Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Other Services (except Public Administration) 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 39,564 155,237 100.0 _ 3.9 March 1995 31,941 151,669 80.7 80.7 4.7 March 1996 27,838 145,749 70.4 87.2 5.2 March 1997 24,983 140,522 63.1 89.7 5.6 March 1998 22,380 131,381 56.6 89.6 5.9 March 1999 20,439 128,585 51.7 91.3 6.3 March 2000 18,825 124,110 47.6 92.1 6.6 March 2001 17,347 120,695 43.8 92.1 7.0 March 2002 16,010 112,963 40.5 92.3 7.1 March 2003 14,886 107,747 37.6 93.0 7.2 March 2004 13,932 101,167 35.2 93.6 7.3 March 2005 13,129 96,144 33.2 94.2 7.3 March 2006 12,424 92,632 31.4 94.6 7.5 March 2007 11,675 89,884 29.5 94.0 7.7 March 2008 11,069 86,971 28.0 94.8 7.9 March 2009 10,394 81,125 26.3 93.9 7.8 March 2010 9,887 76,636 25.0 95.1 7.8 March 2011 9,515 75,754 24.0 96.2 8.0 March 2012 9,107 74,118 23.0 95.7 8.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 40,075 161,284 100.0 _ 4.0 March 1996 32,360 153,903 80.7 80.7 4.8 March 1997 28,353 147,841 70.7 87.6 5.2 March 1998 25,189 140,284 62.9 88.8 5.6 March 1999 22,871 134,970 57.1 90.8 5.9 March 2000 20,896 130,951 52.1 91.4 6.3 March 2001 19,134 126,510 47.7 91.6 6.6 March 2002 17,714 119,684 44.2 92.6 6.8 March 2003 16,484 113,525 41.1 93.1 6.9 March 2004 15,407 106,881 38.4 93.5 6.9 March 2005 14,357 102,292 35.8 93.2 7.1 March 2006 13,524 98,031 33.7 94.2 7.2 March 2007 12,775 95,848 31.9 94.5 7.5 March 2008 12,031 92,575 30.0 94.2 7.7 March 2009 11,411 86,087 28.5 94.8 7.5 March 2010 10,768 81,290 26.9 94.4 7.5 March 2011 10,316 80,122 25.7 95.8 7.8 March 2012 9,861 77,805 24.6 95.6 7.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 40,447 164,082 100.0 _ 4.1 March 1997 32,396 152,375 80.1 80.1 4.7 March 1998 28,155 147,231 69.6 86.9 5.2 March 1999 25,436 142,201 62.9 90.3 5.6 March 2000 23,109 138,748 57.1 90.9 6.0 March 2001 20,897 132,293 51.7 90.4 6.3 March 2002 19,395 126,115 48.0 92.8 6.5 March 2003 17,884 118,847 44.2 92.2 6.6 March 2004 16,625 113,729 41.1 93.0 6.8 March 2005 15,371 108,724 38.0 92.5 7.1 March 2006 14,395 103,546 35.6 93.7 7.2 March 2007 13,624 100,525 33.7 94.6 7.4 March 2008 12,897 95,807 31.9 94.7 7.4 March 2009 12,169 89,734 30.1 94.4 7.4 March 2010 11,489 85,294 28.4 94.4 7.4 March 2011 10,993 82,755 27.2 95.7 7.5 March 2012 10,487 81,962 25.9 95.4 7.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 41,702 167,278 100.0 _ 4.0 March 1998 33,595 157,460 80.6 80.6 4.7 March 1999 29,784 153,356 71.4 88.7 5.1 March 2000 26,686 150,720 64.0 89.6 5.6 March 2001 23,705 142,739 56.8 88.8 6.0 March 2002 21,622 135,792 51.8 91.2 6.3 March 2003 19,930 130,460 47.8 92.2 6.5 March 2004 18,468 124,735 44.3 92.7 6.8 March 2005 17,081 115,968 41.0 92.5 6.8 March 2006 15,991 110,838 38.3 93.6 6.9 March 2007 14,892 107,260 35.7 93.1 7.2 March 2008 14,079 102,506 33.8 94.5 7.3 March 2009 13,222 95,615 31.7 93.9 7.2 March 2010 12,502 89,665 30.0 94.6 7.2 March 2011 11,899 87,662 28.5 95.2 7.4 March 2012 11,343 85,859 27.2 95.3 7.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 40,856 175,317 100.0 _ 4.3 March 1999 33,675 171,016 82.4 82.4 5.1 March 2000 29,558 167,314 72.3 87.8 5.7 March 2001 26,313 160,187 64.4 89.0 6.1 March 2002 23,780 152,116 58.2 90.4 6.4 March 2003 21,841 143,865 53.5 91.8 6.6 March 2004 20,405 138,212 49.9 93.4 6.8 March 2005 18,913 131,099 46.3 92.7 6.9 March 2006 17,513 124,169 42.9 92.6 7.1 March 2007 16,432 121,257 40.2 93.8 7.4 March 2008 15,383 116,605 37.7 93.6 7.6 March 2009 14,337 109,443 35.1 93.2 7.6 March 2010 13,667 102,614 33.5 95.3 7.5 March 2011 13,014 100,273 31.9 95.2 7.7 March 2012 12,469 98,020 30.5 95.8 7.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 37,786 157,004 100.0 _ 4.2 March 2000 31,006 155,116 82.1 82.1 5.0 March 2001 26,970 148,406 71.4 87.0 5.5 March 2002 24,335 142,090 64.4 90.2 5.8 March 2003 22,336 134,690 59.1 91.8 6.0 March 2004 20,525 127,737 54.3 91.9 6.2 March 2005 18,947 122,386 50.1 92.3 6.5 March 2006 17,628 118,156 46.7 93.0 6.7 March 2007 16,491 114,426 43.6 93.6 6.9 March 2008 15,395 110,550 40.7 93.4 7.2 March 2009 14,327 102,291 37.9 93.1 7.1 March 2010 13,485 96,172 35.7 94.1 7.1 March 2011 12,927 95,105 34.2 95.9 7.4 March 2012 12,240 92,970 32.4 94.7 7.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 36,595 158,958 100.0 _ 4.3 March 2001 29,650 155,548 81.0 81.0 5.2 March 2002 27,264 149,611 74.5 92.0 5.5 March 2003 24,622 143,542 67.3 90.3 5.8 March 2004 22,408 137,540 61.2 91.0 6.1 March 2005 20,552 132,126 56.2 91.7 6.4 March 2006 18,808 126,282 51.4 91.5 6.7 March 2007 17,610 124,185 48.1 93.6 7.1 March 2008 16,505 120,694 45.1 93.7 7.3 March 2009 15,242 110,657 41.7 92.3 7.3 March 2010 14,263 103,787 39.0 93.6 7.3 March 2011 13,605 103,136 37.2 95.4 7.6 March 2012 12,900 100,397 35.3 94.8 7.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 31,673 140,736 100.0 _ 4.4 March 2002 29,636 146,732 93.6 93.6 5.0 March 2003 25,876 134,726 81.7 87.3 5.2 March 2004 23,257 127,056 73.4 89.9 5.5 March 2005 21,294 123,917 67.2 91.6 5.8 March 2006 19,476 119,497 61.5 91.5 6.1 March 2007 17,989 117,383 56.8 92.4 6.5 March 2008 16,666 111,973 52.6 92.6 6.7 March 2009 15,447 104,128 48.8 92.7 6.7 March 2010 14,461 98,893 45.7 93.6 6.8 March 2011 13,630 95,561 43.0 94.3 7.0 March 2012 12,952 92,781 40.9 95.0 7.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 35,370 149,609 100.0 _ 4.2 March 2003 30,102 145,039 85.1 85.1 4.8 March 2004 26,966 139,437 76.2 89.6 5.2 March 2005 24,213 133,892 68.5 89.8 5.5 March 2006 21,961 128,490 62.1 90.7 5.9 March 2007 20,242 126,273 57.2 92.2 6.2 March 2008 18,693 121,475 52.8 92.3 6.5 March 2009 17,110 110,343 48.4 91.5 6.4 March 2010 16,027 103,471 45.3 93.7 6.5 March 2011 15,136 100,968 42.8 94.4 6.7 March 2012 14,388 98,539 40.7 95.1 6.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 34,537 150,099 100.0 _ 4.3 March 2004 30,591 149,782 88.6 88.6 4.9 March 2005 27,114 142,599 78.5 88.6 5.3 March 2006 24,270 138,047 70.3 89.5 5.7 March 2007 22,119 133,925 64.0 91.1 6.1 March 2008 20,111 126,039 58.2 90.9 6.3 March 2009 18,346 115,872 53.1 91.2 6.3 March 2010 16,979 109,061 49.2 92.5 6.4 March 2011 15,920 105,491 46.1 93.8 6.6 March 2012 15,008 102,788 43.5 94.3 6.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 33,993 146,177 100.0 _ 4.3 March 2005 29,565 144,894 87.0 87.0 4.9 March 2006 26,062 139,600 76.7 88.2 5.4 March 2007 23,456 134,924 69.0 90.0 5.8 March 2008 21,139 129,204 62.2 90.1 6.1 March 2009 18,962 117,079 55.8 89.7 6.2 March 2010 17,405 107,927 51.2 91.8 6.2 March 2011 16,314 105,234 48.0 93.7 6.5 March 2012 15,344 103,953 45.1 94.1 6.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 33,757 140,080 100.0 _ 4.1 March 2006 30,453 143,591 90.2 90.2 4.7 March 2007 27,063 138,950 80.2 88.9 5.1 March 2008 24,381 132,770 72.2 90.1 5.4 March 2009 21,713 119,349 64.3 89.1 5.5 March 2010 19,774 111,439 58.6 91.1 5.6 March 2011 18,362 108,521 54.4 92.9 5.9 March 2012 17,212 106,715 51.0 93.7 6.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 35,300 140,362 100.0 _ 4.0 March 2007 31,601 141,739 89.5 89.5 4.5 March 2008 27,895 136,284 79.0 88.3 4.9 March 2009 24,545 124,383 69.5 88.0 5.1 March 2010 22,054 116,484 62.5 89.9 5.3 March 2011 20,414 113,365 57.8 92.6 5.6 March 2012 19,082 111,667 54.1 93.5 5.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 34,453 137,257 100.0 _ 4.0 March 2008 30,193 139,973 87.6 87.6 4.6 March 2009 26,625 126,774 77.3 88.2 4.8 March 2010 23,588 117,982 68.5 88.6 5.0 March 2011 21,632 115,566 62.8 91.7 5.3 March 2012 20,043 115,401 58.2 92.7 5.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 32,996 131,551 100.0 _ 4.0 March 2009 28,875 125,186 87.5 87.5 4.3 March 2010 25,495 118,383 77.3 88.3 4.6 March 2011 23,398 117,443 70.9 91.8 5.0 March 2012 21,397 114,770 64.8 91.4 5.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 30,878 120,103 100.0 _ 3.9 March 2010 26,534 114,512 85.9 85.9 4.3 March 2011 23,930 112,560 77.5 90.2 4.7 March 2012 21,769 110,516 70.5 91.0 5.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 29,234 112,139 100.0 _ 3.8 March 2011 25,798 111,594 88.2 88.2 4.3 March 2012 23,203 110,048 79.4 89.9 4.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 30,431 112,129 100.0 _ 3.7 March 2012 26,474 113,892 87.0 87.0 4.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2012 March 2012 31,086 117,220 100.0 _ 3.8 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.