Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Educational 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 4,941 28,524 100.0 _ 5.8 March 1995 4,029 29,005 81.5 81.5 7.2 March 1996 3,419 28,018 69.2 84.9 8.2 March 1997 3,063 28,294 62.0 89.6 9.2 March 1998 2,721 28,591 55.1 88.8 10.5 March 1999 2,524 29,500 51.1 92.8 11.7 March 2000 2,324 29,878 47.0 92.1 12.9 March 2001 2,140 29,105 43.3 92.1 13.6 March 2002 2,009 28,270 40.7 93.9 14.1 March 2003 1,930 27,554 39.1 96.1 14.3 March 2004 1,822 28,279 36.9 94.4 15.5 March 2005 1,758 28,967 35.6 96.5 16.5 March 2006 1,665 29,943 33.7 94.7 18.0 March 2007 1,589 29,752 32.2 95.4 18.7 March 2008 1,540 29,524 31.2 96.9 19.2 March 2009 1,461 31,149 29.6 94.9 21.3 March 2010 1,405 33,172 28.4 96.2 23.6 March 2011 1,352 32,589 27.4 96.2 24.1 March 2012 1,262 31,193 25.5 93.3 24.7 March 2013 1,236 29,230 25.0 97.9 23.6 March 2014 1,169 28,574 23.7 94.6 24.4 March 2015 1,130 28,228 22.9 96.7 25.0 March 2016 1,093 27,916 22.1 96.7 25.5 March 2017 1,055 27,255 21.4 96.5 25.8 March 2018 1,022 27,243 20.7 96.9 26.7 March 2019 969 25,528 19.6 94.8 26.3 March 2020 906 23,984 18.3 93.5 26.5 March 2021 852 21,232 17.2 94.0 24.9 March 2022 837 22,059 16.9 98.2 26.4 March 2023 813 23,147 16.5 97.1 28.5 March 2024 772 23,294 15.6 95.0 30.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 5,242 30,163 100.0 _ 5.8 March 1996 4,218 30,644 80.5 80.5 7.3 March 1997 3,633 31,672 69.3 86.1 8.7 March 1998 3,228 32,918 61.6 88.9 10.2 March 1999 2,927 32,548 55.8 90.7 11.1 March 2000 2,643 33,119 50.4 90.3 12.5 March 2001 2,410 32,062 46.0 91.2 13.3 March 2002 2,240 31,618 42.7 92.9 14.1 March 2003 2,124 32,624 40.5 94.8 15.4 March 2004 2,012 32,362 38.4 94.7 16.1 March 2005 1,903 33,823 36.3 94.6 17.8 March 2006 1,799 34,288 34.3 94.5 19.1 March 2007 1,766 35,033 33.7 98.2 19.8 March 2008 1,702 35,869 32.5 96.4 21.1 March 2009 1,594 35,530 30.4 93.7 22.3 March 2010 1,537 35,577 29.3 96.4 23.1 March 2011 1,476 36,344 28.2 96.0 24.6 March 2012 1,417 35,713 27.0 96.0 25.2 March 2013 1,365 34,643 26.0 96.3 25.4 March 2014 1,307 33,260 24.9 95.8 25.4 March 2015 1,243 32,486 23.7 95.1 26.1 March 2016 1,190 30,970 22.7 95.7 26.0 March 2017 1,151 30,663 22.0 96.7 26.6 March 2018 1,114 30,435 21.3 96.8 27.3 March 2019 1,049 28,353 20.0 94.2 27.0 March 2020 1,011 27,016 19.3 96.4 26.7 March 2021 949 24,122 18.1 93.9 25.4 March 2022 932 24,730 17.8 98.2 26.5 March 2023 914 25,547 17.4 98.1 28.0 March 2024 887 25,958 16.9 97.0 29.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 5,734 45,311 100.0 _ 7.9 March 1997 4,648 46,610 81.1 81.1 10.0 March 1998 4,067 49,422 70.9 87.5 12.2 March 1999 3,673 50,320 64.1 90.3 13.7 March 2000 3,323 51,214 58.0 90.5 15.4 March 2001 3,067 51,379 53.5 92.3 16.8 March 2002 2,879 51,655 50.2 93.9 17.9 March 2003 2,673 47,880 46.6 92.8 17.9 March 2004 2,529 48,090 44.1 94.6 19.0 March 2005 2,380 48,970 41.5 94.1 20.6 March 2006 2,254 48,465 39.3 94.7 21.5 March 2007 2,142 47,458 37.4 95.0 22.2 March 2008 2,066 48,312 36.0 96.5 23.4 March 2009 1,953 47,929 34.1 94.5 24.5 March 2010 1,899 47,769 33.1 97.2 25.2 March 2011 1,809 46,810 31.5 95.3 25.9 March 2012 1,721 46,553 30.0 95.1 27.0 March 2013 1,691 46,557 29.5 98.3 27.5 March 2014 1,637 45,822 28.5 96.8 28.0 March 2015 1,576 44,846 27.5 96.3 28.5 March 2016 1,521 43,937 26.5 96.5 28.9 March 2017 1,467 43,117 25.6 96.4 29.4 March 2018 1,431 42,189 25.0 97.5 29.5 March 2019 1,361 40,826 23.7 95.1 30.0 March 2020 1,301 40,005 22.7 95.6 30.7 March 2021 1,269 35,816 22.1 97.5 28.2 March 2022 1,246 37,416 21.7 98.2 30.0 March 2023 1,196 38,820 20.9 96.0 32.5 March 2024 1,159 39,413 20.2 96.9 34.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 5,800 43,000 100.0 _ 7.4 March 1998 4,637 44,275 79.9 79.9 9.5 March 1999 4,101 45,042 70.7 88.4 11.0 March 2000 3,585 49,346 61.8 87.4 13.8 March 2001 3,231 43,022 55.7 90.1 13.3 March 2002 2,935 41,782 50.6 90.8 14.2 March 2003 2,734 41,682 47.1 93.2 15.2 March 2004 2,559 42,711 44.1 93.6 16.7 March 2005 2,401 42,510 41.4 93.8 17.7 March 2006 2,287 41,806 39.4 95.3 18.3 March 2007 2,160 44,518 37.2 94.4 20.6 March 2008 2,064 44,099 35.6 95.6 21.4 March 2009 1,958 44,495 33.8 94.9 22.7 March 2010 1,856 43,837 32.0 94.8 23.6 March 2011 1,801 44,594 31.1 97.0 24.8 March 2012 1,732 47,269 29.9 96.2 27.3 March 2013 1,640 43,517 28.3 94.7 26.5 March 2014 1,563 42,823 26.9 95.3 27.4 March 2015 1,495 41,308 25.8 95.6 27.6 March 2016 1,445 40,283 24.9 96.7 27.9 March 2017 1,380 39,822 23.8 95.5 28.9 March 2018 1,324 39,275 22.8 95.9 29.7 March 2019 1,271 38,942 21.9 96.0 30.6 March 2020 1,208 37,525 20.8 95.0 31.1 March 2021 1,134 31,870 19.6 93.9 28.1 March 2022 1,114 34,454 19.2 98.2 30.9 March 2023 1,065 35,480 18.4 95.6 33.3 March 2024 1,021 35,370 17.6 95.9 34.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 5,854 41,411 100.0 _ 7.1 March 1999 4,940 45,272 84.4 84.4 9.2 March 2000 4,337 47,249 74.1 87.8 10.9 March 2001 3,854 48,233 65.8 88.9 12.5 March 2002 3,496 47,104 59.7 90.7 13.5 March 2003 3,186 48,377 54.4 91.1 15.2 March 2004 3,012 49,943 51.5 94.5 16.6 March 2005 2,795 52,109 47.7 92.8 18.6 March 2006 2,647 54,655 45.2 94.7 20.6 March 2007 2,493 53,224 42.6 94.2 21.3 March 2008 2,355 55,537 40.2 94.5 23.6 March 2009 2,189 56,166 37.4 93.0 25.7 March 2010 2,078 56,106 35.5 94.9 27.0 March 2011 2,023 56,670 34.6 97.4 28.0 March 2012 1,965 55,154 33.6 97.1 28.1 March 2013 1,884 53,104 32.2 95.9 28.2 March 2014 1,799 51,517 30.7 95.5 28.6 March 2015 1,699 49,628 29.0 94.4 29.2 March 2016 1,656 46,924 28.3 97.5 28.3 March 2017 1,584 46,267 27.1 95.7 29.2 March 2018 1,537 46,095 26.3 97.0 30.0 March 2019 1,455 45,159 24.9 94.7 31.0 March 2020 1,412 44,407 24.1 97.0 31.4 March 2021 1,336 40,080 22.8 94.6 30.0 March 2022 1,315 41,053 22.5 98.4 31.2 March 2023 1,265 42,274 21.6 96.2 33.4 March 2024 1,213 42,036 20.7 95.9 34.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 5,764 43,531 100.0 _ 7.6 March 2000 4,828 46,928 83.8 83.8 9.7 March 2001 4,187 49,073 72.6 86.7 11.7 March 2002 3,689 48,350 64.0 88.1 13.1 March 2003 3,343 48,152 58.0 90.6 14.4 March 2004 3,085 47,713 53.5 92.3 15.5 March 2005 2,883 47,759 50.0 93.5 16.6 March 2006 2,679 47,819 46.5 92.9 17.8 March 2007 2,501 49,916 43.4 93.4 20.0 March 2008 2,381 50,144 41.3 95.2 21.1 March 2009 2,239 51,186 38.8 94.0 22.9 March 2010 2,080 49,919 36.1 92.9 24.0 March 2011 2,001 51,975 34.7 96.2 26.0 March 2012 1,940 54,415 33.7 97.0 28.0 March 2013 1,841 52,121 31.9 94.9 28.3 March 2014 1,748 51,650 30.3 94.9 29.5 March 2015 1,629 49,453 28.3 93.2 30.4 March 2016 1,567 49,893 27.2 96.2 31.8 March 2017 1,477 49,435 25.6 94.3 33.5 March 2018 1,446 48,244 25.1 97.9 33.4 March 2019 1,373 46,803 23.8 95.0 34.1 March 2020 1,318 46,611 22.9 96.0 35.4 March 2021 1,248 43,334 21.7 94.7 34.7 March 2022 1,200 45,337 20.8 96.2 37.8 March 2023 1,177 48,222 20.4 98.1 41.0 March 2024 1,128 47,740 19.6 95.8 42.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 6,388 39,561 100.0 _ 6.2 March 2001 5,291 43,346 82.8 82.8 8.2 March 2002 4,509 44,351 70.6 85.2 9.8 March 2003 3,994 43,559 62.5 88.6 10.9 March 2004 3,612 44,199 56.5 90.4 12.2 March 2005 3,362 44,886 52.6 93.1 13.4 March 2006 3,107 44,926 48.6 92.4 14.5 March 2007 2,911 45,369 45.6 93.7 15.6 March 2008 2,748 45,359 43.0 94.4 16.5 March 2009 2,553 45,004 40.0 92.9 17.6 March 2010 2,407 46,018 37.7 94.3 19.1 March 2011 2,293 47,239 35.9 95.3 20.6 March 2012 2,163 46,335 33.9 94.3 21.4 March 2013 2,010 44,383 31.5 92.9 22.1 March 2014 1,928 44,018 30.2 95.9 22.8 March 2015 1,838 42,673 28.8 95.3 23.2 March 2016 1,753 41,942 27.4 95.4 23.9 March 2017 1,666 41,982 26.1 95.0 25.2 March 2018 1,591 44,017 24.9 95.5 27.7 March 2019 1,551 43,561 24.3 97.5 28.1 March 2020 1,488 43,996 23.3 95.9 29.6 March 2021 1,415 38,354 22.2 95.1 27.1 March 2022 1,379 40,368 21.6 97.5 29.3 March 2023 1,357 40,421 21.2 98.4 29.8 March 2024 1,300 40,530 20.4 95.8 31.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 6,846 42,116 100.0 _ 6.2 March 2002 5,344 44,128 78.1 78.1 8.3 March 2003 4,573 43,372 66.8 85.6 9.5 March 2004 4,152 46,385 60.6 90.8 11.2 March 2005 3,727 47,345 54.4 89.8 12.7 March 2006 3,473 48,439 50.7 93.2 13.9 March 2007 3,248 48,737 47.4 93.5 15.0 March 2008 3,038 49,453 44.4 93.5 16.3 March 2009 2,818 48,815 41.2 92.8 17.3 March 2010 2,626 48,817 38.4 93.2 18.6 March 2011 2,464 48,940 36.0 93.8 19.9 March 2012 2,368 49,747 34.6 96.1 21.0 March 2013 2,228 45,748 32.5 94.1 20.5 March 2014 2,117 45,848 30.9 95.0 21.7 March 2015 1,978 43,675 28.9 93.4 22.1 March 2016 1,898 42,953 27.7 96.0 22.6 March 2017 1,794 41,579 26.2 94.5 23.2 March 2018 1,687 40,514 24.6 94.0 24.0 March 2019 1,591 38,440 23.2 94.3 24.2 March 2020 1,493 37,248 21.8 93.8 24.9 March 2021 1,408 34,120 20.6 94.3 24.2 March 2022 1,368 34,806 20.0 97.2 25.4 March 2023 1,324 35,582 19.3 96.8 26.9 March 2024 1,305 36,388 19.1 98.6 27.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 6,637 42,270 100.0 _ 6.4 March 2003 5,378 44,474 81.0 81.0 8.3 March 2004 4,681 44,955 70.5 87.0 9.6 March 2005 4,225 46,562 63.7 90.3 11.0 March 2006 3,881 47,925 58.5 91.9 12.3 March 2007 3,569 47,885 53.8 92.0 13.4 March 2008 3,341 49,252 50.3 93.6 14.7 March 2009 3,073 49,124 46.3 92.0 16.0 March 2010 2,853 48,695 43.0 92.8 17.1 March 2011 2,748 51,006 41.4 96.3 18.6 March 2012 2,602 50,785 39.2 94.7 19.5 March 2013 2,471 48,350 37.2 95.0 19.6 March 2014 2,378 47,960 35.8 96.2 20.2 March 2015 2,259 47,204 34.0 95.0 20.9 March 2016 2,152 46,382 32.4 95.3 21.6 March 2017 2,051 47,192 30.9 95.3 23.0 March 2018 1,974 48,972 29.7 96.2 24.8 March 2019 1,879 48,570 28.3 95.2 25.8 March 2020 1,772 46,783 26.7 94.3 26.4 March 2021 1,686 43,732 25.4 95.1 25.9 March 2022 1,620 47,183 24.4 96.1 29.1 March 2023 1,581 48,629 23.8 97.6 30.8 March 2024 1,508 48,779 22.7 95.4 32.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 7,049 41,946 100.0 _ 6.0 March 2004 5,879 45,375 83.4 83.4 7.7 March 2005 5,183 47,173 73.5 88.2 9.1 March 2006 4,723 48,549 67.0 91.1 10.3 March 2007 4,280 50,044 60.7 90.6 11.7 March 2008 3,942 52,400 55.9 92.1 13.3 March 2009 3,640 53,250 51.6 92.3 14.6 March 2010 3,334 52,873 47.3 91.6 15.9 March 2011 3,133 54,123 44.4 94.0 17.3 March 2012 2,972 54,260 42.2 94.9 18.3 March 2013 2,759 51,085 39.1 92.8 18.5 March 2014 2,632 50,263 37.3 95.4 19.1 March 2015 2,512 48,759 35.6 95.4 19.4 March 2016 2,392 48,208 33.9 95.2 20.2 March 2017 2,305 47,755 32.7 96.4 20.7 March 2018 2,213 46,726 31.4 96.0 21.1 March 2019 2,091 46,204 29.7 94.5 22.1 March 2020 2,001 44,987 28.4 95.7 22.5 March 2021 1,848 41,066 26.2 92.4 22.2 March 2022 1,810 43,491 25.7 97.9 24.0 March 2023 1,717 43,148 24.4 94.9 25.1 March 2024 1,652 43,497 23.4 96.2 26.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 7,014 42,673 100.0 _ 6.1 March 2005 5,692 45,167 81.2 81.2 7.9 March 2006 5,043 47,719 71.9 88.6 9.5 March 2007 4,583 48,782 65.3 90.9 10.6 March 2008 4,178 49,136 59.6 91.2 11.8 March 2009 3,823 50,831 54.5 91.5 13.3 March 2010 3,545 49,375 50.5 92.7 13.9 March 2011 3,342 52,298 47.6 94.3 15.6 March 2012 3,120 52,649 44.5 93.4 16.9 March 2013 2,935 51,185 41.8 94.1 17.4 March 2014 2,767 50,259 39.4 94.3 18.2 March 2015 2,552 46,203 36.4 92.2 18.1 March 2016 2,426 44,990 34.6 95.1 18.5 March 2017 2,327 45,700 33.2 95.9 19.6 March 2018 2,211 46,554 31.5 95.0 21.1 March 2019 2,112 45,158 30.1 95.5 21.4 March 2020 2,032 44,218 29.0 96.2 21.8 March 2021 1,875 38,975 26.7 92.3 20.8 March 2022 1,812 40,911 25.8 96.6 22.6 March 2023 1,715 40,500 24.5 94.6 23.6 March 2024 1,635 41,463 23.3 95.3 25.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 7,573 41,381 100.0 _ 5.5 March 2006 6,233 45,866 82.3 82.3 7.4 March 2007 5,486 47,677 72.4 88.0 8.7 March 2008 4,909 49,096 64.8 89.5 10.0 March 2009 4,443 49,608 58.7 90.5 11.2 March 2010 4,041 50,434 53.4 91.0 12.5 March 2011 3,780 54,000 49.9 93.5 14.3 March 2012 3,539 55,316 46.7 93.6 15.6 March 2013 3,293 53,154 43.5 93.0 16.1 March 2014 3,128 52,725 41.3 95.0 16.9 March 2015 2,920 51,339 38.6 93.4 17.6 March 2016 2,760 53,675 36.4 94.5 19.4 March 2017 2,609 52,713 34.5 94.5 20.2 March 2018 2,464 51,578 32.5 94.4 20.9 March 2019 2,320 50,507 30.6 94.2 21.8 March 2020 2,154 48,435 28.4 92.8 22.5 March 2021 2,049 43,909 27.1 95.1 21.4 March 2022 1,990 45,767 26.3 97.1 23.0 March 2023 1,896 45,450 25.0 95.3 24.0 March 2024 1,793 44,807 23.7 94.6 25.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 7,822 45,111 100.0 _ 5.8 March 2007 6,371 49,351 81.4 81.4 7.7 March 2008 5,666 50,464 72.4 88.9 8.9 March 2009 4,990 52,621 63.8 88.1 10.5 March 2010 4,489 54,622 57.4 90.0 12.2 March 2011 4,193 57,865 53.6 93.4 13.8 March 2012 3,862 57,328 49.4 92.1 14.8 March 2013 3,609 54,693 46.1 93.4 15.2 March 2014 3,396 53,451 43.4 94.1 15.7 March 2015 3,167 51,439 40.5 93.3 16.2 March 2016 2,986 48,887 38.2 94.3 16.4 March 2017 2,811 48,935 35.9 94.1 17.4 March 2018 2,659 49,048 34.0 94.6 18.4 March 2019 2,515 49,304 32.2 94.6 19.6 March 2020 2,367 48,256 30.3 94.1 20.4 March 2021 2,221 44,727 28.4 93.8 20.1 March 2022 2,150 46,099 27.5 96.8 21.4 March 2023 2,054 46,732 26.3 95.5 22.8 March 2024 1,945 46,421 24.9 94.7 23.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 7,925 42,532 100.0 _ 5.4 March 2008 6,394 45,533 80.7 80.7 7.1 March 2009 5,542 46,099 69.9 86.7 8.3 March 2010 4,861 48,304 61.3 87.7 9.9 March 2011 4,482 52,056 56.6 92.2 11.6 March 2012 4,096 52,014 51.7 91.4 12.7 March 2013 3,751 48,568 47.3 91.6 12.9 March 2014 3,552 48,952 44.8 94.7 13.8 March 2015 3,273 46,052 41.3 92.1 14.1 March 2016 3,130 47,265 39.5 95.6 15.1 March 2017 2,925 46,609 36.9 93.5 15.9 March 2018 2,740 46,848 34.6 93.7 17.1 March 2019 2,589 46,437 32.7 94.5 17.9 March 2020 2,412 46,403 30.4 93.2 19.2 March 2021 2,252 42,887 28.4 93.4 19.0 March 2022 2,199 46,781 27.7 97.6 21.3 March 2023 2,092 48,054 26.4 95.1 23.0 March 2024 2,008 47,464 25.3 96.0 23.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 8,247 45,526 100.0 _ 5.5 March 2009 6,503 47,834 78.9 78.9 7.4 March 2010 5,585 46,646 67.7 85.9 8.4 March 2011 5,067 49,952 61.4 90.7 9.9 March 2012 4,648 49,995 56.4 91.7 10.8 March 2013 4,265 48,954 51.7 91.8 11.5 March 2014 3,963 48,893 48.1 92.9 12.3 March 2015 3,690 48,581 44.7 93.1 13.2 March 2016 3,438 50,929 41.7 93.2 14.8 March 2017 3,261 51,741 39.5 94.9 15.9 March 2018 3,103 52,742 37.6 95.2 17.0 March 2019 2,922 51,977 35.4 94.2 17.8 March 2020 2,703 50,931 32.8 92.5 18.8 March 2021 2,510 43,174 30.4 92.9 17.2 March 2022 2,457 46,393 29.8 97.9 18.9 March 2023 2,351 47,919 28.5 95.7 20.4 March 2024 2,259 47,853 27.4 96.1 21.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 7,664 41,223 100.0 _ 5.4 March 2010 6,184 43,787 80.7 80.7 7.1 March 2011 5,445 48,000 71.0 88.0 8.8 March 2012 4,893 49,851 63.8 89.9 10.2 March 2013 4,468 48,348 58.3 91.3 10.8 March 2014 4,133 48,192 53.9 92.5 11.7 March 2015 3,822 47,466 49.9 92.5 12.4 March 2016 3,543 47,294 46.2 92.7 13.3 March 2017 3,314 48,049 43.2 93.5 14.5 March 2018 3,159 47,873 41.2 95.3 15.2 March 2019 2,936 46,358 38.3 92.9 15.8 March 2020 2,774 46,354 36.2 94.5 16.7 March 2021 2,603 43,234 34.0 93.8 16.6 March 2022 2,492 45,794 32.5 95.7 18.4 March 2023 2,371 48,104 30.9 95.1 20.3 March 2024 2,262 49,485 29.5 95.4 21.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 7,509 41,375 100.0 _ 5.5 March 2011 6,203 46,608 82.6 82.6 7.5 March 2012 5,464 50,049 72.8 88.1 9.2 March 2013 4,900 48,993 65.3 89.7 10.0 March 2014 4,442 50,890 59.2 90.7 11.5 March 2015 4,059 47,967 54.1 91.4 11.8 March 2016 3,791 49,183 50.5 93.4 13.0 March 2017 3,510 50,100 46.7 92.6 14.3 March 2018 3,295 49,881 43.9 93.9 15.1 March 2019 3,109 49,706 41.4 94.4 16.0 March 2020 2,862 48,244 38.1 92.1 16.9 March 2021 2,698 45,748 35.9 94.3 17.0 March 2022 2,630 48,888 35.0 97.5 18.6 March 2023 2,483 50,749 33.1 94.4 20.4 March 2024 2,365 50,749 31.5 95.2 21.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 8,147 42,750 100.0 _ 5.2 March 2012 6,662 48,191 81.8 81.8 7.2 March 2013 5,738 48,672 70.4 86.1 8.5 March 2014 5,239 49,960 64.3 91.3 9.5 March 2015 4,713 50,146 57.8 90.0 10.6 March 2016 4,384 51,534 53.8 93.0 11.8 March 2017 4,045 51,871 49.7 92.3 12.8 March 2018 3,762 51,657 46.2 93.0 13.7 March 2019 3,514 51,432 43.1 93.4 14.6 March 2020 3,224 50,797 39.6 91.7 15.8 March 2021 2,962 46,214 36.4 91.9 15.6 March 2022 2,820 48,872 34.6 95.2 17.3 March 2023 2,726 50,344 33.5 96.7 18.5 March 2024 2,598 51,217 31.9 95.3 19.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2012 March 2012 8,986 47,445 100.0 _ 5.3 March 2013 7,237 48,306 80.5 80.5 6.7 March 2014 6,407 51,237 71.3 88.5 8.0 March 2015 5,725 51,781 63.7 89.4 9.0 March 2016 5,230 53,104 58.2 91.4 10.2 March 2017 4,788 53,715 53.3 91.5 11.2 March 2018 4,390 52,556 48.9 91.7 12.0 March 2019 4,104 53,627 45.7 93.5 13.1 March 2020 3,749 53,433 41.7 91.3 14.3 March 2021 3,472 50,695 38.6 92.6 14.6 March 2022 3,369 52,049 37.5 97.0 15.4 March 2023 3,205 54,822 35.7 95.1 17.1 March 2024 3,060 55,102 34.1 95.5 18.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2013 March 2013 8,817 44,070 100.0 _ 5.0 March 2014 7,210 48,895 81.8 81.8 6.8 March 2015 6,432 51,639 72.9 89.2 8.0 March 2016 5,811 52,171 65.9 90.3 9.0 March 2017 5,369 53,689 60.9 92.4 10.0 March 2018 4,935 53,314 56.0 91.9 10.8 March 2019 4,582 52,998 52.0 92.8 11.6 March 2020 4,151 52,275 47.1 90.6 12.6 March 2021 3,798 45,125 43.1 91.5 11.9 March 2022 3,659 50,012 41.5 96.3 13.7 March 2023 3,448 52,734 39.1 94.2 15.3 March 2024 3,264 53,543 37.0 94.7 16.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2014 March 2014 8,223 41,437 100.0 _ 5.0 March 2015 7,127 47,261 86.7 86.7 6.6 March 2016 6,427 51,103 78.2 90.2 8.0 March 2017 5,805 53,490 70.6 90.3 9.2 March 2018 5,318 54,991 64.7 91.6 10.3 March 2019 4,876 55,330 59.3 91.7 11.3 March 2020 4,415 54,852 53.7 90.5 12.4 March 2021 4,021 49,291 48.9 91.1 12.3 March 2022 3,857 53,318 46.9 95.9 13.8 March 2023 3,670 56,604 44.6 95.2 15.4 March 2024 3,468 56,717 42.2 94.5 16.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2015 March 2015 8,631 44,965 100.0 _ 5.2 March 2016 7,592 53,124 88.0 88.0 7.0 March 2017 6,843 56,260 79.3 90.1 8.2 March 2018 6,189 58,340 71.7 90.4 9.4 March 2019 5,573 58,439 64.6 90.0 10.5 March 2020 4,981 58,472 57.7 89.4 11.7 March 2021 4,524 52,512 52.4 90.8 11.6 March 2022 4,366 57,104 50.6 96.5 13.1 March 2023 4,118 61,612 47.7 94.3 15.0 March 2024 3,885 62,913 45.0 94.3 16.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2016 March 2016 8,971 45,065 100.0 _ 5.0 March 2017 7,866 50,437 87.7 87.7 6.4 March 2018 7,226 53,758 80.5 91.9 7.4 March 2019 6,526 54,995 72.7 90.3 8.4 March 2020 5,838 55,549 65.1 89.5 9.5 March 2021 5,316 50,153 59.3 91.1 9.4 March 2022 5,021 54,132 56.0 94.5 10.8 March 2023 4,720 55,394 52.6 94.0 11.7 March 2024 4,407 55,638 49.1 93.4 12.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2017 March 2017 9,081 45,155 100.0 _ 5.0 March 2018 8,184 52,137 90.1 90.1 6.4 March 2019 7,264 55,240 80.0 88.8 7.6 March 2020 6,340 55,052 69.8 87.3 8.7 March 2021 5,773 49,440 63.6 91.1 8.6 March 2022 5,408 54,960 59.6 93.7 10.2 March 2023 5,027 56,918 55.4 93.0 11.3 March 2024 4,716 57,191 51.9 93.8 12.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2018 March 2018 10,105 45,663 100.0 _ 4.5 March 2019 8,446 50,556 83.6 83.6 6.0 March 2020 7,380 51,716 73.0 87.4 7.0 March 2021 6,583 48,666 65.1 89.2 7.4 March 2022 6,176 54,880 61.1 93.8 8.9 March 2023 5,742 58,207 56.8 93.0 10.1 March 2024 5,360 57,829 53.0 93.3 10.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2019 March 2019 10,834 52,028 100.0 _ 4.8 March 2020 8,847 54,099 81.7 81.7 6.1 March 2021 7,875 51,693 72.7 89.0 6.6 March 2022 7,295 57,371 67.3 92.6 7.9 March 2023 6,741 59,687 62.2 92.4 8.9 March 2024 6,311 61,252 58.3 93.6 9.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2020 March 2020 10,884 47,248 100.0 _ 4.3 March 2021 9,085 46,986 83.5 83.5 5.2 March 2022 8,402 54,538 77.2 92.5 6.5 March 2023 7,655 58,262 70.3 91.1 7.6 March 2024 6,970 59,677 64.0 91.1 8.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2021 March 2021 13,147 46,508 100.0 _ 3.5 March 2022 10,398 53,787 79.1 79.1 5.2 March 2023 9,097 55,996 69.2 87.5 6.2 March 2024 8,130 56,098 61.8 89.4 6.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2022 March 2022 15,805 53,999 100.0 _ 3.4 March 2023 12,867 61,433 81.4 81.4 4.8 March 2024 11,200 61,754 70.9 87.0 5.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2023 March 2023 16,104 59,397 100.0 _ 3.7 March 2024 13,043 63,118 81.0 81.0 4.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2024 March 2024 14,124 52,463 100.0 _ 3.7 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.