Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Total Private Minnesota 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 9,728 70,444 100.0 _ 7.2 March 1995 7,776 69,761 79.9 79.9 9.0 March 1996 6,803 66,239 69.9 87.5 9.7 March 1997 6,030 66,608 62.0 88.6 11.0 March 1998 5,703 67,833 58.6 94.6 11.9 March 1999 5,293 67,395 54.4 92.8 12.7 March 2000 4,934 66,220 50.7 93.2 13.4 March 2001 4,578 63,586 47.1 92.8 13.9 March 2002 4,175 60,235 42.9 91.2 14.4 March 2003 3,947 58,069 40.6 94.5 14.7 March 2004 3,630 56,588 37.3 92.0 15.6 March 2005 3,318 56,061 34.1 91.4 16.9 March 2006 3,453 56,246 35.5 104.1 16.3 March 2007 3,137 54,473 32.2 90.8 17.4 March 2008 2,913 53,971 29.9 92.9 18.5 March 2009 2,626 51,289 27.0 90.1 19.5 March 2010 2,491 48,911 25.6 94.9 19.6 March 2011 2,399 49,169 24.7 96.3 20.5 March 2012 2,326 49,763 23.9 97.0 21.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 9,670 87,099 100.0 _ 9.0 March 1996 7,893 84,674 81.6 81.6 10.7 March 1997 6,784 84,261 70.2 85.9 12.4 March 1998 6,375 84,221 65.9 94.0 13.2 March 1999 5,855 83,270 60.5 91.8 14.2 March 2000 5,439 85,720 56.2 92.9 15.8 March 2001 5,020 81,849 51.9 92.3 16.3 March 2002 4,635 78,097 47.9 92.3 16.8 March 2003 4,381 75,333 45.3 94.5 17.2 March 2004 4,012 72,899 41.5 91.6 18.2 March 2005 3,619 71,465 37.4 90.2 19.7 March 2006 3,719 72,690 38.5 102.8 19.5 March 2007 3,348 71,173 34.6 90.0 21.3 March 2008 3,095 70,158 32.0 92.4 22.7 March 2009 2,722 67,097 28.1 87.9 24.6 March 2010 2,594 65,281 26.8 95.3 25.2 March 2011 2,533 66,184 26.2 97.6 26.1 March 2012 2,456 68,150 25.4 97.0 27.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 10,169 76,633 100.0 _ 7.5 March 1997 8,095 76,487 79.6 79.6 9.4 March 1998 7,553 76,101 74.3 93.3 10.1 March 1999 6,841 74,754 67.3 90.6 10.9 March 2000 6,312 74,894 62.1 92.3 11.9 March 2001 5,809 74,515 57.1 92.0 12.8 March 2002 5,329 71,537 52.4 91.7 13.4 March 2003 5,004 68,263 49.2 93.9 13.6 March 2004 4,552 67,101 44.8 91.0 14.7 March 2005 4,103 65,309 40.3 90.1 15.9 March 2006 4,299 66,005 42.3 104.8 15.4 March 2007 3,828 62,859 37.6 89.0 16.4 March 2008 3,570 63,065 35.1 93.3 17.7 March 2009 3,127 57,034 30.8 87.6 18.2 March 2010 3,028 55,931 29.8 96.8 18.5 March 2011 2,927 55,733 28.8 96.7 19.0 March 2012 2,849 57,232 28.0 97.3 20.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 9,695 76,814 100.0 _ 7.9 March 1998 8,374 81,805 86.4 86.4 9.8 March 1999 7,483 77,439 77.2 89.4 10.3 March 2000 6,818 77,161 70.3 91.1 11.3 March 2001 6,163 75,540 63.6 90.4 12.3 March 2002 5,625 70,816 58.0 91.3 12.6 March 2003 5,286 66,454 54.5 94.0 12.6 March 2004 4,741 64,664 48.9 89.7 13.6 March 2005 4,308 63,117 44.4 90.9 14.7 March 2006 4,529 62,637 46.7 105.1 13.8 March 2007 3,975 59,597 41.0 87.8 15.0 March 2008 3,604 56,623 37.2 90.7 15.7 March 2009 3,178 51,645 32.8 88.2 16.3 March 2010 2,957 49,499 30.5 93.0 16.7 March 2011 2,919 49,665 30.1 98.7 17.0 March 2012 2,820 48,629 29.1 96.6 17.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 10,394 76,025 100.0 _ 7.3 March 1999 8,647 77,457 83.2 83.2 9.0 March 2000 7,609 77,398 73.2 88.0 10.2 March 2001 6,851 75,080 65.9 90.0 11.0 March 2002 6,206 68,465 59.7 90.6 11.0 March 2003 5,787 64,724 55.7 93.2 11.2 March 2004 5,190 60,688 49.9 89.7 11.7 March 2005 4,682 58,750 45.0 90.2 12.5 March 2006 4,937 58,920 47.5 105.4 11.9 March 2007 4,374 56,553 42.1 88.6 12.9 March 2008 3,989 54,684 38.4 91.2 13.7 March 2009 3,465 50,356 33.3 86.9 14.5 March 2010 3,262 48,623 31.4 94.1 14.9 March 2011 3,131 47,308 30.1 96.0 15.1 March 2012 3,002 46,795 28.9 95.9 15.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 8,367 66,136 100.0 _ 7.9 March 2000 6,945 66,774 83.0 83.0 9.6 March 2001 6,154 64,897 73.6 88.6 10.5 March 2002 5,434 59,938 64.9 88.3 11.0 March 2003 4,999 57,146 59.7 92.0 11.4 March 2004 4,481 53,144 53.6 89.6 11.9 March 2005 4,079 50,494 48.8 91.0 12.4 March 2006 4,276 50,701 51.1 104.8 11.9 March 2007 3,752 47,674 44.8 87.7 12.7 March 2008 3,381 46,343 40.4 90.1 13.7 March 2009 2,943 43,161 35.2 87.0 14.7 March 2010 2,761 41,013 33.0 93.8 14.9 March 2011 2,647 42,973 31.6 95.9 16.2 March 2012 2,542 45,519 30.4 96.0 17.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 8,872 71,305 100.0 _ 8.0 March 2001 7,274 69,359 82.0 82.0 9.5 March 2002 6,278 63,419 70.8 86.3 10.1 March 2003 5,686 61,931 64.1 90.6 10.9 March 2004 5,244 59,972 59.1 92.2 11.4 March 2005 4,727 58,354 53.3 90.1 12.3 March 2006 4,786 57,844 53.9 101.2 12.1 March 2007 4,143 54,755 46.7 86.6 13.2 March 2008 3,724 51,985 42.0 89.9 14.0 March 2009 3,211 48,640 36.2 86.2 15.1 March 2010 3,002 46,453 33.8 93.5 15.5 March 2011 2,864 45,453 32.3 95.4 15.9 March 2012 2,722 45,069 30.7 95.0 16.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 11,147 80,766 100.0 _ 7.2 March 2002 8,889 73,945 79.7 79.7 8.3 March 2003 7,843 72,619 70.4 88.2 9.3 March 2004 7,111 70,995 63.8 90.7 10.0 March 2005 6,386 70,627 57.3 89.8 11.1 March 2006 6,422 70,961 57.6 100.6 11.0 March 2007 5,671 69,192 50.9 88.3 12.2 March 2008 5,068 69,119 45.5 89.4 13.6 March 2009 4,406 64,519 39.5 86.9 14.6 March 2010 4,070 62,230 36.5 92.4 15.3 March 2011 3,899 59,532 35.0 95.8 15.3 March 2012 3,717 57,769 33.3 95.3 15.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 8,442 76,858 100.0 _ 9.1 March 2003 7,076 76,003 83.8 83.8 10.7 March 2004 6,205 72,764 73.5 87.7 11.7 March 2005 5,501 72,291 65.2 88.7 13.1 March 2006 5,491 73,604 65.0 99.8 13.4 March 2007 4,772 69,901 56.5 86.9 14.6 March 2008 4,331 67,305 51.3 90.8 15.5 March 2009 3,729 63,974 44.2 86.1 17.2 March 2010 3,398 60,827 40.3 91.1 17.9 March 2011 3,252 60,313 38.5 95.7 18.5 March 2012 3,093 57,939 36.6 95.1 18.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 10,155 74,885 100.0 _ 7.4 March 2004 8,524 73,572 83.9 83.9 8.6 March 2005 7,476 73,590 73.6 87.7 9.8 March 2006 7,443 74,226 73.3 99.6 10.0 March 2007 6,266 71,815 61.7 84.2 11.5 March 2008 5,453 69,601 53.7 87.0 12.8 March 2009 4,688 64,022 46.2 86.0 13.7 March 2010 4,296 61,578 42.3 91.6 14.3 March 2011 4,135 60,415 40.7 96.3 14.6 March 2012 3,923 58,900 38.6 94.9 15.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 10,002 67,534 100.0 _ 6.8 March 2005 8,101 64,440 81.0 81.0 8.0 March 2006 7,857 66,056 78.6 97.0 8.4 March 2007 6,553 62,609 65.5 83.4 9.6 March 2008 5,603 59,741 56.0 85.5 10.7 March 2009 4,784 56,031 47.8 85.4 11.7 March 2010 4,398 53,318 44.0 91.9 12.1 March 2011 4,185 53,479 41.8 95.2 12.8 March 2012 3,990 53,407 39.9 95.3 13.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 9,556 66,781 100.0 _ 7.0 March 2006 8,752 68,062 91.6 91.6 7.8 March 2007 6,963 60,625 72.9 79.6 8.7 March 2008 5,804 56,379 60.7 83.4 9.7 March 2009 4,788 51,438 50.1 82.5 10.7 March 2010 4,361 48,979 45.6 91.1 11.2 March 2011 4,116 48,772 43.1 94.4 11.8 March 2012 3,900 48,701 40.8 94.8 12.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 10,889 71,164 100.0 _ 6.5 March 2007 8,156 63,984 74.9 74.9 7.8 March 2008 6,787 60,616 62.3 83.2 8.9 March 2009 5,654 55,647 51.9 83.3 9.8 March 2010 5,113 53,170 47.0 90.4 10.4 March 2011 4,802 51,384 44.1 93.9 10.7 March 2012 4,546 51,063 41.7 94.7 11.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 9,742 60,609 100.0 _ 6.2 March 2008 7,571 56,567 77.7 77.7 7.5 March 2009 6,022 50,340 61.8 79.5 8.4 March 2010 5,391 48,642 55.3 89.5 9.0 March 2011 5,027 47,508 51.6 93.2 9.5 March 2012 4,728 46,848 48.5 94.1 9.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 14,098 74,556 100.0 _ 5.3 March 2009 10,243 68,290 72.7 72.7 6.7 March 2010 8,945 66,804 63.4 87.3 7.5 March 2011 8,105 66,539 57.5 90.6 8.2 March 2012 7,464 64,873 52.9 92.1 8.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 7,297 41,251 100.0 _ 5.7 March 2010 5,783 40,229 79.3 79.3 7.0 March 2011 5,162 41,060 70.7 89.3 8.0 March 2012 4,761 41,329 65.2 92.2 8.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 8,472 47,697 100.0 _ 5.6 March 2011 6,826 47,880 80.6 80.6 7.0 March 2012 5,990 47,784 70.7 87.8 8.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 7,866 39,923 100.0 _ 5.1 March 2012 6,324 38,973 80.4 80.4 6.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2012 March 2012 9,522 45,136 100.0 _ 4.7 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.