Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting 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 6,742 55,747 100.0 _ 8.3 March 1995 5,537 51,066 82.1 82.1 9.2 March 1996 4,826 48,263 71.6 87.2 10.0 March 1997 4,406 47,634 65.4 91.3 10.8 March 1998 4,005 45,444 59.4 90.9 11.3 March 1999 3,729 39,377 55.3 93.1 10.6 March 2000 3,446 38,983 51.1 92.4 11.3 March 2001 3,156 36,682 46.8 91.6 11.6 March 2002 2,961 34,159 43.9 93.8 11.5 March 2003 2,792 33,322 41.4 94.3 11.9 March 2004 2,663 33,849 39.5 95.4 12.7 March 2005 2,511 32,048 37.2 94.3 12.8 March 2006 2,387 30,419 35.4 95.1 12.7 March 2007 2,239 31,068 33.2 93.8 13.9 March 2008 2,100 30,873 31.1 93.8 14.7 March 2009 1,967 29,552 29.2 93.7 15.0 March 2010 1,873 27,235 27.8 95.2 14.5 March 2011 1,824 25,846 27.1 97.4 14.2 March 2012 1,753 28,990 26.0 96.1 16.5 March 2013 1,677 29,173 24.9 95.7 17.4 March 2014 1,629 27,898 24.2 97.1 17.1 March 2015 1,571 26,614 23.3 96.4 16.9 March 2016 1,490 26,113 22.1 94.8 17.5 March 2017 1,448 25,178 21.5 97.2 17.4 March 2018 1,379 24,781 20.5 95.2 18.0 March 2019 1,323 23,423 19.6 95.9 17.7 March 2020 1,263 23,136 18.7 95.5 18.3 March 2021 1,215 21,414 18.0 96.2 17.6 March 2022 1,171 21,516 17.4 96.4 18.4 March 2023 1,123 20,254 16.7 95.9 18.0 March 2024 1,055 20,448 15.6 93.9 19.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 7,177 51,773 100.0 _ 7.2 March 1996 5,545 48,216 77.3 77.3 8.7 March 1997 4,953 46,170 69.0 89.3 9.3 March 1998 4,536 44,302 63.2 91.6 9.8 March 1999 4,203 41,358 58.6 92.7 9.8 March 2000 3,909 37,278 54.5 93.0 9.5 March 2001 3,593 33,922 50.1 91.9 9.4 March 2002 3,329 33,078 46.4 92.7 9.9 March 2003 3,158 30,637 44.0 94.9 9.7 March 2004 3,016 29,481 42.0 95.5 9.8 March 2005 2,808 27,856 39.1 93.1 9.9 March 2006 2,637 25,995 36.7 93.9 9.9 March 2007 2,498 24,771 34.8 94.7 9.9 March 2008 2,391 23,911 33.3 95.7 10.0 March 2009 2,256 22,755 31.4 94.4 10.1 March 2010 2,139 21,432 29.8 94.8 10.0 March 2011 2,067 20,128 28.8 96.6 9.7 March 2012 1,999 20,019 27.9 96.7 10.0 March 2013 1,911 19,850 26.6 95.6 10.4 March 2014 1,834 19,744 25.6 96.0 10.8 March 2015 1,773 20,215 24.7 96.7 11.4 March 2016 1,701 20,033 23.7 95.9 11.8 March 2017 1,620 19,583 22.6 95.2 12.1 March 2018 1,567 19,913 21.8 96.7 12.7 March 2019 1,493 18,806 20.8 95.3 12.6 March 2020 1,432 18,771 20.0 95.9 13.1 March 2021 1,392 18,187 19.4 97.2 13.1 March 2022 1,342 17,685 18.7 96.4 13.2 March 2023 1,286 16,736 17.9 95.8 13.0 March 2024 1,222 16,672 17.0 95.0 13.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 6,396 53,627 100.0 _ 8.4 March 1997 5,286 49,543 82.6 82.6 9.4 March 1998 4,764 48,496 74.5 90.1 10.2 March 1999 4,369 45,603 68.3 91.7 10.4 March 2000 4,017 43,217 62.8 91.9 10.8 March 2001 3,664 38,611 57.3 91.2 10.5 March 2002 3,353 36,898 52.4 91.5 11.0 March 2003 3,165 36,972 49.5 94.4 11.7 March 2004 3,019 35,747 47.2 95.4 11.8 March 2005 2,838 37,750 44.4 94.0 13.3 March 2006 2,693 35,472 42.1 94.9 13.2 March 2007 2,504 34,889 39.1 93.0 13.9 March 2008 2,382 34,056 37.2 95.1 14.3 March 2009 2,248 31,996 35.1 94.4 14.2 March 2010 2,129 31,942 33.3 94.7 15.0 March 2011 2,048 29,325 32.0 96.2 14.3 March 2012 1,985 30,097 31.0 96.9 15.2 March 2013 1,916 30,807 30.0 96.5 16.1 March 2014 1,841 30,424 28.8 96.1 16.5 March 2015 1,781 31,329 27.8 96.7 17.6 March 2016 1,724 28,351 27.0 96.8 16.4 March 2017 1,645 27,574 25.7 95.4 16.8 March 2018 1,587 25,539 24.8 96.5 16.1 March 2019 1,520 23,925 23.8 95.8 15.7 March 2020 1,479 23,645 23.1 97.3 16.0 March 2021 1,421 22,753 22.2 96.1 16.0 March 2022 1,360 22,936 21.3 95.7 16.9 March 2023 1,295 20,998 20.2 95.2 16.2 March 2024 1,219 21,775 19.1 94.1 17.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 6,545 53,520 100.0 _ 8.2 March 1998 5,393 48,022 82.4 82.4 8.9 March 1999 4,904 45,763 74.9 90.9 9.3 March 2000 4,475 44,593 68.4 91.3 10.0 March 2001 4,016 39,911 61.4 89.7 9.9 March 2002 3,710 38,442 56.7 92.4 10.4 March 2003 3,430 37,062 52.4 92.5 10.8 March 2004 3,229 34,709 49.3 94.1 10.7 March 2005 3,030 34,768 46.3 93.8 11.5 March 2006 2,891 33,436 44.2 95.4 11.6 March 2007 2,717 33,018 41.5 94.0 12.2 March 2008 2,583 32,111 39.5 95.1 12.4 March 2009 2,428 30,130 37.1 94.0 12.4 March 2010 2,307 29,326 35.2 95.0 12.7 March 2011 2,212 30,477 33.8 95.9 13.8 March 2012 2,122 30,251 32.4 95.9 14.3 March 2013 2,029 29,275 31.0 95.6 14.4 March 2014 1,981 29,227 30.3 97.6 14.8 March 2015 1,906 28,993 29.1 96.2 15.2 March 2016 1,836 27,304 28.1 96.3 14.9 March 2017 1,771 26,133 27.1 96.5 14.8 March 2018 1,683 25,704 25.7 95.0 15.3 March 2019 1,615 24,489 24.7 96.0 15.2 March 2020 1,534 24,148 23.4 95.0 15.7 March 2021 1,484 23,133 22.7 96.7 15.6 March 2022 1,428 22,334 21.8 96.2 15.6 March 2023 1,355 21,330 20.7 94.9 15.7 March 2024 1,294 22,122 19.8 95.5 17.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 6,466 51,843 100.0 _ 8.0 March 1999 5,499 53,136 85.0 85.0 9.7 March 2000 5,003 50,973 77.4 91.0 10.2 March 2001 4,465 47,884 69.1 89.2 10.7 March 2002 4,065 44,842 62.9 91.0 11.0 March 2003 3,801 41,736 58.8 93.5 11.0 March 2004 3,531 39,924 54.6 92.9 11.3 March 2005 3,342 38,836 51.7 94.6 11.6 March 2006 3,139 37,080 48.5 93.9 11.8 March 2007 2,968 37,305 45.9 94.6 12.6 March 2008 2,790 37,313 43.1 94.0 13.4 March 2009 2,616 35,380 40.5 93.8 13.5 March 2010 2,467 32,626 38.2 94.3 13.2 March 2011 2,395 33,209 37.0 97.1 13.9 March 2012 2,327 33,602 36.0 97.2 14.4 March 2013 2,241 33,418 34.7 96.3 14.9 March 2014 2,143 33,656 33.1 95.6 15.7 March 2015 2,093 33,326 32.4 97.7 15.9 March 2016 2,008 31,639 31.1 95.9 15.8 March 2017 1,947 30,775 30.1 97.0 15.8 March 2018 1,890 29,177 29.2 97.1 15.4 March 2019 1,803 28,340 27.9 95.4 15.7 March 2020 1,733 27,801 26.8 96.1 16.0 March 2021 1,712 26,282 26.5 98.8 15.4 March 2022 1,638 26,327 25.3 95.7 16.1 March 2023 1,558 23,669 24.1 95.1 15.2 March 2024 1,493 24,962 23.1 95.8 16.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 5,985 44,652 100.0 _ 7.5 March 2000 5,101 43,973 85.2 85.2 8.6 March 2001 4,584 41,942 76.6 89.9 9.1 March 2002 4,151 39,766 69.4 90.6 9.6 March 2003 3,781 35,921 63.2 91.1 9.5 March 2004 3,494 34,097 58.4 92.4 9.8 March 2005 3,261 33,832 54.5 93.3 10.4 March 2006 3,081 33,955 51.5 94.5 11.0 March 2007 2,884 33,432 48.2 93.6 11.6 March 2008 2,742 32,731 45.8 95.1 11.9 March 2009 2,549 29,408 42.6 93.0 11.5 March 2010 2,430 27,928 40.6 95.3 11.5 March 2011 2,333 28,140 39.0 96.0 12.1 March 2012 2,254 29,253 37.7 96.6 13.0 March 2013 2,179 29,735 36.4 96.7 13.6 March 2014 2,087 29,644 34.9 95.8 14.2 March 2015 2,026 30,281 33.9 97.1 14.9 March 2016 1,914 29,682 32.0 94.5 15.5 March 2017 1,859 29,722 31.1 97.1 16.0 March 2018 1,790 28,633 29.9 96.3 16.0 March 2019 1,708 28,896 28.5 95.4 16.9 March 2020 1,615 28,053 27.0 94.6 17.4 March 2021 1,566 27,605 26.2 97.0 17.6 March 2022 1,512 26,400 25.3 96.6 17.5 March 2023 1,461 24,376 24.4 96.6 16.7 March 2024 1,384 23,357 23.1 94.7 16.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 5,788 49,070 100.0 _ 8.5 March 2001 4,952 46,299 85.6 85.6 9.3 March 2002 4,377 46,878 75.6 88.4 10.7 March 2003 3,976 44,763 68.7 90.8 11.3 March 2004 3,690 43,789 63.8 92.8 11.9 March 2005 3,471 41,563 60.0 94.1 12.0 March 2006 3,239 42,606 56.0 93.3 13.2 March 2007 3,037 40,713 52.5 93.8 13.4 March 2008 2,863 40,685 49.5 94.3 14.2 March 2009 2,694 37,778 46.5 94.1 14.0 March 2010 2,552 37,483 44.1 94.7 14.7 March 2011 2,445 35,842 42.2 95.8 14.7 March 2012 2,327 38,258 40.2 95.2 16.4 March 2013 2,248 37,023 38.8 96.6 16.5 March 2014 2,177 37,988 37.6 96.8 17.4 March 2015 2,098 37,367 36.2 96.4 17.8 March 2016 2,013 38,325 34.8 95.9 19.0 March 2017 1,943 38,895 33.6 96.5 20.0 March 2018 1,867 38,238 32.3 96.1 20.5 March 2019 1,774 35,474 30.6 95.0 20.0 March 2020 1,718 35,750 29.7 96.8 20.8 March 2021 1,643 35,561 28.4 95.6 21.6 March 2022 1,574 34,983 27.2 95.8 22.2 March 2023 1,491 32,186 25.8 94.7 21.6 March 2024 1,426 31,675 24.6 95.6 22.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 5,449 40,025 100.0 _ 7.3 March 2002 4,445 38,842 81.6 81.6 8.7 March 2003 4,037 37,244 74.1 90.8 9.2 March 2004 3,700 38,304 67.9 91.7 10.4 March 2005 3,415 37,310 62.7 92.3 10.9 March 2006 3,185 35,353 58.5 93.3 11.1 March 2007 2,996 34,789 55.0 94.1 11.6 March 2008 2,792 33,748 51.2 93.2 12.1 March 2009 2,611 31,796 47.9 93.5 12.2 March 2010 2,447 30,055 44.9 93.7 12.3 March 2011 2,343 28,804 43.0 95.7 12.3 March 2012 2,284 30,068 41.9 97.5 13.2 March 2013 2,197 29,116 40.3 96.2 13.3 March 2014 2,091 27,938 38.4 95.2 13.4 March 2015 2,002 28,130 36.7 95.7 14.1 March 2016 1,928 27,711 35.4 96.3 14.4 March 2017 1,821 28,313 33.4 94.5 15.5 March 2018 1,726 24,516 31.7 94.8 14.2 March 2019 1,678 23,780 30.8 97.2 14.2 March 2020 1,605 22,177 29.5 95.6 13.8 March 2021 1,539 20,505 28.2 95.9 13.3 March 2022 1,463 19,926 26.8 95.1 13.6 March 2023 1,401 19,214 25.7 95.8 13.7 March 2024 1,346 19,207 24.7 96.1 14.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 5,272 40,344 100.0 _ 7.7 March 2003 4,451 36,995 84.4 84.4 8.3 March 2004 4,091 34,438 77.6 91.9 8.4 March 2005 3,722 32,942 70.6 91.0 8.9 March 2006 3,476 31,797 65.9 93.4 9.1 March 2007 3,330 33,095 63.2 95.8 9.9 March 2008 3,008 29,608 57.1 90.3 9.8 March 2009 2,818 29,117 53.5 93.7 10.3 March 2010 2,633 28,481 49.9 93.4 10.8 March 2011 2,520 27,014 47.8 95.7 10.7 March 2012 2,404 28,023 45.6 95.4 11.7 March 2013 2,316 27,775 43.9 96.3 12.0 March 2014 2,212 26,953 42.0 95.5 12.2 March 2015 2,159 27,385 41.0 97.6 12.7 March 2016 2,081 27,647 39.5 96.4 13.3 March 2017 1,990 26,785 37.7 95.6 13.5 March 2018 1,912 25,953 36.3 96.1 13.6 March 2019 1,846 24,527 35.0 96.5 13.3 March 2020 1,771 24,797 33.6 95.9 14.0 March 2021 1,715 23,900 32.5 96.8 13.9 March 2022 1,654 23,431 31.4 96.4 14.2 March 2023 1,581 22,262 30.0 95.6 14.1 March 2024 1,497 22,917 28.4 94.7 15.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 5,136 40,496 100.0 _ 7.9 March 2004 4,374 40,965 85.2 85.2 9.4 March 2005 3,914 39,205 76.2 89.5 10.0 March 2006 3,586 35,040 69.8 91.6 9.8 March 2007 3,331 34,116 64.9 92.9 10.2 March 2008 3,087 33,473 60.1 92.7 10.8 March 2009 2,830 29,971 55.1 91.7 10.6 March 2010 2,709 28,756 52.7 95.7 10.6 March 2011 2,561 30,147 49.9 94.5 11.8 March 2012 2,441 29,559 47.5 95.3 12.1 March 2013 2,353 29,307 45.8 96.4 12.5 March 2014 2,259 29,267 44.0 96.0 13.0 March 2015 2,166 29,950 42.2 95.9 13.8 March 2016 2,058 29,023 40.1 95.0 14.1 March 2017 2,004 28,685 39.0 97.4 14.3 March 2018 1,926 27,595 37.5 96.1 14.3 March 2019 1,832 26,291 35.7 95.1 14.4 March 2020 1,760 25,193 34.3 96.1 14.3 March 2021 1,693 23,488 33.0 96.2 13.9 March 2022 1,625 23,746 31.6 96.0 14.6 March 2023 1,549 22,087 30.2 95.3 14.3 March 2024 1,477 21,180 28.8 95.4 14.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 4,979 34,938 100.0 _ 7.0 March 2005 4,136 35,693 83.1 83.1 8.6 March 2006 3,780 32,710 75.9 91.4 8.7 March 2007 3,452 31,469 69.3 91.3 9.1 March 2008 3,199 29,177 64.2 92.7 9.1 March 2009 2,921 28,136 58.7 91.3 9.6 March 2010 2,721 26,463 54.6 93.2 9.7 March 2011 2,630 26,403 52.8 96.7 10.0 March 2012 2,493 25,939 50.1 94.8 10.4 March 2013 2,391 26,267 48.0 95.9 11.0 March 2014 2,302 28,129 46.2 96.3 12.2 March 2015 2,174 27,425 43.7 94.4 12.6 March 2016 2,080 27,279 41.8 95.7 13.1 March 2017 2,006 26,389 40.3 96.4 13.2 March 2018 1,903 25,490 38.2 94.9 13.4 March 2019 1,853 25,555 37.2 97.4 13.8 March 2020 1,777 24,949 35.7 95.9 14.0 March 2021 1,700 22,826 34.1 95.7 13.4 March 2022 1,630 23,353 32.7 95.9 14.3 March 2023 1,534 22,583 30.8 94.1 14.7 March 2024 1,486 22,339 29.8 96.9 15.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 5,101 36,844 100.0 _ 7.2 March 2006 4,281 35,516 83.9 83.9 8.3 March 2007 3,802 32,799 74.5 88.8 8.6 March 2008 3,543 31,617 69.5 93.2 8.9 March 2009 3,202 28,560 62.8 90.4 8.9 March 2010 2,928 27,489 57.4 91.4 9.4 March 2011 2,773 26,960 54.4 94.7 9.7 March 2012 2,629 26,711 51.5 94.8 10.2 March 2013 2,531 25,314 49.6 96.3 10.0 March 2014 2,394 25,384 46.9 94.6 10.6 March 2015 2,306 25,541 45.2 96.3 11.1 March 2016 2,209 25,066 43.3 95.8 11.3 March 2017 2,127 24,453 41.7 96.3 11.5 March 2018 2,035 22,828 39.9 95.7 11.2 March 2019 1,937 21,655 38.0 95.2 11.2 March 2020 1,853 20,617 36.3 95.7 11.1 March 2021 1,785 20,380 35.0 96.3 11.4 March 2022 1,718 19,407 33.7 96.2 11.3 March 2023 1,652 18,176 32.4 96.2 11.0 March 2024 1,586 17,572 31.1 96.0 11.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 5,054 32,253 100.0 _ 6.4 March 2007 4,158 30,223 82.3 82.3 7.3 March 2008 3,780 27,761 74.8 90.9 7.3 March 2009 3,341 25,248 66.1 88.4 7.6 March 2010 3,093 25,080 61.2 92.6 8.1 March 2011 2,899 23,979 57.4 93.7 8.3 March 2012 2,736 24,659 54.1 94.4 9.0 March 2013 2,606 24,205 51.6 95.2 9.3 March 2014 2,504 23,875 49.5 96.1 9.5 March 2015 2,349 23,728 46.5 93.8 10.1 March 2016 2,268 23,943 44.9 96.6 10.6 March 2017 2,179 24,447 43.1 96.1 11.2 March 2018 2,069 22,721 40.9 95.0 11.0 March 2019 1,958 22,383 38.7 94.6 11.4 March 2020 1,885 21,632 37.3 96.3 11.5 March 2021 1,828 20,325 36.2 97.0 11.1 March 2022 1,737 19,770 34.4 95.0 11.4 March 2023 1,654 19,571 32.7 95.2 11.8 March 2024 1,569 19,158 31.0 94.9 12.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 4,985 29,659 100.0 _ 5.9 March 2008 4,225 28,555 84.8 84.8 6.8 March 2009 3,745 25,967 75.1 88.6 6.9 March 2010 3,403 26,685 68.3 90.9 7.8 March 2011 3,196 26,141 64.1 93.9 8.2 March 2012 2,994 25,599 60.1 93.7 8.6 March 2013 2,794 23,747 56.0 93.3 8.5 March 2014 2,670 25,094 53.6 95.6 9.4 March 2015 2,552 23,168 51.2 95.6 9.1 March 2016 2,420 21,785 48.5 94.8 9.0 March 2017 2,291 21,536 46.0 94.7 9.4 March 2018 2,175 20,438 43.6 94.9 9.4 March 2019 2,093 19,860 42.0 96.2 9.5 March 2020 2,017 19,696 40.5 96.4 9.8 March 2021 1,945 19,018 39.0 96.4 9.8 March 2022 1,857 18,352 37.3 95.5 9.9 March 2023 1,772 17,536 35.5 95.4 9.9 March 2024 1,713 18,117 34.4 96.7 10.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 5,062 32,990 100.0 _ 6.5 March 2009 4,122 29,794 81.4 81.4 7.2 March 2010 3,710 26,853 73.3 90.0 7.2 March 2011 3,447 26,881 68.1 92.9 7.8 March 2012 3,228 27,817 63.8 93.6 8.6 March 2013 3,084 27,989 60.9 95.5 9.1 March 2014 2,905 26,910 57.4 94.2 9.3 March 2015 2,785 27,626 55.0 95.9 9.9 March 2016 2,660 26,840 52.5 95.5 10.1 March 2017 2,516 25,740 49.7 94.6 10.2 March 2018 2,375 25,079 46.9 94.4 10.6 March 2019 2,294 24,273 45.3 96.6 10.6 March 2020 2,197 23,096 43.4 95.8 10.5 March 2021 2,103 22,568 41.5 95.7 10.7 March 2022 2,027 23,451 40.0 96.4 11.6 March 2023 1,946 22,251 38.4 96.0 11.4 March 2024 1,850 21,104 36.5 95.1 11.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 4,580 29,311 100.0 _ 6.4 March 2010 3,815 27,263 83.3 83.3 7.1 March 2011 3,533 26,920 77.1 92.6 7.6 March 2012 3,316 26,082 72.4 93.9 7.9 March 2013 3,107 28,938 67.8 93.7 9.3 March 2014 2,931 27,288 64.0 94.3 9.3 March 2015 2,797 27,692 61.1 95.4 9.9 March 2016 2,688 27,010 58.7 96.1 10.0 March 2017 2,531 27,231 55.3 94.2 10.8 March 2018 2,399 24,957 52.4 94.8 10.4 March 2019 2,293 23,296 50.1 95.6 10.2 March 2020 2,155 23,317 47.1 94.0 10.8 March 2021 2,100 23,523 45.9 97.4 11.2 March 2022 1,999 22,504 43.6 95.2 11.3 March 2023 1,914 21,194 41.8 95.7 11.1 March 2024 1,838 21,463 40.1 96.0 11.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 4,783 24,777 100.0 _ 5.2 March 2011 4,103 23,631 85.8 85.8 5.8 March 2012 3,780 24,142 79.0 92.1 6.4 March 2013 3,546 23,749 74.1 93.8 6.7 March 2014 3,345 24,142 69.9 94.3 7.2 March 2015 3,180 23,137 66.5 95.1 7.3 March 2016 3,006 23,359 62.8 94.5 7.8 March 2017 2,839 22,859 59.4 94.4 8.1 March 2018 2,690 22,399 56.2 94.8 8.3 March 2019 2,568 22,576 53.7 95.5 8.8 March 2020 2,442 21,050 51.1 95.1 8.6 March 2021 2,347 20,833 49.1 96.1 8.9 March 2022 2,236 19,908 46.7 95.3 8.9 March 2023 2,122 18,522 44.4 94.9 8.7 March 2024 2,021 18,152 42.3 95.2 9.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 4,824 28,719 100.0 _ 6.0 March 2012 4,162 29,611 86.3 86.3 7.1 March 2013 3,822 29,285 79.2 91.8 7.7 March 2014 3,579 30,759 74.2 93.6 8.6 March 2015 3,397 30,269 70.4 94.9 8.9 March 2016 3,185 30,137 66.0 93.8 9.5 March 2017 2,984 26,051 61.9 93.7 8.7 March 2018 2,854 25,430 59.2 95.6 8.9 March 2019 2,702 23,755 56.0 94.7 8.8 March 2020 2,600 24,668 53.9 96.2 9.5 March 2021 2,503 23,062 51.9 96.3 9.2 March 2022 2,367 22,589 49.1 94.6 9.5 March 2023 2,276 20,460 47.2 96.2 9.0 March 2024 2,165 20,583 44.9 95.1 9.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2012 March 2012 5,169 30,802 100.0 _ 6.0 March 2013 4,441 31,530 85.9 85.9 7.1 March 2014 4,095 30,803 79.2 92.2 7.5 March 2015 3,849 29,392 74.5 94.0 7.6 March 2016 3,590 26,460 69.5 93.3 7.4 March 2017 3,380 25,980 65.4 94.2 7.7 March 2018 3,198 24,186 61.9 94.6 7.6 March 2019 2,977 22,730 57.6 93.1 7.6 March 2020 2,856 22,297 55.3 95.9 7.8 March 2021 2,744 21,371 53.1 96.1 7.8 March 2022 2,586 21,049 50.0 94.2 8.1 March 2023 2,461 19,428 47.6 95.2 7.9 March 2024 2,331 19,874 45.1 94.7 8.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2013 March 2013 5,435 34,461 100.0 _ 6.3 March 2014 4,754 36,883 87.5 87.5 7.8 March 2015 4,400 36,198 81.0 92.6 8.2 March 2016 4,114 33,701 75.7 93.5 8.2 March 2017 3,844 30,426 70.7 93.4 7.9 March 2018 3,600 29,126 66.2 93.7 8.1 March 2019 3,399 28,703 62.5 94.4 8.4 March 2020 3,211 27,245 59.1 94.5 8.5 March 2021 3,111 26,862 57.2 96.9 8.6 March 2022 2,894 26,172 53.2 93.0 9.0 March 2023 2,736 24,331 50.3 94.5 8.9 March 2024 2,604 24,473 47.9 95.2 9.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2014 March 2014 5,286 30,095 100.0 _ 5.7 March 2015 4,847 33,131 91.7 91.7 6.8 March 2016 4,544 33,218 86.0 93.7 7.3 March 2017 4,211 33,450 79.7 92.7 7.9 March 2018 3,923 31,059 74.2 93.2 7.9 March 2019 3,695 31,083 69.9 94.2 8.4 March 2020 3,466 29,150 65.6 93.8 8.4 March 2021 3,314 27,350 62.7 95.6 8.3 March 2022 3,138 26,815 59.4 94.7 8.5 March 2023 2,983 24,715 56.4 95.1 8.3 March 2024 2,846 23,806 53.8 95.4 8.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2015 March 2015 5,422 29,799 100.0 _ 5.5 March 2016 5,047 31,401 93.1 93.1 6.2 March 2017 4,778 34,090 88.1 94.7 7.1 March 2018 4,460 32,979 82.3 93.3 7.4 March 2019 4,121 30,614 76.0 92.4 7.4 March 2020 3,826 30,393 70.6 92.8 7.9 March 2021 3,643 29,804 67.2 95.2 8.2 March 2022 3,456 29,970 63.7 94.9 8.7 March 2023 3,231 28,495 59.6 93.5 8.8 March 2024 3,077 26,637 56.8 95.2 8.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2016 March 2016 5,526 33,266 100.0 _ 6.0 March 2017 5,049 35,427 91.4 91.4 7.0 March 2018 4,843 35,631 87.6 95.9 7.4 March 2019 4,418 34,052 79.9 91.2 7.7 March 2020 4,089 33,347 74.0 92.6 8.2 March 2021 3,868 32,984 70.0 94.6 8.5 March 2022 3,648 32,300 66.0 94.3 8.9 March 2023 3,434 30,988 62.1 94.1 9.0 March 2024 3,236 30,127 58.6 94.2 9.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2017 March 2017 5,262 31,222 100.0 _ 5.9 March 2018 5,025 33,356 95.5 95.5 6.6 March 2019 4,485 33,216 85.2 89.3 7.4 March 2020 4,176 35,387 79.4 93.1 8.5 March 2021 3,940 38,074 74.9 94.3 9.7 March 2022 3,694 39,615 70.2 93.8 10.7 March 2023 3,461 35,590 65.8 93.7 10.3 March 2024 3,262 34,226 62.0 94.3 10.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2018 March 2018 5,546 29,119 100.0 _ 5.3 March 2019 4,776 31,173 86.1 86.1 6.5 March 2020 4,400 32,950 79.3 92.1 7.5 March 2021 4,123 34,190 74.3 93.7 8.3 March 2022 3,867 35,822 69.7 93.8 9.3 March 2023 3,585 34,804 64.6 92.7 9.7 March 2024 3,343 34,365 60.3 93.2 10.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2019 March 2019 5,483 28,842 100.0 _ 5.3 March 2020 4,810 30,721 87.7 87.7 6.4 March 2021 4,527 32,318 82.6 94.1 7.1 March 2022 4,171 31,806 76.1 92.1 7.6 March 2023 3,861 29,795 70.4 92.6 7.7 March 2024 3,610 29,928 65.8 93.5 8.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2020 March 2020 5,822 28,685 100.0 _ 4.9 March 2021 5,124 31,303 88.0 88.0 6.1 March 2022 4,626 32,748 79.5 90.3 7.1 March 2023 4,175 30,851 71.7 90.3 7.4 March 2024 3,922 31,009 67.4 93.9 7.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2021 March 2021 6,051 29,308 100.0 _ 4.8 March 2022 5,220 30,387 86.3 86.3 5.8 March 2023 4,666 30,259 77.1 89.4 6.5 March 2024 4,375 29,963 72.3 93.8 6.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2022 March 2022 6,054 27,986 100.0 _ 4.6 March 2023 5,165 29,060 85.3 85.3 5.6 March 2024 4,719 28,982 77.9 91.4 6.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2023 March 2023 6,335 26,667 100.0 _ 4.2 March 2024 5,429 27,362 85.7 85.7 5.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2024 March 2024 5,979 30,062 100.0 _ 5.0 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.