Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Total Private Arkansas 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 5,133 33,898 100.0 _ 6.6 March 1995 3,928 34,504 76.5 76.5 8.8 March 1996 3,420 32,520 66.6 87.1 9.5 March 1997 3,026 31,256 59.0 88.5 10.3 March 1998 2,717 30,348 52.9 89.8 11.2 March 1999 2,515 28,762 49.0 92.6 11.4 March 2000 2,307 27,709 44.9 91.7 12.0 March 2001 2,161 25,830 42.1 93.7 12.0 March 2002 1,973 23,441 38.4 91.3 11.9 March 2003 1,868 22,848 36.4 94.7 12.2 March 2004 1,779 22,299 34.7 95.2 12.5 March 2005 1,707 22,011 33.3 96.0 12.9 March 2006 1,605 21,193 31.3 94.0 13.2 March 2007 1,516 20,715 29.5 94.5 13.7 March 2008 1,441 20,772 28.1 95.1 14.4 March 2009 1,363 18,578 26.6 94.6 13.6 March 2010 1,307 17,746 25.5 95.9 13.6 March 2011 1,224 17,774 23.8 93.6 14.5 March 2012 1,203 17,692 23.4 98.3 14.7 March 2013 1,146 17,629 22.3 95.3 15.4 March 2014 1,094 16,963 21.3 95.5 15.5 March 2015 1,061 16,135 20.7 97.0 15.2 March 2016 1,012 15,952 19.7 95.4 15.8 March 2017 960 15,008 18.7 94.9 15.6 March 2018 908 14,556 17.7 94.6 16.0 March 2019 888 14,516 17.3 97.8 16.3 March 2020 844 13,752 16.4 95.0 16.3 March 2021 807 13,230 15.7 95.6 16.4 March 2022 763 13,012 14.9 94.5 17.1 March 2023 741 12,806 14.4 97.1 17.3 March 2024 700 11,950 13.6 94.5 17.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 5,670 35,706 100.0 _ 6.3 March 1996 4,423 33,012 78.0 78.0 7.5 March 1997 3,779 31,180 66.6 85.4 8.3 March 1998 3,354 28,862 59.2 88.8 8.6 March 1999 3,023 27,945 53.3 90.1 9.2 March 2000 2,700 26,619 47.6 89.3 9.9 March 2001 2,467 24,923 43.5 91.4 10.1 March 2002 2,246 23,060 39.6 91.0 10.3 March 2003 2,099 22,119 37.0 93.5 10.5 March 2004 1,990 21,754 35.1 94.8 10.9 March 2005 1,855 21,536 32.7 93.2 11.6 March 2006 1,766 20,931 31.1 95.2 11.9 March 2007 1,661 20,020 29.3 94.1 12.1 March 2008 1,586 19,806 28.0 95.5 12.5 March 2009 1,472 17,754 26.0 92.8 12.1 March 2010 1,400 16,735 24.7 95.1 12.0 March 2011 1,286 16,176 22.7 91.9 12.6 March 2012 1,266 15,699 22.3 98.4 12.4 March 2013 1,216 14,909 21.4 96.1 12.3 March 2014 1,143 14,572 20.2 94.0 12.7 March 2015 1,115 14,661 19.7 97.6 13.1 March 2016 1,076 14,547 19.0 96.5 13.5 March 2017 1,043 14,276 18.4 96.9 13.7 March 2018 1,014 14,156 17.9 97.2 14.0 March 2019 976 14,136 17.2 96.3 14.5 March 2020 929 13,245 16.4 95.2 14.3 March 2021 876 12,384 15.4 94.3 14.1 March 2022 828 12,612 14.6 94.5 15.2 March 2023 805 12,497 14.2 97.2 15.5 March 2024 766 12,164 13.5 95.2 15.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 5,555 34,757 100.0 _ 6.3 March 1997 4,278 33,482 77.0 77.0 7.8 March 1998 3,649 32,388 65.7 85.3 8.9 March 1999 3,206 32,296 57.7 87.9 10.1 March 2000 2,887 31,337 52.0 90.0 10.9 March 2001 2,602 29,539 46.8 90.1 11.4 March 2002 2,374 27,939 42.7 91.2 11.8 March 2003 2,184 26,566 39.3 92.0 12.2 March 2004 2,047 25,998 36.8 93.7 12.7 March 2005 1,931 25,106 34.8 94.3 13.0 March 2006 1,825 24,129 32.9 94.5 13.2 March 2007 1,725 23,872 31.1 94.5 13.8 March 2008 1,615 22,883 29.1 93.6 14.2 March 2009 1,509 20,911 27.2 93.4 13.9 March 2010 1,419 20,627 25.5 94.0 14.5 March 2011 1,330 20,335 23.9 93.7 15.3 March 2012 1,318 20,147 23.7 99.1 15.3 March 2013 1,274 19,820 22.9 96.7 15.6 March 2014 1,222 19,620 22.0 95.9 16.1 March 2015 1,162 19,403 20.9 95.1 16.7 March 2016 1,115 19,983 20.1 96.0 17.9 March 2017 1,070 19,744 19.3 96.0 18.5 March 2018 1,001 19,320 18.0 93.6 19.3 March 2019 960 19,059 17.3 95.9 19.9 March 2020 925 18,337 16.7 96.4 19.8 March 2021 885 16,890 15.9 95.7 19.1 March 2022 849 17,010 15.3 95.9 20.0 March 2023 828 17,170 14.9 97.5 20.7 March 2024 801 17,392 14.4 96.7 21.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 5,371 31,293 100.0 _ 5.8 March 1998 4,171 30,767 77.7 77.7 7.4 March 1999 3,554 30,349 66.2 85.2 8.5 March 2000 3,151 30,663 58.7 88.7 9.7 March 2001 2,796 28,810 52.1 88.7 10.3 March 2002 2,502 26,752 46.6 89.5 10.7 March 2003 2,301 24,705 42.8 92.0 10.7 March 2004 2,141 24,051 39.9 93.0 11.2 March 2005 2,006 23,589 37.3 93.7 11.8 March 2006 1,887 23,666 35.1 94.1 12.5 March 2007 1,784 23,441 33.2 94.5 13.1 March 2008 1,643 22,481 30.6 92.1 13.7 March 2009 1,572 20,944 29.3 95.7 13.3 March 2010 1,492 20,467 27.8 94.9 13.7 March 2011 1,383 19,798 25.7 92.7 14.3 March 2012 1,376 20,317 25.6 99.5 14.8 March 2013 1,307 19,929 24.3 95.0 15.2 March 2014 1,253 19,689 23.3 95.9 15.7 March 2015 1,213 19,303 22.6 96.8 15.9 March 2016 1,177 19,356 21.9 97.0 16.4 March 2017 1,121 19,458 20.9 95.2 17.4 March 2018 1,078 19,544 20.1 96.2 18.1 March 2019 1,045 19,211 19.5 96.9 18.4 March 2020 1,001 18,435 18.6 95.8 18.4 March 2021 952 17,839 17.7 95.1 18.7 March 2022 908 17,648 16.9 95.4 19.4 March 2023 882 17,532 16.4 97.1 19.9 March 2024 838 17,543 15.6 95.0 20.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 5,082 29,433 100.0 _ 5.8 March 1999 4,019 27,587 79.1 79.1 6.9 March 2000 3,423 27,283 67.4 85.2 8.0 March 2001 3,044 26,956 59.9 88.9 8.9 March 2002 2,698 23,621 53.1 88.6 8.8 March 2003 2,447 22,913 48.2 90.7 9.4 March 2004 2,297 22,694 45.2 93.9 9.9 March 2005 2,148 21,412 42.3 93.5 10.0 March 2006 1,995 21,285 39.3 92.9 10.7 March 2007 1,894 19,855 37.3 94.9 10.5 March 2008 1,769 19,234 34.8 93.4 10.9 March 2009 1,651 17,904 32.5 93.3 10.8 March 2010 1,551 17,166 30.5 93.9 11.1 March 2011 1,435 16,691 28.2 92.5 11.6 March 2012 1,413 16,821 27.8 98.5 11.9 March 2013 1,342 15,921 26.4 95.0 11.9 March 2014 1,254 15,336 24.7 93.4 12.2 March 2015 1,205 15,354 23.7 96.1 12.7 March 2016 1,150 15,202 22.6 95.4 13.2 March 2017 1,104 14,656 21.7 96.0 13.3 March 2018 1,055 14,403 20.8 95.6 13.7 March 2019 1,012 13,804 19.9 95.9 13.6 March 2020 978 13,632 19.2 96.6 13.9 March 2021 935 12,733 18.4 95.6 13.6 March 2022 903 13,057 17.8 96.6 14.5 March 2023 859 12,994 16.9 95.1 15.1 March 2024 832 13,128 16.4 96.9 15.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 5,435 35,458 100.0 _ 6.5 March 2000 4,272 35,265 78.6 78.6 8.3 March 2001 3,635 32,483 66.9 85.1 8.9 March 2002 3,138 28,640 57.7 86.3 9.1 March 2003 2,830 26,993 52.1 90.2 9.5 March 2004 2,598 26,474 47.8 91.8 10.2 March 2005 2,388 25,407 43.9 91.9 10.6 March 2006 2,211 24,988 40.7 92.6 11.3 March 2007 2,080 24,098 38.3 94.1 11.6 March 2008 1,946 23,044 35.8 93.6 11.8 March 2009 1,830 21,822 33.7 94.0 11.9 March 2010 1,726 20,489 31.8 94.3 11.9 March 2011 1,607 20,368 29.6 93.1 12.7 March 2012 1,564 20,077 28.8 97.3 12.8 March 2013 1,465 19,343 27.0 93.7 13.2 March 2014 1,399 18,605 25.7 95.5 13.3 March 2015 1,341 17,964 24.7 95.9 13.4 March 2016 1,300 17,767 23.9 96.9 13.7 March 2017 1,242 16,946 22.9 95.5 13.6 March 2018 1,166 16,441 21.5 93.9 14.1 March 2019 1,103 16,344 20.3 94.6 14.8 March 2020 1,050 15,706 19.3 95.2 15.0 March 2021 1,013 15,666 18.6 96.5 15.5 March 2022 959 15,544 17.6 94.7 16.2 March 2023 922 15,854 17.0 96.1 17.2 March 2024 888 15,478 16.3 96.3 17.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 5,526 33,553 100.0 _ 6.1 March 2001 4,255 31,100 77.0 77.0 7.3 March 2002 3,547 28,393 64.2 83.4 8.0 March 2003 3,187 25,753 57.7 89.9 8.1 March 2004 2,959 25,801 53.5 92.8 8.7 March 2005 2,718 25,898 49.2 91.9 9.5 March 2006 2,518 26,006 45.6 92.6 10.3 March 2007 2,323 24,884 42.0 92.3 10.7 March 2008 2,201 23,382 39.8 94.7 10.6 March 2009 2,021 21,559 36.6 91.8 10.7 March 2010 1,848 20,877 33.4 91.4 11.3 March 2011 1,694 20,792 30.7 91.7 12.3 March 2012 1,660 21,032 30.0 98.0 12.7 March 2013 1,560 20,567 28.2 94.0 13.2 March 2014 1,478 19,907 26.7 94.7 13.5 March 2015 1,432 19,623 25.9 96.9 13.7 March 2016 1,378 19,510 24.9 96.2 14.2 March 2017 1,326 19,288 24.0 96.2 14.5 March 2018 1,253 18,430 22.7 94.5 14.7 March 2019 1,221 17,691 22.1 97.4 14.5 March 2020 1,158 17,544 21.0 94.8 15.2 March 2021 1,107 16,945 20.0 95.6 15.3 March 2022 1,050 17,081 19.0 94.9 16.3 March 2023 1,008 16,751 18.2 96.0 16.6 March 2024 964 16,761 17.4 95.6 17.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 5,527 33,375 100.0 _ 6.0 March 2002 4,238 34,910 76.7 76.7 8.2 March 2003 3,631 31,257 65.7 85.7 8.6 March 2004 3,224 27,187 58.3 88.8 8.4 March 2005 2,948 25,710 53.3 91.4 8.7 March 2006 2,649 25,204 47.9 89.9 9.5 March 2007 2,459 24,544 44.5 92.8 10.0 March 2008 2,246 24,063 40.6 91.3 10.7 March 2009 2,079 22,307 37.6 92.6 10.7 March 2010 1,951 21,192 35.3 93.8 10.9 March 2011 1,826 21,078 33.0 93.6 11.5 March 2012 1,795 20,898 32.5 98.3 11.6 March 2013 1,668 20,258 30.2 92.9 12.1 March 2014 1,616 20,631 29.2 96.9 12.8 March 2015 1,556 20,849 28.2 96.3 13.4 March 2016 1,514 20,943 27.4 97.3 13.8 March 2017 1,461 20,928 26.4 96.5 14.3 March 2018 1,377 21,147 24.9 94.3 15.4 March 2019 1,318 19,901 23.8 95.7 15.1 March 2020 1,251 19,708 22.6 94.9 15.8 March 2021 1,193 18,859 21.6 95.4 15.8 March 2022 1,124 19,391 20.3 94.2 17.3 March 2023 1,076 19,334 19.5 95.7 18.0 March 2024 1,025 18,467 18.5 95.3 18.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 5,366 29,899 100.0 _ 5.6 March 2003 4,269 28,337 79.6 79.6 6.6 March 2004 3,703 27,973 69.0 86.7 7.6 March 2005 3,278 26,508 61.1 88.5 8.1 March 2006 3,011 25,508 56.1 91.9 8.5 March 2007 2,772 24,700 51.7 92.1 8.9 March 2008 2,537 23,801 47.3 91.5 9.4 March 2009 2,303 21,753 42.9 90.8 9.4 March 2010 2,145 21,355 40.0 93.1 10.0 March 2011 1,986 20,586 37.0 92.6 10.4 March 2012 1,930 20,466 36.0 97.2 10.6 March 2013 1,833 20,143 34.2 95.0 11.0 March 2014 1,737 19,358 32.4 94.8 11.1 March 2015 1,645 19,047 30.7 94.7 11.6 March 2016 1,567 19,147 29.2 95.3 12.2 March 2017 1,520 18,978 28.3 97.0 12.5 March 2018 1,443 18,603 26.9 94.9 12.9 March 2019 1,387 18,229 25.8 96.1 13.1 March 2020 1,329 17,981 24.8 95.8 13.5 March 2021 1,290 17,464 24.0 97.1 13.5 March 2022 1,223 16,910 22.8 94.8 13.8 March 2023 1,168 16,930 21.8 95.5 14.5 March 2024 1,134 16,957 21.1 97.1 15.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 5,310 29,341 100.0 _ 5.5 March 2004 4,179 29,465 78.7 78.7 7.1 March 2005 3,615 29,306 68.1 86.5 8.1 March 2006 3,232 28,732 60.9 89.4 8.9 March 2007 2,926 27,039 55.1 90.5 9.2 March 2008 2,649 26,284 49.9 90.5 9.9 March 2009 2,406 24,003 45.3 90.8 10.0 March 2010 2,213 23,083 41.7 92.0 10.4 March 2011 2,039 23,239 38.4 92.1 11.4 March 2012 1,970 22,971 37.1 96.6 11.7 March 2013 1,825 21,568 34.4 92.6 11.8 March 2014 1,737 23,055 32.7 95.2 13.3 March 2015 1,641 22,991 30.9 94.5 14.0 March 2016 1,567 22,660 29.5 95.5 14.5 March 2017 1,499 22,219 28.2 95.7 14.8 March 2018 1,408 21,902 26.5 93.9 15.6 March 2019 1,358 22,114 25.6 96.4 16.3 March 2020 1,302 21,992 24.5 95.9 16.9 March 2021 1,244 20,568 23.4 95.5 16.5 March 2022 1,176 19,942 22.1 94.5 17.0 March 2023 1,145 19,546 21.6 97.4 17.1 March 2024 1,098 18,889 20.7 95.9 17.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 5,588 27,550 100.0 _ 4.9 March 2005 4,355 26,556 77.9 77.9 6.1 March 2006 3,796 26,133 67.9 87.2 6.9 March 2007 3,391 25,160 60.7 89.3 7.4 March 2008 3,022 23,965 54.1 89.1 7.9 March 2009 2,689 22,009 48.1 89.0 8.2 March 2010 2,430 21,033 43.5 90.4 8.7 March 2011 2,186 20,427 39.1 90.0 9.3 March 2012 2,125 20,652 38.0 97.2 9.7 March 2013 1,982 20,202 35.5 93.3 10.2 March 2014 1,852 19,767 33.1 93.4 10.7 March 2015 1,733 19,563 31.0 93.6 11.3 March 2016 1,682 19,961 30.1 97.1 11.9 March 2017 1,597 19,715 28.6 94.9 12.3 March 2018 1,505 19,055 26.9 94.2 12.7 March 2019 1,419 18,870 25.4 94.3 13.3 March 2020 1,352 18,845 24.2 95.3 13.9 March 2021 1,281 18,237 22.9 94.7 14.2 March 2022 1,220 18,028 21.8 95.2 14.8 March 2023 1,183 17,839 21.2 97.0 15.1 March 2024 1,131 17,600 20.2 95.6 15.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 5,813 27,501 100.0 _ 4.7 March 2006 4,610 27,492 79.3 79.3 6.0 March 2007 4,006 26,147 68.9 86.9 6.5 March 2008 3,493 24,678 60.1 87.2 7.1 March 2009 3,059 22,521 52.6 87.6 7.4 March 2010 2,762 21,169 47.5 90.3 7.7 March 2011 2,472 20,473 42.5 89.5 8.3 March 2012 2,377 20,609 40.9 96.2 8.7 March 2013 2,232 19,731 38.4 93.9 8.8 March 2014 2,111 19,478 36.3 94.6 9.2 March 2015 1,972 19,360 33.9 93.4 9.8 March 2016 1,867 20,049 32.1 94.7 10.7 March 2017 1,788 19,439 30.8 95.8 10.9 March 2018 1,701 19,086 29.3 95.1 11.2 March 2019 1,650 18,829 28.4 97.0 11.4 March 2020 1,576 18,423 27.1 95.5 11.7 March 2021 1,507 18,232 25.9 95.6 12.1 March 2022 1,415 17,830 24.3 93.9 12.6 March 2023 1,365 18,066 23.5 96.5 13.2 March 2024 1,330 18,292 22.9 97.4 13.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 7,115 31,636 100.0 _ 4.4 March 2007 5,611 30,454 78.9 78.9 5.4 March 2008 4,814 28,963 67.7 85.8 6.0 March 2009 4,125 25,956 58.0 85.7 6.3 March 2010 3,566 23,625 50.1 86.4 6.6 March 2011 3,152 23,035 44.3 88.4 7.3 March 2012 2,919 23,223 41.0 92.6 8.0 March 2013 2,631 22,173 37.0 90.1 8.4 March 2014 2,407 21,585 33.8 91.5 9.0 March 2015 2,263 21,935 31.8 94.0 9.7 March 2016 2,127 22,027 29.9 94.0 10.4 March 2017 1,972 21,947 27.7 92.7 11.1 March 2018 1,854 21,516 26.1 94.0 11.6 March 2019 1,692 20,856 23.8 91.3 12.3 March 2020 1,569 20,290 22.1 92.7 12.9 March 2021 1,473 19,099 20.7 93.9 13.0 March 2022 1,338 18,416 18.8 90.8 13.8 March 2023 1,293 19,069 18.2 96.6 14.7 March 2024 1,198 19,070 16.8 92.7 15.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 6,500 31,199 100.0 _ 4.8 March 2008 5,083 30,966 78.2 78.2 6.1 March 2009 4,219 28,849 64.9 83.0 6.8 March 2010 3,639 27,546 56.0 86.3 7.6 March 2011 3,247 26,460 50.0 89.2 8.1 March 2012 3,028 25,961 46.6 93.3 8.6 March 2013 2,718 24,957 41.8 89.8 9.2 March 2014 2,550 23,768 39.2 93.8 9.3 March 2015 2,390 23,375 36.8 93.7 9.8 March 2016 2,219 21,817 34.1 92.8 9.8 March 2017 2,066 21,017 31.8 93.1 10.2 March 2018 1,931 20,780 29.7 93.5 10.8 March 2019 1,825 20,132 28.1 94.5 11.0 March 2020 1,739 19,414 26.8 95.3 11.2 March 2021 1,605 18,065 24.7 92.3 11.3 March 2022 1,494 18,030 23.0 93.1 12.1 March 2023 1,446 18,089 22.2 96.8 12.5 March 2024 1,364 17,959 21.0 94.3 13.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 6,638 27,240 100.0 _ 4.1 March 2009 4,981 27,006 75.0 75.0 5.4 March 2010 4,160 23,845 62.7 83.5 5.7 March 2011 3,620 22,006 54.5 87.0 6.1 March 2012 3,324 22,092 50.1 91.8 6.6 March 2013 2,969 20,777 44.7 89.3 7.0 March 2014 2,653 20,509 40.0 89.4 7.7 March 2015 2,410 20,599 36.3 90.8 8.5 March 2016 2,226 20,682 33.5 92.4 9.3 March 2017 2,019 20,130 30.4 90.7 10.0 March 2018 1,842 20,089 27.7 91.2 10.9 March 2019 1,754 19,989 26.4 95.2 11.4 March 2020 1,630 19,105 24.6 92.9 11.7 March 2021 1,538 17,355 23.2 94.4 11.3 March 2022 1,412 17,114 21.3 91.8 12.1 March 2023 1,344 17,364 20.2 95.2 12.9 March 2024 1,235 17,164 18.6 91.9 13.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 6,181 26,997 100.0 _ 4.4 March 2010 4,497 24,345 72.8 72.8 5.4 March 2011 3,781 23,618 61.2 84.1 6.2 March 2012 3,388 23,558 54.8 89.6 7.0 March 2013 2,957 21,315 47.8 87.3 7.2 March 2014 2,682 20,109 43.4 90.7 7.5 March 2015 2,444 20,215 39.5 91.1 8.3 March 2016 2,254 20,192 36.5 92.2 9.0 March 2017 2,055 20,081 33.2 91.2 9.8 March 2018 1,905 19,276 30.8 92.7 10.1 March 2019 1,828 19,262 29.6 96.0 10.5 March 2020 1,655 18,470 26.8 90.5 11.2 March 2021 1,586 17,295 25.7 95.8 10.9 March 2022 1,455 17,407 23.5 91.7 12.0 March 2023 1,383 17,452 22.4 95.1 12.6 March 2024 1,292 17,106 20.9 93.4 13.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 5,127 22,443 100.0 _ 4.4 March 2011 3,824 20,919 74.6 74.6 5.5 March 2012 3,376 21,428 65.8 88.3 6.3 March 2013 2,893 19,865 56.4 85.7 6.9 March 2014 2,644 19,345 51.6 91.4 7.3 March 2015 2,399 18,912 46.8 90.7 7.9 March 2016 2,211 18,333 43.1 92.2 8.3 March 2017 2,041 18,161 39.8 92.3 8.9 March 2018 1,900 17,814 37.1 93.1 9.4 March 2019 1,790 17,261 34.9 94.2 9.6 March 2020 1,673 16,560 32.6 93.5 9.9 March 2021 1,541 15,429 30.1 92.1 10.0 March 2022 1,439 15,863 28.1 93.4 11.0 March 2023 1,376 16,145 26.8 95.6 11.7 March 2024 1,309 15,648 25.5 95.1 12.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 5,832 23,014 100.0 _ 3.9 March 2012 4,548 22,060 78.0 78.0 4.9 March 2013 3,829 20,097 65.7 84.2 5.2 March 2014 3,271 19,165 56.1 85.4 5.9 March 2015 2,883 18,992 49.4 88.1 6.6 March 2016 2,604 18,768 44.7 90.3 7.2 March 2017 2,375 17,940 40.7 91.2 7.6 March 2018 2,152 17,294 36.9 90.6 8.0 March 2019 1,984 17,062 34.0 92.2 8.6 March 2020 1,826 16,617 31.3 92.0 9.1 March 2021 1,687 15,228 28.9 92.4 9.0 March 2022 1,539 15,382 26.4 91.2 10.0 March 2023 1,463 14,823 25.1 95.1 10.1 March 2024 1,373 14,760 23.5 93.8 10.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2012 March 2012 5,870 24,541 100.0 _ 4.2 March 2013 4,518 23,058 77.0 77.0 5.1 March 2014 3,836 22,324 65.3 84.9 5.8 March 2015 3,315 22,240 56.5 86.4 6.7 March 2016 2,965 21,817 50.5 89.4 7.4 March 2017 2,660 20,566 45.3 89.7 7.7 March 2018 2,438 20,461 41.5 91.7 8.4 March 2019 2,249 20,187 38.3 92.2 9.0 March 2020 2,062 19,520 35.1 91.7 9.5 March 2021 1,957 18,273 33.3 94.9 9.3 March 2022 1,778 18,387 30.3 90.9 10.3 March 2023 1,686 18,301 28.7 94.8 10.9 March 2024 1,568 18,165 26.7 93.0 11.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2013 March 2013 5,708 24,795 100.0 _ 4.3 March 2014 4,407 24,081 77.2 77.2 5.5 March 2015 3,761 23,901 65.9 85.3 6.4 March 2016 3,306 23,693 57.9 87.9 7.2 March 2017 2,991 23,122 52.4 90.5 7.7 March 2018 2,690 22,813 47.1 89.9 8.5 March 2019 2,487 22,151 43.6 92.5 8.9 March 2020 2,317 21,536 40.6 93.2 9.3 March 2021 2,196 20,978 38.5 94.8 9.6 March 2022 2,030 20,987 35.6 92.4 10.3 March 2023 1,934 20,955 33.9 95.3 10.8 March 2024 1,800 20,246 31.5 93.1 11.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2014 March 2014 5,243 22,788 100.0 _ 4.3 March 2015 4,135 22,170 78.9 78.9 5.4 March 2016 3,564 22,541 68.0 86.2 6.3 March 2017 3,158 21,773 60.2 88.6 6.9 March 2018 2,828 20,941 53.9 89.6 7.4 March 2019 2,618 20,566 49.9 92.6 7.9 March 2020 2,405 20,582 45.9 91.9 8.6 March 2021 2,229 20,024 42.5 92.7 9.0 March 2022 2,063 20,727 39.3 92.6 10.0 March 2023 1,942 20,776 37.0 94.1 10.7 March 2024 1,795 19,825 34.2 92.4 11.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2015 March 2015 5,529 23,292 100.0 _ 4.2 March 2016 4,304 23,080 77.8 77.8 5.4 March 2017 3,601 22,849 65.1 83.7 6.3 March 2018 3,184 22,591 57.6 88.4 7.1 March 2019 2,869 22,404 51.9 90.1 7.8 March 2020 2,558 21,788 46.3 89.2 8.5 March 2021 2,322 21,200 42.0 90.8 9.1 March 2022 2,132 21,907 38.6 91.8 10.3 March 2023 2,020 21,585 36.5 94.7 10.7 March 2024 1,857 22,107 33.6 91.9 11.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2016 March 2016 5,961 23,762 100.0 _ 4.0 March 2017 4,671 24,145 78.4 78.4 5.2 March 2018 3,988 23,705 66.9 85.4 5.9 March 2019 3,478 22,799 58.3 87.2 6.6 March 2020 3,089 22,010 51.8 88.8 7.1 March 2021 2,811 22,055 47.2 91.0 7.8 March 2022 2,504 21,820 42.0 89.1 8.7 March 2023 2,367 22,282 39.7 94.5 9.4 March 2024 2,171 22,587 36.4 91.7 10.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2017 March 2017 5,701 22,171 100.0 _ 3.9 March 2018 4,470 21,660 78.4 78.4 4.8 March 2019 3,801 21,118 66.7 85.0 5.6 March 2020 3,282 20,493 57.6 86.3 6.2 March 2021 2,977 20,814 52.2 90.7 7.0 March 2022 2,648 21,551 46.4 88.9 8.1 March 2023 2,483 23,020 43.6 93.8 9.3 March 2024 2,229 22,487 39.1 89.8 10.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2018 March 2018 5,833 25,363 100.0 _ 4.3 March 2019 4,532 24,880 77.7 77.7 5.5 March 2020 3,814 23,839 65.4 84.2 6.3 March 2021 3,441 22,059 59.0 90.2 6.4 March 2022 3,025 23,051 51.9 87.9 7.6 March 2023 2,877 24,050 49.3 95.1 8.4 March 2024 2,609 23,042 44.7 90.7 8.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2019 March 2019 6,097 23,256 100.0 _ 3.8 March 2020 4,703 22,270 77.1 77.1 4.7 March 2021 4,133 22,842 67.8 87.9 5.5 March 2022 3,584 23,061 58.8 86.7 6.4 March 2023 3,348 23,932 54.9 93.4 7.1 March 2024 3,014 22,927 49.4 90.0 7.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2020 March 2020 6,153 23,628 100.0 _ 3.8 March 2021 4,936 23,683 80.2 80.2 4.8 March 2022 4,137 24,498 67.2 83.8 5.9 March 2023 3,785 24,843 61.5 91.5 6.6 March 2024 3,314 24,247 53.9 87.6 7.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2021 March 2021 6,524 22,418 100.0 _ 3.4 March 2022 4,918 22,680 75.4 75.4 4.6 March 2023 4,254 22,640 65.2 86.5 5.3 March 2024 3,743 22,706 57.4 88.0 6.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2022 March 2022 8,521 32,562 100.0 _ 3.8 March 2023 6,650 31,860 78.0 78.0 4.8 March 2024 5,490 30,734 64.4 82.6 5.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2023 March 2023 9,494 30,848 100.0 _ 3.2 March 2024 7,164 29,278 75.5 75.5 4.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2024 March 2024 8,577 31,431 100.0 _ 3.7 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.