Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Total Private Illinois 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 22,976 189,973 100.0 _ 8.3 March 1995 18,743 187,319 81.6 81.6 10.0 March 1996 16,079 179,343 70.0 85.8 11.2 March 1997 14,462 176,380 62.9 89.9 12.2 March 1998 13,343 175,777 58.1 92.3 13.2 March 1999 12,177 170,054 53.0 91.3 14.0 March 2000 11,340 162,948 49.4 93.1 14.4 March 2001 10,492 157,149 45.7 92.5 15.0 March 2002 9,777 146,336 42.6 93.2 15.0 March 2003 9,111 141,622 39.7 93.2 15.5 March 2004 8,626 135,148 37.5 94.7 15.7 March 2005 8,147 131,890 35.5 94.4 16.2 March 2006 7,819 130,402 34.0 96.0 16.7 March 2007 7,377 128,290 32.1 94.3 17.4 March 2008 7,081 123,184 30.8 96.0 17.4 March 2009 6,723 113,650 29.3 94.9 16.9 March 2010 6,389 109,403 27.8 95.0 17.1 March 2011 6,091 109,485 26.5 95.3 18.0 March 2012 5,834 109,365 25.4 95.8 18.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 25,038 200,752 100.0 _ 8.0 March 1996 19,874 197,110 79.4 79.4 9.9 March 1997 17,510 197,597 69.9 88.1 11.3 March 1998 15,878 202,612 63.4 90.7 12.8 March 1999 14,512 199,312 58.0 91.4 13.7 March 2000 13,380 199,488 53.4 92.2 14.9 March 2001 12,269 189,355 49.0 91.7 15.4 March 2002 11,352 177,646 45.3 92.5 15.6 March 2003 10,582 170,162 42.3 93.2 16.1 March 2004 9,905 164,403 39.6 93.6 16.6 March 2005 9,186 161,174 36.7 92.7 17.5 March 2006 8,806 160,506 35.2 95.9 18.2 March 2007 8,325 159,763 33.2 94.5 19.2 March 2008 7,879 155,369 31.5 94.6 19.7 March 2009 7,373 144,386 29.4 93.6 19.6 March 2010 7,030 138,277 28.1 95.3 19.7 March 2011 6,768 140,562 27.0 96.3 20.8 March 2012 6,486 136,965 25.9 95.8 21.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 23,576 176,408 100.0 _ 7.5 March 1997 19,408 178,342 82.3 82.3 9.2 March 1998 16,996 173,804 72.1 87.6 10.2 March 1999 15,300 177,174 64.9 90.0 11.6 March 2000 13,996 176,279 59.4 91.5 12.6 March 2001 12,740 162,198 54.0 91.0 12.7 March 2002 11,807 151,160 50.1 92.7 12.8 March 2003 10,937 147,034 46.4 92.6 13.4 March 2004 10,222 143,932 43.4 93.5 14.1 March 2005 9,434 143,616 40.0 92.3 15.2 March 2006 8,981 144,453 38.1 95.2 16.1 March 2007 8,531 146,203 36.2 95.0 17.1 March 2008 8,135 142,551 34.5 95.4 17.5 March 2009 7,627 130,066 32.4 93.8 17.1 March 2010 7,238 121,830 30.7 94.9 16.8 March 2011 7,052 124,462 29.9 97.4 17.6 March 2012 6,758 125,869 28.7 95.8 18.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 20,201 170,802 100.0 _ 8.5 March 1998 16,318 169,977 80.8 80.8 10.4 March 1999 14,264 165,488 70.6 87.4 11.6 March 2000 12,822 171,652 63.5 89.9 13.4 March 2001 11,527 174,366 57.1 89.9 15.1 March 2002 10,396 162,286 51.5 90.2 15.6 March 2003 9,654 144,007 47.8 92.9 14.9 March 2004 8,975 139,210 44.4 93.0 15.5 March 2005 8,321 135,784 41.2 92.7 16.3 March 2006 7,884 136,596 39.0 94.7 17.3 March 2007 7,498 135,969 37.1 95.1 18.1 March 2008 7,269 133,666 36.0 96.9 18.4 March 2009 6,775 120,283 33.5 93.2 17.8 March 2010 6,343 115,724 31.4 93.6 18.2 March 2011 6,021 114,356 29.8 94.9 19.0 March 2012 5,731 115,804 28.4 95.2 20.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 22,296 167,021 100.0 _ 7.5 March 1999 18,413 173,841 82.6 82.6 9.4 March 2000 15,936 179,169 71.5 86.5 11.2 March 2001 14,247 177,814 63.9 89.4 12.5 March 2002 12,636 164,610 56.7 88.7 13.0 March 2003 11,624 158,399 52.1 92.0 13.6 March 2004 10,654 159,801 47.8 91.7 15.0 March 2005 9,891 156,889 44.4 92.8 15.9 March 2006 9,325 160,582 41.8 94.3 17.2 March 2007 8,799 159,917 39.5 94.4 18.2 March 2008 8,252 158,236 37.0 93.8 19.2 March 2009 7,695 145,776 34.5 93.3 18.9 March 2010 7,207 138,336 32.3 93.7 19.2 March 2011 6,881 139,772 30.9 95.5 20.3 March 2012 6,596 141,160 29.6 95.9 21.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 21,672 165,651 100.0 _ 7.6 March 2000 17,346 170,147 80.0 80.0 9.8 March 2001 15,132 167,625 69.8 87.2 11.1 March 2002 13,313 152,432 61.4 88.0 11.4 March 2003 12,066 149,309 55.7 90.6 12.4 March 2004 11,094 148,055 51.2 91.9 13.3 March 2005 10,122 146,306 46.7 91.2 14.5 March 2006 9,577 145,878 44.2 94.6 15.2 March 2007 8,979 143,457 41.4 93.8 16.0 March 2008 8,461 140,862 39.0 94.2 16.6 March 2009 7,925 130,036 36.6 93.7 16.4 March 2010 7,398 122,848 34.1 93.4 16.6 March 2011 7,108 123,394 32.8 96.1 17.4 March 2012 6,913 123,326 31.9 97.3 17.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 21,479 145,212 100.0 _ 6.8 March 2001 17,381 152,223 80.9 80.9 8.8 March 2002 14,621 137,919 68.1 84.1 9.4 March 2003 13,015 133,304 60.6 89.0 10.2 March 2004 11,883 132,456 55.3 91.3 11.1 March 2005 10,808 130,285 50.3 91.0 12.1 March 2006 10,049 130,183 46.8 93.0 13.0 March 2007 9,395 129,100 43.7 93.5 13.7 March 2008 8,736 125,933 40.7 93.0 14.4 March 2009 8,071 115,485 37.6 92.4 14.3 March 2010 7,463 111,239 34.7 92.5 14.9 March 2011 7,074 113,337 32.9 94.8 16.0 March 2012 6,874 113,364 32.0 97.2 16.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 21,401 132,737 100.0 _ 6.2 March 2002 16,469 124,086 77.0 77.0 7.5 March 2003 14,269 125,269 66.7 86.6 8.8 March 2004 12,776 123,128 59.7 89.5 9.6 March 2005 11,377 123,010 53.2 89.0 10.8 March 2006 10,651 121,063 49.8 93.6 11.4 March 2007 9,818 119,841 45.9 92.2 12.2 March 2008 9,161 114,157 42.8 93.3 12.5 March 2009 8,369 105,607 39.1 91.4 12.6 March 2010 7,758 101,283 36.3 92.7 13.1 March 2011 7,293 101,594 34.1 94.0 13.9 March 2012 6,944 101,541 32.4 95.2 14.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 20,872 124,354 100.0 _ 6.0 March 2003 16,694 119,118 80.0 80.0 7.1 March 2004 14,429 115,363 69.1 86.4 8.0 March 2005 12,794 114,724 61.3 88.7 9.0 March 2006 11,723 114,209 56.2 91.6 9.7 March 2007 10,833 114,257 51.9 92.4 10.5 March 2008 9,961 109,175 47.7 92.0 11.0 March 2009 9,012 98,793 43.2 90.5 11.0 March 2010 8,332 92,787 39.9 92.5 11.1 March 2011 7,821 90,314 37.5 93.9 11.5 March 2012 7,385 90,369 35.4 94.4 12.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 21,123 122,427 100.0 _ 5.8 March 2004 17,055 119,400 80.7 80.7 7.0 March 2005 14,538 117,693 68.8 85.2 8.1 March 2006 13,147 118,050 62.2 90.4 9.0 March 2007 12,063 116,882 57.1 91.8 9.7 March 2008 10,961 115,620 51.9 90.9 10.5 March 2009 9,863 107,085 46.7 90.0 10.9 March 2010 9,107 101,784 43.1 92.3 11.2 March 2011 8,538 102,606 40.4 93.8 12.0 March 2012 8,080 102,565 38.3 94.6 12.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 21,753 123,506 100.0 _ 5.7 March 2005 16,996 123,086 78.1 78.1 7.2 March 2006 15,028 124,374 69.1 88.4 8.3 March 2007 13,529 120,267 62.2 90.0 8.9 March 2008 12,141 114,939 55.8 89.7 9.5 March 2009 10,801 104,211 49.7 89.0 9.6 March 2010 9,816 99,017 45.1 90.9 10.1 March 2011 9,162 98,426 42.1 93.3 10.7 March 2012 8,644 100,207 39.7 94.3 11.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 21,845 112,313 100.0 _ 5.1 March 2006 17,168 113,089 78.6 78.6 6.6 March 2007 14,964 112,330 68.5 87.2 7.5 March 2008 13,176 108,488 60.3 88.1 8.2 March 2009 11,621 100,321 53.2 88.2 8.6 March 2010 10,473 95,184 47.9 90.1 9.1 March 2011 9,758 95,443 44.7 93.2 9.8 March 2012 9,091 94,018 41.6 93.2 10.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 24,311 109,839 100.0 _ 4.5 March 2007 19,156 112,032 78.8 78.8 5.8 March 2008 16,276 108,128 66.9 85.0 6.6 March 2009 14,031 100,125 57.7 86.2 7.1 March 2010 12,458 94,582 51.2 88.8 7.6 March 2011 11,517 93,068 47.4 92.4 8.1 March 2012 10,685 92,833 44.0 92.8 8.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 22,449 107,074 100.0 _ 4.8 March 2008 17,277 105,769 77.0 77.0 6.1 March 2009 14,419 98,364 64.2 83.5 6.8 March 2010 12,645 96,025 56.3 87.7 7.6 March 2011 11,588 97,445 51.6 91.6 8.4 March 2012 10,727 95,333 47.8 92.6 8.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 19,846 94,390 100.0 _ 4.8 March 2009 14,922 86,230 75.2 75.2 5.8 March 2010 12,590 82,377 63.4 84.4 6.5 March 2011 11,373 83,111 57.3 90.3 7.3 March 2012 10,401 84,796 52.4 91.5 8.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 19,016 82,998 100.0 _ 4.4 March 2010 14,415 78,968 75.8 75.8 5.5 March 2011 12,606 78,147 66.3 87.5 6.2 March 2012 11,301 78,564 59.4 89.6 7.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 19,293 79,739 100.0 _ 4.1 March 2011 14,959 79,050 77.5 77.5 5.3 March 2012 13,045 78,996 67.6 87.2 6.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 18,419 76,882 100.0 _ 4.2 March 2012 14,320 79,645 77.7 77.7 5.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2012 March 2012 19,492 84,991 100.0 _ 4.4 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.