Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Total Private Colorado 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 12,027 72,918 100.0 _ 6.1 March 1995 9,625 78,739 80.0 80.0 8.2 March 1996 8,236 76,546 68.5 85.6 9.3 March 1997 7,453 75,060 62.0 90.5 10.1 March 1998 6,746 76,238 56.1 90.5 11.3 March 1999 6,093 75,045 50.7 90.3 12.3 March 2000 5,563 74,132 46.3 91.3 13.3 March 2001 5,142 71,338 42.8 92.4 13.9 March 2002 4,772 63,834 39.7 92.8 13.4 March 2003 4,419 60,557 36.7 92.6 13.7 March 2004 4,093 58,920 34.0 92.6 14.4 March 2005 3,849 59,227 32.0 94.0 15.4 March 2006 3,678 58,959 30.6 95.6 16.0 March 2007 3,467 56,837 28.8 94.3 16.4 March 2008 3,229 56,794 26.8 93.1 17.6 March 2009 2,998 51,574 24.9 92.8 17.2 March 2010 2,820 48,854 23.4 94.1 17.3 March 2011 2,682 49,019 22.3 95.1 18.3 March 2012 2,534 48,940 21.1 94.5 19.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 12,759 93,439 100.0 _ 7.3 March 1996 9,976 94,722 78.2 78.2 9.5 March 1997 8,655 94,442 67.8 86.8 10.9 March 1998 7,652 95,906 60.0 88.4 12.5 March 1999 6,872 94,768 53.9 89.8 13.8 March 2000 6,271 93,929 49.1 91.3 15.0 March 2001 5,706 90,899 44.7 91.0 15.9 March 2002 5,277 81,886 41.4 92.5 15.5 March 2003 4,861 76,651 38.1 92.1 15.8 March 2004 4,504 71,264 35.3 92.7 15.8 March 2005 4,225 70,648 33.1 93.8 16.7 March 2006 3,960 69,191 31.0 93.7 17.5 March 2007 3,722 67,900 29.2 94.0 18.2 March 2008 3,498 67,191 27.4 94.0 19.2 March 2009 3,213 61,473 25.2 91.9 19.1 March 2010 2,992 57,597 23.5 93.1 19.3 March 2011 2,834 55,565 22.2 94.7 19.6 March 2012 2,693 55,435 21.1 95.0 20.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 12,810 89,343 100.0 _ 7.0 March 1997 10,111 90,516 78.9 78.9 9.0 March 1998 8,719 91,000 68.1 86.2 10.4 March 1999 7,645 90,188 59.7 87.7 11.8 March 2000 6,904 89,284 53.9 90.3 12.9 March 2001 6,285 88,515 49.1 91.0 14.1 March 2002 5,736 78,309 44.8 91.3 13.7 March 2003 5,236 71,522 40.9 91.3 13.7 March 2004 4,826 67,605 37.7 92.2 14.0 March 2005 4,456 65,391 34.8 92.3 14.7 March 2006 4,158 63,716 32.5 93.3 15.3 March 2007 3,942 61,230 30.8 94.8 15.5 March 2008 3,698 60,383 28.9 93.8 16.3 March 2009 3,416 55,795 26.7 92.4 16.3 March 2010 3,188 50,891 24.9 93.3 16.0 March 2011 3,021 48,978 23.6 94.8 16.2 March 2012 2,884 48,767 22.5 95.5 16.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 13,662 90,044 100.0 _ 6.6 March 1998 10,712 93,072 78.4 78.4 8.7 March 1999 9,140 93,040 66.9 85.3 10.2 March 2000 8,065 92,062 59.0 88.2 11.4 March 2001 7,214 89,018 52.8 89.4 12.3 March 2002 6,420 79,536 47.0 89.0 12.4 March 2003 5,835 73,849 42.7 90.9 12.7 March 2004 5,382 74,079 39.4 92.2 13.8 March 2005 4,982 68,952 36.5 92.6 13.8 March 2006 4,663 66,404 34.1 93.6 14.2 March 2007 4,368 65,479 32.0 93.7 15.0 March 2008 4,068 62,265 29.8 93.1 15.3 March 2009 3,767 56,367 27.6 92.6 15.0 March 2010 3,494 53,438 25.6 92.8 15.3 March 2011 3,277 53,078 24.0 93.8 16.2 March 2012 3,107 53,822 22.7 94.8 17.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 13,869 91,570 100.0 _ 6.6 March 1999 11,118 93,516 80.2 80.2 8.4 March 2000 9,550 97,804 68.9 85.9 10.2 March 2001 8,403 98,258 60.6 88.0 11.7 March 2002 7,392 87,747 53.3 88.0 11.9 March 2003 6,675 79,811 48.1 90.3 12.0 March 2004 6,114 76,350 44.1 91.6 12.5 March 2005 5,566 75,812 40.1 91.0 13.6 March 2006 5,218 74,715 37.6 93.7 14.3 March 2007 4,848 71,100 35.0 92.9 14.7 March 2008 4,511 69,696 32.5 93.0 15.5 March 2009 4,128 64,675 29.8 91.5 15.7 March 2010 3,824 61,801 27.6 92.6 16.2 March 2011 3,605 61,093 26.0 94.3 16.9 March 2012 3,399 60,218 24.5 94.3 17.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 13,887 94,130 100.0 _ 6.8 March 2000 10,936 97,260 78.7 78.7 8.9 March 2001 9,281 93,699 66.8 84.9 10.1 March 2002 8,107 85,554 58.4 87.4 10.6 March 2003 7,185 80,302 51.7 88.6 11.2 March 2004 6,496 77,893 46.8 90.4 12.0 March 2005 6,005 76,899 43.2 92.4 12.8 March 2006 5,557 74,265 40.0 92.5 13.4 March 2007 5,173 73,484 37.3 93.1 14.2 March 2008 4,810 70,758 34.6 93.0 14.7 March 2009 4,365 64,631 31.4 90.7 14.8 March 2010 4,040 61,246 29.1 92.6 15.2 March 2011 3,831 59,526 27.6 94.8 15.5 March 2012 3,626 59,588 26.1 94.6 16.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 15,337 87,612 100.0 _ 5.7 March 2001 11,757 93,825 76.7 76.7 8.0 March 2002 9,755 83,403 63.6 83.0 8.5 March 2003 8,445 77,432 55.1 86.6 9.2 March 2004 7,578 73,994 49.4 89.7 9.8 March 2005 6,931 73,569 45.2 91.5 10.6 March 2006 6,337 73,446 41.3 91.4 11.6 March 2007 5,872 73,887 38.3 92.7 12.6 March 2008 5,407 71,002 35.3 92.1 13.1 March 2009 4,902 64,573 32.0 90.7 13.2 March 2010 4,497 61,208 29.3 91.7 13.6 March 2011 4,204 60,105 27.4 93.5 14.3 March 2012 3,966 58,745 25.9 94.3 14.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 16,010 83,632 100.0 _ 5.2 March 2002 11,817 75,372 73.8 73.8 6.4 March 2003 9,863 68,852 61.6 83.5 7.0 March 2004 8,638 65,777 54.0 87.6 7.6 March 2005 7,707 65,667 48.1 89.2 8.5 March 2006 7,001 65,246 43.7 90.8 9.3 March 2007 6,390 64,989 39.9 91.3 10.2 March 2008 5,865 63,655 36.6 91.8 10.9 March 2009 5,352 59,157 33.4 91.3 11.1 March 2010 4,923 55,825 30.7 92.0 11.3 March 2011 4,528 54,647 28.3 92.0 12.1 March 2012 4,315 53,910 27.0 95.3 12.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 14,522 72,847 100.0 _ 5.0 March 2003 11,140 68,602 76.7 76.7 6.2 March 2004 9,419 66,089 64.9 84.6 7.0 March 2005 8,415 63,416 57.9 89.3 7.5 March 2006 7,583 63,203 52.2 90.1 8.3 March 2007 6,918 61,802 47.6 91.2 8.9 March 2008 6,279 59,430 43.2 90.8 9.5 March 2009 5,666 54,052 39.0 90.2 9.5 March 2010 5,155 50,628 35.5 91.0 9.8 March 2011 4,865 50,143 33.5 94.4 10.3 March 2012 4,544 50,254 31.3 93.4 11.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 14,163 67,122 100.0 _ 4.7 March 2004 11,010 65,938 77.7 77.7 6.0 March 2005 9,451 65,854 66.7 85.8 7.0 March 2006 8,316 64,999 58.7 88.0 7.8 March 2007 7,525 64,628 53.1 90.5 8.6 March 2008 6,764 63,473 47.8 89.9 9.4 March 2009 6,008 58,089 42.4 88.8 9.7 March 2010 5,462 54,410 38.6 90.9 10.0 March 2011 5,032 53,479 35.5 92.1 10.6 March 2012 4,741 53,925 33.5 94.2 11.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 14,761 69,569 100.0 _ 4.7 March 2005 11,427 68,592 77.4 77.4 6.0 March 2006 9,816 68,455 66.5 85.9 7.0 March 2007 8,666 67,444 58.7 88.3 7.8 March 2008 7,675 65,176 52.0 88.6 8.5 March 2009 6,760 59,769 45.8 88.1 8.8 March 2010 6,006 55,995 40.7 88.8 9.3 March 2011 5,554 54,727 37.6 92.5 9.9 March 2012 5,219 55,201 35.4 94.0 10.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 15,541 71,247 100.0 _ 4.6 March 2006 12,154 71,263 78.2 78.2 5.9 March 2007 10,365 71,466 66.7 85.3 6.9 March 2008 9,110 69,397 58.6 87.9 7.6 March 2009 7,848 63,395 50.5 86.1 8.1 March 2010 6,918 57,954 44.5 88.1 8.4 March 2011 6,342 57,604 40.8 91.7 9.1 March 2012 5,923 58,035 38.1 93.4 9.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 15,725 72,188 100.0 _ 4.6 March 2007 12,292 71,442 78.2 78.2 5.8 March 2008 10,392 68,420 66.1 84.5 6.6 March 2009 8,721 61,480 55.5 83.9 7.0 March 2010 7,572 57,194 48.2 86.8 7.6 March 2011 6,894 56,571 43.8 91.0 8.2 March 2012 6,361 56,128 40.5 92.3 8.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 16,056 72,031 100.0 _ 4.5 March 2008 12,505 72,980 77.9 77.9 5.8 March 2009 10,089 65,377 62.8 80.7 6.5 March 2010 8,602 60,757 53.6 85.3 7.1 March 2011 7,750 59,792 48.3 90.1 7.7 March 2012 7,088 60,792 44.1 91.5 8.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 15,532 69,014 100.0 _ 4.4 March 2009 11,457 62,896 73.8 73.8 5.5 March 2010 9,461 58,145 60.9 82.6 6.1 March 2011 8,289 58,472 53.4 87.6 7.1 March 2012 7,493 59,473 48.2 90.4 7.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 13,315 53,479 100.0 _ 4.0 March 2010 9,894 48,331 74.3 74.3 4.9 March 2011 8,508 48,754 63.9 86.0 5.7 March 2012 7,596 49,184 57.0 89.3 6.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 11,438 47,130 100.0 _ 4.1 March 2011 8,737 47,536 76.4 76.4 5.4 March 2012 7,522 48,073 65.8 86.1 6.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 11,948 49,505 100.0 _ 4.1 March 2012 9,531 49,595 79.8 79.8 5.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2012 March 2012 12,623 48,345 100.0 _ 3.8 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.