Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by age Wholesale Trade Age Class March 1991 March 1992 March 1993 March 1994 March 1995 March 1996 Less than one year _ _ _ 46,859 49,190 50,533 1 year _ _ _ _ 37,703 39,025 2 years _ _ _ _ _ 31,894 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 _ _ _ _ _ _ 30 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 432,348 441,886 450,064 412,495 382,312 354,011 Total 432,348 441,886 450,064 459,354 469,205 475,463 Age Class March 1997 March 1998 March 1999 March 2000 March 2001 March 2002 Less than one year 53,248 51,315 49,097 50,395 54,151 52,609 1 year 40,035 41,488 40,632 38,922 39,658 40,834 2 years 33,276 33,484 35,234 33,901 32,410 33,264 3 years 28,101 28,969 29,393 30,270 29,185 28,079 4 years _ 24,844 25,802 25,858 26,452 25,788 5 years _ _ 22,372 23,082 22,960 23,562 6 years _ _ _ 20,231 20,632 20,796 7 years _ _ _ _ 18,176 18,878 8 years _ _ _ _ _ 16,835 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 _ _ _ _ _ _ 30 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 331,481 309,784 291,341 273,782 257,482 243,802 Total 486,141 489,884 493,871 496,441 501,106 504,447 Age Class March 2003 March 2004 March 2005 March 2006 March 2007 March 2008 Less than one year 51,817 49,467 51,805 54,342 54,485 52,120 1 year 41,025 40,747 38,760 40,896 42,672 42,640 2 years 33,963 34,844 34,587 33,031 34,600 35,875 3 years 29,011 29,950 30,470 30,421 29,060 30,094 4 years 25,112 26,218 26,767 27,379 27,246 25,875 5 years 23,365 22,791 23,848 24,409 24,806 24,626 6 years 21,619 21,435 20,930 21,893 22,342 22,558 7 years 19,133 19,905 19,736 19,420 20,355 20,546 8 years 17,394 17,798 18,452 18,369 18,124 18,833 9 years 15,569 16,385 16,606 17,255 17,129 16,871 10 years _ 14,678 15,291 15,521 16,134 16,082 11 years _ _ 13,632 14,512 14,553 15,155 12 years _ _ _ 12,967 13,708 13,758 13 years _ _ _ _ 12,316 12,885 14 years _ _ _ _ _ 11,561 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 _ _ _ _ _ _ 30 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 232,014 222,018 212,443 204,540 197,158 189,339 Total 510,022 516,236 523,327 534,955 544,688 548,818 Age Class March 2009 March 2010 March 2011 March 2012 March 2013 March 2014 Less than one year 44,449 40,683 43,540 45,474 44,107 39,422 1 year 39,314 34,229 32,116 34,527 35,826 34,491 2 years 34,714 32,096 29,145 27,077 29,377 30,286 3 years 30,355 29,697 28,381 25,757 23,561 25,515 4 years 26,264 26,357 26,440 25,343 22,890 20,999 5 years 22,875 23,101 23,785 23,826 22,868 20,589 6 years 21,828 20,478 21,217 21,666 21,709 20,709 7 years 20,335 19,826 18,979 19,462 19,757 19,849 8 years 18,687 18,465 18,266 17,494 17,968 18,215 9 years 17,310 17,163 17,201 17,002 16,151 16,664 10 years 15,481 15,990 16,038 16,114 15,955 15,066 11 years 14,754 14,402 15,111 15,165 15,032 14,891 12 years 14,027 13,747 13,634 14,278 14,307 14,133 13 years 12,736 13,067 13,117 12,909 13,524 13,493 14 years 12,059 11,868 12,354 12,434 12,142 12,880 15 years 10,873 11,297 11,270 11,762 11,847 11,573 16 years _ 10,181 10,832 10,708 11,168 11,249 17 years _ _ 9,691 10,332 10,171 10,692 18 years _ _ _ 9,255 9,873 9,768 19 years _ _ _ _ 8,877 9,397 20 years _ _ _ _ _ 8,453 21 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 30 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 180,855 173,194 167,520 161,856 156,566 151,782 Total 536,916 525,841 528,637 532,441 533,676 530,116 Age Class March 2015 March 2016 March 2017 March 2018 March 2019 March 2020 Less than one year 38,563 38,476 38,541 41,152 41,366 38,521 1 year 33,539 33,003 32,685 34,075 34,177 33,190 2 years 29,582 28,838 29,104 29,376 28,918 28,532 3 years 26,383 25,706 25,436 25,681 25,621 24,793 4 years 22,652 23,446 22,948 22,572 22,682 22,502 5 years 18,882 20,124 21,131 20,490 20,147 19,938 6 years 18,690 17,107 18,270 19,025 18,479 18,069 7 years 18,889 17,041 15,694 16,672 17,367 16,530 8 years 18,340 17,279 15,655 14,395 15,311 15,718 9 years 16,897 16,860 16,081 14,364 13,230 13,910 10 years 15,502 15,619 15,672 14,828 13,331 12,135 11 years 14,132 14,344 14,643 14,529 13,764 12,203 12 years 13,993 13,174 13,520 13,565 13,406 12,732 13 years 13,370 13,102 12,421 12,618 12,649 12,430 14 years 12,724 12,526 12,366 11,632 11,788 11,709 15 years 12,146 11,931 11,809 11,601 10,881 10,983 16 years 11,112 11,485 11,316 11,082 10,841 10,187 17 years 10,697 10,510 10,946 10,646 10,481 10,170 18 years 10,176 10,079 10,033 10,307 10,007 9,808 19 years 9,285 9,683 9,588 9,540 9,746 9,430 20 years 8,951 8,877 9,288 9,108 9,048 9,197 21 years 8,059 8,476 8,459 8,769 8,566 8,602 22 years _ 7,608 8,087 8,052 8,286 8,116 23 years _ _ 7,276 7,709 7,606 8,028 24 years _ _ _ 6,900 7,345 7,215 25 years _ _ _ _ 6,566 6,994 26 years _ _ _ _ _ 6,275 27 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 30 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 146,712 141,032 136,137 131,002 126,071 121,438 Total 529,276 526,326 527,106 529,690 527,680 519,355 Age Class March 2021 March 2022 March 2023 March 2024 Less than one year 39,001 44,847 43,454 38,938 1 year 31,891 31,844 36,788 35,355 2 years 28,740 27,946 27,231 31,589 3 years 25,249 26,070 24,772 23,872 4 years 22,101 23,011 23,366 22,147 5 years 20,222 20,479 20,850 21,066 6 years 18,046 18,761 18,659 19,097 7 years 16,526 16,887 17,264 17,065 8 years 15,170 15,502 15,614 15,878 9 years 14,484 14,162 14,324 14,408 10 years 12,821 13,712 13,263 13,256 11 years 11,244 12,055 12,855 12,358 12 years 11,407 10,663 11,333 12,038 13 years 11,996 10,790 9,993 10,580 14 years 11,725 11,367 10,158 9,394 15 years 10,979 11,036 10,715 9,503 16 years 10,364 10,466 10,420 10,104 17 years 9,672 9,913 9,939 9,814 18 years 9,603 9,276 9,441 9,451 19 years 9,280 9,172 8,845 8,950 20 years 8,952 8,887 8,808 8,363 21 years 8,707 8,574 8,472 8,373 22 years 8,202 8,403 8,106 8,047 23 years 7,686 7,875 8,007 7,648 24 years 7,578 7,354 7,451 7,617 25 years 6,816 7,308 7,059 7,105 26 years 6,671 6,590 6,968 6,704 27 years 5,938 6,443 6,307 6,658 28 years _ 5,692 6,151 6,050 29 years _ _ 5,457 5,841 30 years _ _ _ 5,204 Born before March 1993 117,026 113,345 109,488 105,242 Total 518,097 528,430 531,558 527,715 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.