Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Total Private South 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 7,420 52,908 100.0 _ 7.1 March 1995 5,881 52,848 79.3 79.3 9.0 March 1996 5,094 53,484 68.7 86.6 10.5 March 1997 4,586 52,994 61.8 90.0 11.6 March 1998 4,278 51,074 57.7 93.3 11.9 March 1999 3,906 51,913 52.6 91.3 13.3 March 2000 3,665 51,819 49.4 93.8 14.1 March 2001 3,224 48,519 43.5 88.0 15.0 March 2002 3,027 45,029 40.8 93.9 14.9 March 2003 2,906 43,699 39.2 96.0 15.0 March 2004 2,736 42,718 36.9 94.2 15.6 March 2005 2,607 38,702 35.1 95.3 14.8 March 2006 2,475 38,361 33.4 94.9 15.5 March 2007 2,391 38,467 32.2 96.6 16.1 March 2008 2,242 36,894 30.2 93.8 16.5 March 2009 2,092 33,478 28.2 93.3 16.0 March 2010 1,979 32,295 26.7 94.6 16.3 March 2011 1,873 32,162 25.2 94.6 17.2 March 2012 1,823 31,138 24.6 97.3 17.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 7,947 54,139 100.0 _ 6.8 March 1996 6,277 54,940 79.0 79.0 8.8 March 1997 5,445 56,352 68.5 86.7 10.3 March 1998 5,066 55,220 63.7 93.0 10.9 March 1999 4,619 55,568 58.1 91.2 12.0 March 2000 4,223 53,434 53.1 91.4 12.7 March 2001 3,698 47,966 46.5 87.6 13.0 March 2002 3,455 43,984 43.5 93.4 12.7 March 2003 3,260 43,419 41.0 94.4 13.3 March 2004 3,010 42,058 37.9 92.3 14.0 March 2005 2,838 40,533 35.7 94.3 14.3 March 2006 2,640 39,823 33.2 93.0 15.1 March 2007 2,525 39,452 31.8 95.6 15.6 March 2008 2,369 38,775 29.8 93.8 16.4 March 2009 2,176 35,431 27.4 91.9 16.3 March 2010 2,068 34,890 26.0 95.0 16.9 March 2011 1,958 34,443 24.6 94.7 17.6 March 2012 1,887 34,550 23.7 96.4 18.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 8,449 64,972 100.0 _ 7.7 March 1997 6,694 66,286 79.2 79.2 9.9 March 1998 6,077 64,674 71.9 90.8 10.6 March 1999 5,442 63,082 64.4 89.6 11.6 March 2000 4,908 61,828 58.1 90.2 12.6 March 2001 4,206 57,404 49.8 85.7 13.6 March 2002 3,951 54,507 46.8 93.9 13.8 March 2003 3,727 54,758 44.1 94.3 14.7 March 2004 3,447 53,903 40.8 92.5 15.6 March 2005 3,256 52,085 38.5 94.5 16.0 March 2006 3,012 52,456 35.6 92.5 17.4 March 2007 2,906 52,734 34.4 96.5 18.1 March 2008 2,683 52,482 31.8 92.3 19.6 March 2009 2,443 46,916 28.9 91.1 19.2 March 2010 2,353 46,055 27.8 96.3 19.6 March 2011 2,199 43,320 26.0 93.5 19.7 March 2012 2,135 44,247 25.3 97.1 20.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 8,814 63,917 100.0 _ 7.3 March 1998 7,175 65,753 81.4 81.4 9.2 March 1999 6,282 64,787 71.3 87.6 10.3 March 2000 5,626 66,094 63.8 89.6 11.7 March 2001 4,814 59,682 54.6 85.6 12.4 March 2002 4,420 55,150 50.1 91.8 12.5 March 2003 4,154 50,949 47.1 94.0 12.3 March 2004 3,864 49,965 43.8 93.0 12.9 March 2005 3,631 49,237 41.2 94.0 13.6 March 2006 3,412 47,332 38.7 94.0 13.9 March 2007 3,282 47,021 37.2 96.2 14.3 March 2008 3,040 45,261 34.5 92.6 14.9 March 2009 2,779 39,840 31.5 91.4 14.3 March 2010 2,567 36,894 29.1 92.4 14.4 March 2011 2,428 37,291 27.5 94.6 15.4 March 2012 2,334 37,109 26.5 96.1 15.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 6,904 56,675 100.0 _ 8.2 March 1999 5,726 57,547 82.9 82.9 10.1 March 2000 5,016 57,796 72.7 87.6 11.5 March 2001 4,159 53,311 60.2 82.9 12.8 March 2002 3,805 47,562 55.1 91.5 12.5 March 2003 3,497 44,112 50.7 91.9 12.6 March 2004 3,213 43,346 46.5 91.9 13.5 March 2005 2,974 42,844 43.1 92.6 14.4 March 2006 2,776 42,613 40.2 93.3 15.4 March 2007 2,661 41,779 38.5 95.9 15.7 March 2008 2,439 38,377 35.3 91.7 15.7 March 2009 2,171 34,194 31.4 89.0 15.8 March 2010 2,039 31,966 29.5 93.9 15.7 March 2011 1,942 32,672 28.1 95.2 16.8 March 2012 1,900 31,880 27.5 97.8 16.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 10,307 86,922 100.0 _ 8.4 March 2000 8,688 85,208 84.3 84.3 9.8 March 2001 7,097 79,834 68.9 81.7 11.2 March 2002 6,378 77,432 61.9 89.9 12.1 March 2003 5,943 72,961 57.7 93.2 12.3 March 2004 5,492 70,483 53.3 92.4 12.8 March 2005 5,172 67,976 50.2 94.2 13.1 March 2006 4,813 66,784 46.7 93.1 13.9 March 2007 4,546 67,069 44.1 94.5 14.8 March 2008 4,233 65,369 41.1 93.1 15.4 March 2009 3,856 58,054 37.4 91.1 15.1 March 2010 3,642 55,801 35.3 94.5 15.3 March 2011 3,383 57,955 32.8 92.9 17.1 March 2012 3,243 58,358 31.5 95.9 18.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 7,645 58,420 100.0 _ 7.6 March 2001 6,403 57,696 83.8 83.8 9.0 March 2002 5,569 56,598 72.8 87.0 10.2 March 2003 5,051 54,523 66.1 90.7 10.8 March 2004 4,751 53,173 62.1 94.1 11.2 March 2005 4,426 54,344 57.9 93.2 12.3 March 2006 4,105 55,318 53.7 92.7 13.5 March 2007 3,863 56,476 50.5 94.1 14.6 March 2008 3,592 54,150 47.0 93.0 15.1 March 2009 3,196 47,068 41.8 89.0 14.7 March 2010 2,982 47,306 39.0 93.3 15.9 March 2011 2,803 49,269 36.7 94.0 17.6 March 2012 2,699 50,009 35.3 96.3 18.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 8,912 57,539 100.0 _ 6.5 March 2002 6,986 54,300 78.4 78.4 7.8 March 2003 6,147 53,767 69.0 88.0 8.7 March 2004 5,300 52,421 59.5 86.2 9.9 March 2005 4,887 52,772 54.8 92.2 10.8 March 2006 4,428 51,179 49.7 90.6 11.6 March 2007 4,151 51,776 46.6 93.7 12.5 March 2008 3,765 50,339 42.2 90.7 13.4 March 2009 3,423 45,538 38.4 90.9 13.3 March 2010 3,111 41,750 34.9 90.9 13.4 March 2011 2,878 41,338 32.3 92.5 14.4 March 2012 2,765 41,237 31.0 96.1 14.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 8,375 53,889 100.0 _ 6.4 March 2003 6,866 54,091 82.0 82.0 7.9 March 2004 5,643 52,718 67.4 82.2 9.3 March 2005 5,149 53,452 61.5 91.2 10.4 March 2006 4,640 52,619 55.4 90.1 11.3 March 2007 4,338 54,109 51.8 93.5 12.5 March 2008 3,853 51,085 46.0 88.8 13.3 March 2009 3,406 45,218 40.7 88.4 13.3 March 2010 3,162 42,343 37.8 92.8 13.4 March 2011 2,918 41,844 34.8 92.3 14.3 March 2012 2,792 42,023 33.3 95.7 15.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 8,810 63,054 100.0 _ 7.2 March 2004 6,942 63,172 78.8 78.8 9.1 March 2005 6,082 62,419 69.0 87.6 10.3 March 2006 5,375 63,969 61.0 88.4 11.9 March 2007 4,920 65,744 55.8 91.5 13.4 March 2008 4,400 63,377 49.9 89.4 14.4 March 2009 3,910 55,449 44.4 88.9 14.2 March 2010 3,546 51,786 40.2 90.7 14.6 March 2011 3,234 52,494 36.7 91.2 16.2 March 2012 3,068 52,090 34.8 94.9 17.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 8,357 46,951 100.0 _ 5.6 March 2005 6,821 46,964 81.6 81.6 6.9 March 2006 5,747 44,567 68.8 84.3 7.8 March 2007 5,153 44,713 61.7 89.7 8.7 March 2008 4,535 42,715 54.3 88.0 9.4 March 2009 3,965 37,981 47.4 87.4 9.6 March 2010 3,583 35,545 42.9 90.4 9.9 March 2011 3,259 34,988 39.0 91.0 10.7 March 2012 3,054 35,282 36.5 93.7 11.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 9,190 49,691 100.0 _ 5.4 March 2006 7,227 49,650 78.6 78.6 6.9 March 2007 6,320 50,660 68.8 87.4 8.0 March 2008 5,470 48,165 59.5 86.6 8.8 March 2009 4,635 43,014 50.4 84.7 9.3 March 2010 4,150 41,423 45.2 89.5 10.0 March 2011 3,784 40,194 41.2 91.2 10.6 March 2012 3,515 39,505 38.2 92.9 11.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 8,292 45,005 100.0 _ 5.4 March 2007 6,786 45,326 81.8 81.8 6.7 March 2008 5,620 43,637 67.8 82.8 7.8 March 2009 4,589 37,713 55.3 81.7 8.2 March 2010 3,994 35,339 48.2 87.0 8.8 March 2011 3,614 33,426 43.6 90.5 9.2 March 2012 3,354 33,676 40.4 92.8 10.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 11,255 60,405 100.0 _ 5.4 March 2008 8,584 57,074 76.3 76.3 6.6 March 2009 6,785 49,128 60.3 79.0 7.2 March 2010 5,763 45,976 51.2 84.9 8.0 March 2011 5,097 45,120 45.3 88.4 8.9 March 2012 4,626 44,589 41.1 90.8 9.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 9,096 44,337 100.0 _ 4.9 March 2009 6,566 38,180 72.2 72.2 5.8 March 2010 5,406 35,393 59.4 82.3 6.5 March 2011 4,734 34,604 52.0 87.6 7.3 March 2012 4,295 34,500 47.2 90.7 8.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 7,863 37,668 100.0 _ 4.8 March 2010 6,024 36,499 76.6 76.6 6.1 March 2011 5,014 37,610 63.8 83.2 7.5 March 2012 4,433 37,731 56.4 88.4 8.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 7,007 33,754 100.0 _ 4.8 March 2011 5,484 34,405 78.3 78.3 6.3 March 2012 4,611 34,069 65.8 84.1 7.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 7,764 36,313 100.0 _ 4.7 March 2012 6,153 35,223 79.3 79.3 5.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2012 March 2012 8,263 37,396 100.0 _ 4.5 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.