Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by age Retail Trade Age Class March 1991 March 1992 March 1993 March 1994 March 1995 March 1996 Less than one year _ _ _ 80,604 83,240 81,699 1 year _ _ _ _ 66,748 68,331 2 years _ _ _ _ _ 57,654 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 877,894 917,793 932,167 866,086 805,615 747,775 Total 877,894 917,793 932,167 946,690 955,603 955,459 Age Class March 1997 March 1998 March 1999 March 2000 March 2001 March 2002 Less than one year 83,532 79,712 78,265 79,882 72,929 72,532 1 year 66,922 68,434 66,196 65,547 66,856 59,289 2 years 59,741 57,857 60,116 57,739 56,914 57,796 3 years 51,506 53,021 51,825 53,328 50,963 50,180 4 years _ 46,469 48,017 46,738 47,789 45,704 5 years _ _ 42,263 43,474 42,557 42,802 6 years _ _ _ 38,669 39,820 38,679 7 years _ _ _ _ 35,628 36,333 8 years _ _ _ _ _ 32,769 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 700,410 653,865 614,753 576,987 542,400 509,045 Total 962,111 959,358 961,435 962,364 955,856 945,129 Age Class March 2003 March 2004 March 2005 March 2006 March 2007 March 2008 Less than one year 72,693 69,746 72,137 72,459 70,620 66,779 1 year 60,198 60,269 57,804 60,394 60,239 58,515 2 years 51,663 53,013 52,611 50,699 53,046 52,433 3 years 51,327 46,360 47,647 46,976 45,375 47,412 4 years 45,532 47,017 42,031 43,352 42,587 40,985 5 years 41,476 41,624 43,326 38,532 40,053 38,849 6 years 39,294 38,185 38,552 40,253 35,744 37,280 7 years 35,717 36,387 35,458 35,862 37,740 33,886 8 years 33,824 33,273 33,507 33,509 33,502 35,653 9 years 30,638 31,701 31,033 32,177 31,483 31,728 10 years _ 28,763 29,705 29,088 30,291 29,651 11 years _ _ 27,214 27,867 27,482 28,688 12 years _ _ _ 25,828 26,365 26,175 13 years _ _ _ _ 24,534 25,414 14 years _ _ _ _ _ 23,319 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 481,650 456,361 433,533 414,024 395,981 379,906 Total 944,012 942,699 944,558 951,020 955,042 956,673 Age Class March 2009 March 2010 March 2011 March 2012 March 2013 March 2014 Less than one year 58,859 54,204 57,221 59,605 58,499 55,022 1 year 53,663 49,076 45,244 48,130 49,974 49,271 2 years 49,814 47,006 43,995 39,784 42,599 43,953 3 years 45,721 44,323 42,693 39,891 36,110 38,142 4 years 42,123 40,918 40,639 39,076 36,792 33,368 5 years 36,779 38,265 37,731 37,377 36,091 34,185 6 years 35,370 33,827 35,687 35,126 34,758 33,795 7 years 34,386 33,014 31,652 33,448 33,141 32,731 8 years 31,491 32,331 31,164 29,695 31,686 31,390 9 years 33,340 29,576 30,569 29,408 28,233 30,251 10 years 29,599 31,256 28,081 28,971 27,862 26,746 11 years 27,739 28,042 30,105 26,609 27,644 26,650 12 years 26,884 26,244 26,824 28,828 25,779 26,538 13 years 24,691 25,526 25,163 25,802 28,212 24,744 14 years 23,915 23,584 24,377 24,163 24,746 27,336 15 years 21,969 22,742 22,470 23,303 23,135 23,738 16 years _ 20,865 21,773 21,419 22,229 22,382 17 years _ _ 19,894 21,015 20,546 21,491 18 years _ _ _ 18,917 20,365 19,835 19 years _ _ _ _ 18,247 19,550 20 years _ _ _ _ _ 17,443 21 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 30 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 361,885 346,998 334,294 322,238 310,699 300,559 Total 938,228 927,797 929,576 932,805 937,347 939,120 Age Class March 2015 March 2016 March 2017 March 2018 March 2019 March 2020 Less than one year 56,232 56,382 54,689 55,143 54,841 52,712 1 year 49,626 50,697 50,856 50,002 47,740 46,543 2 years 44,312 44,516 46,300 46,066 44,603 41,814 3 years 39,758 40,233 40,541 42,096 41,822 39,799 4 years 35,046 36,429 37,030 37,148 38,487 37,486 5 years 30,809 32,113 33,464 34,129 33,997 34,691 6 years 31,991 28,320 29,749 31,015 31,663 31,040 7 years 31,833 29,689 26,586 27,617 28,909 29,112 8 years 30,869 29,969 28,104 24,910 25,916 26,649 9 years 29,732 29,056 28,370 26,380 23,393 23,998 10 years 28,956 28,275 27,601 26,693 24,829 21,593 11 years 25,370 27,584 27,131 26,241 25,242 23,100 12 years 25,583 24,163 26,395 25,850 24,952 23,702 13 years 25,971 24,428 23,119 25,256 24,662 23,676 14 years 24,100 24,955 23,474 22,083 24,099 23,324 15 years 27,524 23,058 24,181 22,496 21,022 22,884 16 years 22,713 26,492 22,348 23,210 21,683 20,040 17 years 21,475 21,830 25,837 21,463 22,458 20,706 18 years 20,883 20,647 21,177 25,095 20,559 21,236 19 years 18,999 20,084 19,876 20,189 24,105 19,625 20 years 18,658 18,023 19,309 19,109 19,264 23,247 21 years 16,801 17,866 17,329 18,528 18,315 18,299 22 years _ 16,238 17,153 16,585 17,673 17,455 23 years _ _ 15,590 16,278 15,863 16,887 24 years _ _ _ 14,903 15,588 15,134 25 years _ _ _ _ 14,310 14,971 26 years _ _ _ _ _ 13,745 27 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 30 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 289,331 277,663 266,915 255,662 244,332 232,848 Total 946,572 948,710 953,124 954,147 950,327 936,316 Age Class March 2021 March 2022 March 2023 March 2024 Less than one year 54,901 60,988 60,286 55,178 1 year 46,404 45,908 53,550 51,772 2 years 42,706 41,980 40,996 47,236 3 years 38,729 39,085 38,091 36,949 4 years 37,043 35,572 36,083 34,777 5 years 34,918 34,004 32,980 33,281 6 years 32,260 32,261 31,704 30,493 7 years 28,920 30,092 30,245 29,543 8 years 27,361 27,136 28,413 28,263 9 years 24,911 25,819 25,627 26,710 10 years 22,528 23,230 24,411 24,024 11 years 20,568 21,278 22,062 23,018 12 years 21,949 19,560 20,224 20,958 13 years 22,488 20,845 18,662 19,109 14 years 22,412 21,570 19,860 17,852 15 years 22,171 21,434 20,566 18,981 16 years 21,749 21,145 20,602 19,676 17 years 19,064 20,832 20,278 19,671 18 years 19,654 18,262 19,831 19,377 19 years 20,439 19,005 17,544 18,995 20 years 18,770 19,605 18,204 16,725 21 years 22,272 18,018 18,915 17,424 22 years 17,507 21,561 17,372 18,156 23 years 16,669 16,897 20,857 16,563 24 years 16,001 16,080 16,369 19,984 25 years 14,430 15,330 15,712 15,701 26 years 14,257 13,982 14,890 15,090 27 years 13,034 13,756 13,391 14,282 28 years _ 12,562 13,249 12,853 29 years _ _ 12,001 12,676 30 years _ _ _ 11,530 Born before March 1993 222,228 214,668 207,078 199,520 Total 936,343 942,465 950,053 946,367 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.