Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Utilities 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 546 8,136 100.0 _ 14.9 March 1995 472 8,687 86.4 86.4 18.4 March 1996 448 8,365 82.1 94.9 18.7 March 1997 428 7,924 78.4 95.5 18.5 March 1998 393 7,299 72.0 91.8 18.6 March 1999 366 7,179 67.0 93.1 19.6 March 2000 350 6,868 64.1 95.6 19.6 March 2001 334 6,516 61.2 95.4 19.5 March 2002 311 6,201 57.0 93.1 19.9 March 2003 344 5,441 63.0 110.6 15.8 March 2004 323 5,070 59.2 93.9 15.7 March 2005 298 4,502 54.6 92.3 15.1 March 2006 280 4,425 51.3 94.0 15.8 March 2007 269 4,517 49.3 96.1 16.8 March 2008 245 4,240 44.9 91.1 17.3 March 2009 230 4,004 42.1 93.9 17.4 March 2010 213 3,637 39.0 92.6 17.1 March 2011 199 3,271 36.4 93.4 16.4 March 2012 189 3,265 34.6 95.0 17.3 March 2013 178 3,239 32.6 94.2 18.2 March 2014 169 3,699 31.0 94.9 21.9 March 2015 167 3,663 30.6 98.8 21.9 March 2016 165 3,784 30.2 98.8 22.9 March 2017 155 2,966 28.4 93.9 19.1 March 2018 152 2,923 27.8 98.1 19.2 March 2019 155 2,857 28.4 102.0 18.4 March 2020 148 2,925 27.1 95.5 19.8 March 2021 148 2,815 27.1 100.0 19.0 March 2022 145 2,742 26.6 98.0 18.9 March 2023 142 2,784 26.0 97.9 19.6 March 2024 139 2,838 25.5 97.9 20.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 622 9,616 100.0 _ 15.5 March 1996 550 9,345 88.4 88.4 17.0 March 1997 479 8,207 77.0 87.1 17.1 March 1998 427 8,253 68.6 89.1 19.3 March 1999 393 7,715 63.2 92.0 19.6 March 2000 372 7,428 59.8 94.7 20.0 March 2001 347 7,077 55.8 93.3 20.4 March 2002 326 6,793 52.4 93.9 20.8 March 2003 307 6,387 49.4 94.2 20.8 March 2004 262 6,086 42.1 85.3 23.2 March 2005 252 5,894 40.5 96.2 23.4 March 2006 229 5,600 36.8 90.9 24.5 March 2007 221 5,500 35.5 96.5 24.9 March 2008 214 5,440 34.4 96.8 25.4 March 2009 205 5,418 33.0 95.8 26.4 March 2010 205 5,398 33.0 100.0 26.3 March 2011 202 5,438 32.5 98.5 26.9 March 2012 196 5,529 31.5 97.0 28.2 March 2013 195 5,694 31.4 99.5 29.2 March 2014 191 5,951 30.7 97.9 31.2 March 2015 187 5,993 30.1 97.9 32.0 March 2016 202 5,706 32.5 108.0 28.2 March 2017 194 5,388 31.2 96.0 27.8 March 2018 194 5,440 31.2 100.0 28.0 March 2019 192 5,355 30.9 99.0 27.9 March 2020 189 5,220 30.4 98.4 27.6 March 2021 184 5,123 29.6 97.4 27.8 March 2022 184 5,010 29.6 100.0 27.2 March 2023 181 5,166 29.1 98.4 28.5 March 2024 169 5,073 27.2 93.4 30.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 786 10,127 100.0 _ 12.9 March 1997 633 9,327 80.5 80.5 14.7 March 1998 573 10,095 72.9 90.5 17.6 March 1999 514 11,137 65.4 89.7 21.7 March 2000 466 10,834 59.3 90.7 23.2 March 2001 420 10,654 53.4 90.1 25.4 March 2002 374 10,975 47.6 89.0 29.3 March 2003 353 9,354 44.9 94.4 26.5 March 2004 330 8,983 42.0 93.5 27.2 March 2005 312 8,922 39.7 94.5 28.6 March 2006 285 8,972 36.3 91.3 31.5 March 2007 271 8,830 34.5 95.1 32.6 March 2008 266 8,945 33.8 98.2 33.6 March 2009 261 9,339 33.2 98.1 35.8 March 2010 256 8,466 32.6 98.1 33.1 March 2011 261 8,317 33.2 102.0 31.9 March 2012 255 8,799 32.4 97.7 34.5 March 2013 244 8,438 31.0 95.7 34.6 March 2014 238 7,381 30.3 97.5 31.0 March 2015 229 7,668 29.1 96.2 33.5 March 2016 222 7,092 28.2 96.9 31.9 March 2017 213 6,799 27.1 95.9 31.9 March 2018 212 6,706 27.0 99.5 31.6 March 2019 203 6,541 25.8 95.8 32.2 March 2020 200 6,315 25.4 98.5 31.6 March 2021 193 6,025 24.6 96.5 31.2 March 2022 192 5,715 24.4 99.5 29.8 March 2023 186 5,891 23.7 96.9 31.7 March 2024 185 6,030 23.5 99.5 32.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 832 13,119 100.0 _ 15.8 March 1998 687 14,055 82.6 82.6 20.5 March 1999 610 13,415 73.3 88.8 22.0 March 2000 537 10,948 64.5 88.0 20.4 March 2001 469 10,528 56.4 87.3 22.4 March 2002 428 10,557 51.4 91.3 24.7 March 2003 399 10,098 48.0 93.2 25.3 March 2004 378 10,147 45.4 94.7 26.8 March 2005 361 10,343 43.4 95.5 28.7 March 2006 318 9,697 38.2 88.1 30.5 March 2007 338 9,734 40.6 106.3 28.8 March 2008 330 10,260 39.7 97.6 31.1 March 2009 310 10,016 37.3 93.9 32.3 March 2010 299 9,447 35.9 96.5 31.6 March 2011 289 9,181 34.7 96.7 31.8 March 2012 284 9,082 34.1 98.3 32.0 March 2013 279 8,914 33.5 98.2 31.9 March 2014 276 9,228 33.2 98.9 33.4 March 2015 271 9,453 32.6 98.2 34.9 March 2016 272 9,333 32.7 100.4 34.3 March 2017 262 9,620 31.5 96.3 36.7 March 2018 260 9,161 31.3 99.2 35.2 March 2019 254 8,501 30.5 97.7 33.5 March 2020 249 7,959 29.9 98.0 32.0 March 2021 250 7,345 30.0 100.4 29.4 March 2022 236 6,921 28.4 94.4 29.3 March 2023 233 6,908 28.0 98.7 29.6 March 2024 217 6,878 26.1 93.1 31.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 911 17,562 100.0 _ 19.3 March 1999 744 16,652 81.7 81.7 22.4 March 2000 666 15,692 73.1 89.5 23.6 March 2001 585 15,542 64.2 87.8 26.6 March 2002 530 15,201 58.2 90.6 28.7 March 2003 490 14,632 53.8 92.5 29.9 March 2004 455 14,161 49.9 92.9 31.1 March 2005 436 13,253 47.9 95.8 30.4 March 2006 428 13,076 47.0 98.2 30.6 March 2007 399 12,306 43.8 93.2 30.8 March 2008 390 12,478 42.8 97.7 32.0 March 2009 368 11,803 40.4 94.4 32.1 March 2010 353 11,340 38.7 95.9 32.1 March 2011 357 11,512 39.2 101.1 32.2 March 2012 351 11,468 38.5 98.3 32.7 March 2013 352 11,415 38.6 100.3 32.4 March 2014 345 10,847 37.9 98.0 31.4 March 2015 328 10,707 36.0 95.1 32.6 March 2016 322 10,329 35.3 98.2 32.1 March 2017 309 9,743 33.9 96.0 31.5 March 2018 297 9,438 32.6 96.1 31.8 March 2019 292 9,286 32.1 98.3 31.8 March 2020 285 9,181 31.3 97.6 32.2 March 2021 280 9,051 30.7 98.2 32.3 March 2022 273 8,737 30.0 97.5 32.0 March 2023 268 8,512 29.4 98.2 31.8 March 2024 258 8,714 28.3 96.3 33.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 998 21,098 100.0 _ 21.1 March 2000 813 20,840 81.5 81.5 25.6 March 2001 703 21,400 70.4 86.5 30.4 March 2002 633 20,448 63.4 90.0 32.3 March 2003 599 20,787 60.0 94.6 34.7 March 2004 527 18,338 52.8 88.0 34.8 March 2005 487 17,583 48.8 92.4 36.1 March 2006 467 17,831 46.8 95.9 38.2 March 2007 446 17,111 44.7 95.5 38.4 March 2008 431 17,323 43.2 96.6 40.2 March 2009 406 17,649 40.7 94.2 43.5 March 2010 388 15,914 38.9 95.6 41.0 March 2011 385 15,493 38.6 99.2 40.2 March 2012 372 14,950 37.3 96.6 40.2 March 2013 362 14,358 36.3 97.3 39.7 March 2014 361 13,543 36.2 99.7 37.5 March 2015 344 13,546 34.5 95.3 39.4 March 2016 337 13,326 33.8 98.0 39.5 March 2017 326 12,477 32.7 96.7 38.3 March 2018 317 12,468 31.8 97.2 39.3 March 2019 316 12,317 31.7 99.7 39.0 March 2020 313 11,499 31.4 99.1 36.7 March 2021 329 11,075 33.0 105.1 33.7 March 2022 320 10,598 32.1 97.3 33.1 March 2023 308 10,764 30.9 96.3 34.9 March 2024 292 10,618 29.3 94.8 36.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 872 13,282 100.0 _ 15.2 March 2001 713 13,491 81.8 81.8 18.9 March 2002 614 11,750 70.4 86.1 19.1 March 2003 582 11,957 66.7 94.8 20.5 March 2004 550 11,479 63.1 94.5 20.9 March 2005 489 11,173 56.1 88.9 22.8 March 2006 437 10,734 50.1 89.4 24.6 March 2007 411 10,553 47.1 94.1 25.7 March 2008 390 11,329 44.7 94.9 29.0 March 2009 369 11,135 42.3 94.6 30.2 March 2010 363 10,940 41.6 98.4 30.1 March 2011 350 11,308 40.1 96.4 32.3 March 2012 339 11,321 38.9 96.9 33.4 March 2013 327 10,276 37.5 96.5 31.4 March 2014 312 10,126 35.8 95.4 32.5 March 2015 301 10,532 34.5 96.5 35.0 March 2016 297 10,505 34.1 98.7 35.4 March 2017 298 10,568 34.2 100.3 35.5 March 2018 291 10,175 33.4 97.7 35.0 March 2019 288 9,412 33.0 99.0 32.7 March 2020 277 9,210 31.8 96.2 33.2 March 2021 300 9,099 34.4 108.3 30.3 March 2022 292 8,808 33.5 97.3 30.2 March 2023 278 8,855 31.9 95.2 31.9 March 2024 270 9,242 31.0 97.1 34.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 839 12,299 100.0 _ 14.7 March 2002 714 13,783 85.1 85.1 19.3 March 2003 638 13,240 76.0 89.4 20.8 March 2004 602 12,238 71.8 94.4 20.3 March 2005 554 11,727 66.0 92.0 21.2 March 2006 516 11,569 61.5 93.1 22.4 March 2007 486 12,068 57.9 94.2 24.8 March 2008 460 12,219 54.8 94.7 26.6 March 2009 450 12,692 53.6 97.8 28.2 March 2010 432 11,900 51.5 96.0 27.5 March 2011 414 11,842 49.3 95.8 28.6 March 2012 398 11,309 47.4 96.1 28.4 March 2013 379 11,037 45.2 95.2 29.1 March 2014 364 10,957 43.4 96.0 30.1 March 2015 337 10,834 40.2 92.6 32.1 March 2016 328 10,339 39.1 97.3 31.5 March 2017 316 9,788 37.7 96.3 31.0 March 2018 303 9,502 36.1 95.9 31.4 March 2019 298 8,802 35.5 98.3 29.5 March 2020 287 8,022 34.2 96.3 28.0 March 2021 289 7,687 34.4 100.7 26.6 March 2022 286 7,345 34.1 99.0 25.7 March 2023 267 6,874 31.8 93.4 25.7 March 2024 261 7,230 31.1 97.8 27.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 1,038 14,298 100.0 _ 13.8 March 2003 860 13,175 82.9 82.9 15.3 March 2004 753 12,995 72.5 87.6 17.3 March 2005 676 13,185 65.1 89.8 19.5 March 2006 590 12,141 56.8 87.3 20.6 March 2007 529 11,440 51.0 89.7 21.6 March 2008 512 11,620 49.3 96.8 22.7 March 2009 484 11,784 46.6 94.5 24.3 March 2010 457 10,696 44.0 94.4 23.4 March 2011 445 10,786 42.9 97.4 24.2 March 2012 432 10,915 41.6 97.1 25.3 March 2013 416 10,608 40.1 96.3 25.5 March 2014 416 10,457 40.1 100.0 25.1 March 2015 408 10,216 39.3 98.1 25.0 March 2016 388 9,998 37.4 95.1 25.8 March 2017 367 9,677 35.4 94.6 26.4 March 2018 355 9,486 34.2 96.7 26.7 March 2019 338 9,183 32.6 95.2 27.2 March 2020 335 9,269 32.3 99.1 27.7 March 2021 325 9,139 31.3 97.0 28.1 March 2022 312 8,183 30.1 96.0 26.2 March 2023 303 8,360 29.2 97.1 27.6 March 2024 292 8,102 28.1 96.4 27.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 743 7,811 100.0 _ 10.5 March 2004 630 8,315 84.8 84.8 13.2 March 2005 541 8,105 72.8 85.9 15.0 March 2006 489 9,597 65.8 90.4 19.6 March 2007 466 9,412 62.7 95.3 20.2 March 2008 449 9,592 60.4 96.4 21.4 March 2009 422 9,446 56.8 94.0 22.4 March 2010 397 8,088 53.4 94.1 20.4 March 2011 374 7,371 50.3 94.2 19.7 March 2012 353 7,479 47.5 94.4 21.2 March 2013 329 6,483 44.3 93.2 19.7 March 2014 327 7,069 44.0 99.4 21.6 March 2015 320 7,307 43.1 97.9 22.8 March 2016 303 7,096 40.8 94.7 23.4 March 2017 294 7,103 39.6 97.0 24.2 March 2018 281 6,105 37.8 95.6 21.7 March 2019 276 5,975 37.1 98.2 21.6 March 2020 266 5,868 35.8 96.4 22.1 March 2021 259 5,752 34.9 97.4 22.2 March 2022 255 5,671 34.3 98.5 22.2 March 2023 238 5,298 32.0 93.3 22.3 March 2024 232 5,767 31.2 97.5 24.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 729 5,889 100.0 _ 8.1 March 2005 609 6,213 83.5 83.5 10.2 March 2006 527 6,012 72.3 86.5 11.4 March 2007 492 6,007 67.5 93.4 12.2 March 2008 466 6,003 63.9 94.7 12.9 March 2009 440 6,143 60.4 94.4 14.0 March 2010 412 6,028 56.5 93.6 14.6 March 2011 393 5,709 53.9 95.4 14.5 March 2012 387 5,784 53.1 98.5 14.9 March 2013 378 5,756 51.9 97.7 15.2 March 2014 365 5,269 50.1 96.6 14.4 March 2015 344 5,234 47.2 94.2 15.2 March 2016 331 4,852 45.4 96.2 14.7 March 2017 325 4,814 44.6 98.2 14.8 March 2018 314 4,136 43.1 96.6 13.2 March 2019 307 4,025 42.1 97.8 13.1 March 2020 305 3,912 41.8 99.3 12.8 March 2021 302 3,829 41.4 99.0 12.7 March 2022 309 4,079 42.4 102.3 13.2 March 2023 298 4,172 40.9 96.4 14.0 March 2024 294 4,015 40.3 98.7 13.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 628 5,465 100.0 _ 8.7 March 2006 520 5,029 82.8 82.8 9.7 March 2007 475 5,697 75.6 91.3 12.0 March 2008 446 5,987 71.0 93.9 13.4 March 2009 405 6,456 64.5 90.8 15.9 March 2010 355 5,512 56.5 87.7 15.5 March 2011 329 5,302 52.4 92.7 16.1 March 2012 310 5,564 49.4 94.2 17.9 March 2013 297 5,387 47.3 95.8 18.1 March 2014 285 5,158 45.4 96.0 18.1 March 2015 274 5,054 43.6 96.1 18.4 March 2016 256 5,052 40.8 93.4 19.7 March 2017 267 5,459 42.5 104.3 20.4 March 2018 260 5,476 41.4 97.4 21.1 March 2019 242 4,404 38.5 93.1 18.2 March 2020 238 3,913 37.9 98.3 16.4 March 2021 229 3,758 36.5 96.2 16.4 March 2022 223 3,687 35.5 97.4 16.5 March 2023 224 3,852 35.7 100.4 17.2 March 2024 218 4,196 34.7 97.3 19.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 630 3,878 100.0 _ 6.2 March 2007 529 4,506 84.0 84.0 8.5 March 2008 463 5,048 73.5 87.5 10.9 March 2009 422 5,122 67.0 91.1 12.1 March 2010 396 5,120 62.9 93.8 12.9 March 2011 356 5,109 56.5 89.9 14.4 March 2012 350 4,714 55.6 98.3 13.5 March 2013 325 4,340 51.6 92.9 13.4 March 2014 317 3,985 50.3 97.5 12.6 March 2015 300 3,845 47.6 94.6 12.8 March 2016 283 3,810 44.9 94.3 13.5 March 2017 273 3,765 43.3 96.5 13.8 March 2018 275 4,042 43.7 100.7 14.7 March 2019 263 3,852 41.7 95.6 14.6 March 2020 261 3,442 41.4 99.2 13.2 March 2021 260 3,277 41.3 99.6 12.6 March 2022 236 3,035 37.5 90.8 12.9 March 2023 236 3,577 37.5 100.0 15.2 March 2024 217 3,712 34.4 91.9 17.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 663 4,216 100.0 _ 6.4 March 2008 547 4,981 82.5 82.5 9.1 March 2009 495 4,917 74.7 90.5 9.9 March 2010 435 4,764 65.6 87.9 11.0 March 2011 396 4,820 59.7 91.0 12.2 March 2012 381 5,082 57.5 96.2 13.3 March 2013 366 4,805 55.2 96.1 13.1 March 2014 340 4,894 51.3 92.9 14.4 March 2015 318 4,534 48.0 93.5 14.3 March 2016 308 4,299 46.5 96.9 14.0 March 2017 291 4,199 43.9 94.5 14.4 March 2018 273 4,025 41.2 93.8 14.7 March 2019 265 3,476 40.0 97.1 13.1 March 2020 252 3,212 38.0 95.1 12.7 March 2021 237 2,769 35.7 94.0 11.7 March 2022 228 3,047 34.4 96.2 13.4 March 2023 221 3,280 33.3 96.9 14.8 March 2024 207 3,051 31.2 93.7 14.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 685 4,789 100.0 _ 7.0 March 2009 556 5,090 81.2 81.2 9.2 March 2010 486 4,728 70.9 87.4 9.7 March 2011 436 4,993 63.6 89.7 11.5 March 2012 385 5,072 56.2 88.3 13.2 March 2013 354 4,854 51.7 91.9 13.7 March 2014 332 4,655 48.5 93.8 14.0 March 2015 309 4,694 45.1 93.1 15.2 March 2016 292 4,520 42.6 94.5 15.5 March 2017 283 4,812 41.3 96.9 17.0 March 2018 278 4,981 40.6 98.2 17.9 March 2019 267 5,108 39.0 96.0 19.1 March 2020 266 5,417 38.8 99.6 20.4 March 2021 258 5,541 37.7 97.0 21.5 March 2022 245 5,156 35.8 95.0 21.0 March 2023 245 6,050 35.8 100.0 24.7 March 2024 238 6,311 34.7 97.1 26.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 679 4,233 100.0 _ 6.2 March 2010 522 3,956 76.9 76.9 7.6 March 2011 474 4,040 69.8 90.8 8.5 March 2012 420 4,107 61.9 88.6 9.8 March 2013 420 4,043 61.9 100.0 9.6 March 2014 381 4,017 56.1 90.7 10.5 March 2015 356 4,229 52.4 93.4 11.9 March 2016 337 4,206 49.6 94.7 12.5 March 2017 322 4,205 47.4 95.5 13.1 March 2018 308 4,315 45.4 95.7 14.0 March 2019 286 4,157 42.1 92.9 14.5 March 2020 266 3,839 39.2 93.0 14.4 March 2021 263 4,005 38.7 98.9 15.2 March 2022 253 3,907 37.3 96.2 15.4 March 2023 251 4,143 37.0 99.2 16.5 March 2024 242 4,224 35.6 96.4 17.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 641 3,048 100.0 _ 4.8 March 2011 492 3,277 76.8 76.8 6.7 March 2012 420 3,215 65.5 85.4 7.7 March 2013 381 3,191 59.4 90.7 8.4 March 2014 341 3,308 53.2 89.5 9.7 March 2015 321 3,519 50.1 94.1 11.0 March 2016 307 3,809 47.9 95.6 12.4 March 2017 292 3,790 45.6 95.1 13.0 March 2018 281 3,887 43.8 96.2 13.8 March 2019 271 4,265 42.3 96.4 15.7 March 2020 260 4,287 40.6 95.9 16.5 March 2021 252 3,982 39.3 96.9 15.8 March 2022 246 3,932 38.4 97.6 16.0 March 2023 234 4,258 36.5 95.1 18.2 March 2024 228 4,467 35.6 97.4 19.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 638 3,787 100.0 _ 5.9 March 2012 521 4,226 81.7 81.7 8.1 March 2013 463 4,382 72.6 88.9 9.5 March 2014 400 4,379 62.7 86.4 10.9 March 2015 358 4,328 56.1 89.5 12.1 March 2016 332 4,376 52.0 92.7 13.2 March 2017 324 4,633 50.8 97.6 14.3 March 2018 313 4,544 49.1 96.6 14.5 March 2019 294 4,711 46.1 93.9 16.0 March 2020 295 4,551 46.2 100.3 15.4 March 2021 283 4,441 44.4 95.9 15.7 March 2022 270 4,600 42.3 95.4 17.0 March 2023 255 4,965 40.0 94.4 19.5 March 2024 243 4,252 38.1 95.3 17.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2012 March 2012 681 3,709 100.0 _ 5.4 March 2013 558 3,782 81.9 81.9 6.8 March 2014 495 3,881 72.7 88.7 7.8 March 2015 443 4,181 65.1 89.5 9.4 March 2016 417 4,531 61.2 94.1 10.9 March 2017 383 4,822 56.2 91.8 12.6 March 2018 352 4,867 51.7 91.9 13.8 March 2019 332 5,486 48.8 94.3 16.5 March 2020 324 5,370 47.6 97.6 16.6 March 2021 305 4,431 44.8 94.1 14.5 March 2022 290 4,666 42.6 95.1 16.1 March 2023 286 4,611 42.0 98.6 16.1 March 2024 278 4,683 40.8 97.2 16.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2013 March 2013 714 3,993 100.0 _ 5.6 March 2014 576 4,649 80.7 80.7 8.1 March 2015 519 4,320 72.7 90.1 8.3 March 2016 470 4,420 65.8 90.6 9.4 March 2017 449 4,354 62.9 95.5 9.7 March 2018 404 4,367 56.6 90.0 10.8 March 2019 379 4,410 53.1 93.8 11.6 March 2020 362 4,489 50.7 95.5 12.4 March 2021 339 4,412 47.5 93.6 13.0 March 2022 339 5,080 47.5 100.0 15.0 March 2023 326 5,994 45.7 96.2 18.4 March 2024 315 6,327 44.1 96.6 20.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2014 March 2014 708 4,384 100.0 _ 6.2 March 2015 599 4,863 84.6 84.6 8.1 March 2016 529 5,086 74.7 88.3 9.6 March 2017 488 4,889 68.9 92.2 10.0 March 2018 471 4,839 66.5 96.5 10.3 March 2019 429 4,986 60.6 91.1 11.6 March 2020 403 4,716 56.9 93.9 11.7 March 2021 399 4,831 56.4 99.0 12.1 March 2022 366 4,697 51.7 91.7 12.8 March 2023 357 4,650 50.4 97.5 13.0 March 2024 346 4,786 48.9 96.9 13.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2015 March 2015 618 3,333 100.0 _ 5.4 March 2016 535 3,415 86.6 86.6 6.4 March 2017 497 3,431 80.4 92.9 6.9 March 2018 441 3,613 71.4 88.7 8.2 March 2019 393 3,720 63.6 89.1 9.5 March 2020 359 3,413 58.1 91.3 9.5 March 2021 351 3,262 56.8 97.8 9.3 March 2022 333 3,642 53.9 94.9 10.9 March 2023 306 3,861 49.5 91.9 12.6 March 2024 299 3,831 48.4 97.7 12.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2016 March 2016 631 4,017 100.0 _ 6.4 March 2017 571 4,426 90.5 90.5 7.8 March 2018 507 4,272 80.3 88.8 8.4 March 2019 448 4,521 71.0 88.4 10.1 March 2020 390 3,960 61.8 87.1 10.2 March 2021 378 4,044 59.9 96.9 10.7 March 2022 350 3,868 55.5 92.6 11.1 March 2023 328 3,822 52.0 93.7 11.7 March 2024 314 3,958 49.8 95.7 12.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2017 March 2017 752 4,010 100.0 _ 5.3 March 2018 646 4,664 85.9 85.9 7.2 March 2019 566 4,997 75.3 87.6 8.8 March 2020 522 5,057 69.4 92.2 9.7 March 2021 506 5,133 67.3 96.9 10.1 March 2022 469 5,691 62.4 92.7 12.1 March 2023 452 5,962 60.1 96.4 13.2 March 2024 432 5,428 57.4 95.6 12.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2018 March 2018 749 3,777 100.0 _ 5.0 March 2019 623 3,791 83.2 83.2 6.1 March 2020 553 3,472 73.8 88.8 6.3 March 2021 514 3,983 68.6 92.9 7.7 March 2022 462 3,806 61.7 89.9 8.2 March 2023 431 4,153 57.5 93.3 9.6 March 2024 382 4,283 51.0 88.6 11.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2019 March 2019 923 4,161 100.0 _ 4.5 March 2020 752 4,257 81.5 81.5 5.7 March 2021 688 4,452 74.5 91.5 6.5 March 2022 636 5,140 68.9 92.4 8.1 March 2023 590 5,922 63.9 92.8 10.0 March 2024 557 6,100 60.3 94.4 11.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2020 March 2020 857 3,469 100.0 _ 4.0 March 2021 722 3,892 84.2 84.2 5.4 March 2022 658 4,447 76.8 91.1 6.8 March 2023 597 5,441 69.7 90.7 9.1 March 2024 563 5,293 65.7 94.3 9.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2021 March 2021 1,318 5,009 100.0 _ 3.8 March 2022 1,044 5,902 79.2 79.2 5.7 March 2023 942 6,856 71.5 90.2 7.3 March 2024 815 7,581 61.8 86.5 9.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2022 March 2022 1,611 6,331 100.0 _ 3.9 March 2023 1,303 7,234 80.9 80.9 5.6 March 2024 1,103 7,140 68.5 84.7 6.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2023 March 2023 1,940 6,671 100.0 _ 3.4 March 2024 1,494 7,652 77.0 77.0 5.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2024 March 2024 1,705 6,319 100.0 _ 3.7 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.