Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by age Manufacturing Age Class March 1994 March 1995 March 1996 March 1997 March 1998 March 1999 Less than one year 26,490 28,108 27,575 27,062 26,711 24,133 1 year _ 21,949 23,164 22,283 22,039 21,951 2 years _ _ 18,917 20,183 19,223 19,126 3 years _ _ _ 17,046 17,903 17,190 4 years _ _ _ _ 15,405 16,154 5 years _ _ _ _ _ 14,051 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 338,155 318,059 300,797 286,259 271,620 259,261 Total 364,645 368,116 370,453 372,833 372,901 371,866 Age Class March 2000 March 2001 March 2002 March 2003 March 2004 March 2005 Less than one year 23,468 19,542 18,259 17,618 16,596 16,123 1 year 19,915 19,099 17,383 15,306 15,302 14,951 2 years 18,820 17,028 16,439 14,869 13,344 13,524 3 years 17,010 16,520 14,584 14,301 13,204 11,915 4 years 15,443 15,028 14,450 12,986 12,762 12,217 5 years 14,724 14,050 13,455 12,951 11,771 11,613 6 years 12,864 13,614 12,627 12,238 11,894 10,795 7 years _ 11,837 12,332 11,613 11,313 11,060 8 years _ _ 10,783 11,342 10,843 10,597 9 years _ _ _ 10,006 10,548 10,148 10 years _ _ _ _ 9,320 9,828 11 years _ _ _ _ _ 8,806 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 247,028 235,141 221,716 210,119 200,181 191,207 Total 369,272 361,859 352,028 343,349 337,078 332,784 Age Class March 2006 March 2007 March 2008 March 2009 March 2010 March 2011 Less than one year 16,100 16,288 15,625 13,840 12,091 13,264 1 year 14,839 14,588 14,440 13,532 11,181 10,618 2 years 13,351 13,307 12,880 12,516 11,337 9,871 3 years 12,173 11,967 11,884 11,159 10,632 10,187 4 years 10,884 11,186 10,855 10,489 9,722 9,710 5 years 11,188 10,110 10,217 9,641 9,319 8,902 6 years 10,864 10,432 9,473 9,148 8,729 8,720 7 years 10,164 10,094 9,701 8,551 8,263 8,198 8 years 10,391 9,581 9,438 8,870 7,798 7,792 9 years 10,057 9,781 9,054 8,640 8,120 7,394 10 years 9,639 9,496 9,340 8,363 7,897 7,639 11 years 9,363 9,205 8,992 8,652 7,722 7,527 12 years 8,431 8,860 8,764 8,415 7,998 7,390 13 years _ 8,018 8,417 8,185 7,790 7,675 14 years _ _ 7,659 7,896 7,585 7,475 15 years _ _ _ 7,178 7,401 7,309 16 years _ _ _ _ 6,746 7,130 17 years _ _ _ _ _ 6,437 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 183,983 176,849 170,531 162,728 155,016 149,835 Total 331,427 329,762 327,270 317,803 305,347 303,073 Age Class March 2012 Less than one year 13,532 1 year 11,384 2 years 9,270 3 years 8,882 4 years 9,254 5 years 8,949 6 years 8,368 7 years 8,186 8 years 7,731 9 years 7,430 10 years 7,016 11 years 7,236 12 years 7,164 13 years 7,097 14 years 7,359 15 years 7,199 16 years 7,017 17 years 6,795 18 years 6,142 Born before March 1993 144,883 Total 300,894 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.