Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 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 61,904 261,243 100.0 _ 4.2 March 1995 49,864 273,134 80.6 80.6 5.5 March 1996 43,171 271,969 69.7 86.6 6.3 March 1997 38,459 272,704 62.1 89.1 7.1 March 1998 34,535 281,654 55.8 89.8 8.2 March 1999 31,779 275,965 51.3 92.0 8.7 March 2000 28,934 272,136 46.7 91.0 9.4 March 2001 26,359 266,616 42.6 91.1 10.1 March 2002 24,159 238,347 39.0 91.7 9.9 March 2003 22,429 229,948 36.2 92.8 10.3 March 2004 21,077 218,710 34.0 94.0 10.4 March 2005 19,912 216,637 32.2 94.5 10.9 March 2006 18,997 217,688 30.7 95.4 11.5 March 2007 17,825 204,596 28.8 93.8 11.5 March 2008 16,962 202,881 27.4 95.2 12.0 March 2009 15,990 188,622 25.8 94.3 11.8 March 2010 15,060 179,171 24.3 94.2 11.9 March 2011 14,397 179,051 23.3 95.6 12.4 March 2012 13,733 180,275 22.2 95.4 13.1 March 2013 13,133 184,677 21.2 95.6 14.1 March 2014 12,395 179,305 20.0 94.4 14.5 March 2015 11,763 178,265 19.0 94.9 15.2 March 2016 11,184 177,449 18.1 95.1 15.9 March 2017 10,655 174,576 17.2 95.3 16.4 March 2018 10,142 175,068 16.4 95.2 17.3 March 2019 9,709 173,717 15.7 95.7 17.9 March 2020 9,233 170,880 14.9 95.1 18.5 March 2021 8,766 163,470 14.2 94.9 18.6 March 2022 8,280 157,798 13.4 94.5 19.1 March 2023 7,878 158,090 12.7 95.1 20.1 March 2024 7,484 152,561 12.1 95.0 20.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 68,232 262,770 100.0 _ 3.9 March 1996 54,477 272,905 79.8 79.8 5.0 March 1997 47,371 284,265 69.4 87.0 6.0 March 1998 41,936 284,578 61.5 88.5 6.8 March 1999 38,174 287,334 55.9 91.0 7.5 March 2000 34,274 288,671 50.2 89.8 8.4 March 2001 30,918 283,813 45.3 90.2 9.2 March 2002 28,253 251,271 41.4 91.4 8.9 March 2003 26,251 236,745 38.5 92.9 9.0 March 2004 24,587 227,390 36.0 93.7 9.2 March 2005 23,116 232,247 33.9 94.0 10.0 March 2006 21,843 233,754 32.0 94.5 10.7 March 2007 20,534 232,208 30.1 94.0 11.3 March 2008 19,402 228,136 28.4 94.5 11.8 March 2009 18,171 209,680 26.6 93.7 11.5 March 2010 17,181 202,031 25.2 94.6 11.8 March 2011 16,425 201,771 24.1 95.6 12.3 March 2012 15,490 193,701 22.7 94.3 12.5 March 2013 14,789 192,233 21.7 95.5 13.0 March 2014 14,076 189,516 20.6 95.2 13.5 March 2015 13,318 187,927 19.5 94.6 14.1 March 2016 12,604 181,811 18.5 94.6 14.4 March 2017 11,932 180,505 17.5 94.7 15.1 March 2018 11,395 177,600 16.7 95.5 15.6 March 2019 10,830 176,266 15.9 95.0 16.3 March 2020 10,250 173,047 15.0 94.6 16.9 March 2021 9,787 169,000 14.3 95.5 17.3 March 2022 9,289 169,289 13.6 94.9 18.2 March 2023 8,766 167,691 12.8 94.4 19.1 March 2024 8,304 163,470 12.2 94.7 19.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 71,979 270,477 100.0 _ 3.8 March 1997 57,404 286,059 79.8 79.8 5.0 March 1998 49,386 292,567 68.6 86.0 5.9 March 1999 44,142 291,689 61.3 89.4 6.6 March 2000 39,231 300,035 54.5 88.9 7.6 March 2001 35,012 290,030 48.6 89.2 8.3 March 2002 31,489 254,407 43.7 89.9 8.1 March 2003 28,699 241,154 39.9 91.1 8.4 March 2004 26,538 232,852 36.9 92.5 8.8 March 2005 24,846 234,088 34.5 93.6 9.4 March 2006 23,436 231,158 32.6 94.3 9.9 March 2007 21,805 226,812 30.3 93.0 10.4 March 2008 20,623 222,976 28.7 94.6 10.8 March 2009 19,193 208,067 26.7 93.1 10.8 March 2010 17,887 196,157 24.9 93.2 11.0 March 2011 17,077 195,295 23.7 95.5 11.4 March 2012 16,280 191,910 22.6 95.3 11.8 March 2013 15,576 192,162 21.6 95.7 12.3 March 2014 14,755 189,277 20.5 94.7 12.8 March 2015 14,082 188,444 19.6 95.4 13.4 March 2016 13,288 190,600 18.5 94.4 14.3 March 2017 12,770 187,345 17.7 96.1 14.7 March 2018 12,023 187,027 16.7 94.2 15.6 March 2019 11,418 187,294 15.9 95.0 16.4 March 2020 10,863 185,122 15.1 95.1 17.0 March 2021 10,343 176,201 14.4 95.2 17.0 March 2022 9,793 177,320 13.6 94.7 18.1 March 2023 9,195 174,311 12.8 93.9 19.0 March 2024 8,756 164,091 12.2 95.2 18.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 79,155 328,351 100.0 _ 4.1 March 1998 62,433 355,149 78.9 78.9 5.7 March 1999 54,703 362,695 69.1 87.6 6.6 March 2000 47,695 373,169 60.3 87.2 7.8 March 2001 41,956 374,433 53.0 88.0 8.9 March 2002 37,173 320,634 47.0 88.6 8.6 March 2003 33,638 293,827 42.5 90.5 8.7 March 2004 30,914 276,168 39.1 91.9 8.9 March 2005 28,778 272,662 36.4 93.1 9.5 March 2006 27,098 272,205 34.2 94.2 10.0 March 2007 25,177 269,579 31.8 92.9 10.7 March 2008 23,843 265,225 30.1 94.7 11.1 March 2009 22,016 245,079 27.8 92.3 11.1 March 2010 20,479 229,850 25.9 93.0 11.2 March 2011 19,454 226,549 24.6 95.0 11.6 March 2012 18,405 225,413 23.3 94.6 12.2 March 2013 17,454 226,345 22.1 94.8 13.0 March 2014 16,489 223,781 20.8 94.5 13.6 March 2015 15,610 223,953 19.7 94.7 14.3 March 2016 14,812 223,313 18.7 94.9 15.1 March 2017 14,151 220,968 17.9 95.5 15.6 March 2018 13,403 221,635 16.9 94.7 16.5 March 2019 12,748 216,491 16.1 95.1 17.0 March 2020 12,068 214,335 15.2 94.7 17.8 March 2021 11,440 204,777 14.5 94.8 17.9 March 2022 10,962 203,511 13.8 95.8 18.6 March 2023 10,428 201,689 13.2 95.1 19.3 March 2024 9,863 193,662 12.5 94.6 19.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 83,210 320,977 100.0 _ 3.9 March 1999 67,113 337,526 80.7 80.7 5.0 March 2000 56,665 356,008 68.1 84.4 6.3 March 2001 49,066 365,019 59.0 86.6 7.4 March 2002 42,687 319,928 51.3 87.0 7.5 March 2003 38,154 300,372 45.9 89.4 7.9 March 2004 34,732 291,829 41.7 91.0 8.4 March 2005 32,179 288,928 38.7 92.6 9.0 March 2006 30,172 297,416 36.3 93.8 9.9 March 2007 27,969 297,225 33.6 92.7 10.6 March 2008 26,266 296,218 31.6 93.9 11.3 March 2009 24,302 281,079 29.2 92.5 11.6 March 2010 22,662 264,432 27.2 93.3 11.7 March 2011 21,399 262,628 25.7 94.4 12.3 March 2012 20,199 268,670 24.3 94.4 13.3 March 2013 19,153 274,867 23.0 94.8 14.4 March 2014 18,187 275,570 21.9 95.0 15.2 March 2015 17,299 283,948 20.8 95.1 16.4 March 2016 16,511 283,370 19.8 95.4 17.2 March 2017 15,644 285,355 18.8 94.7 18.2 March 2018 14,831 279,773 17.8 94.8 18.9 March 2019 14,115 282,914 17.0 95.2 20.0 March 2020 13,325 274,675 16.0 94.4 20.6 March 2021 12,806 261,627 15.4 96.1 20.4 March 2022 12,127 261,117 14.6 94.7 21.5 March 2023 11,437 254,395 13.7 94.3 22.2 March 2024 10,815 244,311 13.0 94.6 22.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 84,925 348,631 100.0 _ 4.1 March 2000 66,887 380,012 78.8 78.8 5.7 March 2001 56,349 385,582 66.4 84.2 6.8 March 2002 47,936 333,109 56.4 85.1 6.9 March 2003 42,353 305,843 49.9 88.4 7.2 March 2004 38,289 292,006 45.1 90.4 7.6 March 2005 35,044 287,584 41.3 91.5 8.2 March 2006 32,608 295,695 38.4 93.0 9.1 March 2007 29,990 294,571 35.3 92.0 9.8 March 2008 28,035 292,540 33.0 93.5 10.4 March 2009 25,703 269,725 30.3 91.7 10.5 March 2010 23,818 257,838 28.0 92.7 10.8 March 2011 22,474 255,504 26.5 94.4 11.4 March 2012 21,311 242,814 25.1 94.8 11.4 March 2013 20,170 243,018 23.8 94.6 12.0 March 2014 19,241 238,461 22.7 95.4 12.4 March 2015 18,186 239,027 21.4 94.5 13.1 March 2016 17,304 245,802 20.4 95.2 14.2 March 2017 16,335 244,455 19.2 94.4 15.0 March 2018 15,431 246,226 18.2 94.5 16.0 March 2019 14,641 237,055 17.2 94.9 16.2 March 2020 13,853 233,351 16.3 94.6 16.8 March 2021 13,218 220,496 15.6 95.4 16.7 March 2022 12,520 220,462 14.7 94.7 17.6 March 2023 11,807 220,326 13.9 94.3 18.7 March 2024 11,142 213,211 13.1 94.4 19.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 88,234 364,677 100.0 _ 4.1 March 2001 69,184 399,682 78.4 78.4 5.8 March 2002 56,667 342,684 64.2 81.9 6.0 March 2003 49,208 315,578 55.8 86.8 6.4 March 2004 44,046 314,702 49.9 89.5 7.1 March 2005 40,159 309,193 45.5 91.2 7.7 March 2006 37,045 316,610 42.0 92.2 8.5 March 2007 34,214 317,205 38.8 92.4 9.3 March 2008 31,739 318,199 36.0 92.8 10.0 March 2009 28,971 295,920 32.8 91.3 10.2 March 2010 26,755 278,568 30.3 92.4 10.4 March 2011 25,154 274,401 28.5 94.0 10.9 March 2012 23,544 269,127 26.7 93.6 11.4 March 2013 22,264 267,530 25.2 94.6 12.0 March 2014 21,108 262,463 23.9 94.8 12.4 March 2015 19,960 261,464 22.6 94.6 13.1 March 2016 19,181 262,039 21.7 96.1 13.7 March 2017 18,028 254,484 20.4 94.0 14.1 March 2018 17,124 261,053 19.4 95.0 15.2 March 2019 16,163 257,969 18.3 94.4 16.0 March 2020 15,308 255,110 17.3 94.7 16.7 March 2021 14,640 237,372 16.6 95.6 16.2 March 2022 14,019 235,493 15.9 95.8 16.8 March 2023 13,378 233,837 15.2 95.4 17.5 March 2024 12,675 221,607 14.4 94.7 17.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 92,798 381,139 100.0 _ 4.1 March 2002 68,108 345,325 73.4 73.4 5.1 March 2003 57,391 317,864 61.8 84.3 5.5 March 2004 50,114 307,417 54.0 87.3 6.1 March 2005 44,969 306,469 48.5 89.7 6.8 March 2006 41,027 312,374 44.2 91.2 7.6 March 2007 37,350 304,941 40.2 91.0 8.2 March 2008 34,477 301,405 37.2 92.3 8.7 March 2009 31,294 283,562 33.7 90.8 9.1 March 2010 28,838 263,349 31.1 92.2 9.1 March 2011 26,949 260,472 29.0 93.4 9.7 March 2012 25,324 254,825 27.3 94.0 10.1 March 2013 23,804 250,783 25.7 94.0 10.5 March 2014 22,501 251,799 24.2 94.5 11.2 March 2015 21,222 256,652 22.9 94.3 12.1 March 2016 20,133 257,428 21.7 94.9 12.8 March 2017 19,108 255,455 20.6 94.9 13.4 March 2018 18,018 251,753 19.4 94.3 14.0 March 2019 17,089 247,698 18.4 94.8 14.5 March 2020 16,158 243,232 17.4 94.6 15.1 March 2021 15,549 230,464 16.8 96.2 14.8 March 2022 14,720 230,243 15.9 94.7 15.6 March 2023 14,037 226,128 15.1 95.4 16.1 March 2024 13,335 216,951 14.4 95.0 16.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 88,906 354,023 100.0 _ 4.0 March 2003 69,746 338,174 78.4 78.4 4.8 March 2004 56,607 314,806 63.7 81.2 5.6 March 2005 50,615 316,603 56.9 89.4 6.3 March 2006 46,169 322,419 51.9 91.2 7.0 March 2007 42,098 323,072 47.4 91.2 7.7 March 2008 38,754 318,128 43.6 92.1 8.2 March 2009 35,070 292,889 39.4 90.5 8.4 March 2010 32,092 270,642 36.1 91.5 8.4 March 2011 29,996 267,247 33.7 93.5 8.9 March 2012 27,962 264,011 31.5 93.2 9.4 March 2013 26,229 257,620 29.5 93.8 9.8 March 2014 24,871 251,731 28.0 94.8 10.1 March 2015 23,466 255,851 26.4 94.4 10.9 March 2016 23,153 244,975 26.0 98.7 10.6 March 2017 21,645 234,530 24.3 93.5 10.8 March 2018 20,601 234,081 23.2 95.2 11.4 March 2019 19,525 228,364 22.0 94.8 11.7 March 2020 18,646 222,684 21.0 95.5 11.9 March 2021 17,891 204,970 20.1 96.0 11.5 March 2022 17,003 202,350 19.1 95.0 11.9 March 2023 16,349 199,293 18.4 96.2 12.2 March 2024 15,508 189,892 17.4 94.9 12.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 83,890 292,044 100.0 _ 3.5 March 2004 64,886 288,672 77.3 77.3 4.4 March 2005 55,862 293,838 66.6 86.1 5.3 March 2006 49,842 301,226 59.4 89.2 6.0 March 2007 44,538 298,625 53.1 89.4 6.7 March 2008 40,518 292,998 48.3 91.0 7.2 March 2009 36,056 273,963 43.0 89.0 7.6 March 2010 32,834 258,156 39.1 91.1 7.9 March 2011 30,492 254,792 36.3 92.9 8.4 March 2012 28,350 254,061 33.8 93.0 9.0 March 2013 26,441 249,388 31.5 93.3 9.4 March 2014 24,911 248,676 29.7 94.2 10.0 March 2015 23,460 244,022 28.0 94.2 10.4 March 2016 22,125 240,499 26.4 94.3 10.9 March 2017 20,855 238,840 24.9 94.3 11.5 March 2018 19,702 226,932 23.5 94.5 11.5 March 2019 18,484 222,211 22.0 93.8 12.0 March 2020 17,485 215,913 20.8 94.6 12.3 March 2021 16,725 206,334 19.9 95.7 12.3 March 2022 15,840 204,490 18.9 94.7 12.9 March 2023 14,935 203,585 17.8 94.3 13.6 March 2024 14,165 195,565 16.9 94.8 13.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 82,449 274,795 100.0 _ 3.3 March 2005 65,086 279,613 78.9 78.9 4.3 March 2006 56,918 288,023 69.0 87.5 5.1 March 2007 50,181 286,226 60.9 88.2 5.7 March 2008 44,956 279,335 54.5 89.6 6.2 March 2009 39,819 259,201 48.3 88.6 6.5 March 2010 35,731 241,994 43.3 89.7 6.8 March 2011 33,028 238,609 40.1 92.4 7.2 March 2012 30,674 236,854 37.2 92.9 7.7 March 2013 28,440 234,934 34.5 92.7 8.3 March 2014 26,605 231,873 32.3 93.5 8.7 March 2015 24,802 232,146 30.1 93.2 9.4 March 2016 23,323 227,346 28.3 94.0 9.7 March 2017 21,828 222,018 26.5 93.6 10.2 March 2018 20,742 217,646 25.2 95.0 10.5 March 2019 19,459 212,712 23.6 93.8 10.9 March 2020 18,403 208,720 22.3 94.6 11.3 March 2021 17,717 201,026 21.5 96.3 11.3 March 2022 16,719 197,638 20.3 94.4 11.8 March 2023 15,886 194,283 19.3 95.0 12.2 March 2024 14,975 188,962 18.2 94.3 12.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 87,977 280,547 100.0 _ 3.2 March 2006 69,725 288,401 79.3 79.3 4.1 March 2007 59,392 286,513 67.5 85.2 4.8 March 2008 52,053 285,712 59.2 87.6 5.5 March 2009 45,081 265,265 51.2 86.6 5.9 March 2010 39,959 250,859 45.4 88.6 6.3 March 2011 36,752 250,427 41.8 92.0 6.8 March 2012 33,880 251,491 38.5 92.2 7.4 March 2013 31,486 250,846 35.8 92.9 8.0 March 2014 29,208 246,370 33.2 92.8 8.4 March 2015 27,084 245,631 30.8 92.7 9.1 March 2016 25,411 241,086 28.9 93.8 9.5 March 2017 23,809 234,243 27.1 93.7 9.8 March 2018 22,359 234,358 25.4 93.9 10.5 March 2019 20,958 233,831 23.8 93.7 11.2 March 2020 19,713 228,652 22.4 94.1 11.6 March 2021 18,823 217,302 21.4 95.5 11.5 March 2022 17,801 222,855 20.2 94.6 12.5 March 2023 16,807 215,634 19.1 94.4 12.8 March 2024 15,841 208,583 18.0 94.3 13.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 97,317 287,773 100.0 _ 3.0 March 2007 75,339 291,920 77.4 77.4 3.9 March 2008 63,908 292,114 65.7 84.8 4.6 March 2009 54,347 271,295 55.8 85.0 5.0 March 2010 47,408 256,552 48.7 87.2 5.4 March 2011 43,265 254,225 44.5 91.3 5.9 March 2012 39,433 258,951 40.5 91.1 6.6 March 2013 36,263 255,093 37.3 92.0 7.0 March 2014 33,767 254,149 34.7 93.1 7.5 March 2015 31,336 254,915 32.2 92.8 8.1 March 2016 29,210 251,416 30.0 93.2 8.6 March 2017 27,313 245,450 28.1 93.5 9.0 March 2018 25,443 239,351 26.1 93.2 9.4 March 2019 23,807 237,822 24.5 93.6 10.0 March 2020 22,409 234,931 23.0 94.1 10.5 March 2021 21,274 225,272 21.9 94.9 10.6 March 2022 20,046 221,462 20.6 94.2 11.0 March 2023 18,896 212,116 19.4 94.3 11.2 March 2024 17,907 202,883 18.4 94.8 11.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 97,483 296,211 100.0 _ 3.0 March 2008 75,989 298,371 78.0 78.0 3.9 March 2009 62,350 276,778 64.0 82.1 4.4 March 2010 53,377 261,143 54.8 85.6 4.9 March 2011 48,257 259,824 49.5 90.4 5.4 March 2012 43,402 259,930 44.5 89.9 6.0 March 2013 39,514 255,003 40.5 91.0 6.5 March 2014 36,410 253,002 37.4 92.1 6.9 March 2015 33,503 251,678 34.4 92.0 7.5 March 2016 31,140 252,170 31.9 92.9 8.1 March 2017 28,994 249,766 29.7 93.1 8.6 March 2018 26,922 247,471 27.6 92.9 9.2 March 2019 25,236 242,352 25.9 93.7 9.6 March 2020 23,443 238,022 24.0 92.9 10.2 March 2021 22,204 227,867 22.8 94.7 10.3 March 2022 20,799 225,805 21.3 93.7 10.9 March 2023 19,682 220,589 20.2 94.6 11.2 March 2024 18,585 211,872 19.1 94.4 11.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 97,027 285,334 100.0 _ 2.9 March 2009 71,929 262,462 74.1 74.1 3.6 March 2010 59,137 244,990 60.9 82.2 4.1 March 2011 52,509 246,339 54.1 88.8 4.7 March 2012 46,805 248,175 48.2 89.1 5.3 March 2013 42,159 248,896 43.5 90.1 5.9 March 2014 38,717 247,500 39.9 91.8 6.4 March 2015 35,328 251,504 36.4 91.2 7.1 March 2016 32,575 250,791 33.6 92.2 7.7 March 2017 30,145 244,667 31.1 92.5 8.1 March 2018 27,874 237,488 28.7 92.5 8.5 March 2019 25,939 236,369 26.7 93.1 9.1 March 2020 23,974 230,240 24.7 92.4 9.6 March 2021 22,756 220,092 23.5 94.9 9.7 March 2022 21,398 221,127 22.1 94.0 10.3 March 2023 20,214 218,014 20.8 94.5 10.8 March 2024 19,153 209,395 19.7 94.8 10.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 86,720 242,614 100.0 _ 2.8 March 2010 64,882 226,369 74.8 74.8 3.5 March 2011 55,630 232,437 64.1 85.7 4.2 March 2012 48,431 227,500 55.8 87.1 4.7 March 2013 43,220 225,153 49.8 89.2 5.2 March 2014 39,010 222,858 45.0 90.3 5.7 March 2015 35,438 221,354 40.9 90.8 6.2 March 2016 32,449 217,523 37.4 91.6 6.7 March 2017 29,837 213,670 34.4 92.0 7.2 March 2018 27,565 212,666 31.8 92.4 7.7 March 2019 25,505 210,787 29.4 92.5 8.3 March 2020 23,663 208,968 27.3 92.8 8.8 March 2021 22,516 204,082 26.0 95.2 9.1 March 2022 21,069 208,376 24.3 93.6 9.9 March 2023 19,751 203,510 22.8 93.7 10.3 March 2024 18,680 198,235 21.5 94.6 10.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 82,455 235,447 100.0 _ 2.9 March 2011 63,465 233,254 77.0 77.0 3.7 March 2012 53,597 233,310 65.0 84.5 4.4 March 2013 46,907 233,809 56.9 87.5 5.0 March 2014 42,012 236,975 51.0 89.6 5.6 March 2015 37,888 235,041 45.9 90.2 6.2 March 2016 34,397 230,401 41.7 90.8 6.7 March 2017 31,464 222,456 38.2 91.5 7.1 March 2018 28,903 219,207 35.1 91.9 7.6 March 2019 26,525 214,671 32.2 91.8 8.1 March 2020 24,474 210,091 29.7 92.3 8.6 March 2021 23,161 204,271 28.1 94.6 8.8 March 2022 21,729 210,066 26.4 93.8 9.7 March 2023 20,270 203,819 24.6 93.3 10.1 March 2024 19,031 194,957 23.1 93.9 10.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 89,909 241,887 100.0 _ 2.7 March 2012 68,639 245,949 76.3 76.3 3.6 March 2013 58,257 247,646 64.8 84.9 4.3 March 2014 51,201 246,037 56.9 87.9 4.8 March 2015 45,339 244,349 50.4 88.6 5.4 March 2016 40,572 239,495 45.1 89.5 5.9 March 2017 36,840 234,748 41.0 90.8 6.4 March 2018 33,590 231,724 37.4 91.2 6.9 March 2019 30,836 228,896 34.3 91.8 7.4 March 2020 28,354 223,745 31.5 92.0 7.9 March 2021 26,718 215,376 29.7 94.2 8.1 March 2022 24,795 215,941 27.6 92.8 8.7 March 2023 23,212 210,047 25.8 93.6 9.0 March 2024 21,772 201,181 24.2 93.8 9.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2012 March 2012 97,829 271,065 100.0 _ 2.8 March 2013 75,039 270,231 76.7 76.7 3.6 March 2014 63,453 268,783 64.9 84.6 4.2 March 2015 55,225 266,708 56.5 87.0 4.8 March 2016 49,033 264,887 50.1 88.8 5.4 March 2017 43,910 263,516 44.9 89.6 6.0 March 2018 40,036 260,485 40.9 91.2 6.5 March 2019 36,397 260,560 37.2 90.9 7.2 March 2020 33,205 258,486 33.9 91.2 7.8 March 2021 31,355 255,051 32.1 94.4 8.1 March 2022 29,087 263,833 29.7 92.8 9.1 March 2023 27,235 259,444 27.8 93.6 9.5 March 2024 25,418 250,066 26.0 93.3 9.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2013 March 2013 95,904 261,471 100.0 _ 2.7 March 2014 73,862 264,278 77.0 77.0 3.6 March 2015 63,303 269,031 66.0 85.7 4.2 March 2016 55,462 268,609 57.8 87.6 4.8 March 2017 49,532 268,309 51.6 89.3 5.4 March 2018 44,392 264,626 46.3 89.6 6.0 March 2019 40,249 265,064 42.0 90.7 6.6 March 2020 36,472 259,500 38.0 90.6 7.1 March 2021 34,196 251,931 35.7 93.8 7.4 March 2022 31,942 262,756 33.3 93.4 8.2 March 2023 29,573 254,687 30.8 92.6 8.6 March 2024 27,453 243,119 28.6 92.8 8.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2014 March 2014 89,610 251,639 100.0 _ 2.8 March 2015 74,529 265,048 83.2 83.2 3.6 March 2016 63,927 264,849 71.3 85.8 4.1 March 2017 56,370 265,601 62.9 88.2 4.7 March 2018 50,270 268,456 56.1 89.2 5.3 March 2019 45,242 268,558 50.5 90.0 5.9 March 2020 40,952 268,018 45.7 90.5 6.5 March 2021 38,217 259,999 42.6 93.3 6.8 March 2022 35,359 265,491 39.5 92.5 7.5 March 2023 32,654 255,036 36.4 92.3 7.8 March 2024 30,458 242,811 34.0 93.3 8.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2015 March 2015 95,879 262,663 100.0 _ 2.7 March 2016 78,196 281,328 81.6 81.6 3.6 March 2017 68,306 283,937 71.2 87.4 4.2 March 2018 60,419 287,455 63.0 88.5 4.8 March 2019 53,681 286,044 56.0 88.8 5.3 March 2020 48,226 285,227 50.3 89.8 5.9 March 2021 44,931 278,869 46.9 93.2 6.2 March 2022 41,390 287,416 43.2 92.1 6.9 March 2023 38,384 282,526 40.0 92.7 7.4 March 2024 35,705 269,314 37.2 93.0 7.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2016 March 2016 99,171 268,451 100.0 _ 2.7 March 2017 81,116 281,910 81.8 81.8 3.5 March 2018 72,619 293,913 73.2 89.5 4.0 March 2019 63,236 294,608 63.8 87.1 4.7 March 2020 55,826 293,811 56.3 88.3 5.3 March 2021 51,943 293,590 52.4 93.0 5.7 March 2022 47,774 310,326 48.2 92.0 6.5 March 2023 44,249 305,896 44.6 92.6 6.9 March 2024 40,868 290,689 41.2 92.4 7.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2017 March 2017 98,124 255,026 100.0 _ 2.6 March 2018 83,799 279,988 85.4 85.4 3.3 March 2019 71,292 289,459 72.7 85.1 4.1 March 2020 61,595 289,873 62.8 86.4 4.7 March 2021 56,965 291,317 58.1 92.5 5.1 March 2022 51,794 308,900 52.8 90.9 6.0 March 2023 47,205 308,445 48.1 91.1 6.5 March 2024 43,320 294,412 44.1 91.8 6.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2018 March 2018 107,353 274,491 100.0 _ 2.6 March 2019 85,377 287,438 79.5 79.5 3.4 March 2020 71,827 292,399 66.9 84.1 4.1 March 2021 65,378 296,676 60.9 91.0 4.5 March 2022 59,432 317,968 55.4 90.9 5.4 March 2023 53,860 313,057 50.2 90.6 5.8 March 2024 49,435 302,700 46.0 91.8 6.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2019 March 2019 116,236 287,826 100.0 _ 2.5 March 2020 90,686 291,908 78.0 78.0 3.2 March 2021 80,574 300,768 69.3 88.8 3.7 March 2022 71,979 331,437 61.9 89.3 4.6 March 2023 64,444 331,624 55.4 89.5 5.1 March 2024 58,929 322,211 50.7 91.4 5.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2020 March 2020 115,101 285,555 100.0 _ 2.5 March 2021 95,840 301,327 83.3 83.3 3.1 March 2022 83,082 337,208 72.2 86.7 4.1 March 2023 73,717 340,195 64.0 88.7 4.6 March 2024 66,477 326,696 57.8 90.2 4.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2021 March 2021 149,725 337,379 100.0 _ 2.3 March 2022 115,423 372,001 77.1 77.1 3.2 March 2023 98,311 370,992 65.7 85.2 3.8 March 2024 87,002 358,285 58.1 88.5 4.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2022 March 2022 194,919 426,786 100.0 _ 2.2 March 2023 151,916 433,283 77.9 77.9 2.9 March 2024 128,966 418,024 66.2 84.9 3.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2023 March 2023 192,820 427,175 100.0 _ 2.2 March 2024 149,977 409,714 77.8 77.8 2.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2024 March 2024 167,908 360,271 100.0 _ 2.1 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.