Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Total Private Alabama 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 9,260 68,797 100.0 _ 7.4 March 1995 7,275 65,993 78.6 78.6 9.1 March 1996 6,293 63,045 68.0 86.5 10.0 March 1997 5,630 60,887 60.8 89.5 10.8 March 1998 5,137 59,875 55.5 91.2 11.7 March 1999 4,664 56,608 50.4 90.8 12.1 March 2000 4,239 55,041 45.8 90.9 13.0 March 2001 3,813 50,147 41.2 90.0 13.2 March 2002 3,423 45,517 37.0 89.8 13.3 March 2003 3,193 42,374 34.5 93.3 13.3 March 2004 3,034 41,326 32.8 95.0 13.6 March 2005 2,848 41,495 30.8 93.9 14.6 March 2006 2,699 42,271 29.1 94.8 15.7 March 2007 2,552 39,471 27.6 94.6 15.5 March 2008 2,416 38,312 26.1 94.7 15.9 March 2009 2,246 34,338 24.3 93.0 15.3 March 2010 2,117 33,504 22.9 94.3 15.8 March 2011 2,022 33,634 21.8 95.5 16.6 March 2012 1,937 32,599 20.9 95.8 16.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 9,726 73,841 100.0 _ 7.6 March 1996 7,802 72,449 80.2 80.2 9.3 March 1997 6,706 69,707 68.9 86.0 10.4 March 1998 5,980 67,421 61.5 89.2 11.3 March 1999 5,440 66,351 55.9 91.0 12.2 March 2000 4,884 64,837 50.2 89.8 13.3 March 2001 4,408 61,454 45.3 90.3 13.9 March 2002 4,075 57,263 41.9 92.4 14.1 March 2003 3,773 53,521 38.8 92.6 14.2 March 2004 3,588 52,708 36.9 95.1 14.7 March 2005 3,419 51,165 35.2 95.3 15.0 March 2006 3,225 50,129 33.2 94.3 15.5 March 2007 3,146 50,364 32.3 97.6 16.0 March 2008 3,034 47,783 31.2 96.4 15.7 March 2009 2,902 42,572 29.8 95.6 14.7 March 2010 2,718 41,345 27.9 93.7 15.2 March 2011 2,560 41,039 26.3 94.2 16.0 March 2012 2,436 41,633 25.0 95.2 17.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 8,272 68,892 100.0 _ 8.3 March 1997 6,595 68,266 79.7 79.7 10.4 March 1998 5,808 64,127 70.2 88.1 11.0 March 1999 5,158 60,838 62.4 88.8 11.8 March 2000 4,616 59,703 55.8 89.5 12.9 March 2001 4,118 54,386 49.8 89.2 13.2 March 2002 3,696 49,764 44.7 89.8 13.5 March 2003 3,380 45,063 40.9 91.5 13.3 March 2004 3,211 42,823 38.8 95.0 13.3 March 2005 3,032 41,579 36.7 94.4 13.7 March 2006 2,863 41,124 34.6 94.4 14.4 March 2007 2,705 39,527 32.7 94.5 14.6 March 2008 2,535 37,998 30.6 93.7 15.0 March 2009 2,338 34,140 28.3 92.2 14.6 March 2010 2,197 33,277 26.6 94.0 15.1 March 2011 2,109 32,372 25.5 96.0 15.3 March 2012 2,009 32,128 24.3 95.3 16.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 9,076 63,942 100.0 _ 7.0 March 1998 7,456 64,544 82.2 82.2 8.7 March 1999 6,383 63,267 70.3 85.6 9.9 March 2000 5,540 61,177 61.0 86.8 11.0 March 2001 4,876 59,243 53.7 88.0 12.1 March 2002 4,282 54,309 47.2 87.8 12.7 March 2003 3,962 52,303 43.7 92.5 13.2 March 2004 3,680 49,976 40.5 92.9 13.6 March 2005 3,440 50,445 37.9 93.5 14.7 March 2006 3,304 50,328 36.4 96.0 15.2 March 2007 3,113 49,892 34.3 94.2 16.0 March 2008 2,947 47,273 32.5 94.7 16.0 March 2009 2,753 40,208 30.3 93.4 14.6 March 2010 2,567 37,747 28.3 93.2 14.7 March 2011 2,450 37,256 27.0 95.4 15.2 March 2012 2,303 37,223 25.4 94.0 16.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 9,044 68,272 100.0 _ 7.5 March 1999 7,371 65,611 81.5 81.5 8.9 March 2000 6,085 63,654 67.3 82.6 10.5 March 2001 5,216 59,684 57.7 85.7 11.4 March 2002 4,585 53,903 50.7 87.9 11.8 March 2003 4,125 51,572 45.6 90.0 12.5 March 2004 3,854 50,079 42.6 93.4 13.0 March 2005 3,610 48,666 39.9 93.7 13.5 March 2006 3,423 48,888 37.8 94.8 14.3 March 2007 3,225 47,952 35.7 94.2 14.9 March 2008 3,017 46,249 33.4 93.6 15.3 March 2009 2,870 42,665 31.7 95.1 14.9 March 2010 2,680 39,868 29.6 93.4 14.9 March 2011 2,530 38,397 28.0 94.4 15.2 March 2012 2,406 37,527 26.6 95.1 15.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 9,778 74,402 100.0 _ 7.6 March 2000 7,582 69,856 77.5 77.5 9.2 March 2001 6,266 66,191 64.1 82.6 10.6 March 2002 5,430 61,286 55.5 86.7 11.3 March 2003 4,820 57,941 49.3 88.8 12.0 March 2004 4,413 55,768 45.1 91.6 12.6 March 2005 4,125 54,831 42.2 93.5 13.3 March 2006 3,865 54,486 39.5 93.7 14.1 March 2007 3,601 52,414 36.8 93.2 14.6 March 2008 3,345 50,477 34.2 92.9 15.1 March 2009 3,123 45,308 31.9 93.4 14.5 March 2010 2,942 42,240 30.1 94.2 14.4 March 2011 2,889 39,370 29.5 98.2 13.6 March 2012 2,720 37,987 27.8 94.2 14.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 8,031 51,534 100.0 _ 6.4 March 2001 6,187 53,034 77.0 77.0 8.6 March 2002 5,236 48,292 65.2 84.6 9.2 March 2003 4,566 45,281 56.9 87.2 9.9 March 2004 4,198 46,175 52.3 91.9 11.0 March 2005 3,846 42,428 47.9 91.6 11.0 March 2006 3,563 42,524 44.4 92.6 11.9 March 2007 3,346 41,645 41.7 93.9 12.4 March 2008 3,133 40,190 39.0 93.6 12.8 March 2009 2,902 37,140 36.1 92.6 12.8 March 2010 2,736 34,099 34.1 94.3 12.5 March 2011 2,589 32,453 32.2 94.6 12.5 March 2012 2,431 31,883 30.3 93.9 13.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 8,075 55,598 100.0 _ 6.9 March 2002 6,324 55,733 78.3 78.3 8.8 March 2003 5,348 54,694 66.2 84.6 10.2 March 2004 4,808 55,770 59.5 89.9 11.6 March 2005 4,383 56,411 54.3 91.2 12.9 March 2006 4,139 57,899 51.3 94.4 14.0 March 2007 3,836 56,923 47.5 92.7 14.8 March 2008 3,608 54,301 44.7 94.1 15.1 March 2009 3,327 49,481 41.2 92.2 14.9 March 2010 3,114 46,373 38.6 93.6 14.9 March 2011 2,880 46,250 35.7 92.5 16.1 March 2012 2,719 45,844 33.7 94.4 16.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 8,452 63,519 100.0 _ 7.5 March 2003 6,767 59,206 80.1 80.1 8.7 March 2004 5,933 57,866 70.2 87.7 9.8 March 2005 5,342 57,976 63.2 90.0 10.9 March 2006 4,869 56,890 57.6 91.1 11.7 March 2007 4,486 55,606 53.1 92.1 12.4 March 2008 4,173 52,761 49.4 93.0 12.6 March 2009 3,834 46,855 45.4 91.9 12.2 March 2010 3,632 43,104 43.0 94.7 11.9 March 2011 3,387 42,950 40.1 93.3 12.7 March 2012 3,194 43,147 37.8 94.3 13.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 8,176 56,218 100.0 _ 6.9 March 2004 6,551 56,440 80.1 80.1 8.6 March 2005 5,695 56,374 69.7 86.9 9.9 March 2006 5,157 57,457 63.1 90.6 11.1 March 2007 4,685 55,471 57.3 90.8 11.8 March 2008 4,227 51,312 51.7 90.2 12.1 March 2009 3,815 46,046 46.7 90.3 12.1 March 2010 3,467 43,812 42.4 90.9 12.6 March 2011 3,199 41,952 39.1 92.3 13.1 March 2012 3,015 41,786 36.9 94.2 13.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 8,161 53,738 100.0 _ 6.6 March 2005 6,478 51,252 79.4 79.4 7.9 March 2006 5,690 54,026 69.7 87.8 9.5 March 2007 5,133 54,307 62.9 90.2 10.6 March 2008 4,639 51,785 56.8 90.4 11.2 March 2009 4,100 46,752 50.2 88.4 11.4 March 2010 3,744 46,363 45.9 91.3 12.4 March 2011 3,441 45,296 42.2 91.9 13.2 March 2012 3,248 44,980 39.8 94.4 13.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 8,483 54,291 100.0 _ 6.4 March 2006 6,824 57,751 80.4 80.4 8.5 March 2007 5,939 57,732 70.0 87.0 9.7 March 2008 5,264 53,409 62.1 88.6 10.1 March 2009 4,627 46,719 54.5 87.9 10.1 March 2010 4,171 44,089 49.2 90.1 10.6 March 2011 3,792 42,761 44.7 90.9 11.3 March 2012 3,566 41,148 42.0 94.0 11.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 8,693 51,043 100.0 _ 5.9 March 2007 6,909 52,360 79.5 79.5 7.6 March 2008 5,852 48,343 67.3 84.7 8.3 March 2009 4,998 42,729 57.5 85.4 8.5 March 2010 4,373 38,865 50.3 87.5 8.9 March 2011 3,939 38,414 45.3 90.1 9.8 March 2012 3,670 38,346 42.2 93.2 10.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 8,851 51,259 100.0 _ 5.8 March 2008 7,035 50,408 79.5 79.5 7.2 March 2009 5,793 43,907 65.5 82.3 7.6 March 2010 5,028 40,539 56.8 86.8 8.1 March 2011 4,421 39,943 49.9 87.9 9.0 March 2012 4,070 40,235 46.0 92.1 9.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 8,409 52,279 100.0 _ 6.2 March 2009 6,355 46,980 75.6 75.6 7.4 March 2010 5,278 45,117 62.8 83.1 8.5 March 2011 4,621 45,523 55.0 87.6 9.9 March 2012 4,196 45,901 49.9 90.8 10.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 7,035 40,184 100.0 _ 5.7 March 2010 5,455 36,423 77.5 77.5 6.7 March 2011 4,644 35,257 66.0 85.1 7.6 March 2012 4,136 33,964 58.8 89.1 8.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 6,484 36,679 100.0 _ 5.7 March 2011 4,997 35,153 77.1 77.1 7.0 March 2012 4,310 34,315 66.5 86.3 8.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 6,836 38,755 100.0 _ 5.7 March 2012 5,459 37,381 79.9 79.9 6.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2012 March 2012 7,210 37,569 100.0 _ 5.2 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.