Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Total Private Delaware 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 1,815 9,575 100.0 _ 5.3 March 1995 1,493 10,255 82.3 82.3 6.9 March 1996 1,328 9,659 73.2 88.9 7.3 March 1997 1,131 8,914 62.3 85.2 7.9 March 1998 1,017 8,445 56.0 89.9 8.3 March 1999 916 8,728 50.5 90.1 9.5 March 2000 865 8,414 47.7 94.4 9.7 March 2001 783 7,789 43.1 90.5 9.9 March 2002 692 7,734 38.1 88.4 11.2 March 2003 636 7,508 35.0 91.9 11.8 March 2004 617 7,372 34.0 97.0 11.9 March 2005 573 7,240 31.6 92.9 12.6 March 2006 523 6,885 28.8 91.3 13.2 March 2007 487 6,700 26.8 93.1 13.8 March 2008 463 6,322 25.5 95.1 13.7 March 2009 421 5,698 23.2 90.9 13.5 March 2010 390 5,352 21.5 92.6 13.7 March 2011 377 5,617 20.8 96.7 14.9 March 2012 351 5,365 19.3 93.1 15.3 March 2013 337 4,977 18.6 96.0 14.8 March 2014 322 5,011 17.7 95.5 15.6 March 2015 313 5,094 17.2 97.2 16.3 March 2016 305 4,998 16.8 97.4 16.4 March 2017 290 5,293 16.0 95.1 18.3 March 2018 275 4,967 15.2 94.8 18.1 March 2019 264 5,142 14.5 96.0 19.5 March 2020 251 4,649 13.8 95.1 18.5 March 2021 236 4,718 13.0 94.0 20.0 March 2022 222 3,830 12.2 94.1 17.3 March 2023 218 3,690 12.0 98.2 16.9 March 2024 206 3,778 11.3 94.5 18.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 1,987 10,803 100.0 _ 5.4 March 1996 1,627 10,991 81.9 81.9 6.8 March 1997 1,357 10,848 68.3 83.4 8.0 March 1998 1,197 11,024 60.2 88.2 9.2 March 1999 1,058 10,992 53.2 88.4 10.4 March 2000 986 12,645 49.6 93.2 12.8 March 2001 892 13,281 44.9 90.5 14.9 March 2002 767 12,558 38.6 86.0 16.4 March 2003 721 12,840 36.3 94.0 17.8 March 2004 708 14,157 35.6 98.2 20.0 March 2005 663 13,535 33.4 93.6 20.4 March 2006 595 13,485 29.9 89.7 22.7 March 2007 566 13,480 28.5 95.1 23.8 March 2008 538 13,039 27.1 95.1 24.2 March 2009 520 11,972 26.2 96.7 23.0 March 2010 467 11,781 23.5 89.8 25.2 March 2011 464 11,329 23.4 99.4 24.4 March 2012 428 10,855 21.5 92.2 25.4 March 2013 418 9,839 21.0 97.7 23.5 March 2014 402 9,413 20.2 96.2 23.4 March 2015 384 8,630 19.3 95.5 22.5 March 2016 375 8,323 18.9 97.7 22.2 March 2017 358 8,404 18.0 95.5 23.5 March 2018 337 8,188 17.0 94.1 24.3 March 2019 316 7,955 15.9 93.8 25.2 March 2020 313 7,288 15.8 99.1 23.3 March 2021 301 6,636 15.1 96.2 22.0 March 2022 289 6,467 14.5 96.0 22.4 March 2023 273 6,165 13.7 94.5 22.6 March 2024 250 6,109 12.6 91.6 24.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 2,103 10,560 100.0 _ 5.0 March 1997 1,673 9,649 79.6 79.6 5.8 March 1998 1,472 9,416 70.0 88.0 6.4 March 1999 1,273 9,451 60.5 86.5 7.4 March 2000 1,158 9,910 55.1 91.0 8.6 March 2001 1,063 8,717 50.5 91.8 8.2 March 2002 939 7,626 44.7 88.3 8.1 March 2003 854 7,262 40.6 90.9 8.5 March 2004 838 7,198 39.8 98.1 8.6 March 2005 774 6,808 36.8 92.4 8.8 March 2006 714 6,448 34.0 92.2 9.0 March 2007 673 6,188 32.0 94.3 9.2 March 2008 620 5,868 29.5 92.1 9.5 March 2009 572 5,474 27.2 92.3 9.6 March 2010 512 5,464 24.3 89.5 10.7 March 2011 503 5,327 23.9 98.2 10.6 March 2012 479 5,002 22.8 95.2 10.4 March 2013 460 4,762 21.9 96.0 10.4 March 2014 435 5,082 20.7 94.6 11.7 March 2015 405 4,680 19.3 93.1 11.6 March 2016 398 4,832 18.9 98.3 12.1 March 2017 372 4,630 17.7 93.5 12.4 March 2018 348 4,606 16.5 93.5 13.2 March 2019 364 4,476 17.3 104.6 12.3 March 2020 325 4,298 15.5 89.3 13.2 March 2021 318 3,701 15.1 97.8 11.6 March 2022 295 3,927 14.0 92.8 13.3 March 2023 283 3,939 13.5 95.9 13.9 March 2024 272 3,877 12.9 96.1 14.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 2,326 15,583 100.0 _ 6.7 March 1998 1,892 16,339 81.3 81.3 8.6 March 1999 1,574 16,602 67.7 83.2 10.5 March 2000 1,425 17,144 61.3 90.5 12.0 March 2001 1,325 16,395 57.0 93.0 12.4 March 2002 1,136 14,706 48.8 85.7 12.9 March 2003 1,040 14,504 44.7 91.5 13.9 March 2004 1,046 13,956 45.0 100.6 13.3 March 2005 940 13,409 40.4 89.9 14.3 March 2006 879 13,173 37.8 93.5 15.0 March 2007 798 12,687 34.3 90.8 15.9 March 2008 744 11,998 32.0 93.2 16.1 March 2009 692 10,987 29.8 93.0 15.9 March 2010 592 9,978 25.5 85.5 16.9 March 2011 590 9,876 25.4 99.7 16.7 March 2012 541 9,911 23.3 91.7 18.3 March 2013 522 9,680 22.4 96.5 18.5 March 2014 504 9,505 21.7 96.6 18.9 March 2015 470 9,364 20.2 93.3 19.9 March 2016 453 9,113 19.5 96.4 20.1 March 2017 429 8,838 18.4 94.7 20.6 March 2018 409 8,631 17.6 95.3 21.1 March 2019 392 8,879 16.9 95.8 22.7 March 2020 374 9,112 16.1 95.4 24.4 March 2021 340 8,316 14.6 90.9 24.5 March 2022 325 8,447 14.0 95.6 26.0 March 2023 311 8,352 13.4 95.7 26.9 March 2024 295 7,745 12.7 94.9 26.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 2,244 13,149 100.0 _ 5.9 March 1999 1,780 13,425 79.3 79.3 7.5 March 2000 1,600 13,779 71.3 89.9 8.6 March 2001 1,419 12,758 63.2 88.7 9.0 March 2002 1,237 11,452 55.1 87.2 9.3 March 2003 1,093 10,738 48.7 88.4 9.8 March 2004 1,023 10,203 45.6 93.6 10.0 March 2005 924 9,833 41.2 90.3 10.6 March 2006 860 9,892 38.3 93.1 11.5 March 2007 788 9,929 35.1 91.6 12.6 March 2008 726 9,406 32.4 92.1 13.0 March 2009 657 8,315 29.3 90.5 12.7 March 2010 542 8,099 24.2 82.5 14.9 March 2011 549 7,829 24.5 101.3 14.3 March 2012 514 7,908 22.9 93.6 15.4 March 2013 494 8,593 22.0 96.1 17.4 March 2014 478 9,548 21.3 96.8 20.0 March 2015 456 11,003 20.3 95.4 24.1 March 2016 427 11,042 19.0 93.6 25.9 March 2017 413 10,280 18.4 96.7 24.9 March 2018 358 9,793 16.0 86.7 27.4 March 2019 338 9,494 15.1 94.4 28.1 March 2020 315 9,464 14.0 93.2 30.0 March 2021 299 9,482 13.3 94.9 31.7 March 2022 296 12,929 13.2 99.0 43.7 March 2023 276 15,007 12.3 93.2 54.4 March 2024 263 15,292 11.7 95.3 58.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 2,331 13,353 100.0 _ 5.7 March 2000 1,903 13,795 81.6 81.6 7.2 March 2001 1,628 12,863 69.8 85.5 7.9 March 2002 1,300 11,444 55.8 79.9 8.8 March 2003 1,172 10,806 50.3 90.2 9.2 March 2004 1,107 10,816 47.5 94.5 9.8 March 2005 1,030 11,122 44.2 93.0 10.8 March 2006 943 10,472 40.5 91.6 11.1 March 2007 869 10,223 37.3 92.2 11.8 March 2008 791 9,165 33.9 91.0 11.6 March 2009 717 8,461 30.8 90.6 11.8 March 2010 605 8,317 26.0 84.4 13.7 March 2011 609 7,775 26.1 100.7 12.8 March 2012 596 7,827 25.6 97.9 13.1 March 2013 567 7,610 24.3 95.1 13.4 March 2014 538 7,482 23.1 94.9 13.9 March 2015 500 7,799 21.5 92.9 15.6 March 2016 470 7,702 20.2 94.0 16.4 March 2017 439 7,493 18.8 93.4 17.1 March 2018 418 7,471 17.9 95.2 17.9 March 2019 387 7,181 16.6 92.6 18.6 March 2020 358 7,102 15.4 92.5 19.8 March 2021 347 6,869 14.9 96.9 19.8 March 2022 329 6,771 14.1 94.8 20.6 March 2023 303 6,459 13.0 92.1 21.3 March 2024 279 6,393 12.0 92.1 22.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 2,335 13,194 100.0 _ 5.7 March 2001 1,935 14,187 82.9 82.9 7.3 March 2002 1,586 12,389 67.9 82.0 7.8 March 2003 1,377 11,282 59.0 86.8 8.2 March 2004 1,324 11,189 56.7 96.2 8.5 March 2005 1,202 11,163 51.5 90.8 9.3 March 2006 1,110 10,854 47.5 92.3 9.8 March 2007 1,017 10,940 43.6 91.6 10.8 March 2008 936 10,515 40.1 92.0 11.2 March 2009 824 10,148 35.3 88.0 12.3 March 2010 680 9,194 29.1 82.5 13.5 March 2011 701 8,932 30.0 103.1 12.7 March 2012 644 8,769 27.6 91.9 13.6 March 2013 605 8,877 25.9 93.9 14.7 March 2014 577 9,379 24.7 95.4 16.3 March 2015 551 9,858 23.6 95.5 17.9 March 2016 532 9,972 22.8 96.6 18.7 March 2017 504 9,816 21.6 94.7 19.5 March 2018 490 9,256 21.0 97.2 18.9 March 2019 461 9,227 19.7 94.1 20.0 March 2020 426 8,378 18.2 92.4 19.7 March 2021 392 6,976 16.8 92.0 17.8 March 2022 355 7,337 15.2 90.6 20.7 March 2023 344 7,890 14.7 96.9 22.9 March 2024 329 7,785 14.1 95.6 23.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 2,508 18,091 100.0 _ 7.2 March 2002 1,826 16,217 72.8 72.8 8.9 March 2003 1,575 15,099 62.8 86.3 9.6 March 2004 1,581 15,925 63.0 100.4 10.1 March 2005 1,436 15,150 57.3 90.8 10.6 March 2006 1,304 14,896 52.0 90.8 11.4 March 2007 1,175 15,003 46.9 90.1 12.8 March 2008 1,054 15,093 42.0 89.7 14.3 March 2009 960 13,532 38.3 91.1 14.1 March 2010 824 12,782 32.9 85.8 15.5 March 2011 821 12,437 32.7 99.6 15.1 March 2012 772 12,467 30.8 94.0 16.1 March 2013 723 10,788 28.8 93.7 14.9 March 2014 690 11,020 27.5 95.4 16.0 March 2015 673 10,652 26.8 97.5 15.8 March 2016 642 10,307 25.6 95.4 16.1 March 2017 613 10,300 24.4 95.5 16.8 March 2018 582 10,386 23.2 94.9 17.8 March 2019 552 10,658 22.0 94.8 19.3 March 2020 517 10,181 20.6 93.7 19.7 March 2021 499 9,414 19.9 96.5 18.9 March 2022 466 9,295 18.6 93.4 19.9 March 2023 449 9,406 17.9 96.4 20.9 March 2024 405 9,662 16.1 90.2 23.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 1,972 12,960 100.0 _ 6.6 March 2003 1,547 12,351 78.4 78.4 8.0 March 2004 1,477 12,081 74.9 95.5 8.2 March 2005 1,289 11,761 65.4 87.3 9.1 March 2006 1,159 11,630 58.8 89.9 10.0 March 2007 1,022 10,808 51.8 88.2 10.6 March 2008 919 10,271 46.6 89.9 11.2 March 2009 836 9,366 42.4 91.0 11.2 March 2010 718 8,790 36.4 85.9 12.2 March 2011 698 8,316 35.4 97.2 11.9 March 2012 631 8,061 32.0 90.4 12.8 March 2013 602 7,859 30.5 95.4 13.1 March 2014 576 7,736 29.2 95.7 13.4 March 2015 528 7,638 26.8 91.7 14.5 March 2016 515 7,621 26.1 97.5 14.8 March 2017 509 7,684 25.8 98.8 15.1 March 2018 481 7,886 24.4 94.5 16.4 March 2019 450 7,773 22.8 93.6 17.3 March 2020 420 7,369 21.3 93.3 17.5 March 2021 406 6,740 20.6 96.7 16.6 March 2022 397 6,558 20.1 97.8 16.5 March 2023 374 6,448 19.0 94.2 17.2 March 2024 359 6,507 18.2 96.0 18.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 2,224 14,043 100.0 _ 6.3 March 2004 1,779 13,993 80.0 80.0 7.9 March 2005 1,571 13,408 70.6 88.3 8.5 March 2006 1,389 13,269 62.5 88.4 9.6 March 2007 1,238 13,260 55.7 89.1 10.7 March 2008 1,103 13,228 49.6 89.1 12.0 March 2009 969 11,386 43.6 87.9 11.8 March 2010 850 9,888 38.2 87.7 11.6 March 2011 808 9,600 36.3 95.1 11.9 March 2012 721 9,139 32.4 89.2 12.7 March 2013 675 8,984 30.4 93.6 13.3 March 2014 649 8,797 29.2 96.1 13.6 March 2015 607 8,917 27.3 93.5 14.7 March 2016 570 8,697 25.6 93.9 15.3 March 2017 544 8,527 24.5 95.4 15.7 March 2018 495 7,868 22.3 91.0 15.9 March 2019 471 7,961 21.2 95.2 16.9 March 2020 434 7,796 19.5 92.1 18.0 March 2021 396 6,863 17.8 91.2 17.3 March 2022 361 7,369 16.2 91.2 20.4 March 2023 364 7,217 16.4 100.8 19.8 March 2024 341 7,028 15.3 93.7 20.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 2,410 14,610 100.0 _ 6.1 March 2005 1,913 13,046 79.4 79.4 6.8 March 2006 1,600 12,999 66.4 83.6 8.1 March 2007 1,410 12,220 58.5 88.1 8.7 March 2008 1,236 11,238 51.3 87.7 9.1 March 2009 1,082 10,233 44.9 87.5 9.5 March 2010 939 9,099 39.0 86.8 9.7 March 2011 877 8,299 36.4 93.4 9.5 March 2012 780 8,112 32.4 88.9 10.4 March 2013 731 7,972 30.3 93.7 10.9 March 2014 668 7,884 27.7 91.4 11.8 March 2015 639 7,990 26.5 95.7 12.5 March 2016 601 7,787 24.9 94.1 13.0 March 2017 557 7,483 23.1 92.7 13.4 March 2018 525 7,083 21.8 94.3 13.5 March 2019 491 7,251 20.4 93.5 14.8 March 2020 467 7,052 19.4 95.1 15.1 March 2021 445 6,648 18.5 95.3 14.9 March 2022 413 6,691 17.1 92.8 16.2 March 2023 384 6,522 15.9 93.0 17.0 March 2024 367 6,318 15.2 95.6 17.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 2,180 12,211 100.0 _ 5.6 March 2006 1,707 11,944 78.3 78.3 7.0 March 2007 1,446 11,310 66.3 84.7 7.8 March 2008 1,302 10,624 59.7 90.0 8.2 March 2009 1,122 9,502 51.5 86.2 8.5 March 2010 970 8,686 44.5 86.5 9.0 March 2011 903 8,585 41.4 93.1 9.5 March 2012 821 8,555 37.7 90.9 10.4 March 2013 767 8,375 35.2 93.4 10.9 March 2014 722 8,002 33.1 94.1 11.1 March 2015 672 7,905 30.8 93.1 11.8 March 2016 627 7,760 28.8 93.3 12.4 March 2017 595 7,605 27.3 94.9 12.8 March 2018 559 7,340 25.6 93.9 13.1 March 2019 526 7,144 24.1 94.1 13.6 March 2020 483 7,040 22.2 91.8 14.6 March 2021 471 5,847 21.6 97.5 12.4 March 2022 439 6,576 20.1 93.2 15.0 March 2023 417 6,475 19.1 95.0 15.5 March 2024 395 6,545 18.1 94.7 16.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 2,557 14,338 100.0 _ 5.6 March 2007 1,773 11,424 69.3 69.3 6.4 March 2008 1,513 10,605 59.2 85.3 7.0 March 2009 1,269 9,569 49.6 83.9 7.5 March 2010 1,082 9,424 42.3 85.3 8.7 March 2011 996 9,218 39.0 92.1 9.3 March 2012 897 9,071 35.1 90.1 10.1 March 2013 847 8,937 33.1 94.4 10.6 March 2014 799 8,853 31.2 94.3 11.1 March 2015 740 8,503 28.9 92.6 11.5 March 2016 698 8,271 27.3 94.3 11.8 March 2017 643 8,062 25.1 92.1 12.5 March 2018 606 8,197 23.7 94.2 13.5 March 2019 568 8,300 22.2 93.7 14.6 March 2020 541 7,875 21.2 95.2 14.6 March 2021 522 7,271 20.4 96.5 13.9 March 2022 498 7,205 19.5 95.4 14.5 March 2023 464 6,908 18.1 93.2 14.9 March 2024 442 6,560 17.3 95.3 14.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 2,258 15,496 100.0 _ 6.9 March 2008 1,753 14,260 77.6 77.6 8.1 March 2009 1,442 13,260 63.9 82.3 9.2 March 2010 1,243 12,629 55.0 86.2 10.2 March 2011 1,128 12,180 50.0 90.7 10.8 March 2012 1,016 9,122 45.0 90.1 9.0 March 2013 927 8,817 41.1 91.2 9.5 March 2014 852 8,873 37.7 91.9 10.4 March 2015 773 8,561 34.2 90.7 11.1 March 2016 737 8,860 32.6 95.3 12.0 March 2017 691 8,438 30.6 93.8 12.2 March 2018 656 8,356 29.1 94.9 12.7 March 2019 614 8,298 27.2 93.6 13.5 March 2020 568 7,878 25.2 92.5 13.9 March 2021 534 7,306 23.6 94.0 13.7 March 2022 507 7,480 22.5 94.9 14.8 March 2023 483 7,054 21.4 95.3 14.6 March 2024 460 6,841 20.4 95.2 14.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 2,238 11,645 100.0 _ 5.2 March 2009 1,686 9,040 75.3 75.3 5.4 March 2010 1,376 8,713 61.5 81.6 6.3 March 2011 1,263 9,213 56.4 91.8 7.3 March 2012 1,112 8,985 49.7 88.0 8.1 March 2013 1,049 8,880 46.9 94.3 8.5 March 2014 947 8,344 42.3 90.3 8.8 March 2015 884 8,267 39.5 93.3 9.4 March 2016 818 8,037 36.6 92.5 9.8 March 2017 768 7,834 34.3 93.9 10.2 March 2018 704 7,672 31.5 91.7 10.9 March 2019 644 7,223 28.8 91.5 11.2 March 2020 608 6,818 27.2 94.4 11.2 March 2021 570 6,577 25.5 93.8 11.5 March 2022 526 6,736 23.5 92.3 12.8 March 2023 493 6,626 22.0 93.7 13.4 March 2024 472 6,411 21.1 95.7 13.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 1,939 11,016 100.0 _ 5.7 March 2010 1,480 10,386 76.3 76.3 7.0 March 2011 1,280 10,144 66.0 86.5 7.9 March 2012 1,159 9,900 59.8 90.5 8.5 March 2013 1,042 10,159 53.7 89.9 9.7 March 2014 972 9,780 50.1 93.3 10.1 March 2015 897 9,823 46.3 92.3 11.0 March 2016 814 9,675 42.0 90.7 11.9 March 2017 750 9,524 38.7 92.1 12.7 March 2018 696 8,974 35.9 92.8 12.9 March 2019 636 8,751 32.8 91.4 13.8 March 2020 595 8,177 30.7 93.6 13.7 March 2021 582 7,889 30.0 97.8 13.6 March 2022 552 7,773 28.5 94.8 14.1 March 2023 512 8,059 26.4 92.8 15.7 March 2024 491 7,719 25.3 95.9 15.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 1,746 8,144 100.0 _ 4.7 March 2011 1,358 8,345 77.8 77.8 6.1 March 2012 1,113 7,194 63.7 82.0 6.5 March 2013 962 7,004 55.1 86.4 7.3 March 2014 869 6,780 49.8 90.3 7.8 March 2015 793 6,386 45.4 91.3 8.1 March 2016 730 6,352 41.8 92.1 8.7 March 2017 674 6,045 38.6 92.3 9.0 March 2018 618 5,912 35.4 91.7 9.6 March 2019 586 5,971 33.6 94.8 10.2 March 2020 528 5,788 30.2 90.1 11.0 March 2021 490 5,220 28.1 92.8 10.7 March 2022 457 5,422 26.2 93.3 11.9 March 2023 438 5,732 25.1 95.8 13.1 March 2024 403 5,831 23.1 92.0 14.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 1,895 10,646 100.0 _ 5.6 March 2012 1,415 9,520 74.7 74.7 6.7 March 2013 1,229 8,773 64.9 86.9 7.1 March 2014 1,096 8,269 57.8 89.2 7.5 March 2015 981 7,934 51.8 89.5 8.1 March 2016 898 8,148 47.4 91.5 9.1 March 2017 805 7,910 42.5 89.6 9.8 March 2018 725 7,501 38.3 90.1 10.3 March 2019 666 7,200 35.1 91.9 10.8 March 2020 622 7,189 32.8 93.4 11.6 March 2021 597 6,535 31.5 96.0 10.9 March 2022 552 6,894 29.1 92.5 12.5 March 2023 522 6,899 27.5 94.6 13.2 March 2024 489 6,835 25.8 93.7 14.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2012 March 2012 2,111 9,375 100.0 _ 4.4 March 2013 1,669 8,679 79.1 79.1 5.2 March 2014 1,444 8,243 68.4 86.5 5.7 March 2015 1,288 8,123 61.0 89.2 6.3 March 2016 1,139 8,033 54.0 88.4 7.1 March 2017 1,016 7,819 48.1 89.2 7.7 March 2018 925 7,263 43.8 91.0 7.9 March 2019 862 7,177 40.8 93.2 8.3 March 2020 793 6,723 37.6 92.0 8.5 March 2021 726 6,402 34.4 91.6 8.8 March 2022 679 6,426 32.2 93.5 9.5 March 2023 647 6,689 30.6 95.3 10.3 March 2024 604 6,441 28.6 93.4 10.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2013 March 2013 2,202 9,641 100.0 _ 4.4 March 2014 1,858 9,328 84.4 84.4 5.0 March 2015 1,575 9,325 71.5 84.8 5.9 March 2016 1,358 9,337 61.7 86.2 6.9 March 2017 1,184 9,058 53.8 87.2 7.7 March 2018 1,047 8,978 47.5 88.4 8.6 March 2019 966 8,759 43.9 92.3 9.1 March 2020 857 7,738 38.9 88.7 9.0 March 2021 803 7,255 36.5 93.7 9.0 March 2022 756 7,116 34.3 94.1 9.4 March 2023 685 7,023 31.1 90.6 10.3 March 2024 651 6,668 29.6 95.0 10.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2014 March 2014 2,186 10,459 100.0 _ 4.8 March 2015 1,751 10,608 80.1 80.1 6.1 March 2016 1,500 9,619 68.6 85.7 6.4 March 2017 1,343 9,365 61.4 89.5 7.0 March 2018 1,199 9,339 54.8 89.3 7.8 March 2019 1,094 9,495 50.0 91.2 8.7 March 2020 961 9,458 44.0 87.8 9.8 March 2021 901 8,487 41.2 93.8 9.4 March 2022 853 9,303 39.0 94.7 10.9 March 2023 772 9,645 35.3 90.5 12.5 March 2024 718 9,386 32.8 93.0 13.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2015 March 2015 2,237 8,757 100.0 _ 3.9 March 2016 1,713 8,675 76.6 76.6 5.1 March 2017 1,460 8,906 65.3 85.2 6.1 March 2018 1,278 9,046 57.1 87.5 7.1 March 2019 1,150 8,340 51.4 90.0 7.3 March 2020 1,019 8,368 45.6 88.6 8.2 March 2021 918 7,760 41.0 90.1 8.5 March 2022 861 7,801 38.5 93.8 9.1 March 2023 787 7,178 35.2 91.4 9.1 March 2024 725 6,274 32.4 92.1 8.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2016 March 2016 2,438 11,042 100.0 _ 4.5 March 2017 1,913 10,613 78.5 78.5 5.5 March 2018 1,616 10,897 66.3 84.5 6.7 March 2019 1,407 10,055 57.7 87.1 7.1 March 2020 1,244 9,243 51.0 88.4 7.4 March 2021 1,135 8,516 46.6 91.2 7.5 March 2022 1,028 8,649 42.2 90.6 8.4 March 2023 926 8,059 38.0 90.1 8.7 March 2024 856 7,520 35.1 92.4 8.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2017 March 2017 2,316 9,221 100.0 _ 4.0 March 2018 1,802 8,791 77.8 77.8 4.9 March 2019 1,536 8,457 66.3 85.2 5.5 March 2020 1,291 7,938 55.7 84.0 6.1 March 2021 1,164 7,702 50.3 90.2 6.6 March 2022 1,042 7,895 45.0 89.5 7.6 March 2023 944 8,118 40.8 90.6 8.6 March 2024 885 7,938 38.2 93.8 9.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2018 March 2018 2,910 11,957 100.0 _ 4.1 March 2019 2,294 11,825 78.8 78.8 5.2 March 2020 1,952 11,587 67.1 85.1 5.9 March 2021 1,730 10,892 59.5 88.6 6.3 March 2022 1,539 10,795 52.9 89.0 7.0 March 2023 1,401 10,229 48.1 91.0 7.3 March 2024 1,305 10,103 44.8 93.1 7.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2019 March 2019 2,430 9,464 100.0 _ 3.9 March 2020 1,849 8,666 76.1 76.1 4.7 March 2021 1,603 8,066 66.0 86.7 5.0 March 2022 1,455 7,981 59.9 90.8 5.5 March 2023 1,292 7,844 53.2 88.8 6.1 March 2024 1,147 7,989 47.2 88.8 7.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2020 March 2020 2,583 10,811 100.0 _ 4.2 March 2021 2,126 10,217 82.3 82.3 4.8 March 2022 1,845 10,494 71.4 86.8 5.7 March 2023 1,581 10,208 61.2 85.7 6.5 March 2024 1,435 10,322 55.6 90.8 7.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2021 March 2021 2,773 10,132 100.0 _ 3.7 March 2022 2,150 10,248 77.5 77.5 4.8 March 2023 1,827 10,373 65.9 85.0 5.7 March 2024 1,639 10,172 59.1 89.7 6.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2022 March 2022 3,635 12,708 100.0 _ 3.5 March 2023 2,725 12,254 75.0 75.0 4.5 March 2024 2,302 12,683 63.3 84.5 5.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2023 March 2023 3,668 13,608 100.0 _ 3.7 March 2024 2,807 13,177 76.5 76.5 4.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2024 March 2024 3,565 11,922 100.0 _ 3.3 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.