Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by age Retail Trade Age Class March 1994 March 1995 March 1996 March 1997 March 1998 March 1999 Less than one year 80,584 83,219 81,674 83,466 79,523 77,370 1 year _ 66,729 68,310 66,896 68,377 66,021 2 years _ _ 57,635 59,723 57,831 60,058 3 years _ _ _ 51,489 53,006 51,797 4 years _ _ _ _ 46,452 48,002 5 years _ _ _ _ _ 42,247 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 865,792 805,317 747,466 700,103 653,552 614,446 Total 946,376 955,265 955,085 961,677 958,741 959,941 Age Class March 2000 March 2001 March 2002 March 2003 March 2004 March 2005 Less than one year 76,459 63,618 67,062 66,018 63,334 64,356 1 year 64,693 63,725 58,391 58,658 58,933 56,537 2 years 57,567 56,068 57,284 51,161 52,370 52,092 3 years 53,268 50,798 49,998 51,035 46,049 47,318 4 years 46,708 47,728 45,662 45,443 46,813 41,866 5 years 43,453 42,526 42,780 41,439 41,551 43,206 6 years 38,651 39,799 38,665 39,267 38,145 38,502 7 years _ 35,614 36,324 35,692 36,356 35,437 8 years _ _ 32,764 33,812 33,256 33,482 9 years _ _ _ 30,629 31,693 31,019 10 years _ _ _ _ 28,757 29,691 11 years _ _ _ _ _ 27,206 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 576,680 542,083 508,832 481,396 456,129 433,291 Total 957,479 941,959 937,762 934,550 933,386 934,003 Age Class March 2006 March 2007 March 2008 March 2009 March 2010 March 2011 Less than one year 65,437 64,200 59,967 54,748 49,240 52,487 1 year 58,803 59,021 56,561 52,549 47,916 44,142 2 years 50,143 52,513 51,829 49,380 46,571 43,581 3 years 46,662 45,139 47,124 45,467 44,074 42,517 4 years 43,153 42,448 40,845 42,003 40,748 40,510 5 years 38,416 39,962 38,764 36,725 38,201 37,657 6 years 40,164 35,691 37,230 35,335 33,798 35,642 7 years 35,837 37,695 33,857 34,364 32,992 31,631 8 years 33,493 33,482 35,614 31,478 32,317 31,147 9 years 32,159 31,472 31,716 33,303 29,565 30,564 10 years 29,077 30,276 29,643 29,594 31,225 28,069 11 years 27,859 27,480 28,681 27,731 28,032 30,081 12 years 25,818 26,361 26,175 26,877 26,238 26,818 13 years _ 24,519 25,415 24,692 25,520 25,157 14 years _ _ 23,312 23,915 23,586 24,368 15 years _ _ _ 21,962 22,736 22,472 16 years _ _ _ _ 20,854 21,759 17 years _ _ _ _ _ 19,884 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 413,758 395,730 379,691 361,661 346,770 334,062 Total 940,779 945,989 946,424 931,784 920,383 922,548 Age Class March 2012 Less than one year 52,835 1 year 46,599 2 years 39,251 3 years 39,739 4 years 38,996 5 years 37,326 6 years 35,095 7 years 33,430 8 years 29,683 9 years 29,398 10 years 28,971 11 years 26,601 12 years 28,790 13 years 25,769 14 years 24,165 15 years 23,303 16 years 21,416 17 years 20,996 18 years 18,897 Born before March 1993 321,925 Total 923,185 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.