5 79.5 10.9 March 2000 29,588 375,696 67.6 85.0 12.7 March 2001 25,988 372,969 59.3 87.8 14.4 March 2002 23,307 342,180 53.2 89.7 14.7 March 2003 20,683 320,440 47.2 88.7 15.5 March 2004 18,964 313,205 43.3 91.7 16.5 March 2005 17,741 313,017 40.5 93.6 17.6 March 2006 16,808 314,615 38.4 94.7 18.7 March 2007 15,862 316,477 36.2 94.4 20.0 March 2008 14,808 313,519 33.8 93.4 21.2 March 2009 14,066 298,767 32.1 95.0 21.2 March 2010 13,557 286,385 31.0 96.4 21.1 March 2011 12,927 289,140 29.5 95.4 22.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 41,261 319,462 100.0 _ 7.7 March 2000 32,577 335,215 79.0 79.0 10.3 March 2001 27,676 329,647 67.1 85.0 11.9 March 2002 23,911 300,704 58.0 86.4 12.6 March 2003 21,089 280,859 51.1 88.2 13.3 March 2004 19,094 273,621 46.3 90.5 14.3 March 2005 17,591 268,680 42.6 92.1 15.3 March 2006 16,385 270,534 39.7 93.1 16.5 March 2007 15,459 270,638 37.5 94.3 17.5 March 2008 14,483 266,517 35.1 93.7 18.4 March 2009 13,691 251,545 33.2 94.5 18.4 March 2010 12,949 240,122 31.4 94.6 18.5 March 2011 12,275 240,153 29.7 94.8 19.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 43,650 333,347 100.0 _ 7.6 March 2001 34,289 337,961 78.6 78.6 9.9 March 2002 28,937 316,015 66.3 84.4 10.9 March 2003 24,988 295,096 57.2 86.4 11.8 March 2004 22,505 288,681 51.6 90.1 12.8 March 2005 20,475 282,847 46.9 91.0 13.8 March 2006 19,027 285,485 43.6 92.9 15.0 March 2007 17,905 284,494 41.0 94.1 15.9 March 2008 16,726 282,593 38.3 93.4 16.9 March 2009 15,733 266,701 36.0 94.1 17.0 March 2010 14,878 253,314 34.1 94.6 17.0 March 2011 14,121 255,684 32.4 94.9 18.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 41,307 298,352 100.0 _ 7.2 March 2002 31,398 285,007 76.0 76.0 9.1 March 2003 26,448 271,511 64.0 84.2 10.3 March 2004 23,491 262,155 56.9 88.8 11.2 March 2005 21,289 260,410 51.5 90.6 12.2 March 2006 19,473 265,971 47.1 91.5 13.7 March 2007 18,095 263,236 43.8 92.9 14.5 March 2008 16,965 264,216 41.1 93.8 15.6 March 2009 15,852 243,194 38.4 93.4 15.3 March 2010 14,983 228,400 36.3 94.5 15.2 March 2011 14,135 230,844 34.2 94.3 16.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 43,834 326,717 100.0 _ 7.5 March 2003 34,088 311,668 77.8 77.8 9.1 March 2004 29,162 305,678 66.5 85.5 10.5 March 2005 25,710 301,133 58.7 88.2 11.7 March 2006 23,468 301,963 53.5 91.3 12.9 March 2007 21,619 300,420 49.3 92.1 13.9 March 2008 20,010 298,863 45.6 92.6 14.9 March 2009 18,777 280,172 42.8 93.8 14.9 March 2010 17,512 266,450 40.0 93.3 15.2 March 2011 16,453 264,623 37.5 94.0 16.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 43,319 308,351 100.0 _ 7.1 March 2004 33,837 302,550 78.1 78.1 8.9 March 2005 29,484 302,142 68.1 87.1 10.2 March 2006 26,237 306,884 60.6 89.0 11.7 March 2007 23,824 311,734 55.0 90.8 13.1 March 2008 21,722 305,352 50.1 91.2 14.1 March 2009 20,033 289,869 46.2 92.2 14.5 March 2010 18,754 275,254 43.3 93.6 14.7 March 2011 17,603 277,065 40.6 93.9 15.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 42,683 290,497 100.0 _ 6.8 March 2005 33,887 293,332 79.4 79.4 8.7 March 2006 29,611 302,410 69.4 87.4 10.2 March 2007 26,252 305,491 61.5 88.7 11.6 March 2008 23,574 302,075 55.2 89.8 12.8 March 2009 21,596 284,151 50.6 91.6 13.2 March 2010 19,860 270,785 46.5 92.0 13.6 March 2011 18,499 272,597 43.3 93.1 14.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 42,860 270,730 100.0 _ 6.3 March 2006 34,183 284,119 79.8 79.8 8.3 March 2007 29,532 288,815 68.9 86.4 9.8 March 2008 26,458 286,844 61.7 89.6 10.8 March 2009 23,808 269,371 55.5 90.0 11.3 March 2010 21,601 255,243 50.4 90.7 11.8 March 2011 20,025 260,088 46.7 92.7 13.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 44,458 283,483 100.0 _ 6.4 March 2007 35,332 294,347 79.5 79.5 8.3 March 2008 30,170 293,377 67.9 85.4 9.7 March 2009 26,593 270,868 59.8 88.1 10.2 March 2010 23,909 258,006 53.8 89.9 10.8 March 2011 21,988 258,813 49.5 92.0 11.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 46,304 294,834 100.0 _ 6.4 March 2008 36,100 298,962 78.0 78.0 8.3 March 2009 30,615 282,801 66.1 84.8 9.2 March 2010 27,095 265,242 58.5 88.5 9.8 March 2011 24,461 266,470 52.8 90.3 10.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 45,750 272,038 100.0 _ 5.9 March 2009 35,245 258,667 77.0 77.0 7.3 March 2010 30,245 249,028 66.1 85.8 8.2 March 2011 26,831 251,123 58.6 88.7 9.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 41,913 233,874 100.0 _ 5.6 March 2010 32,717 223,857 78.1 78.1 6.8 March 2011 28,359 230,862 67.7 86.7 8.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 38,760 211,394 100.0 _ 5.5 March 2011 30,347 216,064 78.3 78.3 7.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 41,214 219,444 100.0 _ 5.3 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.