Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Information 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 10,914 108,333 100.0 _ 9.9 March 1995 8,580 118,096 78.6 78.6 13.8 March 1996 7,308 116,160 67.0 85.2 15.9 March 1997 6,403 124,920 58.7 87.6 19.5 March 1998 5,651 126,792 51.8 88.3 22.4 March 1999 4,992 113,459 45.7 88.3 22.7 March 2000 4,500 114,045 41.2 90.1 25.3 March 2001 4,022 113,457 36.9 89.4 28.2 March 2002 3,609 99,387 33.1 89.7 27.5 March 2003 3,326 87,619 30.5 92.2 26.3 March 2004 3,062 83,389 28.1 92.1 27.2 March 2005 2,901 82,959 26.6 94.7 28.6 March 2006 2,726 77,324 25.0 94.0 28.4 March 2007 2,607 74,622 23.9 95.6 28.6 March 2008 2,491 71,054 22.8 95.6 28.5 March 2009 2,322 66,621 21.3 93.2 28.7 March 2010 2,205 66,115 20.2 95.0 30.0 March 2011 2,050 63,827 18.8 93.0 31.1 March 2012 1,928 62,574 17.7 94.0 32.5 March 2013 1,788 60,798 16.4 92.7 34.0 March 2014 1,717 65,261 15.7 96.0 38.0 March 2015 1,551 63,520 14.2 90.3 41.0 March 2016 1,478 66,858 13.5 95.3 45.2 March 2017 1,391 67,394 12.7 94.1 48.5 March 2018 1,322 62,053 12.1 95.0 46.9 March 2019 1,252 61,887 11.5 94.7 49.4 March 2020 1,205 59,930 11.0 96.2 49.7 March 2021 1,135 56,858 10.4 94.2 50.1 March 2022 1,058 46,557 9.7 93.2 44.0 March 2023 1,019 42,805 9.3 96.3 42.0 March 2024 971 37,207 8.9 95.3 38.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 12,246 126,296 100.0 _ 10.3 March 1996 9,298 130,523 75.9 75.9 14.0 March 1997 7,808 133,677 63.8 84.0 17.1 March 1998 6,646 136,921 54.3 85.1 20.6 March 1999 5,892 129,681 48.1 88.7 22.0 March 2000 5,205 133,910 42.5 88.3 25.7 March 2001 4,574 132,523 37.4 87.9 29.0 March 2002 4,091 113,198 33.4 89.4 27.7 March 2003 3,824 98,469 31.2 93.5 25.8 March 2004 3,454 98,790 28.2 90.3 28.6 March 2005 3,223 95,303 26.3 93.3 29.6 March 2006 3,006 90,465 24.5 93.3 30.1 March 2007 2,786 87,812 22.8 92.7 31.5 March 2008 2,683 84,432 21.9 96.3 31.5 March 2009 2,460 76,270 20.1 91.7 31.0 March 2010 2,331 71,852 19.0 94.8 30.8 March 2011 2,215 70,397 18.1 95.0 31.8 March 2012 2,087 67,978 17.0 94.2 32.6 March 2013 1,932 67,608 15.8 92.6 35.0 March 2014 1,851 62,150 15.1 95.8 33.6 March 2015 1,737 64,292 14.2 93.8 37.0 March 2016 1,670 63,207 13.6 96.1 37.8 March 2017 1,634 62,668 13.3 97.8 38.4 March 2018 1,527 59,838 12.5 93.5 39.2 March 2019 1,416 56,517 11.6 92.7 39.9 March 2020 1,353 54,180 11.0 95.6 40.0 March 2021 1,389 49,737 11.3 102.7 35.8 March 2022 1,313 48,089 10.7 94.5 36.6 March 2023 1,260 47,310 10.3 96.0 37.5 March 2024 1,236 45,753 10.1 98.1 37.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 13,398 132,688 100.0 _ 9.9 March 1997 10,343 143,526 77.2 77.2 13.9 March 1998 8,676 153,864 64.8 83.9 17.7 March 1999 7,457 153,022 55.7 85.9 20.5 March 2000 6,483 159,090 48.4 86.9 24.5 March 2001 5,622 155,876 42.0 86.7 27.7 March 2002 4,886 133,198 36.5 86.9 27.3 March 2003 4,342 119,763 32.4 88.9 27.6 March 2004 3,910 109,264 29.2 90.1 27.9 March 2005 3,657 105,137 27.3 93.5 28.7 March 2006 3,399 99,117 25.4 92.9 29.2 March 2007 3,247 96,091 24.2 95.5 29.6 March 2008 3,020 93,588 22.5 93.0 31.0 March 2009 2,761 90,804 20.6 91.4 32.9 March 2010 2,594 86,739 19.4 94.0 33.4 March 2011 2,473 83,973 18.5 95.3 34.0 March 2012 2,314 80,691 17.3 93.6 34.9 March 2013 2,134 77,662 15.9 92.2 36.4 March 2014 2,053 76,984 15.3 96.2 37.5 March 2015 1,914 76,200 14.3 93.2 39.8 March 2016 1,778 74,981 13.3 92.9 42.2 March 2017 1,733 70,961 12.9 97.5 40.9 March 2018 1,675 66,336 12.5 96.7 39.6 March 2019 1,569 65,393 11.7 93.7 41.7 March 2020 1,459 68,457 10.9 93.0 46.9 March 2021 1,371 62,728 10.2 94.0 45.8 March 2022 1,340 60,714 10.0 97.7 45.3 March 2023 1,275 59,044 9.5 95.1 46.3 March 2024 1,228 63,369 9.2 96.3 51.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 14,695 165,284 100.0 _ 11.2 March 1998 11,185 189,558 76.1 76.1 16.9 March 1999 9,391 196,950 63.9 84.0 21.0 March 2000 8,128 198,822 55.3 86.6 24.5 March 2001 6,894 189,185 46.9 84.8 27.4 March 2002 5,909 158,780 40.2 85.7 26.9 March 2003 5,180 136,242 35.3 87.7 26.3 March 2004 4,637 129,350 31.6 89.5 27.9 March 2005 4,301 115,498 29.3 92.8 26.9 March 2006 3,927 111,388 26.7 91.3 28.4 March 2007 3,583 99,359 24.4 91.2 27.7 March 2008 3,452 95,793 23.5 96.3 27.8 March 2009 3,182 89,056 21.7 92.2 28.0 March 2010 3,061 83,240 20.8 96.2 27.2 March 2011 2,860 82,043 19.5 93.4 28.7 March 2012 2,663 79,900 18.1 93.1 30.0 March 2013 2,557 78,480 17.4 96.0 30.7 March 2014 2,400 75,819 16.3 93.9 31.6 March 2015 2,162 74,693 14.7 90.1 34.5 March 2016 2,030 72,829 13.8 93.9 35.9 March 2017 1,934 72,841 13.2 95.3 37.7 March 2018 1,760 68,479 12.0 91.0 38.9 March 2019 1,649 70,198 11.2 93.7 42.6 March 2020 1,585 66,871 10.8 96.1 42.2 March 2021 1,470 57,519 10.0 92.7 39.1 March 2022 1,414 61,175 9.6 96.2 43.3 March 2023 1,334 60,945 9.1 94.3 45.7 March 2024 1,261 58,454 8.6 94.5 46.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 14,760 160,191 100.0 _ 10.9 March 1999 11,551 172,710 78.3 78.3 15.0 March 2000 9,577 192,430 64.9 82.9 20.1 March 2001 7,916 184,238 53.6 82.7 23.3 March 2002 6,743 147,880 45.7 85.2 21.9 March 2003 6,056 132,014 41.0 89.8 21.8 March 2004 5,468 123,133 37.0 90.3 22.5 March 2005 5,009 114,445 33.9 91.6 22.8 March 2006 4,596 111,171 31.1 91.8 24.2 March 2007 4,278 108,626 29.0 93.1 25.4 March 2008 4,021 104,492 27.2 94.0 26.0 March 2009 3,814 99,140 25.8 94.9 26.0 March 2010 3,519 91,154 23.8 92.3 25.9 March 2011 3,278 87,212 22.2 93.2 26.6 March 2012 2,984 86,385 20.2 91.0 28.9 March 2013 2,760 86,013 18.7 92.5 31.2 March 2014 2,626 86,383 17.8 95.1 32.9 March 2015 2,393 79,983 16.2 91.1 33.4 March 2016 2,305 76,432 15.6 96.3 33.2 March 2017 2,173 74,268 14.7 94.3 34.2 March 2018 2,016 70,766 13.7 92.8 35.1 March 2019 1,900 64,372 12.9 94.2 33.9 March 2020 1,827 63,903 12.4 96.2 35.0 March 2021 1,665 55,614 11.3 91.1 33.4 March 2022 1,645 56,642 11.1 98.8 34.4 March 2023 1,564 54,414 10.6 95.1 34.8 March 2024 1,486 50,185 10.1 95.0 33.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 15,356 168,102 100.0 _ 10.9 March 2000 11,758 197,492 76.6 76.6 16.8 March 2001 9,390 194,346 61.1 79.9 20.7 March 2002 7,744 158,113 50.4 82.5 20.4 March 2003 6,697 137,026 43.6 86.5 20.5 March 2004 5,928 136,425 38.6 88.5 23.0 March 2005 5,420 130,275 35.3 91.4 24.0 March 2006 4,847 127,631 31.6 89.4 26.3 March 2007 4,428 126,007 28.8 91.4 28.5 March 2008 4,118 124,946 26.8 93.0 30.3 March 2009 3,772 118,107 24.6 91.6 31.3 March 2010 3,558 109,709 23.2 94.3 30.8 March 2011 3,302 109,787 21.5 92.8 33.2 March 2012 3,139 109,959 20.4 95.1 35.0 March 2013 2,938 111,797 19.1 93.6 38.1 March 2014 2,766 111,819 18.0 94.1 40.4 March 2015 2,574 114,405 16.8 93.1 44.4 March 2016 2,413 112,173 15.7 93.7 46.5 March 2017 2,329 114,093 15.2 96.5 49.0 March 2018 2,204 110,641 14.4 94.6 50.2 March 2019 2,078 112,427 13.5 94.3 54.1 March 2020 2,058 115,620 13.4 99.0 56.2 March 2021 1,969 109,286 12.8 95.7 55.5 March 2022 1,891 107,589 12.3 96.0 56.9 March 2023 1,787 109,614 11.6 94.5 61.3 March 2024 1,698 94,671 11.1 95.0 55.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 21,056 231,556 100.0 _ 11.0 March 2001 15,292 255,057 72.6 72.6 16.7 March 2002 11,144 191,825 52.9 72.9 17.2 March 2003 9,109 156,249 43.3 81.7 17.2 March 2004 7,736 144,766 36.7 84.9 18.7 March 2005 7,051 139,742 33.5 91.1 19.8 March 2006 6,311 134,193 30.0 89.5 21.3 March 2007 5,674 135,676 26.9 89.9 23.9 March 2008 5,104 126,952 24.2 90.0 24.9 March 2009 4,681 119,980 22.2 91.7 25.6 March 2010 4,295 111,178 20.4 91.8 25.9 March 2011 4,054 108,532 19.3 94.4 26.8 March 2012 3,744 108,693 17.8 92.4 29.0 March 2013 3,496 105,524 16.6 93.4 30.2 March 2014 3,326 106,603 15.8 95.1 32.1 March 2015 3,050 106,107 14.5 91.7 34.8 March 2016 2,916 99,267 13.8 95.6 34.0 March 2017 2,749 97,371 13.1 94.3 35.4 March 2018 2,583 90,262 12.3 94.0 34.9 March 2019 2,452 88,953 11.6 94.9 36.3 March 2020 2,305 86,732 10.9 94.0 37.6 March 2021 2,245 74,317 10.7 97.4 33.1 March 2022 2,131 87,457 10.1 94.9 41.0 March 2023 2,001 82,968 9.5 93.9 41.5 March 2024 1,942 78,051 9.2 97.1 40.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 21,470 187,281 100.0 _ 8.7 March 2002 13,998 159,735 65.2 65.2 11.4 March 2003 11,065 144,537 51.5 79.0 13.1 March 2004 9,196 130,742 42.8 83.1 14.2 March 2005 7,931 121,421 36.9 86.2 15.3 March 2006 7,008 115,130 32.6 88.4 16.4 March 2007 6,105 107,048 28.4 87.1 17.5 March 2008 5,637 104,282 26.3 92.3 18.5 March 2009 5,110 94,275 23.8 90.7 18.4 March 2010 4,661 94,086 21.7 91.2 20.2 March 2011 4,336 89,788 20.2 93.0 20.7 March 2012 4,044 87,549 18.8 93.3 21.6 March 2013 3,716 82,514 17.3 91.9 22.2 March 2014 3,515 79,813 16.4 94.6 22.7 March 2015 3,247 77,560 15.1 92.4 23.9 March 2016 2,978 75,309 13.9 91.7 25.3 March 2017 2,839 74,577 13.2 95.3 26.3 March 2018 2,701 70,837 12.6 95.1 26.2 March 2019 2,535 69,013 11.8 93.9 27.2 March 2020 2,373 65,846 11.1 93.6 27.7 March 2021 2,254 59,008 10.5 95.0 26.2 March 2022 2,159 61,192 10.1 95.8 28.3 March 2023 2,033 61,442 9.5 94.2 30.2 March 2024 1,913 58,656 8.9 94.1 30.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 16,444 147,318 100.0 _ 9.0 March 2003 11,899 129,836 72.4 72.4 10.9 March 2004 9,615 125,764 58.5 80.8 13.1 March 2005 8,278 118,533 50.3 86.1 14.3 March 2006 7,308 111,127 44.4 88.3 15.2 March 2007 6,435 103,046 39.1 88.1 16.0 March 2008 5,725 99,871 34.8 89.0 17.4 March 2009 5,208 92,263 31.7 91.0 17.7 March 2010 4,760 86,230 28.9 91.4 18.1 March 2011 4,441 82,580 27.0 93.3 18.6 March 2012 4,062 80,335 24.7 91.5 19.8 March 2013 3,734 79,477 22.7 91.9 21.3 March 2014 3,508 79,527 21.3 93.9 22.7 March 2015 3,140 77,458 19.1 89.5 24.7 March 2016 2,949 77,841 17.9 93.9 26.4 March 2017 2,848 77,393 17.3 96.6 27.2 March 2018 2,676 73,095 16.3 94.0 27.3 March 2019 2,552 72,818 15.5 95.4 28.5 March 2020 2,373 70,728 14.4 93.0 29.8 March 2021 2,219 64,429 13.5 93.5 29.0 March 2022 2,171 66,152 13.2 97.8 30.5 March 2023 2,477 61,867 15.1 114.1 25.0 March 2024 1,847 59,420 11.2 74.6 32.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 12,666 91,088 100.0 _ 7.2 March 2004 9,592 87,294 75.7 75.7 9.1 March 2005 7,951 84,806 62.8 82.9 10.7 March 2006 6,879 84,556 54.3 86.5 12.3 March 2007 5,883 81,199 46.4 85.5 13.8 March 2008 5,267 79,445 41.6 89.5 15.1 March 2009 4,768 75,004 37.6 90.5 15.7 March 2010 4,240 70,984 33.5 88.9 16.7 March 2011 3,929 68,384 31.0 92.7 17.4 March 2012 3,608 67,887 28.5 91.8 18.8 March 2013 3,323 66,504 26.2 92.1 20.0 March 2014 3,118 65,101 24.6 93.8 20.9 March 2015 2,882 65,592 22.8 92.4 22.8 March 2016 2,693 64,170 21.3 93.4 23.8 March 2017 2,547 63,084 20.1 94.6 24.8 March 2018 2,420 62,577 19.1 95.0 25.9 March 2019 2,328 61,564 18.4 96.2 26.4 March 2020 2,182 59,575 17.2 93.7 27.3 March 2021 2,059 53,231 16.3 94.4 25.9 March 2022 1,990 56,840 15.7 96.6 28.6 March 2023 1,877 56,300 14.8 94.3 30.0 March 2024 1,790 53,593 14.1 95.4 29.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 11,878 75,482 100.0 _ 6.4 March 2005 8,941 73,888 75.3 75.3 8.3 March 2006 7,631 80,915 64.2 85.3 10.6 March 2007 6,518 76,060 54.9 85.4 11.7 March 2008 5,774 73,683 48.6 88.6 12.8 March 2009 5,106 66,914 43.0 88.4 13.1 March 2010 4,544 63,368 38.3 89.0 13.9 March 2011 4,129 61,010 34.8 90.9 14.8 March 2012 3,758 58,945 31.6 91.0 15.7 March 2013 3,458 65,480 29.1 92.0 18.9 March 2014 3,210 66,547 27.0 92.8 20.7 March 2015 2,894 70,861 24.4 90.2 24.5 March 2016 2,656 75,294 22.4 91.8 28.3 March 2017 2,517 77,560 21.2 94.8 30.8 March 2018 2,308 81,833 19.4 91.7 35.5 March 2019 2,142 88,836 18.0 92.8 41.5 March 2020 2,037 94,818 17.1 95.1 46.5 March 2021 1,930 93,457 16.2 94.7 48.4 March 2022 1,826 99,268 15.4 94.6 54.4 March 2023 1,727 99,373 14.5 94.6 57.5 March 2024 1,648 93,633 13.9 95.4 56.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 11,960 59,768 100.0 _ 5.0 March 2006 9,188 62,941 76.8 76.8 6.9 March 2007 7,464 62,793 62.4 81.2 8.4 March 2008 6,431 60,652 53.8 86.2 9.4 March 2009 5,558 54,710 46.5 86.4 9.8 March 2010 4,895 52,691 40.9 88.1 10.8 March 2011 4,438 50,412 37.1 90.7 11.4 March 2012 3,985 50,101 33.3 89.8 12.6 March 2013 3,612 49,641 30.2 90.6 13.7 March 2014 3,357 51,592 28.1 92.9 15.4 March 2015 2,990 52,892 25.0 89.1 17.7 March 2016 2,761 50,982 23.1 92.3 18.5 March 2017 2,585 51,477 21.6 93.6 19.9 March 2018 2,399 50,685 20.1 92.8 21.1 March 2019 2,226 49,554 18.6 92.8 22.3 March 2020 2,080 48,654 17.4 93.4 23.4 March 2021 1,977 44,884 16.5 95.0 22.7 March 2022 1,857 44,341 15.5 93.9 23.9 March 2023 1,780 44,179 14.9 95.9 24.8 March 2024 1,745 41,290 14.6 98.0 23.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 12,527 70,015 100.0 _ 5.6 March 2007 9,417 71,679 75.2 75.2 7.6 March 2008 7,853 81,314 62.7 83.4 10.4 March 2009 6,681 72,708 53.3 85.1 10.9 March 2010 5,814 64,973 46.4 87.0 11.2 March 2011 5,244 62,370 41.9 90.2 11.9 March 2012 4,657 61,860 37.2 88.8 13.3 March 2013 4,256 62,826 34.0 91.4 14.8 March 2014 3,931 62,647 31.4 92.4 15.9 March 2015 3,432 56,444 27.4 87.3 16.4 March 2016 3,193 60,962 25.5 93.0 19.1 March 2017 2,959 60,215 23.6 92.7 20.3 March 2018 2,803 61,180 22.4 94.7 21.8 March 2019 2,579 62,470 20.6 92.0 24.2 March 2020 2,460 62,895 19.6 95.4 25.6 March 2021 2,335 56,874 18.6 94.9 24.4 March 2022 2,202 56,837 17.6 94.3 25.8 March 2023 2,074 60,181 16.6 94.2 29.0 March 2024 2,011 58,475 16.1 97.0 29.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 12,552 63,792 100.0 _ 5.1 March 2008 9,654 65,850 76.9 76.9 6.8 March 2009 7,904 61,740 63.0 81.9 7.8 March 2010 6,712 56,355 53.5 84.9 8.4 March 2011 6,021 57,682 48.0 89.7 9.6 March 2012 5,385 59,601 42.9 89.4 11.1 March 2013 4,748 61,227 37.8 88.2 12.9 March 2014 4,332 61,100 34.5 91.2 14.1 March 2015 3,768 61,397 30.0 87.0 16.3 March 2016 3,425 61,859 27.3 90.9 18.1 March 2017 3,202 61,282 25.5 93.5 19.1 March 2018 2,996 62,990 23.9 93.6 21.0 March 2019 2,804 63,501 22.3 93.6 22.6 March 2020 2,602 62,998 20.7 92.8 24.2 March 2021 2,406 60,297 19.2 92.5 25.1 March 2022 2,282 64,919 18.2 94.8 28.4 March 2023 2,149 65,853 17.1 94.2 30.6 March 2024 2,020 60,214 16.1 94.0 29.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 12,621 65,984 100.0 _ 5.2 March 2009 9,199 62,562 72.9 72.9 6.8 March 2010 7,545 59,736 59.8 82.0 7.9 March 2011 6,512 57,532 51.6 86.3 8.8 March 2012 5,731 60,194 45.4 88.0 10.5 March 2013 5,045 57,550 40.0 88.0 11.4 March 2014 4,617 58,489 36.6 91.5 12.7 March 2015 3,954 58,230 31.3 85.6 14.7 March 2016 3,661 58,548 29.0 92.6 16.0 March 2017 3,407 58,633 27.0 93.1 17.2 March 2018 3,124 60,648 24.8 91.7 19.4 March 2019 2,867 62,427 22.7 91.8 21.8 March 2020 2,699 64,869 21.4 94.1 24.0 March 2021 2,540 59,476 20.1 94.1 23.4 March 2022 2,387 64,866 18.9 94.0 27.2 March 2023 2,245 65,003 17.8 94.1 29.0 March 2024 2,118 60,760 16.8 94.3 28.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 11,913 54,764 100.0 _ 4.6 March 2010 8,930 50,221 75.0 75.0 5.6 March 2011 7,469 49,973 62.7 83.6 6.7 March 2012 6,431 51,266 54.0 86.1 8.0 March 2013 5,472 49,990 45.9 85.1 9.1 March 2014 4,862 50,754 40.8 88.9 10.4 March 2015 4,082 49,786 34.3 84.0 12.2 March 2016 3,750 49,171 31.5 91.9 13.1 March 2017 3,472 49,956 29.1 92.6 14.4 March 2018 3,228 47,881 27.1 93.0 14.8 March 2019 3,016 48,356 25.3 93.4 16.0 March 2020 2,784 47,053 23.4 92.3 16.9 March 2021 2,563 41,983 21.5 92.1 16.4 March 2022 2,402 45,023 20.2 93.7 18.7 March 2023 2,254 43,579 18.9 93.8 19.3 March 2024 2,149 42,817 18.0 95.3 19.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 9,591 42,525 100.0 _ 4.4 March 2011 7,347 41,327 76.6 76.6 5.6 March 2012 6,188 43,634 64.5 84.2 7.1 March 2013 5,328 44,383 55.6 86.1 8.3 March 2014 4,713 42,875 49.1 88.5 9.1 March 2015 4,129 45,637 43.1 87.6 11.1 March 2016 3,708 48,690 38.7 89.8 13.1 March 2017 3,404 48,001 35.5 91.8 14.1 March 2018 3,111 47,756 32.4 91.4 15.4 March 2019 2,860 46,658 29.8 91.9 16.3 March 2020 2,624 45,879 27.4 91.7 17.5 March 2021 2,495 42,310 26.0 95.1 17.0 March 2022 2,372 45,245 24.7 95.1 19.1 March 2023 2,174 44,150 22.7 91.7 20.3 March 2024 2,038 40,680 21.2 93.7 20.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 10,747 46,861 100.0 _ 4.4 March 2012 8,173 47,803 76.0 76.0 5.8 March 2013 6,821 47,094 63.5 83.5 6.9 March 2014 5,843 43,699 54.4 85.7 7.5 March 2015 5,037 44,840 46.9 86.2 8.9 March 2016 4,428 44,488 41.2 87.9 10.0 March 2017 4,043 46,452 37.6 91.3 11.5 March 2018 3,723 46,988 34.6 92.1 12.6 March 2019 3,396 49,182 31.6 91.2 14.5 March 2020 3,092 49,833 28.8 91.0 16.1 March 2021 2,872 48,566 26.7 92.9 16.9 March 2022 2,665 54,463 24.8 92.8 20.4 March 2023 2,513 53,650 23.4 94.3 21.3 March 2024 2,379 49,679 22.1 94.7 20.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2012 March 2012 11,805 47,078 100.0 _ 4.0 March 2013 8,654 43,597 73.3 73.3 5.0 March 2014 7,202 46,554 61.0 83.2 6.5 March 2015 6,269 47,676 53.1 87.0 7.6 March 2016 5,504 52,261 46.6 87.8 9.5 March 2017 5,039 56,059 42.7 91.6 11.1 March 2018 4,593 58,620 38.9 91.1 12.8 March 2019 4,159 61,480 35.2 90.6 14.8 March 2020 3,827 65,675 32.4 92.0 17.2 March 2021 3,514 62,219 29.8 91.8 17.7 March 2022 3,294 66,413 27.9 93.7 20.2 March 2023 3,061 66,194 25.9 92.9 21.6 March 2024 2,863 62,139 24.3 93.5 21.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2013 March 2013 12,079 49,647 100.0 _ 4.1 March 2014 9,049 49,432 74.9 74.9 5.5 March 2015 7,666 52,024 63.5 84.7 6.8 March 2016 6,722 54,180 55.7 87.7 8.1 March 2017 5,983 53,788 49.5 89.0 9.0 March 2018 5,348 55,514 44.3 89.4 10.4 March 2019 4,841 57,632 40.1 90.5 11.9 March 2020 4,451 61,258 36.8 91.9 13.8 March 2021 4,070 57,420 33.7 91.4 14.1 March 2022 3,806 66,571 31.5 93.5 17.5 March 2023 3,515 68,333 29.1 92.4 19.4 March 2024 3,356 63,648 27.8 95.5 19.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2014 March 2014 12,512 52,880 100.0 _ 4.2 March 2015 10,184 56,415 81.4 81.4 5.5 March 2016 8,534 56,890 68.2 83.8 6.7 March 2017 7,373 56,392 58.9 86.4 7.6 March 2018 6,428 57,666 51.4 87.2 9.0 March 2019 5,715 58,931 45.7 88.9 10.3 March 2020 5,173 60,810 41.3 90.5 11.8 March 2021 4,694 56,864 37.5 90.7 12.1 March 2022 4,335 63,395 34.6 92.4 14.6 March 2023 4,015 63,230 32.1 92.6 15.7 March 2024 3,762 60,229 30.1 93.7 16.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2015 March 2015 13,438 55,590 100.0 _ 4.1 March 2016 10,864 59,258 80.8 80.8 5.5 March 2017 9,406 61,886 70.0 86.6 6.6 March 2018 8,173 62,590 60.8 86.9 7.7 March 2019 7,160 63,505 53.3 87.6 8.9 March 2020 6,285 64,162 46.8 87.8 10.2 March 2021 5,722 62,330 42.6 91.0 10.9 March 2022 5,193 70,929 38.6 90.8 13.7 March 2023 4,761 68,983 35.4 91.7 14.5 March 2024 4,426 65,038 32.9 93.0 14.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2016 March 2016 14,391 55,798 100.0 _ 3.9 March 2017 11,447 60,832 79.5 79.5 5.3 March 2018 10,239 63,712 71.1 89.4 6.2 March 2019 8,746 64,826 60.8 85.4 7.4 March 2020 7,632 67,433 53.0 87.3 8.8 March 2021 6,959 62,846 48.4 91.2 9.0 March 2022 6,269 71,499 43.6 90.1 11.4 March 2023 5,689 68,418 39.5 90.7 12.0 March 2024 5,279 63,953 36.7 92.8 12.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2017 March 2017 15,661 61,389 100.0 _ 3.9 March 2018 13,410 67,894 85.6 85.6 5.1 March 2019 11,130 66,695 71.1 83.0 6.0 March 2020 9,343 70,282 59.7 83.9 7.5 March 2021 8,493 65,435 54.2 90.9 7.7 March 2022 7,538 73,673 48.1 88.8 9.8 March 2023 6,781 71,376 43.3 90.0 10.5 March 2024 6,245 68,221 39.9 92.1 10.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2018 March 2018 18,547 67,137 100.0 _ 3.6 March 2019 14,311 67,963 77.2 77.2 4.7 March 2020 11,781 69,439 63.5 82.3 5.9 March 2021 10,428 68,792 56.2 88.5 6.6 March 2022 9,145 77,177 49.3 87.7 8.4 March 2023 8,199 72,939 44.2 89.7 8.9 March 2024 7,404 67,418 39.9 90.3 9.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2019 March 2019 21,223 61,855 100.0 _ 2.9 March 2020 16,036 63,227 75.6 75.6 3.9 March 2021 13,871 61,508 65.4 86.5 4.4 March 2022 12,047 72,669 56.8 86.9 6.0 March 2023 10,572 71,833 49.8 87.8 6.8 March 2024 9,640 66,029 45.4 91.2 6.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2020 March 2020 22,098 63,178 100.0 _ 2.9 March 2021 17,587 65,275 79.6 79.6 3.7 March 2022 14,907 79,689 67.5 84.8 5.3 March 2023 13,034 79,043 59.0 87.4 6.1 March 2024 11,698 73,901 52.9 89.7 6.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2021 March 2021 30,925 72,888 100.0 _ 2.4 March 2022 22,937 85,484 74.2 74.2 3.7 March 2023 19,226 86,021 62.2 83.8 4.5 March 2024 16,688 80,868 54.0 86.8 4.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2022 March 2022 45,393 107,730 100.0 _ 2.4 March 2023 34,315 106,015 75.6 75.6 3.1 March 2024 27,867 96,778 61.4 81.2 3.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2023 March 2023 42,098 93,555 100.0 _ 2.2 March 2024 31,227 87,935 74.2 74.2 2.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2024 March 2024 31,361 74,249 100.0 _ 2.4 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.