Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Total Private Maine 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 2,724 18,430 100.0 _ 6.8 March 1995 2,214 17,877 81.3 81.3 8.1 March 1996 1,909 17,164 70.1 86.2 9.0 March 1997 1,646 15,958 60.4 86.2 9.7 March 1998 1,584 14,779 58.1 96.2 9.3 March 1999 1,494 15,170 54.8 94.3 10.2 March 2000 1,402 14,969 51.5 93.8 10.7 March 2001 1,318 14,327 48.4 94.0 10.9 March 2002 1,220 13,963 44.8 92.6 11.4 March 2003 1,173 13,479 43.1 96.1 11.5 March 2004 1,114 13,035 40.9 95.0 11.7 March 2005 1,042 12,668 38.3 93.5 12.2 March 2006 966 12,125 35.5 92.7 12.6 March 2007 926 11,874 34.0 95.9 12.8 March 2008 887 11,536 32.6 95.8 13.0 March 2009 816 10,851 30.0 92.0 13.3 March 2010 781 10,268 28.7 95.7 13.1 March 2011 750 10,452 27.5 96.0 13.9 March 2012 738 10,370 27.1 98.4 14.1 March 2013 719 10,096 26.4 97.4 14.0 March 2014 701 9,820 25.7 97.5 14.0 March 2015 677 9,840 24.9 96.6 14.5 March 2016 661 9,635 24.3 97.6 14.6 March 2017 637 9,611 23.4 96.4 15.1 March 2018 603 9,317 22.1 94.7 15.5 March 2019 575 9,179 21.1 95.4 16.0 March 2020 542 8,866 19.9 94.3 16.4 March 2021 521 8,599 19.1 96.1 16.5 March 2022 506 8,550 18.6 97.1 16.9 March 2023 489 8,496 18.0 96.6 17.4 March 2024 464 8,333 17.0 94.9 18.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 2,621 14,467 100.0 _ 5.5 March 1996 2,166 13,843 82.6 82.6 6.4 March 1997 1,838 14,288 70.1 84.9 7.8 March 1998 1,779 14,012 67.9 96.8 7.9 March 1999 1,635 13,920 62.4 91.9 8.5 March 2000 1,523 14,147 58.1 93.1 9.3 March 2001 1,419 13,612 54.1 93.2 9.6 March 2002 1,335 12,896 50.9 94.1 9.7 March 2003 1,236 12,165 47.2 92.6 9.8 March 2004 1,188 11,968 45.3 96.1 10.1 March 2005 1,114 11,421 42.5 93.8 10.3 March 2006 1,071 11,222 40.9 96.1 10.5 March 2007 1,003 11,078 38.3 93.7 11.0 March 2008 984 11,292 37.5 98.1 11.5 March 2009 912 10,351 34.8 92.7 11.3 March 2010 867 10,034 33.1 95.1 11.6 March 2011 825 9,920 31.5 95.2 12.0 March 2012 796 9,672 30.4 96.5 12.2 March 2013 756 9,519 28.8 95.0 12.6 March 2014 756 9,722 28.8 100.0 12.9 March 2015 720 9,592 27.5 95.2 13.3 March 2016 679 9,210 25.9 94.3 13.6 March 2017 646 8,907 24.6 95.1 13.8 March 2018 627 8,664 23.9 97.1 13.8 March 2019 593 8,362 22.6 94.6 14.1 March 2020 581 8,095 22.2 98.0 13.9 March 2021 544 7,686 20.8 93.6 14.1 March 2022 534 7,962 20.4 98.2 14.9 March 2023 509 7,429 19.4 95.3 14.6 March 2024 485 7,524 18.5 95.3 15.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 2,716 14,555 100.0 _ 5.4 March 1997 2,020 14,905 74.4 74.4 7.4 March 1998 1,888 14,513 69.5 93.5 7.7 March 1999 1,729 14,398 63.7 91.6 8.3 March 2000 1,602 14,576 59.0 92.7 9.1 March 2001 1,464 15,047 53.9 91.4 10.3 March 2002 1,343 13,324 49.4 91.7 9.9 March 2003 1,238 13,054 45.6 92.2 10.5 March 2004 1,191 12,854 43.9 96.2 10.8 March 2005 1,128 12,287 41.5 94.7 10.9 March 2006 1,049 12,040 38.6 93.0 11.5 March 2007 991 11,683 36.5 94.5 11.8 March 2008 943 11,648 34.7 95.2 12.4 March 2009 874 10,371 32.2 92.7 11.9 March 2010 827 9,564 30.4 94.6 11.6 March 2011 788 9,452 29.0 95.3 12.0 March 2012 775 9,452 28.5 98.4 12.2 March 2013 750 9,329 27.6 96.8 12.4 March 2014 716 9,395 26.4 95.5 13.1 March 2015 694 9,493 25.6 96.9 13.7 March 2016 683 9,332 25.1 98.4 13.7 March 2017 651 9,177 24.0 95.3 14.1 March 2018 626 8,748 23.0 96.2 14.0 March 2019 610 8,593 22.5 97.4 14.1 March 2020 584 8,331 21.5 95.7 14.3 March 2021 546 7,460 20.1 93.5 13.7 March 2022 521 7,441 19.2 95.4 14.3 March 2023 479 7,245 17.6 91.9 15.1 March 2024 473 7,360 17.4 98.7 15.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 2,467 12,668 100.0 _ 5.1 March 1998 2,178 12,690 88.3 88.3 5.8 March 1999 1,984 12,730 80.4 91.1 6.4 March 2000 1,814 12,993 73.5 91.4 7.2 March 2001 1,645 13,015 66.7 90.7 7.9 March 2002 1,475 12,213 59.8 89.7 8.3 March 2003 1,388 11,556 56.3 94.1 8.3 March 2004 1,281 11,227 51.9 92.3 8.8 March 2005 1,172 10,905 47.5 91.5 9.3 March 2006 1,105 10,620 44.8 94.3 9.6 March 2007 1,035 10,719 42.0 93.7 10.4 March 2008 966 10,137 39.2 93.3 10.5 March 2009 896 9,177 36.3 92.8 10.2 March 2010 850 8,686 34.5 94.9 10.2 March 2011 795 8,698 32.2 93.5 10.9 March 2012 758 8,644 30.7 95.3 11.4 March 2013 735 8,479 29.8 97.0 11.5 March 2014 716 8,254 29.0 97.4 11.5 March 2015 693 8,058 28.1 96.8 11.6 March 2016 666 7,963 27.0 96.1 12.0 March 2017 622 7,677 25.2 93.4 12.3 March 2018 603 7,501 24.4 96.9 12.4 March 2019 590 7,407 23.9 97.8 12.6 March 2020 547 6,917 22.2 92.7 12.6 March 2021 526 6,536 21.3 96.2 12.4 March 2022 513 6,860 20.8 97.5 13.4 March 2023 485 6,817 19.7 94.5 14.1 March 2024 465 6,885 18.8 95.9 14.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 3,139 18,151 100.0 _ 5.8 March 1999 2,628 18,541 83.7 83.7 7.1 March 2000 2,348 19,593 74.8 89.3 8.3 March 2001 2,089 18,807 66.5 89.0 9.0 March 2002 1,847 16,681 58.8 88.4 9.0 March 2003 1,719 16,203 54.8 93.1 9.4 March 2004 1,568 15,880 50.0 91.2 10.1 March 2005 1,462 15,250 46.6 93.2 10.4 March 2006 1,372 15,225 43.7 93.8 11.1 March 2007 1,287 14,749 41.0 93.8 11.5 March 2008 1,210 14,196 38.5 94.0 11.7 March 2009 1,126 13,279 35.9 93.1 11.8 March 2010 1,066 12,877 34.0 94.7 12.1 March 2011 1,003 12,452 32.0 94.1 12.4 March 2012 959 12,312 30.6 95.6 12.8 March 2013 911 12,137 29.0 95.0 13.3 March 2014 885 12,093 28.2 97.1 13.7 March 2015 842 11,636 26.8 95.1 13.8 March 2016 829 11,382 26.4 98.5 13.7 March 2017 786 11,267 25.0 94.8 14.3 March 2018 776 10,988 24.7 98.7 14.2 March 2019 757 10,225 24.1 97.6 13.5 March 2020 727 10,027 23.2 96.0 13.8 March 2021 698 9,422 22.2 96.0 13.5 March 2022 654 9,642 20.8 93.7 14.7 March 2023 608 9,305 19.4 93.0 15.3 March 2024 582 9,165 18.5 95.7 15.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 3,021 14,549 100.0 _ 4.8 March 2000 2,528 16,393 83.7 83.7 6.5 March 2001 2,173 15,411 71.9 86.0 7.1 March 2002 1,899 14,279 62.9 87.4 7.5 March 2003 1,744 13,416 57.7 91.8 7.7 March 2004 1,594 13,182 52.8 91.4 8.3 March 2005 1,446 12,890 47.9 90.7 8.9 March 2006 1,352 12,384 44.8 93.5 9.2 March 2007 1,279 11,626 42.3 94.6 9.1 March 2008 1,191 11,383 39.4 93.1 9.6 March 2009 1,061 10,257 35.1 89.1 9.7 March 2010 1,007 9,952 33.3 94.9 9.9 March 2011 958 9,996 31.7 95.1 10.4 March 2012 914 9,793 30.3 95.4 10.7 March 2013 889 9,176 29.4 97.3 10.3 March 2014 863 9,091 28.6 97.1 10.5 March 2015 831 8,918 27.5 96.3 10.7 March 2016 816 8,816 27.0 98.2 10.8 March 2017 778 8,731 25.8 95.3 11.2 March 2018 765 8,800 25.3 98.3 11.5 March 2019 719 8,313 23.8 94.0 11.6 March 2020 686 8,010 22.7 95.4 11.7 March 2021 659 7,473 21.8 96.1 11.3 March 2022 613 6,985 20.3 93.0 11.4 March 2023 600 6,912 19.9 97.9 11.5 March 2024 581 6,826 19.2 96.8 11.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 3,046 15,021 100.0 _ 4.9 March 2001 2,489 19,556 81.7 81.7 7.9 March 2002 2,062 18,785 67.7 82.8 9.1 March 2003 1,911 18,656 62.7 92.7 9.8 March 2004 1,749 17,781 57.4 91.5 10.2 March 2005 1,602 16,609 52.6 91.6 10.4 March 2006 1,499 15,839 49.2 93.6 10.6 March 2007 1,404 15,709 46.1 93.7 11.2 March 2008 1,314 15,406 43.1 93.6 11.7 March 2009 1,193 14,477 39.2 90.8 12.1 March 2010 1,104 14,087 36.2 92.5 12.8 March 2011 1,052 13,894 34.5 95.3 13.2 March 2012 1,007 13,778 33.1 95.7 13.7 March 2013 961 13,605 31.5 95.4 14.2 March 2014 920 13,692 30.2 95.7 14.9 March 2015 897 13,486 29.4 97.5 15.0 March 2016 866 13,478 28.4 96.5 15.6 March 2017 841 13,406 27.6 97.1 15.9 March 2018 828 13,341 27.2 98.5 16.1 March 2019 812 13,224 26.7 98.1 16.3 March 2020 768 12,706 25.2 94.6 16.5 March 2021 737 12,173 24.2 96.0 16.5 March 2022 691 11,617 22.7 93.8 16.8 March 2023 667 11,514 21.9 96.5 17.3 March 2024 642 10,985 21.1 96.3 17.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 3,175 14,370 100.0 _ 4.5 March 2002 2,395 13,393 75.4 75.4 5.6 March 2003 2,098 12,703 66.1 87.6 6.1 March 2004 1,863 12,104 58.7 88.8 6.5 March 2005 1,665 11,355 52.4 89.4 6.8 March 2006 1,522 10,796 47.9 91.4 7.1 March 2007 1,412 10,554 44.5 92.8 7.5 March 2008 1,257 10,112 39.6 89.0 8.0 March 2009 1,151 9,184 36.3 91.6 8.0 March 2010 1,107 9,041 34.9 96.2 8.2 March 2011 1,037 8,740 32.7 93.7 8.4 March 2012 986 8,872 31.1 95.1 9.0 March 2013 928 8,625 29.2 94.1 9.3 March 2014 878 8,446 27.7 94.6 9.6 March 2015 848 8,256 26.7 96.6 9.7 March 2016 812 8,377 25.6 95.8 10.3 March 2017 786 8,497 24.8 96.8 10.8 March 2018 737 8,421 23.2 93.8 11.4 March 2019 719 8,447 22.6 97.6 11.7 March 2020 671 8,072 21.1 93.3 12.0 March 2021 652 7,304 20.5 97.2 11.2 March 2022 622 7,566 19.6 95.4 12.2 March 2023 573 7,148 18.0 92.1 12.5 March 2024 542 6,793 17.1 94.6 12.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 3,111 15,027 100.0 _ 4.8 March 2003 2,480 14,676 79.7 79.7 5.9 March 2004 2,192 14,136 70.5 88.4 6.4 March 2005 1,947 13,307 62.6 88.8 6.8 March 2006 1,803 13,372 58.0 92.6 7.4 March 2007 1,641 12,732 52.7 91.0 7.8 March 2008 1,496 12,419 48.1 91.2 8.3 March 2009 1,330 11,516 42.8 88.9 8.7 March 2010 1,257 10,951 40.4 94.5 8.7 March 2011 1,170 10,498 37.6 93.1 9.0 March 2012 1,072 9,764 34.5 91.6 9.1 March 2013 1,042 9,733 33.5 97.2 9.3 March 2014 981 9,727 31.5 94.1 9.9 March 2015 947 9,645 30.4 96.5 10.2 March 2016 925 9,822 29.7 97.7 10.6 March 2017 881 9,624 28.3 95.2 10.9 March 2018 820 9,678 26.4 93.1 11.8 March 2019 791 9,482 25.4 96.5 12.0 March 2020 729 9,015 23.4 92.2 12.4 March 2021 700 8,507 22.5 96.0 12.2 March 2022 663 8,484 21.3 94.7 12.8 March 2023 632 8,264 20.3 95.3 13.1 March 2024 603 8,294 19.4 95.4 13.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 2,916 13,235 100.0 _ 4.5 March 2004 2,360 13,014 80.9 80.9 5.5 March 2005 2,022 12,464 69.3 85.7 6.2 March 2006 1,766 12,033 60.6 87.3 6.8 March 2007 1,612 11,780 55.3 91.3 7.3 March 2008 1,454 11,043 49.9 90.2 7.6 March 2009 1,285 10,027 44.1 88.4 7.8 March 2010 1,216 9,464 41.7 94.6 7.8 March 2011 1,110 9,482 38.1 91.3 8.5 March 2012 1,058 9,768 36.3 95.3 9.2 March 2013 1,014 9,788 34.8 95.8 9.7 March 2014 973 9,760 33.4 96.0 10.0 March 2015 932 9,744 32.0 95.8 10.5 March 2016 897 9,458 30.8 96.2 10.5 March 2017 866 9,389 29.7 96.5 10.8 March 2018 815 8,924 27.9 94.1 10.9 March 2019 800 8,789 27.4 98.2 11.0 March 2020 753 8,695 25.8 94.1 11.5 March 2021 744 8,141 25.5 98.8 10.9 March 2022 723 8,141 24.8 97.2 11.3 March 2023 677 7,865 23.2 93.6 11.6 March 2024 638 7,616 21.9 94.2 11.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 2,905 12,177 100.0 _ 4.2 March 2005 2,244 11,920 77.2 77.2 5.3 March 2006 1,967 11,439 67.7 87.7 5.8 March 2007 1,750 10,858 60.2 89.0 6.2 March 2008 1,524 10,506 52.5 87.1 6.9 March 2009 1,332 9,627 45.9 87.4 7.2 March 2010 1,259 9,263 43.3 94.5 7.4 March 2011 1,159 9,437 39.9 92.1 8.1 March 2012 1,090 9,453 37.5 94.0 8.7 March 2013 1,030 9,585 35.5 94.5 9.3 March 2014 977 9,597 33.6 94.9 9.8 March 2015 943 9,697 32.5 96.5 10.3 March 2016 898 9,752 30.9 95.2 10.9 March 2017 874 9,812 30.1 97.3 11.2 March 2018 829 9,721 28.5 94.9 11.7 March 2019 805 9,670 27.7 97.1 12.0 March 2020 745 9,060 25.6 92.5 12.2 March 2021 716 8,388 24.6 96.1 11.7 March 2022 697 8,479 24.0 97.3 12.2 March 2023 663 8,518 22.8 95.1 12.8 March 2024 630 8,251 21.7 95.0 13.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 3,018 13,520 100.0 _ 4.5 March 2006 2,369 13,372 78.5 78.5 5.6 March 2007 2,062 12,923 68.3 87.0 6.3 March 2008 1,809 12,407 59.9 87.7 6.9 March 2009 1,574 11,564 52.2 87.0 7.3 March 2010 1,410 10,456 46.7 89.6 7.4 March 2011 1,297 9,986 43.0 92.0 7.7 March 2012 1,222 9,900 40.5 94.2 8.1 March 2013 1,166 9,503 38.6 95.4 8.2 March 2014 1,090 9,311 36.1 93.5 8.5 March 2015 1,033 9,177 34.2 94.8 8.9 March 2016 991 9,366 32.8 95.9 9.5 March 2017 934 9,190 30.9 94.2 9.8 March 2018 880 9,109 29.2 94.2 10.4 March 2019 858 8,962 28.4 97.5 10.4 March 2020 795 8,957 26.3 92.7 11.3 March 2021 761 8,191 25.2 95.7 10.8 March 2022 707 8,291 23.4 92.9 11.7 March 2023 678 8,264 22.5 95.9 12.2 March 2024 645 8,110 21.4 95.1 12.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 3,079 13,255 100.0 _ 4.3 March 2007 2,423 12,106 78.7 78.7 5.0 March 2008 2,064 11,308 67.0 85.2 5.5 March 2009 1,758 10,284 57.1 85.2 5.8 March 2010 1,557 9,518 50.6 88.6 6.1 March 2011 1,444 9,421 46.9 92.7 6.5 March 2012 1,340 9,562 43.5 92.8 7.1 March 2013 1,259 9,613 40.9 94.0 7.6 March 2014 1,185 9,689 38.5 94.1 8.2 March 2015 1,128 9,700 36.6 95.2 8.6 March 2016 1,087 9,490 35.3 96.4 8.7 March 2017 1,045 9,370 33.9 96.1 9.0 March 2018 986 9,223 32.0 94.4 9.4 March 2019 943 8,909 30.6 95.6 9.4 March 2020 887 8,672 28.8 94.1 9.8 March 2021 853 8,246 27.7 96.2 9.7 March 2022 816 8,290 26.5 95.7 10.2 March 2023 765 8,179 24.8 93.8 10.7 March 2024 719 8,100 23.4 94.0 11.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 2,804 13,292 100.0 _ 4.7 March 2008 2,183 12,109 77.9 77.9 5.5 March 2009 1,776 11,112 63.3 81.4 6.3 March 2010 1,624 10,764 57.9 91.4 6.6 March 2011 1,477 9,780 52.7 90.9 6.6 March 2012 1,386 9,554 49.4 93.8 6.9 March 2013 1,277 8,941 45.5 92.1 7.0 March 2014 1,191 8,619 42.5 93.3 7.2 March 2015 1,141 8,878 40.7 95.8 7.8 March 2016 1,099 8,925 39.2 96.3 8.1 March 2017 1,045 8,740 37.3 95.1 8.4 March 2018 999 8,735 35.6 95.6 8.7 March 2019 948 8,595 33.8 94.9 9.1 March 2020 891 8,418 31.8 94.0 9.4 March 2021 866 7,837 30.9 97.2 9.0 March 2022 830 7,942 29.6 95.8 9.6 March 2023 782 7,570 27.9 94.2 9.7 March 2024 733 7,258 26.1 93.7 9.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 2,825 12,333 100.0 _ 4.4 March 2009 2,118 11,167 75.0 75.0 5.3 March 2010 1,877 10,832 66.4 88.6 5.8 March 2011 1,655 10,307 58.6 88.2 6.2 March 2012 1,489 9,934 52.7 90.0 6.7 March 2013 1,388 9,733 49.1 93.2 7.0 March 2014 1,284 9,621 45.5 92.5 7.5 March 2015 1,220 9,568 43.2 95.0 7.8 March 2016 1,172 9,559 41.5 96.1 8.2 March 2017 1,109 9,516 39.3 94.6 8.6 March 2018 1,030 9,140 36.5 92.9 8.9 March 2019 980 9,333 34.7 95.1 9.5 March 2020 916 8,729 32.4 93.5 9.5 March 2021 884 8,102 31.3 96.5 9.2 March 2022 834 8,375 29.5 94.3 10.0 March 2023 799 8,164 28.3 95.8 10.2 March 2024 784 8,057 27.8 98.1 10.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 2,769 11,952 100.0 _ 4.3 March 2010 2,204 11,425 79.6 79.6 5.2 March 2011 1,904 11,361 68.8 86.4 6.0 March 2012 1,734 11,348 62.6 91.1 6.5 March 2013 1,604 11,164 57.9 92.5 7.0 March 2014 1,488 11,167 53.7 92.8 7.5 March 2015 1,370 11,001 49.5 92.1 8.0 March 2016 1,292 10,909 46.7 94.3 8.4 March 2017 1,238 10,827 44.7 95.8 8.7 March 2018 1,154 10,277 41.7 93.2 8.9 March 2019 1,091 10,156 39.4 94.5 9.3 March 2020 1,010 9,280 36.5 92.6 9.2 March 2021 972 8,649 35.1 96.2 8.9 March 2022 917 8,553 33.1 94.3 9.3 March 2023 876 8,621 31.6 95.5 9.8 March 2024 815 8,205 29.4 93.0 10.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 2,363 10,146 100.0 _ 4.3 March 2011 1,830 9,510 77.4 77.4 5.2 March 2012 1,597 9,133 67.6 87.3 5.7 March 2013 1,438 8,876 60.9 90.0 6.2 March 2014 1,309 8,689 55.4 91.0 6.6 March 2015 1,221 8,657 51.7 93.3 7.1 March 2016 1,158 8,487 49.0 94.8 7.3 March 2017 1,105 8,476 46.8 95.4 7.7 March 2018 1,026 8,168 43.4 92.9 8.0 March 2019 974 8,305 41.2 94.9 8.5 March 2020 901 7,832 38.1 92.5 8.7 March 2021 873 7,438 36.9 96.9 8.5 March 2022 839 7,746 35.5 96.1 9.2 March 2023 800 7,463 33.9 95.4 9.3 March 2024 756 7,634 32.0 94.5 10.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 2,352 8,670 100.0 _ 3.7 March 2012 1,798 8,380 76.4 76.4 4.7 March 2013 1,564 8,225 66.5 87.0 5.3 March 2014 1,411 8,350 60.0 90.2 5.9 March 2015 1,293 8,073 55.0 91.6 6.2 March 2016 1,208 7,861 51.4 93.4 6.5 March 2017 1,128 7,749 48.0 93.4 6.9 March 2018 1,047 7,523 44.5 92.8 7.2 March 2019 980 7,474 41.7 93.6 7.6 March 2020 916 7,332 38.9 93.5 8.0 March 2021 887 6,871 37.7 96.8 7.7 March 2022 835 7,070 35.5 94.1 8.5 March 2023 779 6,839 33.1 93.3 8.8 March 2024 736 6,430 31.3 94.5 8.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2012 March 2012 2,481 8,774 100.0 _ 3.5 March 2013 1,922 8,995 77.5 77.5 4.7 March 2014 1,718 9,201 69.2 89.4 5.4 March 2015 1,509 8,896 60.8 87.8 5.9 March 2016 1,428 9,168 57.6 94.6 6.4 March 2017 1,357 9,234 54.7 95.0 6.8 March 2018 1,256 9,055 50.6 92.6 7.2 March 2019 1,164 8,858 46.9 92.7 7.6 March 2020 1,085 8,740 43.7 93.2 8.1 March 2021 1,028 8,043 41.4 94.7 7.8 March 2022 961 8,174 38.7 93.5 8.5 March 2023 919 7,845 37.0 95.6 8.5 March 2024 879 7,573 35.4 95.6 8.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2013 March 2013 2,408 8,291 100.0 _ 3.4 March 2014 1,874 7,717 77.8 77.8 4.1 March 2015 1,663 7,649 69.1 88.7 4.6 March 2016 1,503 7,806 62.4 90.4 5.2 March 2017 1,397 7,891 58.0 92.9 5.6 March 2018 1,281 7,650 53.2 91.7 6.0 March 2019 1,185 7,530 49.2 92.5 6.4 March 2020 1,088 7,445 45.2 91.8 6.8 March 2021 1,030 6,888 42.8 94.7 6.7 March 2022 952 6,854 39.5 92.4 7.2 March 2023 904 6,744 37.5 95.0 7.5 March 2024 862 6,532 35.8 95.4 7.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2014 March 2014 2,547 9,246 100.0 _ 3.6 March 2015 2,043 8,859 80.2 80.2 4.3 March 2016 1,796 8,918 70.5 87.9 5.0 March 2017 1,615 8,792 63.4 89.9 5.4 March 2018 1,478 8,458 58.0 91.5 5.7 March 2019 1,343 8,510 52.7 90.9 6.3 March 2020 1,248 8,148 49.0 92.9 6.5 March 2021 1,162 7,935 45.6 93.1 6.8 March 2022 1,090 8,109 42.8 93.8 7.4 March 2023 1,008 7,962 39.6 92.5 7.9 March 2024 943 7,875 37.0 93.6 8.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2015 March 2015 2,652 8,296 100.0 _ 3.1 March 2016 2,098 8,555 79.1 79.1 4.1 March 2017 1,840 8,245 69.4 87.7 4.5 March 2018 1,668 8,047 62.9 90.7 4.8 March 2019 1,513 8,176 57.1 90.7 5.4 March 2020 1,376 7,667 51.9 90.9 5.6 March 2021 1,304 7,130 49.2 94.8 5.5 March 2022 1,184 7,795 44.6 90.8 6.6 March 2023 1,119 7,937 42.2 94.5 7.1 March 2024 1,051 7,960 39.6 93.9 7.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2016 March 2016 2,806 9,565 100.0 _ 3.4 March 2017 2,462 9,656 87.7 87.7 3.9 March 2018 2,065 9,690 73.6 83.9 4.7 March 2019 1,788 9,374 63.7 86.6 5.2 March 2020 1,601 8,993 57.1 89.5 5.6 March 2021 1,501 8,779 53.5 93.8 5.8 March 2022 1,387 9,066 49.4 92.4 6.5 March 2023 1,291 8,916 46.0 93.1 6.9 March 2024 1,214 8,752 43.3 94.0 7.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2017 March 2017 3,392 10,050 100.0 _ 3.0 March 2018 2,440 9,634 71.9 71.9 3.9 March 2019 2,077 9,909 61.2 85.1 4.8 March 2020 1,812 9,385 53.4 87.2 5.2 March 2021 1,687 9,038 49.7 93.1 5.4 March 2022 1,565 9,186 46.1 92.8 5.9 March 2023 1,438 9,337 42.4 91.9 6.5 March 2024 1,347 9,035 39.7 93.7 6.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2018 March 2018 3,195 10,301 100.0 _ 3.2 March 2019 2,491 10,357 78.0 78.0 4.2 March 2020 2,125 10,285 66.5 85.3 4.8 March 2021 1,991 10,106 62.3 93.7 5.1 March 2022 1,828 10,504 57.2 91.8 5.7 March 2023 1,700 10,674 53.2 93.0 6.3 March 2024 1,572 10,653 49.2 92.5 6.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2019 March 2019 3,072 10,680 100.0 _ 3.5 March 2020 2,407 10,870 78.4 78.4 4.5 March 2021 2,118 11,232 68.9 88.0 5.3 March 2022 1,958 11,542 63.7 92.4 5.9 March 2023 1,785 11,842 58.1 91.2 6.6 March 2024 1,629 11,624 53.0 91.3 7.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2020 March 2020 3,243 10,630 100.0 _ 3.3 March 2021 2,699 11,109 83.2 83.2 4.1 March 2022 2,400 11,654 74.0 88.9 4.9 March 2023 2,141 11,624 66.0 89.2 5.4 March 2024 1,960 11,419 60.4 91.5 5.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2021 March 2021 4,332 12,030 100.0 _ 2.8 March 2022 3,362 12,303 77.6 77.6 3.7 March 2023 2,895 12,041 66.8 86.1 4.2 March 2024 2,512 11,538 58.0 86.8 4.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2022 March 2022 6,198 16,065 100.0 _ 2.6 March 2023 4,691 15,687 75.7 75.7 3.3 March 2024 3,922 15,227 63.3 83.6 3.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2023 March 2023 5,425 13,228 100.0 _ 2.4 March 2024 4,119 13,354 75.9 75.9 3.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2024 March 2024 4,972 13,404 100.0 _ 2.7 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.