Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 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 61,824 261,247 100.0 _ 4.2 March 1995 49,803 273,021 80.6 80.6 5.5 March 1996 43,122 271,916 69.7 86.6 6.3 March 1997 38,417 273,152 62.1 89.1 7.1 March 1998 34,501 281,632 55.8 89.8 8.2 March 1999 31,752 275,912 51.4 92.0 8.7 March 2000 28,913 271,772 46.8 91.1 9.4 March 2001 26,336 266,550 42.6 91.1 10.1 March 2002 24,147 238,148 39.1 91.7 9.9 March 2003 22,407 229,655 36.2 92.8 10.2 March 2004 21,059 218,316 34.1 94.0 10.4 March 2005 19,892 216,487 32.2 94.5 10.9 March 2006 18,979 217,620 30.7 95.4 11.5 March 2007 17,815 205,015 28.8 93.9 11.5 March 2008 16,953 202,810 27.4 95.2 12.0 March 2009 15,981 188,301 25.8 94.3 11.8 March 2010 15,050 178,913 24.3 94.2 11.9 March 2011 14,392 179,052 23.3 95.6 12.4 March 2012 13,720 179,285 22.2 95.3 13.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 68,161 264,667 100.0 _ 3.9 March 1996 54,425 275,475 79.8 79.8 5.1 March 1997 47,332 286,807 69.4 87.0 6.1 March 1998 41,903 287,384 61.5 88.5 6.9 March 1999 38,145 290,243 56.0 91.0 7.6 March 2000 34,245 291,769 50.2 89.8 8.5 March 2001 30,884 287,241 45.3 90.2 9.3 March 2002 28,231 253,194 41.4 91.4 9.0 March 2003 26,224 236,900 38.5 92.9 9.0 March 2004 24,563 227,409 36.0 93.7 9.3 March 2005 23,091 232,184 33.9 94.0 10.1 March 2006 21,814 234,067 32.0 94.5 10.7 March 2007 20,507 232,819 30.1 94.0 11.4 March 2008 19,376 228,926 28.4 94.5 11.8 March 2009 18,148 210,904 26.6 93.7 11.6 March 2010 17,169 203,080 25.2 94.6 11.8 March 2011 16,413 202,908 24.1 95.6 12.4 March 2012 15,480 194,963 22.7 94.3 12.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 71,905 270,760 100.0 _ 3.8 March 1997 57,351 286,326 79.8 79.8 5.0 March 1998 49,339 292,926 68.6 86.0 5.9 March 1999 44,097 292,038 61.3 89.4 6.6 March 2000 39,186 300,677 54.5 88.9 7.7 March 2001 34,977 290,811 48.6 89.3 8.3 March 2002 31,475 255,418 43.8 90.0 8.1 March 2003 28,680 242,436 39.9 91.1 8.5 March 2004 26,527 233,889 36.9 92.5 8.8 March 2005 24,836 234,764 34.5 93.6 9.5 March 2006 23,425 231,748 32.6 94.3 9.9 March 2007 21,795 227,133 30.3 93.0 10.4 March 2008 20,611 223,356 28.7 94.6 10.8 March 2009 19,182 208,338 26.7 93.1 10.9 March 2010 17,879 196,660 24.9 93.2 11.0 March 2011 17,073 196,005 23.7 95.5 11.5 March 2012 16,282 192,353 22.6 95.4 11.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 79,043 328,377 100.0 _ 4.2 March 1998 62,340 355,216 78.9 78.9 5.7 March 1999 54,628 363,200 69.1 87.6 6.6 March 2000 47,603 373,574 60.2 87.1 7.8 March 2001 41,872 374,751 53.0 88.0 8.9 March 2002 37,135 321,001 47.0 88.7 8.6 March 2003 33,597 294,005 42.5 90.5 8.8 March 2004 30,892 276,590 39.1 91.9 9.0 March 2005 28,763 272,965 36.4 93.1 9.5 March 2006 27,080 272,206 34.3 94.1 10.1 March 2007 25,164 269,552 31.8 92.9 10.7 March 2008 23,831 264,774 30.1 94.7 11.1 March 2009 22,007 244,564 27.8 92.3 11.1 March 2010 20,467 229,759 25.9 93.0 11.2 March 2011 19,441 225,647 24.6 95.0 11.6 March 2012 18,393 224,230 23.3 94.6 12.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 82,944 320,952 100.0 _ 3.9 March 1999 66,879 337,417 80.6 80.6 5.0 March 2000 56,434 355,610 68.0 84.4 6.3 March 2001 48,833 364,698 58.9 86.5 7.5 March 2002 42,604 320,558 51.4 87.2 7.5 March 2003 38,094 301,384 45.9 89.4 7.9 March 2004 34,683 292,767 41.8 91.0 8.4 March 2005 32,142 290,256 38.8 92.7 9.0 March 2006 30,139 298,841 36.3 93.8 9.9 March 2007 27,935 298,598 33.7 92.7 10.7 March 2008 26,235 297,092 31.6 93.9 11.3 March 2009 24,280 280,995 29.3 92.5 11.6 March 2010 22,643 264,480 27.3 93.3 11.7 March 2011 21,388 263,059 25.8 94.5 12.3 March 2012 20,187 269,785 24.3 94.4 13.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 83,580 346,763 100.0 _ 4.1 March 2000 65,677 378,288 78.6 78.6 5.8 March 2001 55,163 384,139 66.0 84.0 7.0 March 2002 47,676 334,193 57.0 86.4 7.0 March 2003 42,204 306,753 50.5 88.5 7.3 March 2004 38,186 292,799 45.7 90.5 7.7 March 2005 34,973 288,265 41.8 91.6 8.2 March 2006 32,550 296,425 38.9 93.1 9.1 March 2007 29,950 295,504 35.8 92.0 9.9 March 2008 28,006 293,269 33.5 93.5 10.5 March 2009 25,682 270,563 30.7 91.7 10.5 March 2010 23,804 257,300 28.5 92.7 10.8 March 2011 22,468 254,369 26.9 94.4 11.3 March 2012 21,315 243,863 25.5 94.9 11.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 82,242 354,511 100.0 _ 4.3 March 2001 63,934 388,248 77.7 77.7 6.1 March 2002 55,844 343,899 67.9 87.3 6.2 March 2003 48,784 317,925 59.3 87.4 6.5 March 2004 43,805 317,841 53.3 89.8 7.3 March 2005 40,017 312,849 48.7 91.4 7.8 March 2006 36,940 321,197 44.9 92.3 8.7 March 2007 34,150 322,334 41.5 92.4 9.4 March 2008 31,712 321,896 38.6 92.9 10.2 March 2009 28,965 300,035 35.2 91.3 10.4 March 2010 26,758 282,508 32.5 92.4 10.6 March 2011 25,147 277,831 30.6 94.0 11.0 March 2012 23,547 271,287 28.6 93.6 11.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 77,249 342,168 100.0 _ 4.4 March 2002 66,732 342,254 86.4 86.4 5.1 March 2003 56,785 317,726 73.5 85.1 5.6 March 2004 49,769 308,169 64.4 87.6 6.2 March 2005 44,757 308,041 57.9 89.9 6.9 March 2006 40,858 314,448 52.9 91.3 7.7 March 2007 37,270 307,875 48.2 91.2 8.3 March 2008 34,427 305,071 44.6 92.4 8.9 March 2009 31,273 287,170 40.5 90.8 9.2 March 2010 28,830 266,415 37.3 92.2 9.2 March 2011 26,941 262,526 34.9 93.4 9.7 March 2012 25,314 256,706 32.8 94.0 10.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 80,757 334,900 100.0 _ 4.1 March 2003 67,487 333,588 83.6 83.6 4.9 March 2004 55,818 313,679 69.1 82.7 5.6 March 2005 50,123 316,554 62.1 89.8 6.3 March 2006 45,846 323,069 56.8 91.5 7.0 March 2007 41,931 324,544 51.9 91.5 7.7 March 2008 38,663 320,379 47.9 92.2 8.3 March 2009 35,027 295,597 43.4 90.6 8.4 March 2010 32,077 273,209 39.7 91.6 8.5 March 2011 29,983 267,825 37.1 93.5 8.9 March 2012 27,972 265,584 34.6 93.3 9.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 73,797 270,606 100.0 _ 3.7 March 2004 63,104 285,317 85.5 85.5 4.5 March 2005 55,017 293,233 74.6 87.2 5.3 March 2006 49,292 301,267 66.8 89.6 6.1 March 2007 44,250 299,482 60.0 89.8 6.8 March 2008 40,354 294,804 54.7 91.2 7.3 March 2009 35,953 276,104 48.7 89.1 7.7 March 2010 32,788 260,309 44.4 91.2 7.9 March 2011 30,458 256,901 41.3 92.9 8.4 March 2012 28,362 256,092 38.4 93.1 9.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 72,163 258,824 100.0 _ 3.6 March 2005 62,972 282,571 87.3 87.3 4.5 March 2006 55,926 292,884 77.5 88.8 5.2 March 2007 49,658 291,058 68.8 88.8 5.9 March 2008 44,657 283,988 61.9 89.9 6.4 March 2009 39,669 263,206 55.0 88.8 6.6 March 2010 35,660 245,716 49.4 89.9 6.9 March 2011 32,986 242,934 45.7 92.5 7.4 March 2012 30,684 240,452 42.5 93.0 7.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 74,453 254,883 100.0 _ 3.4 March 2006 67,055 284,080 90.1 90.1 4.2 March 2007 58,310 285,187 78.3 87.0 4.9 March 2008 51,478 285,890 69.1 88.3 5.6 March 2009 44,813 266,486 60.2 87.1 5.9 March 2010 39,804 252,380 53.5 88.8 6.3 March 2011 36,692 252,588 49.3 92.2 6.9 March 2012 33,851 254,591 45.5 92.3 7.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 84,740 264,193 100.0 _ 3.1 March 2007 73,212 288,321 86.4 86.4 3.9 March 2008 62,894 291,343 74.2 85.9 4.6 March 2009 53,908 271,783 63.6 85.7 5.0 March 2010 47,117 257,203 55.6 87.4 5.5 March 2011 43,140 255,313 50.9 91.6 5.9 March 2012 39,406 259,838 46.5 91.3 6.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 84,437 272,717 100.0 _ 3.2 March 2008 71,821 292,852 85.1 85.1 4.1 March 2009 61,373 276,592 72.7 85.5 4.5 March 2010 52,842 261,300 62.6 86.1 4.9 March 2011 48,031 259,975 56.9 90.9 5.4 March 2012 43,314 260,010 51.3 90.2 6.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 82,370 261,152 100.0 _ 3.2 March 2009 69,600 259,370 84.5 84.5 3.7 March 2010 58,215 244,206 70.7 83.6 4.2 March 2011 52,148 246,692 63.3 89.6 4.7 March 2012 46,697 249,346 56.7 89.5 5.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 77,191 228,363 100.0 _ 3.0 March 2010 62,066 222,979 80.4 80.4 3.6 March 2011 54,478 231,628 70.6 87.8 4.3 March 2012 47,932 227,306 62.1 88.0 4.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 72,189 218,476 100.0 _ 3.0 March 2011 60,937 229,651 84.4 84.4 3.8 March 2012 52,388 231,977 72.6 86.0 4.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 78,821 224,146 100.0 _ 2.8 March 2012 65,031 241,627 82.5 82.5 3.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2012 March 2012 82,364 244,464 100.0 _ 3.0 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.