Entrepreneurship and the U.S. Economy

Chart 3. Survival rates of establishments, by year started and number of years since starting, 1994–2015, in percent

Number of years since starting	Year
	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
1	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
2	79.6	78.8	78.2	78.5	80.1	79.1	78.4	75.7	78.4	79.3	78.9	80.1	78.3	77.3	75.2	76.7	78.6	79.4	79.2	79.6	79.9	–
3	68.1	67.9	66.9	68.3	68.5	67.0	66.0	64.7	67.4	68.4	69.1	68.7	66.3	64.0	63.3	66.4	68.6	69.3	68.7	69.3	–	–
4	60.6	59.8	59.7	60.2	59.6	58.5	58.2	57.6	60.0	61.4	61.2	60.2	56.7	55.5	56.5	59.9	61.6	61.9	61.5	–	–	–
5	54.3	54.1	53.4	53.0	53.0	52.7	52.8	52.3	54.8	55.3	54.5	52.6	49.8	50.2	51.7	54.8	56.0	56.3	–	–	–	–
6	49.6	48.8	48.1	47.6	48.1	48.2	48.2	48.1	50.1	50.0	48.4	46.8	45.4	46.4	47.8	50.1	51.4	–	–	–	–	–
7	45.2	44.4	43.9	43.7	44.4	44.4	44.7	44.2	45.9	44.8	43.7	43.2	42.3	43.1	44.2	46.3	–	–	–	–	–	–
8	41.5	40.7	40.5	40.5	41.2	41.4	41.6	40.9	41.8	40.9	40.5	40.5	39.6	40.1	41.1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
9	38.3	38.0	37.8	37.7	38.7	38.6	38.6	37.4	38.4	38.1	38.2	38.2	37.1	37.5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
10	35.7	35.7	35.4	35.6	36.2	36.1	35.5	34.5	36.1	36.0	36.1	35.9	34.9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
11	33.6	33.4	33.4	33.5	34.0	33.2	32.9	32.4	34.2	34.2	34.0	33.8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
12	31.8	31.6	31.5	31.5	31.5	31.0	31.2	30.9	32.5	32.3	32.1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
13	30.3	29.9	29.7	29.3	29.5	29.4	29.8	29.5	30.8	30.8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
14	28.7	28.4	28.0	27.6	28.1	28.2	28.6	28.1	29.4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
15	27.2	26.6	26.3	26.2	26.9	27.0	27.3	26.8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
16	25.5	25.1	25.1	25.1	25.7	25.8	26.3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
17	24.1	24.0	24.1	24.1	24.7	24.8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
18	23.0	23.0	23.1	23.2	23.6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
19	22.0	22.2	22.2	22.2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
20	21.2	21.3	21.3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
21	20.3	20.4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
22	19.5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Note: Dashes indicate not applicable.

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