Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by age Total Private North Carolina Age Class March 1991 March 1992 March 1993 March 1994 March 1995 March 1996 Less than one year _ _ _ 13,480 15,002 15,625 1 year _ _ _ _ 11,134 12,117 2 years _ _ _ _ _ 9,749 3 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 129,097 134,747 140,047 132,232 125,627 119,827 Total 129,097 134,747 140,047 145,712 151,763 157,318 Age Class March 1997 March 1998 March 1999 March 2000 March 2001 March 2002 Less than one year 16,713 15,705 18,154 17,983 15,720 15,690 1 year 12,878 13,181 13,024 14,917 14,241 12,149 2 years 10,768 11,059 11,714 11,224 12,859 12,022 3 years 8,840 9,505 10,086 10,284 9,895 11,040 4 years _ 7,944 8,797 9,031 9,212 8,785 5 years _ _ 7,415 7,962 8,221 8,271 6 years _ _ _ 6,797 7,285 7,542 7 years _ _ _ _ 6,275 6,699 8 years _ _ _ _ _ 5,801 9 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 114,775 107,758 103,672 97,934 92,686 87,840 Total 163,974 165,152 172,862 176,132 176,394 175,839 Age Class March 2003 March 2004 March 2005 March 2006 March 2007 March 2008 Less than one year 20,183 15,968 15,638 17,610 25,159 19,791 1 year 12,362 16,671 13,047 12,902 14,650 20,029 2 years 10,503 10,944 14,672 11,525 11,443 12,508 3 years 10,682 9,492 9,814 13,285 10,395 10,077 4 years 10,073 9,769 8,657 9,079 12,241 9,279 5 years 8,179 9,358 9,042 7,980 8,393 11,094 6 years 7,558 7,645 8,643 8,439 7,448 7,820 7 years 6,992 7,219 7,181 8,101 7,940 6,934 8 years 6,212 6,677 6,743 6,677 7,596 7,338 9 years 5,356 5,938 6,404 6,316 6,165 7,106 10 years _ 5,163 5,659 6,080 6,002 5,761 11 years _ _ 4,985 5,343 5,803 5,648 12 years _ _ _ 4,750 5,052 5,490 13 years _ _ _ _ 4,531 4,712 14 years _ _ _ _ _ 4,292 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 83,679 80,471 77,522 74,190 71,752 68,558 Total 181,779 185,315 188,007 192,277 204,570 206,437 Age Class March 2009 March 2010 March 2011 March 2012 March 2013 March 2014 Less than one year 15,783 14,650 16,367 16,727 16,834 16,247 1 year 14,833 12,029 11,524 12,909 13,137 13,202 2 years 16,502 12,373 10,438 10,079 11,168 11,458 3 years 10,663 14,248 11,041 9,398 8,915 10,058 4 years 8,791 9,400 12,817 10,175 8,589 8,112 5 years 8,152 7,763 8,531 11,877 9,361 7,916 6 years 9,856 7,362 7,180 8,017 10,976 8,806 7 years 7,059 8,995 6,736 6,685 7,527 10,316 8 years 6,283 6,503 8,315 6,347 6,261 7,121 9 years 6,689 5,822 6,059 7,893 5,985 5,929 10 years 6,483 6,158 5,538 5,767 7,446 5,636 11 years 5,341 6,005 5,807 5,280 5,517 7,054 12 years 5,219 4,944 5,678 5,549 5,033 5,291 13 years 5,023 4,790 4,666 5,437 5,361 4,795 14 years 4,351 4,710 4,566 4,516 5,181 5,086 15 years 3,955 4,072 4,472 4,344 4,316 4,982 16 years _ 3,754 3,849 4,294 4,184 4,125 17 years _ _ 3,516 3,685 4,140 4,081 18 years _ _ _ 3,383 3,567 3,965 19 years _ _ _ _ 3,252 3,411 20 years _ _ _ _ _ 3,139 21 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 64,890 61,700 59,229 57,453 55,500 53,451 Total 199,873 195,278 196,329 199,815 202,250 204,181 Age Class March 2015 March 2016 March 2017 March 2018 March 2019 March 2020 Less than one year 18,341 20,100 20,037 19,934 20,986 20,736 1 year 13,027 14,473 15,772 16,006 15,809 16,256 2 years 11,498 11,306 12,649 13,743 13,924 13,579 3 years 10,267 10,344 10,131 11,386 12,337 12,383 4 years 9,067 9,357 9,412 9,245 10,305 11,093 5 years 7,510 8,321 8,511 8,666 8,440 9,369 6 years 7,318 6,954 7,655 7,906 7,978 7,792 7 years 8,182 6,816 6,459 7,207 7,383 7,417 8 years 9,657 7,669 6,384 6,046 6,773 6,905 9 years 6,671 9,076 7,210 6,069 5,616 6,248 10 years 5,590 6,397 8,549 6,777 5,668 5,222 11 years 5,371 5,283 6,054 8,068 6,414 5,277 12 years 6,743 5,171 5,065 5,700 7,613 6,043 13 years 5,069 6,446 4,924 4,798 5,432 7,210 14 years 4,579 4,903 6,173 4,705 4,560 5,126 15 years 4,895 4,420 4,569 5,888 4,460 4,333 16 years 4,777 4,712 4,240 4,360 5,581 4,252 17 years 3,934 4,572 4,488 4,073 4,220 5,396 18 years 3,905 3,807 4,387 4,300 3,858 4,004 19 years 3,791 3,804 3,632 4,198 4,121 3,734 20 years 3,291 3,647 3,647 3,465 4,035 3,976 21 years 3,014 3,173 3,474 3,502 3,300 3,875 22 years _ 2,897 3,027 3,362 3,364 3,160 23 years _ _ 2,756 2,893 3,211 3,245 24 years _ _ _ 2,656 2,764 3,062 25 years _ _ _ _ 2,529 2,659 26 years _ _ _ _ _ 2,432 27 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 51,583 49,788 48,020 46,299 44,457 42,764 Total 208,080 213,436 217,225 221,252 225,138 227,548 Age Class March 2021 March 2022 March 2023 Less than one year 29,772 31,411 31,824 1 year 17,102 23,471 24,077 2 years 14,788 15,246 20,264 3 years 12,558 13,583 13,664 4 years 11,550 11,595 12,244 5 years 10,358 10,796 10,562 6 years 8,886 9,711 9,879 7 years 7,293 8,354 8,970 8 years 7,097 6,874 7,833 9 years 6,524 6,740 6,427 10 years 5,940 6,177 6,304 11 years 4,980 5,681 5,760 12 years 5,097 4,757 5,323 13 years 5,762 4,828 4,458 14 years 6,902 5,495 4,548 15 years 4,912 6,580 5,149 16 years 4,192 4,723 6,233 17 years 4,071 4,016 4,467 18 years 5,167 3,944 3,807 19 years 3,837 4,969 3,741 20 years 3,646 3,701 4,678 21 years 3,816 3,516 3,476 22 years 3,760 3,683 3,318 23 years 3,088 3,601 3,493 24 years 3,097 2,979 3,423 25 years 2,923 2,978 2,815 26 years 2,516 2,798 2,806 27 years 2,346 2,510 2,643 28 years _ 2,240 2,351 29 years _ _ 2,128 Born before March 1993 41,027 39,500 37,902 Total 243,007 256,457 264,567 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.