Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Management of Companies and Enterprises 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 2,029 36,828 100.0 _ 18.2 March 1995 1,797 36,839 88.6 88.6 20.5 March 1996 1,653 38,903 81.5 92.0 23.5 March 1997 1,575 39,557 77.6 95.3 25.1 March 1998 1,477 40,364 72.8 93.8 27.3 March 1999 1,390 41,629 68.5 94.1 29.9 March 2000 1,301 40,670 64.1 93.6 31.3 March 2001 1,192 39,657 58.7 91.6 33.3 March 2002 1,180 35,782 58.2 99.0 30.3 March 2003 1,136 35,203 56.0 96.3 31.0 March 2004 1,147 36,439 56.5 101.0 31.8 March 2005 1,095 38,525 54.0 95.5 35.2 March 2006 1,053 37,589 51.9 96.2 35.7 March 2007 975 38,339 48.1 92.6 39.3 March 2008 957 40,243 47.2 98.2 42.1 March 2009 926 39,501 45.6 96.8 42.7 March 2010 884 39,855 43.6 95.5 45.1 March 2011 884 38,942 43.6 100.0 44.1 March 2012 875 39,958 43.1 99.0 45.7 March 2013 907 41,026 44.7 103.7 45.2 March 2014 890 42,297 43.9 98.1 47.5 March 2015 871 46,000 42.9 97.9 52.8 March 2016 840 46,324 41.4 96.4 55.1 March 2017 798 45,080 39.3 95.0 56.5 March 2018 771 45,292 38.0 96.6 58.7 March 2019 719 43,195 35.4 93.3 60.1 March 2020 697 43,018 34.4 96.9 61.7 March 2021 687 39,813 33.9 98.6 58.0 March 2022 676 39,941 33.3 98.4 59.1 March 2023 661 51,611 32.6 97.8 78.1 March 2024 636 48,147 31.3 96.2 75.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 2,084 52,564 100.0 _ 25.2 March 1996 1,850 54,376 88.8 88.8 29.4 March 1997 1,719 53,012 82.5 92.9 30.8 March 1998 1,601 50,310 76.8 93.1 31.4 March 1999 1,470 51,977 70.5 91.8 35.4 March 2000 1,382 55,675 66.3 94.0 40.3 March 2001 1,256 51,410 60.3 90.9 40.9 March 2002 1,087 48,550 52.2 86.5 44.7 March 2003 1,027 48,241 49.3 94.5 47.0 March 2004 1,025 48,167 49.2 99.8 47.0 March 2005 992 46,398 47.6 96.8 46.8 March 2006 954 47,173 45.8 96.2 49.4 March 2007 967 48,472 46.4 101.4 50.1 March 2008 986 50,930 47.3 102.0 51.7 March 2009 949 50,516 45.5 96.2 53.2 March 2010 918 48,363 44.0 96.7 52.7 March 2011 925 47,736 44.4 100.8 51.6 March 2012 899 48,554 43.1 97.2 54.0 March 2013 913 47,803 43.8 101.6 52.4 March 2014 887 47,282 42.6 97.2 53.3 March 2015 867 46,958 41.6 97.7 54.2 March 2016 824 45,837 39.5 95.0 55.6 March 2017 802 46,005 38.5 97.3 57.4 March 2018 789 47,452 37.9 98.4 60.1 March 2019 759 46,605 36.4 96.2 61.4 March 2020 738 44,978 35.4 97.2 60.9 March 2021 710 42,424 34.1 96.2 59.8 March 2022 677 42,344 32.5 95.4 62.5 March 2023 658 42,031 31.6 97.2 63.9 March 2024 615 41,499 29.5 93.5 67.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 2,247 34,929 100.0 _ 15.5 March 1997 1,978 37,480 88.0 88.0 18.9 March 1998 1,825 39,232 81.2 92.3 21.5 March 1999 1,704 40,661 75.8 93.4 23.9 March 2000 1,541 41,056 68.6 90.4 26.6 March 2001 1,403 40,829 62.4 91.0 29.1 March 2002 1,240 38,215 55.2 88.4 30.8 March 2003 1,147 38,560 51.0 92.5 33.6 March 2004 1,129 36,305 50.2 98.4 32.2 March 2005 1,091 37,444 48.6 96.6 34.3 March 2006 1,070 36,989 47.6 98.1 34.6 March 2007 1,055 37,036 47.0 98.6 35.1 March 2008 1,014 37,966 45.1 96.1 37.4 March 2009 960 36,754 42.7 94.7 38.3 March 2010 899 37,525 40.0 93.6 41.7 March 2011 895 37,671 39.8 99.6 42.1 March 2012 893 40,820 39.7 99.8 45.7 March 2013 863 43,153 38.4 96.6 50.0 March 2014 856 45,520 38.1 99.2 53.2 March 2015 850 43,908 37.8 99.3 51.7 March 2016 813 43,285 36.2 95.6 53.2 March 2017 792 52,410 35.2 97.4 66.2 March 2018 771 51,653 34.3 97.3 67.0 March 2019 745 51,041 33.2 96.6 68.5 March 2020 741 46,367 33.0 99.5 62.6 March 2021 705 43,618 31.4 95.1 61.9 March 2022 693 44,043 30.8 98.3 63.6 March 2023 654 44,216 29.1 94.4 67.6 March 2024 605 40,800 26.9 92.5 67.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 2,566 47,121 100.0 _ 18.4 March 1998 2,251 49,922 87.7 87.7 22.2 March 1999 2,045 47,900 79.7 90.8 23.4 March 2000 1,797 47,625 70.0 87.9 26.5 March 2001 1,640 48,662 63.9 91.3 29.7 March 2002 1,399 44,134 54.5 85.3 31.5 March 2003 1,328 39,332 51.8 94.9 29.6 March 2004 1,337 40,865 52.1 100.7 30.6 March 2005 1,304 44,258 50.8 97.5 33.9 March 2006 1,246 41,361 48.6 95.6 33.2 March 2007 1,205 41,031 47.0 96.7 34.1 March 2008 1,142 43,328 44.5 94.8 37.9 March 2009 1,110 39,808 43.3 97.2 35.9 March 2010 1,020 38,352 39.8 91.9 37.6 March 2011 1,041 38,628 40.6 102.1 37.1 March 2012 1,031 39,794 40.2 99.0 38.6 March 2013 973 41,629 37.9 94.4 42.8 March 2014 953 42,439 37.1 97.9 44.5 March 2015 912 42,677 35.5 95.7 46.8 March 2016 869 41,765 33.9 95.3 48.1 March 2017 859 40,648 33.5 98.8 47.3 March 2018 826 41,230 32.2 96.2 49.9 March 2019 810 39,692 31.6 98.1 49.0 March 2020 788 39,792 30.7 97.3 50.5 March 2021 751 37,243 29.3 95.3 49.6 March 2022 718 35,625 28.0 95.6 49.6 March 2023 711 35,464 27.7 99.0 49.9 March 2024 679 35,839 26.5 95.5 52.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 2,675 47,083 100.0 _ 17.6 March 1999 2,271 49,497 84.9 84.9 21.8 March 2000 2,088 51,054 78.1 91.9 24.5 March 2001 1,821 50,049 68.1 87.2 27.5 March 2002 1,582 47,127 59.1 86.9 29.8 March 2003 1,446 44,811 54.1 91.4 31.0 March 2004 1,469 44,574 54.9 101.6 30.3 March 2005 1,433 45,177 53.6 97.5 31.5 March 2006 1,391 48,236 52.0 97.1 34.7 March 2007 1,368 47,259 51.1 98.3 34.5 March 2008 1,303 48,111 48.7 95.2 36.9 March 2009 1,222 46,269 45.7 93.8 37.9 March 2010 1,117 46,867 41.8 91.4 42.0 March 2011 1,150 48,011 43.0 103.0 41.7 March 2012 1,111 45,699 41.5 96.6 41.1 March 2013 1,101 47,911 41.2 99.1 43.5 March 2014 1,093 50,236 40.9 99.3 46.0 March 2015 1,043 50,288 39.0 95.4 48.2 March 2016 1,034 49,955 38.7 99.1 48.3 March 2017 1,024 52,953 38.3 99.0 51.7 March 2018 979 56,054 36.6 95.6 57.3 March 2019 938 54,374 35.1 95.8 58.0 March 2020 898 51,463 33.6 95.7 57.3 March 2021 857 47,894 32.0 95.4 55.9 March 2022 836 55,001 31.3 97.5 65.8 March 2023 810 54,913 30.3 96.9 67.8 March 2024 765 52,865 28.6 94.4 69.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 2,817 58,445 100.0 _ 20.7 March 2000 2,380 61,190 84.5 84.5 25.7 March 2001 2,083 60,171 73.9 87.5 28.9 March 2002 1,755 60,447 62.3 84.3 34.4 March 2003 1,603 48,012 56.9 91.3 30.0 March 2004 1,603 50,378 56.9 100.0 31.4 March 2005 1,558 51,349 55.3 97.2 33.0 March 2006 1,519 53,507 53.9 97.5 35.2 March 2007 1,509 57,560 53.6 99.3 38.1 March 2008 1,426 59,228 50.6 94.5 41.5 March 2009 1,365 58,592 48.5 95.7 42.9 March 2010 1,228 58,508 43.6 90.0 47.6 March 2011 1,276 57,910 45.3 103.9 45.4 March 2012 1,269 68,510 45.0 99.5 54.0 March 2013 1,237 70,166 43.9 97.5 56.7 March 2014 1,243 72,221 44.1 100.5 58.1 March 2015 1,190 72,001 42.2 95.7 60.5 March 2016 1,137 71,598 40.4 95.5 63.0 March 2017 1,091 71,636 38.7 96.0 65.7 March 2018 1,054 69,292 37.4 96.6 65.7 March 2019 1,026 68,081 36.4 97.3 66.4 March 2020 975 64,984 34.6 95.0 66.7 March 2021 925 62,533 32.8 94.9 67.6 March 2022 874 59,354 31.0 94.5 67.9 March 2023 829 57,392 29.4 94.9 69.2 March 2024 800 57,682 28.4 96.5 72.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 2,595 34,367 100.0 _ 13.2 March 2001 2,143 34,923 82.6 82.6 16.3 March 2002 1,828 34,031 70.4 85.3 18.6 March 2003 1,706 35,356 65.7 93.3 20.7 March 2004 1,711 38,149 65.9 100.3 22.3 March 2005 1,621 40,424 62.5 94.7 24.9 March 2006 1,592 41,410 61.3 98.2 26.0 March 2007 1,538 41,382 59.3 96.6 26.9 March 2008 1,445 41,183 55.7 94.0 28.5 March 2009 1,396 44,405 53.8 96.6 31.8 March 2010 1,281 43,216 49.4 91.8 33.7 March 2011 1,352 45,484 52.1 105.5 33.6 March 2012 1,315 44,691 50.7 97.3 34.0 March 2013 1,305 48,531 50.3 99.2 37.2 March 2014 1,276 51,483 49.2 97.8 40.3 March 2015 1,267 52,903 48.8 99.3 41.8 March 2016 1,215 53,347 46.8 95.9 43.9 March 2017 1,193 52,612 46.0 98.2 44.1 March 2018 1,125 53,075 43.4 94.3 47.2 March 2019 1,059 54,754 40.8 94.1 51.7 March 2020 1,001 54,854 38.6 94.5 54.8 March 2021 958 52,866 36.9 95.7 55.2 March 2022 919 52,453 35.4 95.9 57.1 March 2023 884 96,647 34.1 96.2 109.3 March 2024 821 97,619 31.6 92.9 118.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 2,496 27,431 100.0 _ 11.0 March 2002 1,975 29,390 79.1 79.1 14.9 March 2003 1,798 26,822 72.0 91.0 14.9 March 2004 1,875 28,731 75.1 104.3 15.3 March 2005 1,727 30,672 69.2 92.1 17.8 March 2006 1,649 31,492 66.1 95.5 19.1 March 2007 1,610 33,296 64.5 97.6 20.7 March 2008 1,511 35,952 60.5 93.9 23.8 March 2009 1,397 34,192 56.0 92.5 24.5 March 2010 1,284 35,196 51.4 91.9 27.4 March 2011 1,325 35,744 53.1 103.2 27.0 March 2012 1,364 35,327 54.6 102.9 25.9 March 2013 1,326 36,755 53.1 97.2 27.7 March 2014 1,289 39,870 51.6 97.2 30.9 March 2015 1,215 36,690 48.7 94.3 30.2 March 2016 1,182 38,712 47.4 97.3 32.8 March 2017 1,156 39,511 46.3 97.8 34.2 March 2018 1,109 40,242 44.4 95.9 36.3 March 2019 1,058 40,429 42.4 95.4 38.2 March 2020 980 37,239 39.3 92.6 38.0 March 2021 946 34,212 37.9 96.5 36.2 March 2022 886 35,408 35.5 93.7 40.0 March 2023 845 38,641 33.9 95.4 45.7 March 2024 817 34,201 32.7 96.7 41.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 2,392 34,322 100.0 _ 14.3 March 2003 1,976 35,211 82.6 82.6 17.8 March 2004 1,965 33,916 82.1 99.4 17.3 March 2005 1,735 36,225 72.5 88.3 20.9 March 2006 1,671 44,076 69.9 96.3 26.4 March 2007 1,564 36,297 65.4 93.6 23.2 March 2008 1,496 38,180 62.5 95.7 25.5 March 2009 1,423 38,320 59.5 95.1 26.9 March 2010 1,314 38,587 54.9 92.3 29.4 March 2011 1,356 38,715 56.7 103.2 28.6 March 2012 1,344 38,345 56.2 99.1 28.5 March 2013 1,322 38,668 55.3 98.4 29.2 March 2014 1,279 39,783 53.5 96.7 31.1 March 2015 1,224 39,432 51.2 95.7 32.2 March 2016 1,187 38,674 49.6 97.0 32.6 March 2017 1,162 37,231 48.6 97.9 32.0 March 2018 1,087 40,765 45.4 93.5 37.5 March 2019 1,046 42,724 43.7 96.2 40.8 March 2020 996 39,818 41.6 95.2 40.0 March 2021 953 36,478 39.8 95.7 38.3 March 2022 905 36,922 37.8 95.0 40.8 March 2023 856 36,129 35.8 94.6 42.2 March 2024 816 35,105 34.1 95.3 43.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 2,435 24,862 100.0 _ 10.2 March 2004 2,131 26,349 87.5 87.5 12.4 March 2005 2,016 27,383 82.8 94.6 13.6 March 2006 1,900 29,970 78.0 94.2 15.8 March 2007 1,842 30,321 75.6 96.9 16.5 March 2008 1,729 30,722 71.0 93.9 17.8 March 2009 1,574 31,347 64.6 91.0 19.9 March 2010 1,453 29,841 59.7 92.3 20.5 March 2011 1,448 29,375 59.5 99.7 20.3 March 2012 1,437 30,858 59.0 99.2 21.5 March 2013 1,417 32,409 58.2 98.6 22.9 March 2014 1,380 33,934 56.7 97.4 24.6 March 2015 1,292 33,558 53.1 93.6 26.0 March 2016 1,233 33,469 50.6 95.4 27.1 March 2017 1,173 32,069 48.2 95.1 27.3 March 2018 1,106 33,979 45.4 94.3 30.7 March 2019 1,071 37,207 44.0 96.8 34.7 March 2020 1,008 36,255 41.4 94.1 36.0 March 2021 961 33,972 39.5 95.3 35.4 March 2022 916 32,946 37.6 95.3 36.0 March 2023 857 33,297 35.2 93.6 38.9 March 2024 837 32,807 34.4 97.7 39.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 2,869 26,439 100.0 _ 9.2 March 2005 2,455 27,844 85.6 85.6 11.3 March 2006 2,215 28,391 77.2 90.2 12.8 March 2007 2,009 28,344 70.0 90.7 14.1 March 2008 1,840 27,467 64.1 91.6 14.9 March 2009 1,676 26,216 58.4 91.1 15.6 March 2010 1,500 27,413 52.3 89.5 18.3 March 2011 1,479 29,096 51.6 98.6 19.7 March 2012 1,436 31,001 50.1 97.1 21.6 March 2013 1,370 32,655 47.8 95.4 23.8 March 2014 1,350 32,812 47.1 98.5 24.3 March 2015 1,296 32,479 45.2 96.0 25.1 March 2016 1,243 32,622 43.3 95.9 26.2 March 2017 1,201 33,235 41.9 96.6 27.7 March 2018 1,149 35,341 40.0 95.7 30.8 March 2019 1,086 38,128 37.9 94.5 35.1 March 2020 1,016 38,877 35.4 93.6 38.3 March 2021 974 36,238 33.9 95.9 37.2 March 2022 931 34,521 32.5 95.6 37.1 March 2023 884 36,127 30.8 95.0 40.9 March 2024 845 36,645 29.5 95.6 43.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 3,022 20,953 100.0 _ 6.9 March 2006 2,559 23,880 84.7 84.7 9.3 March 2007 2,259 29,232 74.8 88.3 12.9 March 2008 2,062 29,337 68.2 91.3 14.2 March 2009 1,842 28,430 61.0 89.3 15.4 March 2010 1,661 27,409 55.0 90.2 16.5 March 2011 1,583 26,218 52.4 95.3 16.6 March 2012 1,501 27,361 49.7 94.8 18.2 March 2013 1,447 32,272 47.9 96.4 22.3 March 2014 1,371 34,525 45.4 94.7 25.2 March 2015 1,279 31,098 42.3 93.3 24.3 March 2016 1,219 32,844 40.3 95.3 26.9 March 2017 1,142 30,906 37.8 93.7 27.1 March 2018 1,097 30,899 36.3 96.1 28.2 March 2019 1,027 31,394 34.0 93.6 30.6 March 2020 942 31,844 31.2 91.7 33.8 March 2021 913 28,366 30.2 96.9 31.1 March 2022 908 29,476 30.0 99.5 32.5 March 2023 854 29,793 28.3 94.1 34.9 March 2024 804 28,700 26.6 94.1 35.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 3,542 20,007 100.0 _ 5.6 March 2007 2,902 22,342 81.9 81.9 7.7 March 2008 2,498 21,928 70.5 86.1 8.8 March 2009 2,230 22,797 63.0 89.3 10.2 March 2010 1,977 22,804 55.8 88.7 11.5 March 2011 1,888 20,816 53.3 95.5 11.0 March 2012 1,795 22,283 50.7 95.1 12.4 March 2013 1,698 22,245 47.9 94.6 13.1 March 2014 1,610 22,717 45.5 94.8 14.1 March 2015 1,530 27,321 43.2 95.0 17.9 March 2016 1,472 27,257 41.6 96.2 18.5 March 2017 1,402 27,669 39.6 95.2 19.7 March 2018 1,326 29,161 37.4 94.6 22.0 March 2019 1,231 29,256 34.8 92.8 23.8 March 2020 1,146 28,435 32.4 93.1 24.8 March 2021 1,068 24,758 30.2 93.2 23.2 March 2022 997 24,508 28.1 93.4 24.6 March 2023 949 24,704 26.8 95.2 26.0 March 2024 879 24,244 24.8 92.6 27.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 3,907 23,868 100.0 _ 6.1 March 2008 3,116 25,138 79.8 79.8 8.1 March 2009 2,647 24,726 67.8 84.9 9.3 March 2010 2,294 25,270 58.7 86.7 11.0 March 2011 2,188 26,233 56.0 95.4 12.0 March 2012 2,021 25,959 51.7 92.4 12.8 March 2013 1,876 25,924 48.0 92.8 13.8 March 2014 1,743 26,238 44.6 92.9 15.1 March 2015 1,576 26,363 40.3 90.4 16.7 March 2016 1,471 25,676 37.7 93.3 17.5 March 2017 1,376 25,333 35.2 93.5 18.4 March 2018 1,323 26,174 33.9 96.1 19.8 March 2019 1,222 25,937 31.3 92.4 21.2 March 2020 1,136 26,462 29.1 93.0 23.3 March 2021 1,064 24,509 27.2 93.7 23.0 March 2022 1,013 24,803 25.9 95.2 24.5 March 2023 972 25,553 24.9 96.0 26.3 March 2024 913 23,969 23.4 93.9 26.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 4,277 24,788 100.0 _ 5.8 March 2009 3,248 24,507 75.9 75.9 7.5 March 2010 2,719 23,233 63.6 83.7 8.5 March 2011 2,514 24,027 58.8 92.5 9.6 March 2012 2,352 24,669 55.0 93.6 10.5 March 2013 2,199 25,718 51.4 93.5 11.7 March 2014 2,018 26,304 47.2 91.8 13.0 March 2015 1,876 27,331 43.9 93.0 14.6 March 2016 1,722 24,668 40.3 91.8 14.3 March 2017 1,633 25,166 38.2 94.8 15.4 March 2018 1,520 25,615 35.5 93.1 16.9 March 2019 1,447 23,898 33.8 95.2 16.5 March 2020 1,354 24,357 31.7 93.6 18.0 March 2021 1,272 22,893 29.7 93.9 18.0 March 2022 1,188 23,140 27.8 93.4 19.5 March 2023 1,116 24,460 26.1 93.9 21.9 March 2024 1,060 24,575 24.8 95.0 23.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 3,826 18,770 100.0 _ 4.9 March 2010 3,012 19,352 78.7 78.7 6.4 March 2011 2,734 21,454 71.5 90.8 7.8 March 2012 2,494 21,521 65.2 91.2 8.6 March 2013 2,222 22,218 58.1 89.1 10.0 March 2014 2,059 21,253 53.8 92.7 10.3 March 2015 1,899 21,945 49.6 92.2 11.6 March 2016 1,720 21,787 45.0 90.6 12.7 March 2017 1,632 21,620 42.7 94.9 13.2 March 2018 1,522 21,422 39.8 93.3 14.1 March 2019 1,436 22,725 37.5 94.3 15.8 March 2020 1,309 21,918 34.2 91.2 16.7 March 2021 1,224 20,494 32.0 93.5 16.7 March 2022 1,160 21,854 30.3 94.8 18.8 March 2023 1,099 20,412 28.7 94.7 18.6 March 2024 1,029 20,992 26.9 93.6 20.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 3,273 15,757 100.0 _ 4.8 March 2011 2,660 16,460 81.3 81.3 6.2 March 2012 2,316 17,775 70.8 87.1 7.7 March 2013 2,109 18,822 64.4 91.1 8.9 March 2014 1,917 19,205 58.6 90.9 10.0 March 2015 1,732 18,186 52.9 90.3 10.5 March 2016 1,595 17,118 48.7 92.1 10.7 March 2017 1,477 17,806 45.1 92.6 12.1 March 2018 1,361 16,796 41.6 92.1 12.3 March 2019 1,234 16,299 37.7 90.7 13.2 March 2020 1,162 17,518 35.5 94.2 15.1 March 2021 1,062 15,567 32.4 91.4 14.7 March 2022 973 16,786 29.7 91.6 17.3 March 2023 937 18,123 28.6 96.3 19.3 March 2024 865 17,019 26.4 92.3 19.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 3,431 17,472 100.0 _ 5.1 March 2012 2,816 18,783 82.1 82.1 6.7 March 2013 2,540 20,097 74.0 90.2 7.9 March 2014 2,271 20,714 66.2 89.4 9.1 March 2015 2,037 20,661 59.4 89.7 10.1 March 2016 1,829 19,128 53.3 89.8 10.5 March 2017 1,707 19,547 49.8 93.3 11.5 March 2018 1,573 20,190 45.8 92.1 12.8 March 2019 1,470 19,655 42.8 93.5 13.4 March 2020 1,361 19,457 39.7 92.6 14.3 March 2021 1,270 18,894 37.0 93.3 14.9 March 2022 1,177 20,429 34.3 92.7 17.4 March 2023 1,097 21,075 32.0 93.2 19.2 March 2024 1,039 23,112 30.3 94.7 22.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2012 March 2012 3,731 22,161 100.0 _ 5.9 March 2013 3,161 23,328 84.7 84.7 7.4 March 2014 2,756 23,945 73.9 87.2 8.7 March 2015 2,436 21,736 65.3 88.4 8.9 March 2016 2,249 22,915 60.3 92.3 10.2 March 2017 2,012 24,077 53.9 89.5 12.0 March 2018 1,815 22,913 48.6 90.2 12.6 March 2019 1,658 23,047 44.4 91.3 13.9 March 2020 1,519 22,398 40.7 91.6 14.7 March 2021 1,396 21,981 37.4 91.9 15.7 March 2022 1,317 25,338 35.3 94.3 19.2 March 2023 1,224 25,728 32.8 92.9 21.0 March 2024 1,153 26,310 30.9 94.2 22.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2013 March 2013 4,070 17,827 100.0 _ 4.4 March 2014 3,311 19,068 81.4 81.4 5.8 March 2015 2,871 19,934 70.5 86.7 6.9 March 2016 2,526 20,181 62.1 88.0 8.0 March 2017 2,266 20,309 55.7 89.7 9.0 March 2018 2,047 21,029 50.3 90.3 10.3 March 2019 1,875 20,745 46.1 91.6 11.1 March 2020 1,673 19,906 41.1 89.2 11.9 March 2021 1,581 20,298 38.8 94.5 12.8 March 2022 1,437 23,855 35.3 90.9 16.6 March 2023 1,344 22,443 33.0 93.5 16.7 March 2024 1,226 22,471 30.1 91.2 18.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2014 March 2014 3,937 19,062 100.0 _ 4.8 March 2015 3,357 21,370 85.3 85.3 6.4 March 2016 2,849 22,432 72.4 84.9 7.9 March 2017 2,538 22,621 64.5 89.1 8.9 March 2018 2,264 22,401 57.5 89.2 9.9 March 2019 2,075 23,467 52.7 91.7 11.3 March 2020 1,876 23,436 47.7 90.4 12.5 March 2021 1,753 22,110 44.5 93.4 12.6 March 2022 1,626 23,064 41.3 92.8 14.2 March 2023 1,517 23,947 38.5 93.3 15.8 March 2024 1,382 22,362 35.1 91.1 16.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2015 March 2015 4,101 18,929 100.0 _ 4.6 March 2016 3,470 20,630 84.6 84.6 5.9 March 2017 3,113 21,560 75.9 89.7 6.9 March 2018 2,756 22,325 67.2 88.5 8.1 March 2019 2,467 22,511 60.2 89.5 9.1 March 2020 2,167 24,362 52.8 87.8 11.2 March 2021 2,007 23,940 48.9 92.6 11.9 March 2022 1,855 24,906 45.2 92.4 13.4 March 2023 1,735 25,034 42.3 93.5 14.4 March 2024 1,581 24,905 38.6 91.1 15.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2016 March 2016 4,400 20,444 100.0 _ 4.6 March 2017 3,719 22,577 84.5 84.5 6.1 March 2018 3,304 25,021 75.1 88.8 7.6 March 2019 2,874 24,760 65.3 87.0 8.6 March 2020 2,508 22,762 57.0 87.3 9.1 March 2021 2,266 21,842 51.5 90.4 9.6 March 2022 2,114 26,341 48.0 93.3 12.5 March 2023 1,967 36,776 44.7 93.0 18.7 March 2024 1,791 38,199 40.7 91.1 21.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2017 March 2017 4,843 24,576 100.0 _ 5.1 March 2018 4,181 27,742 86.3 86.3 6.6 March 2019 3,581 27,688 73.9 85.6 7.7 March 2020 3,120 26,717 64.4 87.1 8.6 March 2021 2,870 27,117 59.3 92.0 9.4 March 2022 2,632 28,393 54.3 91.7 10.8 March 2023 2,406 26,751 49.7 91.4 11.1 March 2024 2,151 26,762 44.4 89.4 12.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2018 March 2018 5,283 22,563 100.0 _ 4.3 March 2019 4,283 25,503 81.1 81.1 6.0 March 2020 3,594 25,082 68.0 83.9 7.0 March 2021 3,217 25,081 60.9 89.5 7.8 March 2022 2,958 26,969 56.0 91.9 9.1 March 2023 2,687 27,515 50.9 90.8 10.2 March 2024 2,434 26,390 46.1 90.6 10.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2019 March 2019 5,926 23,676 100.0 _ 4.0 March 2020 4,795 25,824 80.9 80.9 5.4 March 2021 4,156 24,447 70.1 86.7 5.9 March 2022 3,704 26,833 62.5 89.1 7.2 March 2023 3,312 26,780 55.9 89.4 8.1 March 2024 2,925 26,162 49.4 88.3 8.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2020 March 2020 6,227 22,454 100.0 _ 3.6 March 2021 5,264 23,986 84.5 84.5 4.6 March 2022 4,606 27,690 74.0 87.5 6.0 March 2023 4,123 28,711 66.2 89.5 7.0 March 2024 3,642 28,371 58.5 88.3 7.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2021 March 2021 8,920 27,175 100.0 _ 3.0 March 2022 7,154 30,101 80.2 80.2 4.2 March 2023 6,278 30,731 70.4 87.8 4.9 March 2024 5,439 30,768 61.0 86.6 5.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2022 March 2022 10,272 34,333 100.0 _ 3.3 March 2023 8,502 36,800 82.8 82.8 4.3 March 2024 7,165 34,820 69.8 84.3 4.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2023 March 2023 10,808 34,512 100.0 _ 3.2 March 2024 8,653 35,807 80.1 80.1 4.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2024 March 2024 8,741 35,668 100.0 _ 4.1 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.