Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Total Private Virgin Islands 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 354 3,700 100.0 _ 10.5 March 1995 294 3,543 83.1 83.1 12.1 March 1996 234 2,699 66.1 79.6 11.5 March 1997 200 2,522 56.5 85.5 12.6 March 1998 197 2,361 55.6 98.5 12.0 March 1999 179 2,367 50.6 90.9 13.2 March 2000 142 2,212 40.1 79.3 15.6 March 2001 130 2,056 36.7 91.5 15.8 March 2002 127 2,065 35.9 97.7 16.3 March 2003 109 1,987 30.8 85.8 18.2 March 2004 102 1,808 28.8 93.6 17.7 March 2005 95 1,596 26.8 93.1 16.8 March 2006 96 1,525 27.1 101.1 15.9 March 2007 90 1,590 25.4 93.8 17.7 March 2008 89 1,691 25.1 98.9 19.0 March 2009 89 1,707 25.1 100.0 19.2 March 2010 83 1,668 23.4 93.3 20.1 March 2011 79 1,696 22.3 95.2 21.5 March 2012 75 1,700 21.2 94.9 22.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 264 1,305 100.0 _ 4.9 March 1996 195 1,187 73.9 73.9 6.1 March 1997 161 1,076 61.0 82.6 6.7 March 1998 132 846 50.0 82.0 6.4 March 1999 113 805 42.8 85.6 7.1 March 2000 106 842 40.2 93.8 7.9 March 2001 N N N N N March 2002 94 796 35.6 94.9 8.5 March 2003 93 771 35.2 98.9 8.3 March 2004 79 754 29.9 84.9 9.5 March 2005 74 708 28.0 93.7 9.6 March 2006 73 766 27.7 98.6 10.5 March 2007 64 660 24.2 87.7 10.3 March 2008 65 680 24.6 101.6 10.5 March 2009 58 618 22.0 89.2 10.7 March 2010 51 596 19.3 87.9 11.7 March 2011 49 562 18.6 96.1 11.5 March 2012 46 513 17.4 93.9 11.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 228 2,016 100.0 _ 8.8 March 1997 166 1,678 72.8 72.8 10.1 March 1998 142 1,689 62.3 85.5 11.9 March 1999 125 1,787 54.8 88.0 14.3 March 2000 112 1,720 49.1 89.6 15.4 March 2001 108 1,414 47.4 96.4 13.1 March 2002 97 1,294 42.5 89.8 13.3 March 2003 95 1,460 41.7 97.9 15.4 March 2004 80 1,190 35.1 84.2 14.9 March 2005 73 1,232 32.0 91.3 16.9 March 2006 70 1,241 30.7 95.9 17.7 March 2007 61 1,113 26.8 87.1 18.2 March 2008 59 902 25.9 96.7 15.3 March 2009 59 921 25.9 100.0 15.6 March 2010 54 883 23.7 91.5 16.4 March 2011 51 973 22.4 94.4 19.1 March 2012 50 1,000 21.9 98.0 20.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 258 2,144 100.0 _ 8.3 March 1998 199 1,768 77.1 77.1 8.9 March 1999 169 1,624 65.5 84.9 9.6 March 2000 137 1,546 53.1 81.1 11.3 March 2001 124 1,673 48.1 90.5 13.5 March 2002 110 1,442 42.6 88.7 13.1 March 2003 96 1,533 37.2 87.3 16.0 March 2004 84 1,498 32.6 87.5 17.8 March 2005 81 1,635 31.4 96.4 20.2 March 2006 76 1,570 29.5 93.8 20.7 March 2007 75 1,548 29.1 98.7 20.6 March 2008 71 1,634 27.5 94.7 23.0 March 2009 63 1,407 24.4 88.7 22.3 March 2010 57 1,399 22.1 90.5 24.5 March 2011 57 1,464 22.1 100.0 25.7 March 2012 52 1,331 20.2 91.2 25.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 284 1,920 100.0 _ 6.8 March 1999 239 1,752 84.2 84.2 7.3 March 2000 182 1,570 64.1 76.2 8.6 March 2001 167 1,448 58.8 91.8 8.7 March 2002 137 1,407 48.2 82.0 10.3 March 2003 120 1,339 42.3 87.6 11.2 March 2004 116 1,389 40.8 96.7 12.0 March 2005 104 1,376 36.6 89.7 13.2 March 2006 98 1,264 34.5 94.2 12.9 March 2007 92 1,271 32.4 93.9 13.8 March 2008 88 1,249 31.0 95.7 14.2 March 2009 86 1,197 30.3 97.7 13.9 March 2010 79 1,136 27.8 91.9 14.4 March 2011 78 1,141 27.5 98.7 14.6 March 2012 71 1,097 25.0 91.0 15.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 177 1,592 100.0 _ 9.0 March 2000 146 1,287 82.5 82.5 8.8 March 2001 128 1,084 72.3 87.7 8.5 March 2002 102 966 57.6 79.7 9.5 March 2003 94 880 53.1 92.2 9.4 March 2004 89 808 50.3 94.7 9.1 March 2005 84 845 47.5 94.4 10.1 March 2006 78 884 44.1 92.9 11.3 March 2007 70 933 39.5 89.7 13.3 March 2008 66 930 37.3 94.3 14.1 March 2009 64 893 36.2 97.0 14.0 March 2010 60 826 33.9 93.8 13.8 March 2011 54 821 30.5 90.0 15.2 March 2012 53 871 29.9 98.1 16.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 63 455 100.0 _ 7.2 March 2001 N N N N N March 2002 49 1,166 77.8 86.0 23.8 March 2003 47 450 74.6 95.9 9.6 March 2004 39 421 61.9 83.0 10.8 March 2005 35 406 55.6 89.7 11.6 March 2006 35 351 55.6 100.0 10.0 March 2007 27 235 42.9 77.1 8.7 March 2008 28 227 44.4 103.7 8.1 March 2009 27 205 42.9 96.4 7.6 March 2010 27 175 42.9 100.0 6.5 March 2011 26 179 41.3 96.3 6.9 March 2012 23 174 36.5 88.5 7.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 313 3,416 100.0 _ 10.9 March 2002 266 3,409 85.0 85.0 12.8 March 2003 222 1,803 70.9 83.5 8.1 March 2004 208 1,708 66.5 93.7 8.2 March 2005 195 1,942 62.3 93.8 10.0 March 2006 174 2,026 55.6 89.2 11.6 March 2007 159 1,769 50.8 91.4 11.1 March 2008 146 1,705 46.6 91.8 11.7 March 2009 137 1,435 43.8 93.8 10.5 March 2010 128 1,489 40.9 93.4 11.6 March 2011 121 1,429 38.7 94.5 11.8 March 2012 116 1,261 37.1 95.9 10.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 213 1,752 100.0 _ 8.2 March 2003 170 1,893 79.8 79.8 11.1 March 2004 148 2,045 69.5 87.1 13.8 March 2005 138 2,325 64.8 93.2 16.8 March 2006 133 2,342 62.4 96.4 17.6 March 2007 121 2,059 56.8 91.0 17.0 March 2008 109 2,095 51.2 90.1 19.2 March 2009 97 1,946 45.5 89.0 20.1 March 2010 94 1,930 44.1 96.9 20.5 March 2011 89 2,158 41.8 94.7 24.2 March 2012 76 1,574 35.7 85.4 20.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 192 1,196 100.0 _ 6.2 March 2004 160 1,247 83.3 83.3 7.8 March 2005 139 1,172 72.4 86.9 8.4 March 2006 129 1,103 67.2 92.8 8.6 March 2007 116 1,060 60.4 89.9 9.1 March 2008 106 1,130 55.2 91.4 10.7 March 2009 96 1,001 50.0 90.6 10.4 March 2010 93 899 48.4 96.9 9.7 March 2011 84 829 43.8 90.3 9.9 March 2012 72 733 37.5 85.7 10.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 175 1,541 100.0 _ 8.8 March 2005 141 1,069 80.6 80.6 7.6 March 2006 124 1,029 70.9 87.9 8.3 March 2007 106 898 60.6 85.5 8.5 March 2008 99 895 56.6 93.4 9.0 March 2009 89 876 50.9 89.9 9.8 March 2010 79 808 45.1 88.8 10.2 March 2011 80 844 45.7 101.3 10.6 March 2012 71 895 40.6 88.8 12.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 250 1,552 100.0 _ 6.2 March 2006 198 1,585 79.2 79.2 8.0 March 2007 165 1,306 66.0 83.3 7.9 March 2008 148 1,256 59.2 89.7 8.5 March 2009 135 1,029 54.0 91.2 7.6 March 2010 119 1,556 47.6 88.1 13.1 March 2011 114 954 45.6 95.8 8.4 March 2012 97 798 38.8 85.1 8.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 222 1,587 100.0 _ 7.1 March 2007 173 1,757 77.9 77.9 10.2 March 2008 137 1,119 61.7 79.2 8.2 March 2009 117 897 52.7 85.4 7.7 March 2010 98 599 44.1 83.8 6.1 March 2011 89 650 40.1 90.8 7.3 March 2012 77 739 34.7 86.5 9.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 205 1,503 100.0 _ 7.3 March 2008 169 1,382 82.4 82.4 8.2 March 2009 150 1,068 73.2 88.8 7.1 March 2010 131 890 63.9 87.3 6.8 March 2011 118 916 57.6 90.1 7.8 March 2012 103 808 50.2 87.3 7.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 229 1,374 100.0 _ 6.0 March 2009 189 1,128 82.5 82.5 6.0 March 2010 157 1,204 68.6 83.1 7.7 March 2011 136 1,033 59.4 86.6 7.6 March 2012 117 827 51.1 86.0 7.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 227 1,131 100.0 _ 5.0 March 2010 179 1,046 78.9 78.9 5.8 March 2011 153 1,019 67.4 85.5 6.7 March 2012 127 939 55.9 83.0 7.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 182 1,013 100.0 _ 5.6 March 2011 141 1,008 77.5 77.5 7.1 March 2012 129 977 70.9 91.5 7.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 187 1,252 100.0 _ 6.7 March 2012 139 1,084 74.3 74.3 7.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2012 March 2012 162 863 100.0 _ 5.3 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.