Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Total Private Washington 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 16,156 70,859 100.0 _ 4.4 March 1995 11,602 68,758 71.8 71.8 5.9 March 1996 9,560 67,201 59.2 82.4 7.0 March 1997 8,471 69,571 52.4 88.6 8.2 March 1998 7,674 66,741 47.5 90.6 8.7 March 1999 6,872 65,954 42.5 89.5 9.6 March 2000 6,193 64,828 38.3 90.1 10.5 March 2001 5,677 63,130 35.1 91.7 11.1 March 2002 5,262 56,879 32.6 92.7 10.8 March 2003 5,169 55,029 32.0 98.2 10.6 March 2004 4,914 53,979 30.4 95.1 11.0 March 2005 4,670 54,718 28.9 95.0 11.7 March 2006 4,389 54,708 27.2 94.0 12.5 March 2007 4,196 54,878 26.0 95.6 13.1 March 2008 4,022 53,529 24.9 95.9 13.3 March 2009 3,749 49,692 23.2 93.2 13.3 March 2010 3,520 46,679 21.8 93.9 13.3 March 2011 3,299 44,919 20.4 93.7 13.6 March 2012 3,175 44,292 19.7 96.2 14.0 March 2013 3,011 45,237 18.6 94.8 15.0 March 2014 2,923 44,887 18.1 97.1 15.4 March 2015 2,806 45,380 17.4 96.0 16.2 March 2016 2,644 45,917 16.4 94.2 17.4 March 2017 2,314 45,904 14.3 87.5 19.8 March 2018 2,206 45,463 13.7 95.3 20.6 March 2019 2,366 43,793 14.6 107.3 18.5 March 2020 2,026 44,708 12.5 85.6 22.1 March 2021 1,889 46,199 11.7 93.2 24.5 March 2022 1,871 48,284 11.6 99.0 25.8 March 2023 1,754 48,423 10.9 93.7 27.6 March 2024 1,752 48,501 10.8 99.9 27.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 17,637 80,554 100.0 _ 4.6 March 1996 12,447 78,640 70.6 70.6 6.3 March 1997 10,280 82,001 58.3 82.6 8.0 March 1998 9,127 82,100 51.7 88.8 9.0 March 1999 8,030 82,858 45.5 88.0 10.3 March 2000 7,155 83,426 40.6 89.1 11.7 March 2001 6,555 77,046 37.2 91.6 11.8 March 2002 6,005 68,271 34.0 91.6 11.4 March 2003 5,752 65,234 32.6 95.8 11.3 March 2004 5,428 64,859 30.8 94.4 11.9 March 2005 5,068 64,962 28.7 93.4 12.8 March 2006 4,753 65,894 26.9 93.8 13.9 March 2007 4,569 65,138 25.9 96.1 14.3 March 2008 4,445 64,422 25.2 97.3 14.5 March 2009 4,143 60,230 23.5 93.2 14.5 March 2010 3,961 57,403 22.5 95.6 14.5 March 2011 3,803 55,707 21.6 96.0 14.6 March 2012 3,608 54,211 20.5 94.9 15.0 March 2013 3,469 54,872 19.7 96.1 15.8 March 2014 3,372 54,236 19.1 97.2 16.1 March 2015 3,198 54,551 18.1 94.8 17.1 March 2016 3,039 54,667 17.2 95.0 18.0 March 2017 2,652 53,123 15.0 87.3 20.0 March 2018 2,531 54,551 14.4 95.4 21.6 March 2019 2,703 54,618 15.3 106.8 20.2 March 2020 2,299 53,603 13.0 85.1 23.3 March 2021 2,149 51,827 12.2 93.5 24.1 March 2022 2,072 52,733 11.7 96.4 25.5 March 2023 1,966 50,360 11.1 94.9 25.6 March 2024 1,907 49,220 10.8 97.0 25.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 15,600 85,755 100.0 _ 5.5 March 1997 11,402 87,833 73.1 73.1 7.7 March 1998 9,762 84,669 62.6 85.6 8.7 March 1999 8,459 83,967 54.2 86.7 9.9 March 2000 7,511 80,932 48.1 88.8 10.8 March 2001 6,789 76,485 43.5 90.4 11.3 March 2002 6,194 70,564 39.7 91.2 11.4 March 2003 5,867 67,800 37.6 94.7 11.6 March 2004 5,495 66,909 35.2 93.7 12.2 March 2005 5,178 67,637 33.2 94.2 13.1 March 2006 4,921 68,252 31.5 95.0 13.9 March 2007 4,684 67,550 30.0 95.2 14.4 March 2008 4,493 66,360 28.8 95.9 14.8 March 2009 4,180 60,433 26.8 93.0 14.5 March 2010 3,982 58,210 25.5 95.3 14.6 March 2011 3,832 58,398 24.6 96.2 15.2 March 2012 3,676 59,039 23.6 95.9 16.1 March 2013 3,489 59,762 22.4 94.9 17.1 March 2014 3,397 60,091 21.8 97.4 17.7 March 2015 3,257 61,233 20.9 95.9 18.8 March 2016 3,081 59,543 19.8 94.6 19.3 March 2017 2,781 58,705 17.8 90.3 21.1 March 2018 2,656 58,794 17.0 95.5 22.1 March 2019 2,706 57,915 17.3 101.9 21.4 March 2020 2,417 56,370 15.5 89.3 23.3 March 2021 2,268 51,464 14.5 93.8 22.7 March 2022 2,198 51,974 14.1 96.9 23.6 March 2023 2,049 52,077 13.1 93.2 25.4 March 2024 1,974 51,941 12.7 96.3 26.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 17,855 94,568 100.0 _ 5.3 March 1998 13,110 94,448 73.4 73.4 7.2 March 1999 10,905 93,949 61.1 83.2 8.6 March 2000 9,434 93,653 52.8 86.5 9.9 March 2001 8,197 84,719 45.9 86.9 10.3 March 2002 7,355 75,270 41.2 89.7 10.2 March 2003 6,985 71,802 39.1 95.0 10.3 March 2004 6,489 71,160 36.3 92.9 11.0 March 2005 5,963 71,511 33.4 91.9 12.0 March 2006 5,619 71,990 31.5 94.2 12.8 March 2007 5,336 71,302 29.9 95.0 13.4 March 2008 5,085 69,625 28.5 95.3 13.7 March 2009 4,752 62,736 26.6 93.5 13.2 March 2010 4,486 60,502 25.1 94.4 13.5 March 2011 4,313 59,301 24.2 96.1 13.7 March 2012 4,106 58,898 23.0 95.2 14.3 March 2013 3,922 59,598 22.0 95.5 15.2 March 2014 3,800 59,640 21.3 96.9 15.7 March 2015 3,589 59,600 20.1 94.4 16.6 March 2016 3,361 59,236 18.8 93.6 17.6 March 2017 2,859 58,046 16.0 85.1 20.3 March 2018 2,707 57,621 15.2 94.7 21.3 March 2019 3,000 57,287 16.8 110.8 19.1 March 2020 2,510 54,795 14.1 83.7 21.8 March 2021 2,337 50,690 13.1 93.1 21.7 March 2022 2,261 51,677 12.7 96.7 22.9 March 2023 2,086 50,991 11.7 92.3 24.4 March 2024 2,023 50,012 11.3 97.0 24.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 22,754 101,639 100.0 _ 4.5 March 1999 16,086 99,319 70.7 70.7 6.2 March 2000 13,314 99,791 58.5 82.8 7.5 March 2001 11,430 95,240 50.2 85.8 8.3 March 2002 10,012 85,338 44.0 87.6 8.5 March 2003 9,199 82,551 40.4 91.9 9.0 March 2004 8,225 79,501 36.1 89.4 9.7 March 2005 7,538 79,206 33.1 91.6 10.5 March 2006 6,988 80,054 30.7 92.7 11.5 March 2007 6,631 81,632 29.1 94.9 12.3 March 2008 6,252 81,346 27.5 94.3 13.0 March 2009 5,826 75,712 25.6 93.2 13.0 March 2010 5,486 71,002 24.1 94.2 12.9 March 2011 5,240 70,868 23.0 95.5 13.5 March 2012 4,941 71,020 21.7 94.3 14.4 March 2013 4,653 71,591 20.4 94.2 15.4 March 2014 4,527 71,147 19.9 97.3 15.7 March 2015 4,297 72,569 18.9 94.9 16.9 March 2016 4,040 73,261 17.8 94.0 18.1 March 2017 3,719 71,631 16.3 92.1 19.3 March 2018 3,075 71,773 13.5 82.7 23.3 March 2019 3,121 71,358 13.7 101.5 22.9 March 2020 2,864 67,127 12.6 91.8 23.4 March 2021 2,682 62,477 11.8 93.6 23.3 March 2022 2,599 62,279 11.4 96.9 24.0 March 2023 2,391 61,892 10.5 92.0 25.9 March 2024 2,332 61,238 10.2 97.5 26.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 21,657 97,246 100.0 _ 4.5 March 2000 15,015 95,887 69.3 69.3 6.4 March 2001 12,155 90,264 56.1 81.0 7.4 March 2002 10,587 79,309 48.9 87.1 7.5 March 2003 9,541 77,095 44.1 90.1 8.1 March 2004 8,561 75,845 39.5 89.7 8.9 March 2005 7,663 75,496 35.4 89.5 9.9 March 2006 7,026 74,765 32.4 91.7 10.6 March 2007 6,520 76,091 30.1 92.8 11.7 March 2008 6,163 74,227 28.5 94.5 12.0 March 2009 5,670 66,150 26.2 92.0 11.7 March 2010 5,340 62,451 24.7 94.2 11.7 March 2011 5,016 61,442 23.2 93.9 12.2 March 2012 4,749 61,920 21.9 94.7 13.0 March 2013 4,541 61,228 21.0 95.6 13.5 March 2014 4,422 62,372 20.4 97.4 14.1 March 2015 4,178 62,823 19.3 94.5 15.0 March 2016 3,948 63,123 18.2 94.5 16.0 March 2017 3,784 63,864 17.5 95.8 16.9 March 2018 3,147 62,452 14.5 83.2 19.8 March 2019 3,052 60,586 14.1 97.0 19.9 March 2020 2,951 58,830 13.6 96.7 19.9 March 2021 2,786 53,884 12.9 94.4 19.3 March 2022 2,653 55,403 12.3 95.2 20.9 March 2023 2,451 55,245 11.3 92.4 22.5 March 2024 2,392 54,391 11.0 97.6 22.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 21,913 99,025 100.0 _ 4.5 March 2001 15,203 91,918 69.4 69.4 6.0 March 2002 12,476 89,191 56.9 82.1 7.1 March 2003 10,960 84,930 50.0 87.8 7.7 March 2004 9,608 82,922 43.8 87.7 8.6 March 2005 8,450 83,456 38.6 87.9 9.9 March 2006 7,706 83,815 35.2 91.2 10.9 March 2007 7,144 84,989 32.6 92.7 11.9 March 2008 6,698 83,361 30.6 93.8 12.4 March 2009 6,136 78,229 28.0 91.6 12.7 March 2010 5,735 74,965 26.2 93.5 13.1 March 2011 5,470 75,412 25.0 95.4 13.8 March 2012 5,171 76,940 23.6 94.5 14.9 March 2013 4,918 80,951 22.4 95.1 16.5 March 2014 4,814 87,173 22.0 97.9 18.1 March 2015 4,485 91,514 20.5 93.2 20.4 March 2016 4,266 96,179 19.5 95.1 22.5 March 2017 4,067 106,360 18.6 95.3 26.2 March 2018 3,266 114,442 14.9 80.3 35.0 March 2019 3,253 119,043 14.8 99.6 36.6 March 2020 3,439 128,654 15.7 105.7 37.4 March 2021 3,311 125,415 15.1 96.3 37.9 March 2022 3,176 130,316 14.5 95.9 41.0 March 2023 2,606 126,337 11.9 82.1 48.5 March 2024 2,518 126,538 11.5 96.6 50.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 22,138 86,815 100.0 _ 3.9 March 2002 15,164 74,601 68.5 68.5 4.9 March 2003 12,868 71,890 58.1 84.9 5.6 March 2004 10,844 71,132 49.0 84.3 6.6 March 2005 9,456 72,373 42.7 87.2 7.7 March 2006 8,379 73,509 37.8 88.6 8.8 March 2007 7,642 73,753 34.5 91.2 9.7 March 2008 7,037 69,871 31.8 92.1 9.9 March 2009 6,433 62,357 29.1 91.4 9.7 March 2010 6,041 58,517 27.3 93.9 9.7 March 2011 5,687 58,710 25.7 94.1 10.3 March 2012 5,351 58,228 24.2 94.1 10.9 March 2013 4,988 57,256 22.5 93.2 11.5 March 2014 4,856 56,092 21.9 97.4 11.6 March 2015 4,542 56,092 20.5 93.5 12.3 March 2016 4,300 56,233 19.4 94.7 13.1 March 2017 4,134 56,406 18.7 96.1 13.6 March 2018 3,168 54,205 14.3 76.6 17.1 March 2019 3,602 55,696 16.3 113.7 15.5 March 2020 3,671 55,744 16.6 101.9 15.2 March 2021 3,467 52,785 15.7 94.4 15.2 March 2022 3,303 53,204 14.9 95.3 16.1 March 2023 2,392 52,969 10.8 72.4 22.1 March 2024 2,330 51,713 10.5 97.4 22.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 21,691 79,883 100.0 _ 3.7 March 2003 15,715 75,568 72.4 72.4 4.8 March 2004 12,538 74,822 57.8 79.8 6.0 March 2005 10,635 75,825 49.0 84.8 7.1 March 2006 9,483 74,924 43.7 89.2 7.9 March 2007 8,565 75,584 39.5 90.3 8.8 March 2008 7,836 75,346 36.1 91.5 9.6 March 2009 7,113 70,103 32.8 90.8 9.9 March 2010 6,634 64,391 30.6 93.3 9.7 March 2011 6,235 63,130 28.7 94.0 10.1 March 2012 5,900 63,020 27.2 94.6 10.7 March 2013 5,493 62,281 25.3 93.1 11.3 March 2014 5,356 61,731 24.7 97.5 11.5 March 2015 4,985 63,122 23.0 93.1 12.7 March 2016 4,675 62,865 21.6 93.8 13.4 March 2017 4,500 63,671 20.7 96.3 14.1 March 2018 3,522 61,587 16.2 78.3 17.5 March 2019 4,177 62,910 19.3 118.6 15.1 March 2020 3,977 62,031 18.3 95.2 15.6 March 2021 3,772 58,033 17.4 94.8 15.4 March 2022 3,573 59,916 16.5 94.7 16.8 March 2023 2,687 58,457 12.4 75.2 21.8 March 2024 2,576 57,363 11.9 95.9 22.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 22,351 77,310 100.0 _ 3.5 March 2004 15,400 70,985 68.9 68.9 4.6 March 2005 12,246 69,798 54.8 79.5 5.7 March 2006 10,579 70,057 47.3 86.4 6.6 March 2007 9,317 69,692 41.7 88.1 7.5 March 2008 8,478 67,530 37.9 91.0 8.0 March 2009 7,603 60,680 34.0 89.7 8.0 March 2010 7,063 57,712 31.6 92.9 8.2 March 2011 6,619 57,833 29.6 93.7 8.7 March 2012 6,226 56,935 27.9 94.1 9.1 March 2013 5,787 56,038 25.9 92.9 9.7 March 2014 5,604 56,422 25.1 96.8 10.1 March 2015 5,225 56,485 23.4 93.2 10.8 March 2016 4,892 55,604 21.9 93.6 11.4 March 2017 4,712 55,486 21.1 96.3 11.8 March 2018 3,950 54,307 17.7 83.8 13.7 March 2019 4,418 52,179 19.8 111.8 11.8 March 2020 4,235 51,577 18.9 95.9 12.2 March 2021 4,006 48,085 17.9 94.6 12.0 March 2022 3,775 48,907 16.9 94.2 13.0 March 2023 2,706 46,805 12.1 71.7 17.3 March 2024 2,617 45,981 11.7 96.7 17.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 20,094 69,439 100.0 _ 3.5 March 2005 14,139 65,896 70.4 70.4 4.7 March 2006 11,728 65,765 58.4 82.9 5.6 March 2007 10,447 67,682 52.0 89.1 6.5 March 2008 9,406 66,115 46.8 90.0 7.0 March 2009 8,287 60,208 41.2 88.1 7.3 March 2010 7,664 56,213 38.1 92.5 7.3 March 2011 7,071 54,918 35.2 92.3 7.8 March 2012 6,516 54,868 32.4 92.2 8.4 March 2013 6,060 54,945 30.2 93.0 9.1 March 2014 5,871 55,714 29.2 96.9 9.5 March 2015 5,410 56,046 26.9 92.1 10.4 March 2016 4,993 57,497 24.8 92.3 11.5 March 2017 4,820 58,824 24.0 96.5 12.2 March 2018 4,563 60,554 22.7 94.7 13.3 March 2019 4,429 61,433 22.0 97.1 13.9 March 2020 4,219 60,484 21.0 95.3 14.3 March 2021 3,952 57,408 19.7 93.7 14.5 March 2022 3,709 60,382 18.5 93.9 16.3 March 2023 2,705 59,094 13.5 72.9 21.8 March 2024 2,596 57,477 12.9 96.0 22.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 19,515 62,295 100.0 _ 3.2 March 2006 14,175 61,392 72.6 72.6 4.3 March 2007 11,853 61,813 60.7 83.6 5.2 March 2008 10,380 59,664 53.2 87.6 5.7 March 2009 9,006 53,304 46.1 86.8 5.9 March 2010 8,158 50,592 41.8 90.6 6.2 March 2011 7,479 50,564 38.3 91.7 6.8 March 2012 6,871 50,207 35.2 91.9 7.3 March 2013 6,288 49,791 32.2 91.5 7.9 March 2014 6,047 50,029 31.0 96.2 8.3 March 2015 5,545 50,410 28.4 91.7 9.1 March 2016 5,103 50,390 26.1 92.0 9.9 March 2017 4,953 51,702 25.4 97.1 10.4 March 2018 4,655 50,363 23.9 94.0 10.8 March 2019 4,491 49,356 23.0 96.5 11.0 March 2020 4,285 49,118 22.0 95.4 11.5 March 2021 4,000 44,332 20.5 93.3 11.1 March 2022 3,778 45,138 19.4 94.5 11.9 March 2023 2,805 43,807 14.4 74.2 15.6 March 2024 2,721 42,352 13.9 97.0 15.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 20,061 66,830 100.0 _ 3.3 March 2007 14,893 66,321 74.2 74.2 4.5 March 2008 12,536 64,500 62.5 84.2 5.1 March 2009 10,526 57,958 52.5 84.0 5.5 March 2010 9,472 54,192 47.2 90.0 5.7 March 2011 8,532 53,641 42.5 90.1 6.3 March 2012 7,788 53,765 38.8 91.3 6.9 March 2013 7,086 53,317 35.3 91.0 7.5 March 2014 6,879 54,093 34.3 97.1 7.9 March 2015 6,221 54,419 31.0 90.4 8.7 March 2016 5,745 53,717 28.6 92.3 9.4 March 2017 5,527 55,603 27.6 96.2 10.1 March 2018 5,179 55,878 25.8 93.7 10.8 March 2019 5,158 55,024 25.7 99.6 10.7 March 2020 4,966 54,829 24.8 96.3 11.0 March 2021 4,629 50,309 23.1 93.2 10.9 March 2022 4,297 51,294 21.4 92.8 11.9 March 2023 2,974 48,657 14.8 69.2 16.4 March 2024 2,883 47,991 14.4 96.9 16.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 20,324 68,805 100.0 _ 3.4 March 2008 14,751 65,615 72.6 72.6 4.4 March 2009 11,636 58,090 57.3 78.9 5.0 March 2010 10,216 53,997 50.3 87.8 5.3 March 2011 9,109 53,244 44.8 89.2 5.8 March 2012 8,188 53,565 40.3 89.9 6.5 March 2013 7,359 53,215 36.2 89.9 7.2 March 2014 7,089 53,760 34.9 96.3 7.6 March 2015 6,456 54,400 31.8 91.1 8.4 March 2016 5,978 55,014 29.4 92.6 9.2 March 2017 5,722 56,828 28.2 95.7 9.9 March 2018 5,362 56,875 26.4 93.7 10.6 March 2019 5,253 55,208 25.8 98.0 10.5 March 2020 5,028 54,706 24.7 95.7 10.9 March 2021 4,682 51,363 23.0 93.1 11.0 March 2022 4,409 52,621 21.7 94.2 11.9 March 2023 3,151 51,037 15.5 71.5 16.2 March 2024 3,021 48,586 14.9 95.9 16.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 20,083 68,290 100.0 _ 3.4 March 2009 14,209 58,979 70.8 70.8 4.2 March 2010 11,971 54,816 59.6 84.2 4.6 March 2011 10,552 54,984 52.5 88.1 5.2 March 2012 9,309 55,315 46.4 88.2 5.9 March 2013 8,297 54,970 41.3 89.1 6.6 March 2014 8,026 55,440 40.0 96.7 6.9 March 2015 7,164 55,876 35.7 89.3 7.8 March 2016 6,540 56,439 32.6 91.3 8.6 March 2017 6,081 56,422 30.3 93.0 9.3 March 2018 5,877 57,126 29.3 96.6 9.7 March 2019 5,759 55,539 28.7 98.0 9.6 March 2020 5,476 55,341 27.3 95.1 10.1 March 2021 5,124 51,900 25.5 93.6 10.1 March 2022 4,815 53,132 24.0 94.0 11.0 March 2023 3,370 50,189 16.8 70.0 14.9 March 2024 3,242 47,841 16.1 96.2 14.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 19,002 56,595 100.0 _ 3.0 March 2010 15,348 53,494 80.8 80.8 3.5 March 2011 12,612 52,752 66.4 82.2 4.2 March 2012 10,668 52,475 56.1 84.6 4.9 March 2013 9,212 52,659 48.5 86.4 5.7 March 2014 9,094 53,065 47.9 98.7 5.8 March 2015 7,817 53,679 41.1 86.0 6.9 March 2016 7,115 54,077 37.4 91.0 7.6 March 2017 5,866 54,663 30.9 82.4 9.3 March 2018 6,445 56,365 33.9 109.9 8.7 March 2019 6,480 54,240 34.1 100.5 8.4 March 2020 6,243 53,779 32.9 96.3 8.6 March 2021 5,842 48,196 30.7 93.6 8.2 March 2022 5,428 50,987 28.6 92.9 9.4 March 2023 3,280 47,255 17.3 60.4 14.4 March 2024 3,148 45,549 16.6 96.0 14.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 24,404 56,468 100.0 _ 2.3 March 2011 18,183 52,914 74.5 74.5 2.9 March 2012 14,611 51,657 59.9 80.4 3.5 March 2013 12,375 50,715 50.7 84.7 4.1 March 2014 12,843 52,863 52.6 103.8 4.1 March 2015 10,581 51,091 43.4 82.4 4.8 March 2016 9,589 50,224 39.3 90.6 5.2 March 2017 5,672 46,934 23.2 59.2 8.3 March 2018 8,379 52,471 34.3 147.7 6.3 March 2019 8,913 49,881 36.5 106.4 5.6 March 2020 8,649 49,425 35.4 97.0 5.7 March 2021 8,116 47,549 33.3 93.8 5.9 March 2022 7,374 50,044 30.2 90.9 6.8 March 2023 2,952 43,644 12.1 40.0 14.8 March 2024 2,841 40,910 11.6 96.2 14.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 21,105 54,312 100.0 _ 2.6 March 2012 15,182 51,833 71.9 71.9 3.4 March 2013 12,105 50,407 57.4 79.7 4.2 March 2014 12,642 52,935 59.9 104.4 4.2 March 2015 10,181 51,650 48.2 80.5 5.1 March 2016 9,036 50,548 42.8 88.8 5.6 March 2017 6,089 49,267 28.9 67.4 8.1 March 2018 7,399 51,884 35.1 121.5 7.0 March 2019 7,833 52,053 37.1 105.9 6.6 March 2020 7,547 53,096 35.8 96.3 7.0 March 2021 7,003 51,038 33.2 92.8 7.3 March 2022 6,465 54,882 30.6 92.3 8.5 March 2023 3,425 50,503 16.2 53.0 14.7 March 2024 3,301 49,284 15.6 96.4 14.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2012 March 2012 19,068 53,131 100.0 _ 2.8 March 2013 13,880 51,303 72.8 72.8 3.7 March 2014 12,911 51,976 67.7 93.0 4.0 March 2015 10,768 52,282 56.5 83.4 4.9 March 2016 9,572 53,559 50.2 88.9 5.6 March 2017 6,541 53,972 34.3 68.3 8.3 March 2018 8,214 56,227 43.1 125.6 6.8 March 2019 8,530 54,771 44.7 103.8 6.4 March 2020 7,478 54,264 39.2 87.7 7.3 March 2021 6,840 49,897 35.9 91.5 7.3 March 2022 6,233 51,669 32.7 91.1 8.3 March 2023 3,780 47,942 19.8 60.6 12.7 March 2024 3,635 46,411 19.1 96.2 12.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2013 March 2013 18,806 54,241 100.0 _ 2.9 March 2014 16,305 56,698 86.7 86.7 3.5 March 2015 12,283 54,663 65.3 75.3 4.5 March 2016 10,664 55,066 56.7 86.8 5.2 March 2017 7,721 53,506 41.1 72.4 6.9 March 2018 9,368 55,509 49.8 121.3 5.9 March 2019 9,206 54,824 49.0 98.3 6.0 March 2020 8,063 53,912 42.9 87.6 6.7 March 2021 7,348 49,434 39.1 91.1 6.7 March 2022 6,759 50,491 35.9 92.0 7.5 March 2023 4,347 47,654 23.1 64.3 11.0 March 2024 4,175 46,006 22.2 96.0 11.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2014 March 2014 14,541 57,408 100.0 _ 3.9 March 2015 11,433 59,194 78.6 78.6 5.2 March 2016 9,550 60,902 65.7 83.5 6.4 March 2017 8,537 62,926 58.7 89.4 7.4 March 2018 7,448 62,099 51.2 87.2 8.3 March 2019 6,825 61,166 46.9 91.6 9.0 March 2020 6,253 57,949 43.0 91.6 9.3 March 2021 5,760 52,813 39.6 92.1 9.2 March 2022 5,471 54,545 37.6 95.0 10.0 March 2023 4,912 52,543 33.8 89.8 10.7 March 2024 4,682 51,183 32.2 95.3 10.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2015 March 2015 14,774 56,524 100.0 _ 3.8 March 2016 11,356 58,786 76.9 76.9 5.2 March 2017 9,954 60,060 67.4 87.7 6.0 March 2018 8,663 59,181 58.6 87.0 6.8 March 2019 7,749 59,533 52.5 89.4 7.7 March 2020 6,978 57,854 47.2 90.1 8.3 March 2021 6,296 52,733 42.6 90.2 8.4 March 2022 6,004 56,470 40.6 95.4 9.4 March 2023 5,359 55,379 36.3 89.3 10.3 March 2024 5,140 54,206 34.8 95.9 10.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2016 March 2016 18,157 66,173 100.0 _ 3.6 March 2017 14,536 69,345 80.1 80.1 4.8 March 2018 12,851 69,985 70.8 88.4 5.4 March 2019 11,885 69,037 65.5 92.5 5.8 March 2020 11,048 70,051 60.8 93.0 6.3 March 2021 10,055 64,662 55.4 91.0 6.4 March 2022 9,219 71,378 50.8 91.7 7.7 March 2023 6,316 67,288 34.8 68.5 10.7 March 2024 6,036 64,485 33.2 95.6 10.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2017 March 2017 17,052 62,124 100.0 _ 3.6 March 2018 13,665 65,187 80.1 80.1 4.8 March 2019 11,332 64,425 66.5 82.9 5.7 March 2020 10,135 64,937 59.4 89.4 6.4 March 2021 8,940 59,154 52.4 88.2 6.6 March 2022 8,442 62,927 49.5 94.4 7.5 March 2023 7,016 60,671 41.1 83.1 8.6 March 2024 6,638 58,856 38.9 94.6 8.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2018 March 2018 16,702 61,533 100.0 _ 3.7 March 2019 13,155 63,113 78.8 78.8 4.8 March 2020 11,165 61,802 66.8 84.9 5.5 March 2021 9,756 58,670 58.4 87.4 6.0 March 2022 9,188 63,945 55.0 94.2 7.0 March 2023 7,771 62,486 46.5 84.6 8.0 March 2024 7,344 61,167 44.0 94.5 8.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2019 March 2019 22,326 70,576 100.0 _ 3.2 March 2020 20,290 73,959 90.9 90.9 3.6 March 2021 17,869 70,128 80.0 88.1 3.9 March 2022 16,304 76,065 73.0 91.2 4.7 March 2023 9,763 68,169 43.7 59.9 7.0 March 2024 9,183 67,332 41.1 94.1 7.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2020 March 2020 18,593 62,848 100.0 _ 3.4 March 2021 14,739 61,759 79.3 79.3 4.2 March 2022 13,157 69,325 70.8 89.3 5.3 March 2023 9,793 67,401 52.7 74.4 6.9 March 2024 9,181 67,590 49.4 93.8 7.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2021 March 2021 18,600 61,243 100.0 _ 3.3 March 2022 15,427 69,470 82.9 82.9 4.5 March 2023 11,272 67,160 60.6 73.1 6.0 March 2024 10,346 66,383 55.6 91.8 6.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2022 March 2022 36,828 91,339 100.0 _ 2.5 March 2023 19,526 78,127 53.0 53.0 4.0 March 2024 17,442 76,817 47.4 89.3 4.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2023 March 2023 22,520 77,199 100.0 _ 3.4 March 2024 19,456 78,897 86.4 86.4 4.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2024 March 2024 22,160 79,285 100.0 _ 3.6 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.