Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Wholesale Trade 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 46,859 186,390 100.0 _ 4.0 March 1995 37,703 186,103 80.5 80.5 4.9 March 1996 31,894 184,744 68.1 84.6 5.8 March 1997 28,101 185,318 60.0 88.1 6.6 March 1998 24,844 179,830 53.0 88.4 7.2 March 1999 22,372 174,817 47.7 90.0 7.8 March 2000 20,231 172,573 43.2 90.4 8.5 March 2001 18,176 167,310 38.8 89.8 9.2 March 2002 16,835 157,381 35.9 92.6 9.3 March 2003 15,569 152,361 33.2 92.5 9.8 March 2004 14,678 148,695 31.3 94.3 10.1 March 2005 13,632 146,034 29.1 92.9 10.7 March 2006 12,967 146,290 27.7 95.1 11.3 March 2007 12,316 148,159 26.3 95.0 12.0 March 2008 11,561 142,545 24.7 93.9 12.3 March 2009 10,873 130,908 23.2 94.0 12.0 March 2010 10,181 123,672 21.7 93.6 12.1 March 2011 9,691 123,074 20.7 95.2 12.7 March 2012 9,255 122,709 19.8 95.5 13.3 March 2013 8,877 120,581 18.9 95.9 13.6 March 2014 8,453 118,772 18.0 95.2 14.1 March 2015 8,059 119,182 17.2 95.3 14.8 March 2016 7,608 117,874 16.2 94.4 15.5 March 2017 7,276 116,344 15.5 95.6 16.0 March 2018 6,900 111,400 14.7 94.8 16.1 March 2019 6,566 107,471 14.0 95.2 16.4 March 2020 6,275 105,606 13.4 95.6 16.8 March 2021 5,938 98,399 12.7 94.6 16.6 March 2022 5,692 100,611 12.1 95.9 17.7 March 2023 5,457 99,817 11.6 95.9 18.3 March 2024 5,204 98,471 11.1 95.4 18.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 49,190 182,312 100.0 _ 3.7 March 1996 39,025 186,608 79.3 79.3 4.8 March 1997 33,276 187,116 67.6 85.3 5.6 March 1998 28,969 182,346 58.9 87.1 6.3 March 1999 25,802 176,421 52.5 89.1 6.8 March 2000 23,082 172,699 46.9 89.5 7.5 March 2001 20,632 169,062 41.9 89.4 8.2 March 2002 18,878 159,224 38.4 91.5 8.4 March 2003 17,394 153,475 35.4 92.1 8.8 March 2004 16,385 151,553 33.3 94.2 9.2 March 2005 15,291 150,264 31.1 93.3 9.8 March 2006 14,512 147,784 29.5 94.9 10.2 March 2007 13,708 146,690 27.9 94.5 10.7 March 2008 12,885 142,365 26.2 94.0 11.0 March 2009 12,059 131,414 24.5 93.6 10.9 March 2010 11,297 123,396 23.0 93.7 10.9 March 2011 10,832 121,823 22.0 95.9 11.2 March 2012 10,332 121,359 21.0 95.4 11.7 March 2013 9,873 119,601 20.1 95.6 12.1 March 2014 9,397 117,864 19.1 95.2 12.5 March 2015 8,951 116,382 18.2 95.3 13.0 March 2016 8,476 113,751 17.2 94.7 13.4 March 2017 8,087 111,471 16.4 95.4 13.8 March 2018 7,709 108,534 15.7 95.3 14.1 March 2019 7,345 107,754 14.9 95.3 14.7 March 2020 6,994 107,807 14.2 95.2 15.4 March 2021 6,671 101,502 13.6 95.4 15.2 March 2022 6,443 103,927 13.1 96.6 16.1 March 2023 6,151 103,827 12.5 95.5 16.9 March 2024 5,841 101,544 11.9 95.0 17.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 50,533 195,330 100.0 _ 3.9 March 1997 40,035 196,680 79.2 79.2 4.9 March 1998 33,484 194,337 66.3 83.6 5.8 March 1999 29,393 189,538 58.2 87.8 6.4 March 2000 25,858 182,567 51.2 88.0 7.1 March 2001 22,960 178,663 45.4 88.8 7.8 March 2002 20,796 164,649 41.2 90.6 7.9 March 2003 19,133 155,183 37.9 92.0 8.1 March 2004 17,798 151,648 35.2 93.0 8.5 March 2005 16,606 148,557 32.9 93.3 8.9 March 2006 15,521 150,143 30.7 93.5 9.7 March 2007 14,553 149,024 28.8 93.8 10.2 March 2008 13,758 145,102 27.2 94.5 10.5 March 2009 12,736 134,970 25.2 92.6 10.6 March 2010 11,868 127,869 23.5 93.2 10.8 March 2011 11,270 124,358 22.3 95.0 11.0 March 2012 10,708 122,919 21.2 95.0 11.5 March 2013 10,171 119,827 20.1 95.0 11.8 March 2014 9,768 117,716 19.3 96.0 12.1 March 2015 9,285 114,227 18.4 95.1 12.3 March 2016 8,877 111,085 17.6 95.6 12.5 March 2017 8,459 106,810 16.7 95.3 12.6 March 2018 8,052 104,271 15.9 95.2 12.9 March 2019 7,606 102,174 15.1 94.5 13.4 March 2020 7,215 100,673 14.3 94.9 14.0 March 2021 6,816 94,928 13.5 94.5 13.9 March 2022 6,590 96,384 13.0 96.7 14.6 March 2023 6,307 97,460 12.5 95.7 15.5 March 2024 6,050 95,503 12.0 95.9 15.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 53,248 213,146 100.0 _ 4.0 March 1998 41,488 219,263 77.9 77.9 5.3 March 1999 35,234 210,775 66.2 84.9 6.0 March 2000 30,270 205,713 56.8 85.9 6.8 March 2001 26,452 198,672 49.7 87.4 7.5 March 2002 23,562 180,592 44.2 89.1 7.7 March 2003 21,619 174,132 40.6 91.8 8.1 March 2004 19,905 169,421 37.4 92.1 8.5 March 2005 18,452 167,309 34.7 92.7 9.1 March 2006 17,255 166,751 32.4 93.5 9.7 March 2007 16,134 164,780 30.3 93.5 10.2 March 2008 15,155 162,195 28.5 93.9 10.7 March 2009 14,027 149,591 26.3 92.6 10.7 March 2010 13,067 140,381 24.5 93.2 10.7 March 2011 12,354 138,030 23.2 94.5 11.2 March 2012 11,762 137,399 22.1 95.2 11.7 March 2013 11,168 135,342 21.0 94.9 12.1 March 2014 10,692 133,974 20.1 95.7 12.5 March 2015 10,176 132,079 19.1 95.2 13.0 March 2016 9,683 128,372 18.2 95.2 13.3 March 2017 9,288 128,957 17.4 95.9 13.9 March 2018 8,769 123,332 16.5 94.4 14.1 March 2019 8,286 121,769 15.6 94.5 14.7 March 2020 8,028 118,025 15.1 96.9 14.7 March 2021 7,578 109,875 14.2 94.4 14.5 March 2022 7,308 111,108 13.7 96.4 15.2 March 2023 6,968 110,844 13.1 95.3 15.9 March 2024 6,658 108,950 12.5 95.6 16.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 51,315 215,405 100.0 _ 4.2 March 1999 40,632 211,838 79.2 79.2 5.2 March 2000 33,901 208,651 66.1 83.4 6.2 March 2001 29,185 200,623 56.9 86.1 6.9 March 2002 25,788 187,151 50.3 88.4 7.3 March 2003 23,365 177,307 45.5 90.6 7.6 March 2004 21,435 170,441 41.8 91.7 8.0 March 2005 19,736 168,334 38.5 92.1 8.5 March 2006 18,369 169,770 35.8 93.1 9.2 March 2007 17,129 169,469 33.4 93.2 9.9 March 2008 16,082 163,342 31.3 93.9 10.2 March 2009 14,754 150,542 28.8 91.7 10.2 March 2010 13,747 141,446 26.8 93.2 10.3 March 2011 13,117 140,971 25.6 95.4 10.7 March 2012 12,434 138,573 24.2 94.8 11.1 March 2013 11,847 137,392 23.1 95.3 11.6 March 2014 11,249 136,511 21.9 95.0 12.1 March 2015 10,697 134,254 20.8 95.1 12.6 March 2016 10,079 131,442 19.6 94.2 13.0 March 2017 9,588 129,372 18.7 95.1 13.5 March 2018 9,108 124,560 17.7 95.0 13.7 March 2019 8,566 122,489 16.7 94.0 14.3 March 2020 8,116 119,940 15.8 94.7 14.8 March 2021 7,686 111,606 15.0 94.7 14.5 March 2022 7,354 113,468 14.3 95.7 15.4 March 2023 7,059 110,797 13.8 96.0 15.7 March 2024 6,704 108,251 13.1 95.0 16.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 49,097 209,609 100.0 _ 4.3 March 2000 38,922 215,245 79.3 79.3 5.5 March 2001 32,410 212,666 66.0 83.3 6.6 March 2002 28,079 189,511 57.2 86.6 6.7 March 2003 25,112 179,645 51.1 89.4 7.2 March 2004 22,791 174,622 46.4 90.8 7.7 March 2005 20,930 173,118 42.6 91.8 8.3 March 2006 19,420 171,629 39.6 92.8 8.8 March 2007 18,124 171,833 36.9 93.3 9.5 March 2008 16,871 167,693 34.4 93.1 9.9 March 2009 15,481 154,152 31.5 91.8 10.0 March 2010 14,402 144,568 29.3 93.0 10.0 March 2011 13,634 141,722 27.8 94.7 10.4 March 2012 12,909 143,699 26.3 94.7 11.1 March 2013 12,142 137,022 24.7 94.1 11.3 March 2014 11,573 136,319 23.6 95.3 11.8 March 2015 11,112 133,980 22.6 96.0 12.1 March 2016 10,510 133,376 21.4 94.6 12.7 March 2017 10,033 129,565 20.4 95.5 12.9 March 2018 9,540 120,921 19.4 95.1 12.7 March 2019 9,048 119,256 18.4 94.8 13.2 March 2020 8,602 118,427 17.5 95.1 13.8 March 2021 8,202 111,206 16.7 95.3 13.6 March 2022 7,875 114,012 16.0 96.0 14.5 March 2023 7,451 113,459 15.2 94.6 15.2 March 2024 7,105 111,589 14.5 95.4 15.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 50,395 210,143 100.0 _ 4.2 March 2001 39,658 206,996 78.7 78.7 5.2 March 2002 33,264 188,538 66.0 83.9 5.7 March 2003 29,011 181,898 57.6 87.2 6.3 March 2004 26,218 178,391 52.0 90.4 6.8 March 2005 23,848 178,048 47.3 91.0 7.5 March 2006 21,893 178,854 43.4 91.8 8.2 March 2007 20,355 178,032 40.4 93.0 8.7 March 2008 18,833 170,270 37.4 92.5 9.0 March 2009 17,310 159,514 34.3 91.9 9.2 March 2010 15,990 149,763 31.7 92.4 9.4 March 2011 15,111 149,168 30.0 94.5 9.9 March 2012 14,278 149,670 28.3 94.5 10.5 March 2013 13,524 148,693 26.8 94.7 11.0 March 2014 12,880 148,396 25.6 95.2 11.5 March 2015 12,146 148,182 24.1 94.3 12.2 March 2016 11,485 147,914 22.8 94.6 12.9 March 2017 10,946 146,229 21.7 95.3 13.4 March 2018 10,307 132,119 20.5 94.2 12.8 March 2019 9,746 127,243 19.3 94.6 13.1 March 2020 9,197 124,126 18.2 94.4 13.5 March 2021 8,707 117,700 17.3 94.7 13.5 March 2022 8,403 119,271 16.7 96.5 14.2 March 2023 8,007 121,403 15.9 95.3 15.2 March 2024 7,617 121,810 15.1 95.1 16.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 54,151 218,247 100.0 _ 4.0 March 2002 40,834 208,650 75.4 75.4 5.1 March 2003 33,963 190,710 62.7 83.2 5.6 March 2004 29,950 180,967 55.3 88.2 6.0 March 2005 26,767 179,602 49.4 89.4 6.7 March 2006 24,409 176,800 45.1 91.2 7.2 March 2007 22,342 173,657 41.3 91.5 7.8 March 2008 20,546 169,566 37.9 92.0 8.3 March 2009 18,687 155,162 34.5 91.0 8.3 March 2010 17,163 146,809 31.7 91.8 8.6 March 2011 16,038 143,654 29.6 93.4 9.0 March 2012 15,165 144,165 28.0 94.6 9.5 March 2013 14,307 143,296 26.4 94.3 10.0 March 2014 13,493 140,548 24.9 94.3 10.4 March 2015 12,724 136,566 23.5 94.3 10.7 March 2016 11,931 131,221 22.0 93.8 11.0 March 2017 11,316 129,542 20.9 94.8 11.4 March 2018 10,646 125,811 19.7 94.1 11.8 March 2019 10,007 122,605 18.5 94.0 12.3 March 2020 9,430 121,080 17.4 94.2 12.8 March 2021 8,952 113,054 16.5 94.9 12.6 March 2022 8,574 114,653 15.8 95.8 13.4 March 2023 8,106 115,495 15.0 94.5 14.2 March 2024 7,648 113,246 14.1 94.3 14.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 52,609 201,686 100.0 _ 3.8 March 2003 41,025 193,206 78.0 78.0 4.7 March 2004 34,844 184,990 66.2 84.9 5.3 March 2005 30,470 177,478 57.9 87.4 5.8 March 2006 27,379 177,965 52.0 89.9 6.5 March 2007 24,806 174,434 47.2 90.6 7.0 March 2008 22,558 170,791 42.9 90.9 7.6 March 2009 20,335 154,616 38.7 90.1 7.6 March 2010 18,465 144,074 35.1 90.8 7.8 March 2011 17,201 142,659 32.7 93.2 8.3 March 2012 16,114 140,002 30.6 93.7 8.7 March 2013 15,032 137,454 28.6 93.3 9.1 March 2014 14,133 135,567 26.9 94.0 9.6 March 2015 13,370 134,397 25.4 94.6 10.1 March 2016 12,526 130,880 23.8 93.7 10.4 March 2017 11,809 127,643 22.4 94.3 10.8 March 2018 11,082 121,695 21.1 93.8 11.0 March 2019 10,481 120,524 19.9 94.6 11.5 March 2020 9,808 116,316 18.6 93.6 11.9 March 2021 9,280 110,304 17.6 94.6 11.9 March 2022 8,887 114,033 16.9 95.8 12.8 March 2023 8,472 115,550 16.1 95.3 13.6 March 2024 8,047 114,840 15.3 95.0 14.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 51,817 183,887 100.0 _ 3.5 March 2004 40,747 178,094 78.6 78.6 4.4 March 2005 34,587 171,783 66.7 84.9 5.0 March 2006 30,421 171,491 58.7 88.0 5.6 March 2007 27,246 168,041 52.6 89.6 6.2 March 2008 24,626 162,603 47.5 90.4 6.6 March 2009 21,828 147,354 42.1 88.6 6.8 March 2010 19,826 138,308 38.3 90.8 7.0 March 2011 18,266 137,550 35.3 92.1 7.5 March 2012 17,002 136,650 32.8 93.1 8.0 March 2013 15,955 137,079 30.8 93.8 8.6 March 2014 14,891 132,414 28.7 93.3 8.9 March 2015 13,993 131,911 27.0 94.0 9.4 March 2016 13,102 129,994 25.3 93.6 9.9 March 2017 12,366 128,252 23.9 94.4 10.4 March 2018 11,601 123,229 22.4 93.8 10.6 March 2019 10,841 121,534 20.9 93.4 11.2 March 2020 10,170 119,662 19.6 93.8 11.8 March 2021 9,603 113,374 18.5 94.4 11.8 March 2022 9,172 117,536 17.7 95.5 12.8 March 2023 8,808 117,133 17.0 96.0 13.3 March 2024 8,373 115,385 16.2 95.1 13.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 49,467 164,327 100.0 _ 3.3 March 2005 38,760 163,038 78.4 78.4 4.2 March 2006 33,031 162,365 66.8 85.2 4.9 March 2007 29,060 158,760 58.7 88.0 5.5 March 2008 25,875 153,831 52.3 89.0 5.9 March 2009 22,875 138,433 46.2 88.4 6.1 March 2010 20,478 129,686 41.4 89.5 6.3 March 2011 18,979 129,519 38.4 92.7 6.8 March 2012 17,494 128,268 35.4 92.2 7.3 March 2013 16,151 126,798 32.7 92.3 7.9 March 2014 15,066 126,569 30.5 93.3 8.4 March 2015 14,132 127,286 28.6 93.8 9.0 March 2016 13,174 124,809 26.6 93.2 9.5 March 2017 12,421 123,708 25.1 94.3 10.0 March 2018 11,632 120,321 23.5 93.6 10.3 March 2019 10,881 116,820 22.0 93.5 10.7 March 2020 10,187 115,442 20.6 93.6 11.3 March 2021 9,672 109,433 19.6 94.9 11.3 March 2022 9,276 111,881 18.8 95.9 12.1 March 2023 8,845 112,107 17.9 95.4 12.7 March 2024 8,363 109,159 16.9 94.6 13.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 51,805 164,010 100.0 _ 3.2 March 2006 40,896 163,840 78.9 78.9 4.0 March 2007 34,600 159,691 66.8 84.6 4.6 March 2008 30,094 154,277 58.1 87.0 5.1 March 2009 26,264 137,965 50.7 87.3 5.3 March 2010 23,101 125,743 44.6 88.0 5.4 March 2011 21,217 124,160 41.0 91.8 5.9 March 2012 19,462 123,643 37.6 91.7 6.4 March 2013 17,968 122,706 34.7 92.3 6.8 March 2014 16,664 121,127 32.2 92.7 7.3 March 2015 15,502 119,521 29.9 93.0 7.7 March 2016 14,344 117,579 27.7 92.5 8.2 March 2017 13,520 115,846 26.1 94.3 8.6 March 2018 12,618 111,844 24.4 93.3 8.9 March 2019 11,788 107,571 22.8 93.4 9.1 March 2020 10,983 105,564 21.2 93.2 9.6 March 2021 10,364 98,427 20.0 94.4 9.5 March 2022 9,913 101,329 19.1 95.6 10.2 March 2023 9,441 101,111 18.2 95.2 10.7 March 2024 8,950 99,568 17.3 94.8 11.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 54,342 155,793 100.0 _ 2.9 March 2007 42,672 157,397 78.5 78.5 3.7 March 2008 35,875 152,746 66.0 84.1 4.3 March 2009 30,355 138,080 55.9 84.6 4.5 March 2010 26,357 127,780 48.5 86.8 4.8 March 2011 23,785 126,985 43.8 90.2 5.3 March 2012 21,666 127,352 39.9 91.1 5.9 March 2013 19,757 126,217 36.4 91.2 6.4 March 2014 18,215 122,512 33.5 92.2 6.7 March 2015 16,897 121,597 31.1 92.8 7.2 March 2016 15,619 125,745 28.7 92.4 8.1 March 2017 14,643 113,977 26.9 93.8 7.8 March 2018 13,565 110,397 25.0 92.6 8.1 March 2019 12,649 109,583 23.3 93.2 8.7 March 2020 11,709 107,014 21.5 92.6 9.1 March 2021 10,979 100,306 20.2 93.8 9.1 March 2022 10,466 104,483 19.3 95.3 10.0 March 2023 9,939 104,730 18.3 95.0 10.5 March 2024 9,451 104,024 17.4 95.1 11.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 54,485 160,019 100.0 _ 2.9 March 2008 42,640 156,560 78.3 78.3 3.7 March 2009 34,714 140,113 63.7 81.4 4.0 March 2010 29,697 128,402 54.5 85.5 4.3 March 2011 26,440 126,618 48.5 89.0 4.8 March 2012 23,826 125,082 43.7 90.1 5.2 March 2013 21,709 123,157 39.8 91.1 5.7 March 2014 19,849 123,081 36.4 91.4 6.2 March 2015 18,340 120,692 33.7 92.4 6.6 March 2016 16,860 117,511 30.9 91.9 7.0 March 2017 15,672 115,817 28.8 93.0 7.4 March 2018 14,529 110,397 26.7 92.7 7.6 March 2019 13,406 107,559 24.6 92.3 8.0 March 2020 12,430 104,439 22.8 92.7 8.4 March 2021 11,725 98,141 21.5 94.3 8.4 March 2022 11,036 100,766 20.3 94.1 9.1 March 2023 10,420 101,468 19.1 94.4 9.7 March 2024 9,814 98,604 18.0 94.2 10.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 52,120 150,314 100.0 _ 2.9 March 2009 39,314 133,454 75.4 75.4 3.4 March 2010 32,096 119,709 61.6 81.6 3.7 March 2011 28,381 117,141 54.5 88.4 4.1 March 2012 25,343 118,071 48.6 89.3 4.7 March 2013 22,868 116,575 43.9 90.2 5.1 March 2014 20,709 116,009 39.7 90.6 5.6 March 2015 18,889 114,161 36.2 91.2 6.0 March 2016 17,279 111,776 33.2 91.5 6.5 March 2017 16,081 112,085 30.9 93.1 7.0 March 2018 14,828 108,076 28.4 92.2 7.3 March 2019 13,764 106,995 26.4 92.8 7.8 March 2020 12,732 104,803 24.4 92.5 8.2 March 2021 11,996 101,694 23.0 94.2 8.5 March 2022 11,367 106,104 21.8 94.8 9.3 March 2023 10,715 106,014 20.6 94.3 9.9 March 2024 10,104 103,488 19.4 94.3 10.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 44,449 120,301 100.0 _ 2.7 March 2010 34,229 110,721 77.0 77.0 3.2 March 2011 29,145 110,415 65.6 85.1 3.8 March 2012 25,757 112,646 57.9 88.4 4.4 March 2013 22,890 111,138 51.5 88.9 4.9 March 2014 20,589 110,283 46.3 89.9 5.4 March 2015 18,690 107,910 42.0 90.8 5.8 March 2016 17,041 104,384 38.3 91.2 6.1 March 2017 15,655 102,900 35.2 91.9 6.6 March 2018 14,364 99,497 32.3 91.8 6.9 March 2019 13,331 98,400 30.0 92.8 7.4 March 2020 12,203 95,878 27.5 91.5 7.9 March 2021 11,407 90,519 25.7 93.5 7.9 March 2022 10,790 91,962 24.3 94.6 8.5 March 2023 10,158 92,002 22.9 94.1 9.1 March 2024 9,503 89,720 21.4 93.6 9.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 40,683 114,040 100.0 _ 2.8 March 2011 32,116 113,697 78.9 78.9 3.5 March 2012 27,077 112,008 66.6 84.3 4.1 March 2013 23,561 109,840 57.9 87.0 4.7 March 2014 20,999 108,183 51.6 89.1 5.2 March 2015 18,882 106,323 46.4 89.9 5.6 March 2016 17,107 102,956 42.0 90.6 6.0 March 2017 15,694 102,503 38.6 91.7 6.5 March 2018 14,395 99,398 35.4 91.7 6.9 March 2019 13,230 97,177 32.5 91.9 7.3 March 2020 12,135 94,480 29.8 91.7 7.8 March 2021 11,244 89,298 27.6 92.7 7.9 March 2022 10,663 92,180 26.2 94.8 8.6 March 2023 9,993 92,491 24.6 93.7 9.3 March 2024 9,394 91,985 23.1 94.0 9.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 43,540 114,863 100.0 _ 2.6 March 2012 34,527 119,735 79.3 79.3 3.5 March 2013 29,377 118,749 67.5 85.1 4.0 March 2014 25,515 115,587 58.6 86.9 4.5 March 2015 22,652 114,399 52.0 88.8 5.1 March 2016 20,124 110,849 46.2 88.8 5.5 March 2017 18,270 107,948 42.0 90.8 5.9 March 2018 16,672 110,490 38.3 91.3 6.6 March 2019 15,311 103,359 35.2 91.8 6.8 March 2020 13,910 101,180 31.9 90.8 7.3 March 2021 12,821 95,381 29.4 92.2 7.4 March 2022 12,055 98,478 27.7 94.0 8.2 March 2023 11,333 98,934 26.0 94.0 8.7 March 2024 10,580 97,846 24.3 93.4 9.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2012 March 2012 45,474 125,693 100.0 _ 2.8 March 2013 35,826 124,651 78.8 78.8 3.5 March 2014 30,286 124,185 66.6 84.5 4.1 March 2015 26,383 122,767 58.0 87.1 4.7 March 2016 23,446 120,622 51.6 88.9 5.1 March 2017 21,131 116,449 46.5 90.1 5.5 March 2018 19,025 112,022 41.8 90.0 5.9 March 2019 17,367 110,864 38.2 91.3 6.4 March 2020 15,718 104,801 34.6 90.5 6.7 March 2021 14,484 99,517 31.9 92.1 6.9 March 2022 13,712 103,217 30.2 94.7 7.5 March 2023 12,855 103,947 28.3 93.8 8.1 March 2024 12,038 100,951 26.5 93.6 8.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2013 March 2013 44,107 122,255 100.0 _ 2.8 March 2014 34,491 123,875 78.2 78.2 3.6 March 2015 29,582 123,316 67.1 85.8 4.2 March 2016 25,706 119,985 58.3 86.9 4.7 March 2017 22,948 117,837 52.0 89.3 5.1 March 2018 20,490 113,554 46.5 89.3 5.5 March 2019 18,479 111,157 41.9 90.2 6.0 March 2020 16,530 107,325 37.5 89.5 6.5 March 2021 15,170 100,443 34.4 91.8 6.6 March 2022 14,162 104,021 32.1 93.4 7.3 March 2023 13,263 103,682 30.1 93.7 7.8 March 2024 12,358 103,624 28.0 93.2 8.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2014 March 2014 39,422 115,645 100.0 _ 2.9 March 2015 33,539 122,923 85.1 85.1 3.7 March 2016 28,838 121,810 73.2 86.0 4.2 March 2017 25,436 118,562 64.5 88.2 4.7 March 2018 22,572 115,483 57.3 88.7 5.1 March 2019 20,147 112,658 51.1 89.3 5.6 March 2020 18,069 108,167 45.8 89.7 6.0 March 2021 16,526 101,429 41.9 91.5 6.1 March 2022 15,502 103,280 39.3 93.8 6.7 March 2023 14,324 102,359 36.3 92.4 7.1 March 2024 13,256 99,287 33.6 92.5 7.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2015 March 2015 38,563 108,069 100.0 _ 2.8 March 2016 33,003 115,499 85.6 85.6 3.5 March 2017 29,104 120,262 75.5 88.2 4.1 March 2018 25,681 116,445 66.6 88.2 4.5 March 2019 22,682 108,939 58.8 88.3 4.8 March 2020 19,938 104,742 51.7 87.9 5.3 March 2021 18,046 98,958 46.8 90.5 5.5 March 2022 16,887 104,759 43.8 93.6 6.2 March 2023 15,614 103,865 40.5 92.5 6.7 March 2024 14,408 101,600 37.4 92.3 7.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2016 March 2016 38,476 107,536 100.0 _ 2.8 March 2017 32,685 116,377 84.9 84.9 3.6 March 2018 29,376 115,731 76.3 89.9 3.9 March 2019 25,621 113,538 66.6 87.2 4.4 March 2020 22,502 109,879 58.5 87.8 4.9 March 2021 20,222 103,109 52.6 89.9 5.1 March 2022 18,761 106,466 48.8 92.8 5.7 March 2023 17,264 106,798 44.9 92.0 6.2 March 2024 15,878 104,757 41.3 92.0 6.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2017 March 2017 38,541 104,845 100.0 _ 2.7 March 2018 34,075 117,067 88.4 88.4 3.4 March 2019 28,918 115,529 75.0 84.9 4.0 March 2020 24,793 111,350 64.3 85.7 4.5 March 2021 22,101 108,300 57.3 89.1 4.9 March 2022 20,479 114,720 53.1 92.7 5.6 March 2023 18,659 113,004 48.4 91.1 6.1 March 2024 17,065 109,915 44.3 91.5 6.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2018 March 2018 41,152 112,758 100.0 _ 2.7 March 2019 34,177 119,417 83.1 83.1 3.5 March 2020 28,532 118,899 69.3 83.5 4.2 March 2021 25,249 112,911 61.4 88.5 4.5 March 2022 23,011 120,155 55.9 91.1 5.2 March 2023 20,850 119,472 50.7 90.6 5.7 March 2024 19,097 115,607 46.4 91.6 6.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2019 March 2019 41,366 114,803 100.0 _ 2.8 March 2020 33,190 114,798 80.2 80.2 3.5 March 2021 28,740 113,282 69.5 86.6 3.9 March 2022 26,070 121,544 63.0 90.7 4.7 March 2023 23,366 120,067 56.5 89.6 5.1 March 2024 21,066 115,671 50.9 90.2 5.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2020 March 2020 38,521 106,782 100.0 _ 2.8 March 2021 31,891 108,999 82.8 82.8 3.4 March 2022 27,946 117,519 72.5 87.6 4.2 March 2023 24,772 114,931 64.3 88.6 4.6 March 2024 22,147 110,000 57.5 89.4 5.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2021 March 2021 39,001 102,810 100.0 _ 2.6 March 2022 31,844 112,269 81.6 81.6 3.5 March 2023 27,231 112,573 69.8 85.5 4.1 March 2024 23,872 108,164 61.2 87.7 4.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2022 March 2022 44,847 124,800 100.0 _ 2.8 March 2023 36,788 129,161 82.0 82.0 3.5 March 2024 31,589 128,391 70.4 85.9 4.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2023 March 2023 43,454 124,719 100.0 _ 2.9 March 2024 35,355 125,695 81.4 81.4 3.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2024 March 2024 38,938 116,522 100.0 _ 3.0 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.