Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Total Private North Carolina 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 13,480 94,150 100.0 _ 7.0 March 1995 11,134 99,007 82.6 82.6 8.9 March 1996 9,749 98,307 72.3 87.6 10.1 March 1997 8,840 96,850 65.6 90.7 11.0 March 1998 7,944 95,182 58.9 89.9 12.0 March 1999 7,415 95,289 55.0 93.3 12.9 March 2000 6,797 93,654 50.4 91.7 13.8 March 2001 6,275 89,048 46.6 92.3 14.2 March 2002 5,801 80,983 43.0 92.4 14.0 March 2003 5,356 77,324 39.7 92.3 14.4 March 2004 5,163 76,883 38.3 96.4 14.9 March 2005 4,985 75,779 37.0 96.6 15.2 March 2006 4,750 76,354 35.2 95.3 16.1 March 2007 4,531 75,017 33.6 95.4 16.6 March 2008 4,292 72,410 31.8 94.7 16.9 March 2009 3,955 64,774 29.3 92.1 16.4 March 2010 3,754 62,589 27.8 94.9 16.7 March 2011 3,516 63,635 26.1 93.7 18.1 March 2012 3,383 63,826 25.1 96.2 18.9 March 2013 3,252 61,539 24.1 96.1 18.9 March 2014 3,139 60,840 23.3 96.5 19.4 March 2015 3,014 60,845 22.4 96.0 20.2 March 2016 2,897 61,675 21.5 96.1 21.3 March 2017 2,756 59,963 20.4 95.1 21.8 March 2018 2,656 59,648 19.7 96.4 22.5 March 2019 2,529 57,247 18.8 95.2 22.6 March 2020 2,432 55,512 18.0 96.2 22.8 March 2021 2,346 52,403 17.4 96.5 22.3 March 2022 2,240 52,641 16.6 95.5 23.5 March 2023 2,128 50,758 15.8 95.0 23.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 15,002 101,883 100.0 _ 6.8 March 1996 12,117 107,930 80.8 80.8 8.9 March 1997 10,768 109,373 71.8 88.9 10.2 March 1998 9,505 107,108 63.4 88.3 11.3 March 1999 8,797 107,116 58.6 92.6 12.2 March 2000 7,962 103,984 53.1 90.5 13.1 March 2001 7,285 98,772 48.6 91.5 13.6 March 2002 6,699 89,621 44.7 92.0 13.4 March 2003 6,212 83,347 41.4 92.7 13.4 March 2004 5,938 79,589 39.6 95.6 13.4 March 2005 5,659 79,355 37.7 95.3 14.0 March 2006 5,343 79,652 35.6 94.4 14.9 March 2007 5,052 76,412 33.7 94.6 15.1 March 2008 4,712 72,565 31.4 93.3 15.4 March 2009 4,351 64,699 29.0 92.3 14.9 March 2010 4,072 61,532 27.1 93.6 15.1 March 2011 3,849 60,401 25.7 94.5 15.7 March 2012 3,685 60,593 24.6 95.7 16.4 March 2013 3,567 60,720 23.8 96.8 17.0 March 2014 3,411 60,102 22.7 95.6 17.6 March 2015 3,291 58,032 21.9 96.5 17.6 March 2016 3,173 59,031 21.2 96.4 18.6 March 2017 3,027 57,926 20.2 95.4 19.1 March 2018 2,893 56,487 19.3 95.6 19.5 March 2019 2,764 56,472 18.4 95.5 20.4 March 2020 2,659 54,338 17.7 96.2 20.4 March 2021 2,516 51,680 16.8 94.6 20.5 March 2022 2,510 52,398 16.7 99.8 20.9 March 2023 2,351 52,489 15.7 93.7 22.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 15,625 115,149 100.0 _ 7.4 March 1997 12,878 117,216 82.4 82.4 9.1 March 1998 11,059 120,125 70.8 85.9 10.9 March 1999 10,086 121,179 64.6 91.2 12.0 March 2000 9,031 122,441 57.8 89.5 13.6 March 2001 8,221 118,580 52.6 91.0 14.4 March 2002 7,542 107,013 48.3 91.7 14.2 March 2003 6,992 101,151 44.7 92.7 14.5 March 2004 6,677 99,616 42.7 95.5 14.9 March 2005 6,404 99,888 41.0 95.9 15.6 March 2006 6,080 98,132 38.9 94.9 16.1 March 2007 5,803 98,948 37.1 95.4 17.1 March 2008 5,490 95,015 35.1 94.6 17.3 March 2009 5,023 85,346 32.1 91.5 17.0 March 2010 4,710 81,243 30.1 93.8 17.2 March 2011 4,472 80,420 28.6 94.9 18.0 March 2012 4,294 80,478 27.5 96.0 18.7 March 2013 4,140 80,959 26.5 96.4 19.6 March 2014 3,965 76,935 25.4 95.8 19.4 March 2015 3,791 77,646 24.3 95.6 20.5 March 2016 3,647 78,920 23.3 96.2 21.6 March 2017 3,474 77,575 22.2 95.3 22.3 March 2018 3,362 75,492 21.5 96.8 22.5 March 2019 3,211 75,635 20.6 95.5 23.6 March 2020 3,062 76,302 19.6 95.4 24.9 March 2021 2,923 73,543 18.7 95.5 25.2 March 2022 2,798 71,552 17.9 95.7 25.6 March 2023 2,643 72,582 16.9 94.5 27.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 16,713 125,008 100.0 _ 7.5 March 1998 13,181 133,807 78.9 78.9 10.2 March 1999 11,714 127,481 70.1 88.9 10.9 March 2000 10,284 122,456 61.5 87.8 11.9 March 2001 9,212 115,283 55.1 89.6 12.5 March 2002 8,271 103,744 49.5 89.8 12.5 March 2003 7,558 95,857 45.2 91.4 12.7 March 2004 7,219 96,110 43.2 95.5 13.3 March 2005 6,743 95,744 40.3 93.4 14.2 March 2006 6,316 96,271 37.8 93.7 15.2 March 2007 6,002 94,705 35.9 95.0 15.8 March 2008 5,648 92,060 33.8 94.1 16.3 March 2009 5,219 82,300 31.2 92.4 15.8 March 2010 4,790 78,376 28.7 91.8 16.4 March 2011 4,566 78,236 27.3 95.3 17.1 March 2012 4,344 76,334 26.0 95.1 17.6 March 2013 4,184 76,431 25.0 96.3 18.3 March 2014 4,081 76,534 24.4 97.5 18.8 March 2015 3,905 76,291 23.4 95.7 19.5 March 2016 3,804 76,859 22.8 97.4 20.2 March 2017 3,647 77,107 21.8 95.9 21.1 March 2018 3,502 75,747 21.0 96.0 21.6 March 2019 3,364 74,429 20.1 96.1 22.1 March 2020 3,245 72,976 19.4 96.5 22.5 March 2021 3,097 68,591 18.5 95.4 22.1 March 2022 2,978 69,674 17.8 96.2 23.4 March 2023 2,806 68,873 16.8 94.2 24.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 15,705 116,341 100.0 _ 7.4 March 1999 13,024 124,643 82.9 82.9 9.6 March 2000 11,224 127,560 71.5 86.2 11.4 March 2001 9,895 118,987 63.0 88.2 12.0 March 2002 8,785 113,235 55.9 88.8 12.9 March 2003 8,179 106,133 52.1 93.1 13.0 March 2004 7,645 105,036 48.7 93.5 13.7 March 2005 7,181 102,177 45.7 93.9 14.2 March 2006 6,677 100,935 42.5 93.0 15.1 March 2007 6,165 99,337 39.3 92.3 16.1 March 2008 5,761 97,468 36.7 93.4 16.9 March 2009 5,341 88,289 34.0 92.7 16.5 March 2010 4,944 84,953 31.5 92.6 17.2 March 2011 4,666 86,067 29.7 94.4 18.4 March 2012 4,516 87,975 28.8 96.8 19.5 March 2013 4,316 89,809 27.5 95.6 20.8 March 2014 4,125 89,864 26.3 95.6 21.8 March 2015 3,934 90,724 25.0 95.4 23.1 March 2016 3,807 92,522 24.2 96.8 24.3 March 2017 3,632 93,962 23.1 95.4 25.9 March 2018 3,465 93,472 22.1 95.4 27.0 March 2019 3,300 93,537 21.0 95.2 28.3 March 2020 3,160 86,366 20.1 95.8 27.3 March 2021 3,088 82,005 19.7 97.7 26.6 March 2022 2,979 84,413 19.0 96.5 28.3 March 2023 2,815 83,392 17.9 94.5 29.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 18,154 159,206 100.0 _ 8.8 March 2000 14,917 162,979 82.2 82.2 10.9 March 2001 12,859 154,706 70.8 86.2 12.0 March 2002 11,040 143,984 60.8 85.9 13.0 March 2003 10,073 139,854 55.5 91.2 13.9 March 2004 9,358 135,738 51.5 92.9 14.5 March 2005 8,643 131,888 47.6 92.4 15.3 March 2006 8,101 130,333 44.6 93.7 16.1 March 2007 7,596 130,363 41.8 93.8 17.2 March 2008 7,106 127,209 39.1 93.5 17.9 March 2009 6,483 117,588 35.7 91.2 18.1 March 2010 6,005 102,013 33.1 92.6 17.0 March 2011 5,678 103,255 31.3 94.6 18.2 March 2012 5,437 103,513 29.9 95.8 19.0 March 2013 5,181 104,454 28.5 95.3 20.2 March 2014 4,982 104,669 27.4 96.2 21.0 March 2015 4,777 105,221 26.3 95.9 22.0 March 2016 4,572 106,215 25.2 95.7 23.2 March 2017 4,387 106,022 24.2 96.0 24.2 March 2018 4,198 104,133 23.1 95.7 24.8 March 2019 4,035 104,952 22.2 96.1 26.0 March 2020 3,875 104,603 21.3 96.0 27.0 March 2021 3,760 99,822 20.7 97.0 26.5 March 2022 3,601 95,663 19.8 95.8 26.6 March 2023 3,423 94,980 18.9 95.1 27.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 17,983 128,163 100.0 _ 7.1 March 2001 14,241 125,650 79.2 79.2 8.8 March 2002 12,022 117,004 66.9 84.4 9.7 March 2003 10,682 111,314 59.4 88.9 10.4 March 2004 9,769 110,846 54.3 91.5 11.3 March 2005 9,042 110,104 50.3 92.6 12.2 March 2006 8,439 109,741 46.9 93.3 13.0 March 2007 7,940 108,589 44.2 94.1 13.7 March 2008 7,338 105,460 40.8 92.4 14.4 March 2009 6,689 93,206 37.2 91.2 13.9 March 2010 6,158 89,950 34.2 92.1 14.6 March 2011 5,807 89,232 32.3 94.3 15.4 March 2012 5,549 89,660 30.9 95.6 16.2 March 2013 5,361 89,779 29.8 96.6 16.7 March 2014 5,086 90,815 28.3 94.9 17.9 March 2015 4,895 90,531 27.2 96.2 18.5 March 2016 4,712 91,159 26.2 96.3 19.3 March 2017 4,488 90,496 25.0 95.2 20.2 March 2018 4,300 89,031 23.9 95.8 20.7 March 2019 4,121 87,274 22.9 95.8 21.2 March 2020 3,976 83,944 22.1 96.5 21.1 March 2021 3,816 79,329 21.2 96.0 20.8 March 2022 3,683 81,288 20.5 96.5 22.1 March 2023 3,493 80,536 19.4 94.8 23.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 15,720 121,287 100.0 _ 7.7 March 2002 12,149 114,358 77.3 77.3 9.4 March 2003 10,503 108,506 66.8 86.5 10.3 March 2004 9,492 108,499 60.4 90.4 11.4 March 2005 8,657 107,977 55.1 91.2 12.5 March 2006 7,980 107,084 50.8 92.2 13.4 March 2007 7,448 105,780 47.4 93.3 14.2 March 2008 6,934 102,683 44.1 93.1 14.8 March 2009 6,283 92,807 40.0 90.6 14.8 March 2010 5,822 86,830 37.0 92.7 14.9 March 2011 5,538 85,611 35.2 95.1 15.5 March 2012 5,280 84,935 33.6 95.3 16.1 March 2013 5,033 85,188 32.0 95.3 16.9 March 2014 4,795 84,322 30.5 95.3 17.6 March 2015 4,579 85,626 29.1 95.5 18.7 March 2016 4,420 85,596 28.1 96.5 19.4 March 2017 4,240 84,979 27.0 95.9 20.0 March 2018 4,073 83,762 25.9 96.1 20.6 March 2019 3,858 81,384 24.5 94.7 21.1 March 2020 3,734 79,008 23.8 96.8 21.2 March 2021 3,646 74,519 23.2 97.6 20.4 March 2022 3,516 74,646 22.4 96.4 21.2 March 2023 3,318 75,411 21.1 94.4 22.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 15,690 114,914 100.0 _ 7.3 March 2003 12,362 111,582 78.8 78.8 9.0 March 2004 10,944 109,499 69.8 88.5 10.0 March 2005 9,814 109,189 62.5 89.7 11.1 March 2006 9,079 111,144 57.9 92.5 12.2 March 2007 8,393 112,341 53.5 92.4 13.4 March 2008 7,820 109,928 49.8 93.2 14.1 March 2009 7,059 98,835 45.0 90.3 14.0 March 2010 6,503 94,121 41.4 92.1 14.5 March 2011 6,059 93,199 38.6 93.2 15.4 March 2012 5,767 93,300 36.8 95.2 16.2 March 2013 5,517 93,295 35.2 95.7 16.9 March 2014 5,291 90,902 33.7 95.9 17.2 March 2015 5,069 90,275 32.3 95.8 17.8 March 2016 4,903 90,484 31.2 96.7 18.5 March 2017 4,569 87,667 29.1 93.2 19.2 March 2018 4,360 86,839 27.8 95.4 19.9 March 2019 4,220 88,426 26.9 96.8 21.0 March 2020 4,004 84,670 25.5 94.9 21.1 March 2021 3,837 79,533 24.5 95.8 20.7 March 2022 3,701 80,488 23.6 96.5 21.7 March 2023 3,476 79,573 22.2 93.9 22.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 20,183 138,320 100.0 _ 6.9 March 2004 16,671 138,284 82.6 82.6 8.3 March 2005 14,672 140,157 72.7 88.0 9.6 March 2006 13,285 139,940 65.8 90.5 10.5 March 2007 12,241 140,106 60.7 92.1 11.4 March 2008 11,094 133,874 55.0 90.6 12.1 March 2009 9,856 118,681 48.8 88.8 12.0 March 2010 8,995 112,893 44.6 91.3 12.6 March 2011 8,315 111,894 41.2 92.4 13.5 March 2012 7,893 110,419 39.1 94.9 14.0 March 2013 7,446 109,930 36.9 94.3 14.8 March 2014 7,054 109,177 35.0 94.7 15.5 March 2015 6,743 108,995 33.4 95.6 16.2 March 2016 6,446 110,655 31.9 95.6 17.2 March 2017 6,173 109,281 30.6 95.8 17.7 March 2018 5,888 108,911 29.2 95.4 18.5 March 2019 5,581 107,143 27.7 94.8 19.2 March 2020 5,396 104,180 26.7 96.7 19.3 March 2021 5,167 98,817 25.6 95.8 19.1 March 2022 4,969 99,862 24.6 96.2 20.1 March 2023 4,678 97,737 23.2 94.1 20.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 15,968 102,182 100.0 _ 6.4 March 2005 13,047 104,762 81.7 81.7 8.0 March 2006 11,525 105,208 72.2 88.3 9.1 March 2007 10,395 103,919 65.1 90.2 10.0 March 2008 9,279 98,984 58.1 89.3 10.7 March 2009 8,152 87,928 51.1 87.9 10.8 March 2010 7,362 79,564 46.1 90.3 10.8 March 2011 6,736 78,961 42.2 91.5 11.7 March 2012 6,347 76,611 39.7 94.2 12.1 March 2013 5,985 74,848 37.5 94.3 12.5 March 2014 5,636 73,919 35.3 94.2 13.1 March 2015 5,371 75,249 33.6 95.3 14.0 March 2016 5,171 75,281 32.4 96.3 14.6 March 2017 4,924 74,081 30.8 95.2 15.0 March 2018 4,705 72,437 29.5 95.6 15.4 March 2019 4,460 71,522 27.9 94.8 16.0 March 2020 4,252 69,530 26.6 95.3 16.4 March 2021 4,071 65,838 25.5 95.7 16.2 March 2022 3,944 64,883 24.7 96.9 16.5 March 2023 3,741 65,738 23.4 94.9 17.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 15,638 97,526 100.0 _ 6.2 March 2006 12,902 103,918 82.5 82.5 8.1 March 2007 11,443 106,744 73.2 88.7 9.3 March 2008 10,077 102,072 64.4 88.1 10.1 March 2009 8,791 91,039 56.2 87.2 10.4 March 2010 7,763 83,652 49.6 88.3 10.8 March 2011 7,180 83,398 45.9 92.5 11.6 March 2012 6,685 80,388 42.7 93.1 12.0 March 2013 6,261 77,883 40.0 93.7 12.4 March 2014 5,929 78,131 37.9 94.7 13.2 March 2015 5,590 77,594 35.7 94.3 13.9 March 2016 5,283 77,898 33.8 94.5 14.7 March 2017 5,065 77,269 32.4 95.9 15.3 March 2018 4,798 76,834 30.7 94.7 16.0 March 2019 4,560 76,816 29.2 95.0 16.8 March 2020 4,333 74,558 27.7 95.0 17.2 March 2021 4,192 70,207 26.8 96.7 16.7 March 2022 4,016 70,418 25.7 95.8 17.5 March 2023 3,807 69,857 24.3 94.8 18.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 17,610 109,191 100.0 _ 6.2 March 2007 14,650 115,204 83.2 83.2 7.9 March 2008 12,508 108,204 71.0 85.4 8.7 March 2009 10,663 95,706 60.6 85.2 9.0 March 2010 9,400 88,831 53.4 88.2 9.5 March 2011 8,531 85,309 48.4 90.8 10.0 March 2012 8,017 84,643 45.5 94.0 10.6 March 2013 7,527 84,007 42.7 93.9 11.2 March 2014 7,121 83,555 40.4 94.6 11.7 March 2015 6,671 84,128 37.9 93.7 12.6 March 2016 6,397 85,148 36.3 95.9 13.3 March 2017 6,054 83,744 34.4 94.6 13.8 March 2018 5,700 81,650 32.4 94.2 14.3 March 2019 5,432 83,097 30.8 95.3 15.3 March 2020 5,126 82,130 29.1 94.4 16.0 March 2021 4,912 77,762 27.9 95.8 15.8 March 2022 4,723 79,438 26.8 96.2 16.8 March 2023 4,467 78,193 25.4 94.6 17.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 25,159 150,291 100.0 _ 6.0 March 2008 20,029 147,858 79.6 79.6 7.4 March 2009 16,502 129,295 65.6 82.4 7.8 March 2010 14,248 120,486 56.6 86.3 8.5 March 2011 12,817 116,857 50.9 90.0 9.1 March 2012 11,877 116,670 47.2 92.7 9.8 March 2013 10,976 117,064 43.6 92.4 10.7 March 2014 10,316 113,416 41.0 94.0 11.0 March 2015 9,657 113,107 38.4 93.6 11.7 March 2016 9,076 112,883 36.1 94.0 12.4 March 2017 8,549 111,207 34.0 94.2 13.0 March 2018 8,068 110,110 32.1 94.4 13.6 March 2019 7,613 110,820 30.3 94.4 14.6 March 2020 7,210 109,103 28.7 94.7 15.1 March 2021 6,902 104,661 27.4 95.7 15.2 March 2022 6,580 107,438 26.2 95.3 16.3 March 2023 6,233 105,567 24.8 94.7 16.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 19,791 112,188 100.0 _ 5.7 March 2009 14,833 99,615 74.9 74.9 6.7 March 2010 12,373 92,827 62.5 83.4 7.5 March 2011 11,041 90,821 55.8 89.2 8.2 March 2012 10,175 90,606 51.4 92.2 8.9 March 2013 9,361 89,360 47.3 92.0 9.5 March 2014 8,806 88,356 44.5 94.1 10.0 March 2015 8,182 89,914 41.3 92.9 11.0 March 2016 7,669 89,633 38.7 93.7 11.7 March 2017 7,210 88,544 36.4 94.0 12.3 March 2018 6,777 87,116 34.2 94.0 12.9 March 2019 6,414 86,905 32.4 94.6 13.5 March 2020 6,043 84,410 30.5 94.2 14.0 March 2021 5,762 78,624 29.1 95.3 13.6 March 2022 5,495 81,726 27.8 95.4 14.9 March 2023 5,149 82,863 26.0 93.7 16.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 15,783 89,844 100.0 _ 5.7 March 2010 12,029 82,544 76.2 76.2 6.9 March 2011 10,438 81,533 66.1 86.8 7.8 March 2012 9,398 81,262 59.5 90.0 8.6 March 2013 8,589 81,442 54.4 91.4 9.5 March 2014 7,916 81,094 50.2 92.2 10.2 March 2015 7,318 80,726 46.4 92.4 11.0 March 2016 6,816 80,920 43.2 93.1 11.9 March 2017 6,384 80,211 40.4 93.7 12.6 March 2018 6,069 78,795 38.5 95.1 13.0 March 2019 5,668 78,301 35.9 93.4 13.8 March 2020 5,277 76,372 33.4 93.1 14.5 March 2021 5,097 73,370 32.3 96.6 14.4 March 2022 4,828 75,231 30.6 94.7 15.6 March 2023 4,548 74,827 28.8 94.2 16.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 14,650 78,682 100.0 _ 5.4 March 2011 11,524 77,588 78.7 78.7 6.7 March 2012 10,079 78,026 68.8 87.5 7.7 March 2013 8,915 76,073 60.9 88.5 8.5 March 2014 8,112 74,963 55.4 91.0 9.2 March 2015 7,510 75,317 51.3 92.6 10.0 March 2016 6,954 75,285 47.5 92.6 10.8 March 2017 6,459 76,696 44.1 92.9 11.9 March 2018 6,046 76,121 41.3 93.6 12.6 March 2019 5,616 75,362 38.3 92.9 13.4 March 2020 5,222 72,979 35.6 93.0 14.0 March 2021 4,980 69,195 34.0 95.4 13.9 March 2022 4,757 71,015 32.5 95.5 14.9 March 2023 4,458 70,787 30.4 93.7 15.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 16,367 83,268 100.0 _ 5.1 March 2012 12,909 83,276 78.9 78.9 6.5 March 2013 11,168 80,291 68.2 86.5 7.2 March 2014 10,058 78,644 61.5 90.1 7.8 March 2015 9,067 78,616 55.4 90.1 8.7 March 2016 8,321 80,357 50.8 91.8 9.7 March 2017 7,655 79,852 46.8 92.0 10.4 March 2018 7,207 79,016 44.0 94.1 11.0 March 2019 6,773 78,962 41.4 94.0 11.7 March 2020 6,248 77,081 38.2 92.2 12.3 March 2021 5,940 74,163 36.3 95.1 12.5 March 2022 5,681 78,644 34.7 95.6 13.8 March 2023 5,323 77,943 32.5 93.7 14.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2012 March 2012 16,727 83,406 100.0 _ 5.0 March 2013 13,137 83,353 78.5 78.5 6.3 March 2014 11,458 83,298 68.5 87.2 7.3 March 2015 10,267 83,219 61.4 89.6 8.1 March 2016 9,357 84,119 55.9 91.1 9.0 March 2017 8,511 82,612 50.9 91.0 9.7 March 2018 7,906 84,384 47.3 92.9 10.7 March 2019 7,383 85,110 44.1 93.4 11.5 March 2020 6,905 83,777 41.3 93.5 12.1 March 2021 6,524 78,622 39.0 94.5 12.1 March 2022 6,177 80,138 36.9 94.7 13.0 March 2023 5,760 77,590 34.4 93.2 13.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2013 March 2013 16,834 80,393 100.0 _ 4.8 March 2014 13,202 81,495 78.4 78.4 6.2 March 2015 11,498 82,844 68.3 87.1 7.2 March 2016 10,344 83,938 61.4 90.0 8.1 March 2017 9,412 83,615 55.9 91.0 8.9 March 2018 8,666 82,553 51.5 92.1 9.5 March 2019 7,978 81,809 47.4 92.1 10.3 March 2020 7,417 79,723 44.1 93.0 10.7 March 2021 7,097 76,633 42.2 95.7 10.8 March 2022 6,740 79,973 40.0 95.0 11.9 March 2023 6,304 79,790 37.4 93.5 12.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2014 March 2014 16,247 80,407 100.0 _ 4.9 March 2015 13,027 82,055 80.2 80.2 6.3 March 2016 11,306 82,650 69.6 86.8 7.3 March 2017 10,131 83,099 62.4 89.6 8.2 March 2018 9,245 82,592 56.9 91.3 8.9 March 2019 8,440 83,400 51.9 91.3 9.9 March 2020 7,792 81,891 48.0 92.3 10.5 March 2021 7,293 84,179 44.9 93.6 11.5 March 2022 6,874 88,805 42.3 94.3 12.9 March 2023 6,427 87,954 39.6 93.5 13.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2015 March 2015 18,341 87,277 100.0 _ 4.8 March 2016 14,473 88,818 78.9 78.9 6.1 March 2017 12,649 90,456 69.0 87.4 7.2 March 2018 11,386 90,837 62.1 90.0 8.0 March 2019 10,305 91,094 56.2 90.5 8.8 March 2020 9,369 95,647 51.1 90.9 10.2 March 2021 8,886 100,849 48.4 94.8 11.3 March 2022 8,354 109,161 45.5 94.0 13.1 March 2023 7,833 106,885 42.7 93.8 13.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2016 March 2016 20,100 92,261 100.0 _ 4.6 March 2017 15,772 92,491 78.5 78.5 5.9 March 2018 13,743 91,829 68.4 87.1 6.7 March 2019 12,337 92,142 61.4 89.8 7.5 March 2020 11,093 90,059 55.2 89.9 8.1 March 2021 10,358 85,985 51.5 93.4 8.3 March 2022 9,711 89,706 48.3 93.8 9.2 March 2023 8,970 88,685 44.6 92.4 9.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2017 March 2017 20,037 92,670 100.0 _ 4.6 March 2018 16,006 95,623 79.9 79.9 6.0 March 2019 13,924 96,367 69.5 87.0 6.9 March 2020 12,383 93,806 61.8 88.9 7.6 March 2021 11,550 91,088 57.6 93.3 7.9 March 2022 10,796 95,556 53.9 93.5 8.9 March 2023 9,879 95,298 49.3 91.5 9.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2018 March 2018 19,934 92,347 100.0 _ 4.6 March 2019 15,809 94,820 79.3 79.3 6.0 March 2020 13,579 91,552 68.1 85.9 6.7 March 2021 12,558 88,855 63.0 92.5 7.1 March 2022 11,595 94,568 58.2 92.3 8.2 March 2023 10,562 95,812 53.0 91.1 9.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2019 March 2019 20,986 91,281 100.0 _ 4.3 March 2020 16,256 90,762 77.5 77.5 5.6 March 2021 14,788 90,984 70.5 91.0 6.2 March 2022 13,583 97,643 64.7 91.9 7.2 March 2023 12,244 96,984 58.3 90.1 7.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2020 March 2020 20,736 93,294 100.0 _ 4.5 March 2021 17,102 96,805 82.5 82.5 5.7 March 2022 15,246 106,669 73.5 89.1 7.0 March 2023 13,664 107,024 65.9 89.6 7.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2021 March 2021 29,772 110,215 100.0 _ 3.7 March 2022 23,471 119,795 78.8 78.8 5.1 March 2023 20,264 122,778 68.1 86.3 6.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2022 March 2022 31,411 111,767 100.0 _ 3.6 March 2023 24,077 115,756 76.7 76.7 4.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2023 March 2023 31,824 124,753 100.0 _ 3.9 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.