Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Total Private South Dakota 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 1,608 8,447 100.0 _ 5.3 March 1995 1,320 8,847 82.1 82.1 6.7 March 1996 1,167 8,908 72.6 88.4 7.6 March 1997 1,040 8,640 64.7 89.1 8.3 March 1998 963 8,654 59.9 92.6 9.0 March 1999 908 8,602 56.5 94.3 9.5 March 2000 815 8,580 50.7 89.8 10.5 March 2001 756 8,442 47.0 92.8 11.2 March 2002 725 8,255 45.1 95.9 11.4 March 2003 692 8,325 43.0 95.4 12.0 March 2004 658 8,013 40.9 95.1 12.2 March 2005 628 8,150 39.1 95.4 13.0 March 2006 603 7,958 37.5 96.0 13.2 March 2007 587 8,099 36.5 97.3 13.8 March 2008 566 7,800 35.2 96.4 13.8 March 2009 552 7,423 34.3 97.5 13.4 March 2010 520 7,112 32.3 94.2 13.7 March 2011 499 7,151 31.0 96.0 14.3 March 2012 497 7,140 30.9 99.6 14.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 1,615 7,842 100.0 _ 4.9 March 1996 1,262 7,870 78.1 78.1 6.2 March 1997 1,106 8,514 68.5 87.6 7.7 March 1998 1,001 8,348 62.0 90.5 8.3 March 1999 908 9,292 56.2 90.7 10.2 March 2000 850 10,466 52.6 93.6 12.3 March 2001 790 9,046 48.9 92.9 11.5 March 2002 762 8,275 47.2 96.5 10.9 March 2003 715 8,035 44.3 93.8 11.2 March 2004 683 8,568 42.3 95.5 12.5 March 2005 637 8,169 39.4 93.3 12.8 March 2006 613 7,956 38.0 96.2 13.0 March 2007 593 8,049 36.7 96.7 13.6 March 2008 578 8,147 35.8 97.5 14.1 March 2009 549 7,443 34.0 95.0 13.6 March 2010 522 6,865 32.3 95.1 13.2 March 2011 503 7,205 31.1 96.4 14.3 March 2012 493 7,296 30.5 98.0 14.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 1,574 7,663 100.0 _ 4.9 March 1997 1,231 7,485 78.2 78.2 6.1 March 1998 1,096 7,351 69.6 89.0 6.7 March 1999 1,000 7,363 63.5 91.2 7.4 March 2000 920 7,370 58.4 92.0 8.0 March 2001 840 6,825 53.4 91.3 8.1 March 2002 797 6,377 50.6 94.9 8.0 March 2003 745 6,025 47.3 93.5 8.1 March 2004 712 6,027 45.2 95.6 8.5 March 2005 674 5,816 42.8 94.7 8.6 March 2006 639 5,689 40.6 94.8 8.9 March 2007 614 5,642 39.0 96.1 9.2 March 2008 589 5,526 37.4 95.9 9.4 March 2009 573 5,658 36.4 97.3 9.9 March 2010 549 5,964 34.9 95.8 10.9 March 2011 525 5,741 33.4 95.6 10.9 March 2012 499 5,679 31.7 95.0 11.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 1,465 7,359 100.0 _ 5.0 March 1998 1,180 7,396 80.5 80.5 6.3 March 1999 1,059 7,647 72.3 89.7 7.2 March 2000 951 7,896 64.9 89.8 8.3 March 2001 866 7,705 59.1 91.1 8.9 March 2002 826 7,354 56.4 95.4 8.9 March 2003 770 7,004 52.6 93.2 9.1 March 2004 739 7,035 50.4 96.0 9.5 March 2005 723 7,091 49.4 97.8 9.8 March 2006 693 7,324 47.3 95.9 10.6 March 2007 658 7,093 44.9 94.9 10.8 March 2008 625 7,146 42.7 95.0 11.4 March 2009 611 6,358 41.7 97.8 10.4 March 2010 572 6,245 39.0 93.6 10.9 March 2011 552 6,324 37.7 96.5 11.5 March 2012 537 6,465 36.7 97.3 12.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 1,737 9,331 100.0 _ 5.4 March 1999 1,384 10,150 79.7 79.7 7.3 March 2000 1,188 10,496 68.4 85.8 8.8 March 2001 1,067 10,292 61.4 89.8 9.6 March 2002 988 9,973 56.9 92.6 10.1 March 2003 881 9,099 50.7 89.2 10.3 March 2004 856 8,956 49.3 97.2 10.5 March 2005 814 8,760 46.9 95.1 10.8 March 2006 746 8,706 42.9 91.6 11.7 March 2007 713 8,963 41.0 95.6 12.6 March 2008 683 9,567 39.3 95.8 14.0 March 2009 658 8,667 37.9 96.3 13.2 March 2010 607 8,378 34.9 92.2 13.8 March 2011 587 8,177 33.8 96.7 13.9 March 2012 560 8,156 32.2 95.4 14.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 1,766 9,233 100.0 _ 5.2 March 2000 1,470 9,615 83.2 83.2 6.5 March 2001 1,243 8,927 70.4 84.6 7.2 March 2002 1,108 8,333 62.7 89.1 7.5 March 2003 1,025 8,126 58.0 92.5 7.9 March 2004 958 8,067 54.2 93.5 8.4 March 2005 904 8,076 51.2 94.4 8.9 March 2006 866 8,143 49.0 95.8 9.4 March 2007 830 8,076 47.0 95.8 9.7 March 2008 797 7,835 45.1 96.0 9.8 March 2009 774 7,351 43.8 97.1 9.5 March 2010 695 6,815 39.4 89.8 9.8 March 2011 683 6,956 38.7 98.3 10.2 March 2012 671 7,108 38.0 98.2 10.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 1,680 9,997 100.0 _ 6.0 March 2001 1,326 10,177 78.9 78.9 7.7 March 2002 1,183 9,642 70.4 89.2 8.2 March 2003 1,090 9,427 64.9 92.1 8.6 March 2004 1,022 10,134 60.8 93.8 9.9 March 2005 974 10,299 58.0 95.3 10.6 March 2006 927 10,728 55.2 95.2 11.6 March 2007 876 10,836 52.1 94.5 12.4 March 2008 833 10,708 49.6 95.1 12.9 March 2009 813 9,940 48.4 97.6 12.2 March 2010 754 9,175 44.9 92.7 12.2 March 2011 743 9,235 44.2 98.5 12.4 March 2012 721 9,221 42.9 97.0 12.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 1,648 10,220 100.0 _ 6.2 March 2002 1,335 9,416 81.0 81.0 7.1 March 2003 1,181 9,292 71.7 88.5 7.9 March 2004 1,058 8,543 64.2 89.6 8.1 March 2005 982 8,197 59.6 92.8 8.3 March 2006 903 8,201 54.8 92.0 9.1 March 2007 866 8,314 52.5 95.9 9.6 March 2008 810 8,100 49.2 93.5 10.0 March 2009 765 7,704 46.4 94.4 10.1 March 2010 702 6,597 42.6 91.8 9.4 March 2011 663 6,479 40.2 94.4 9.8 March 2012 635 6,215 38.5 95.8 9.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 1,662 7,667 100.0 _ 4.6 March 2003 1,350 7,808 81.2 81.2 5.8 March 2004 1,194 7,826 71.8 88.4 6.6 March 2005 1,103 7,786 66.4 92.4 7.1 March 2006 1,024 7,994 61.6 92.8 7.8 March 2007 954 8,314 57.4 93.2 8.7 March 2008 882 7,926 53.1 92.5 9.0 March 2009 865 7,303 52.0 98.1 8.4 March 2010 773 6,658 46.5 89.4 8.6 March 2011 751 6,795 45.2 97.2 9.0 March 2012 730 7,043 43.9 97.2 9.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 1,562 6,996 100.0 _ 4.5 March 2004 1,297 7,866 83.0 83.0 6.1 March 2005 1,157 7,805 74.1 89.2 6.7 March 2006 1,069 7,641 68.4 92.4 7.1 March 2007 996 7,569 63.8 93.2 7.6 March 2008 923 7,303 59.1 92.7 7.9 March 2009 876 7,248 56.1 94.9 8.3 March 2010 798 6,623 51.1 91.1 8.3 March 2011 767 6,453 49.1 96.1 8.4 March 2012 724 6,519 46.4 94.4 9.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 1,646 6,864 100.0 _ 4.2 March 2005 1,373 6,844 83.4 83.4 5.0 March 2006 1,229 7,034 74.7 89.5 5.7 March 2007 1,110 7,054 67.4 90.3 6.4 March 2008 1,026 7,018 62.3 92.4 6.8 March 2009 958 6,696 58.2 93.4 7.0 March 2010 872 6,552 53.0 91.0 7.5 March 2011 833 6,386 50.6 95.5 7.7 March 2012 775 6,464 47.1 93.0 8.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 1,775 7,831 100.0 _ 4.4 March 2006 1,454 8,108 81.9 81.9 5.6 March 2007 1,294 8,264 72.9 89.0 6.4 March 2008 1,165 7,950 65.6 90.0 6.8 March 2009 1,076 7,636 60.6 92.4 7.1 March 2010 956 6,878 53.9 88.8 7.2 March 2011 897 6,897 50.5 93.8 7.7 March 2012 858 6,894 48.3 95.7 8.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 1,707 7,149 100.0 _ 4.2 March 2007 1,410 7,349 82.6 82.6 5.2 March 2008 1,232 7,078 72.2 87.4 5.7 March 2009 1,139 6,706 66.7 92.5 5.9 March 2010 991 6,299 58.1 87.0 6.4 March 2011 948 6,280 55.5 95.7 6.6 March 2012 901 6,316 52.8 95.0 7.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 1,670 7,955 100.0 _ 4.8 March 2008 1,382 9,020 82.8 82.8 6.5 March 2009 1,241 8,888 74.3 89.8 7.2 March 2010 1,078 8,378 64.6 86.9 7.8 March 2011 987 8,186 59.1 91.6 8.3 March 2012 919 8,426 55.0 93.1 9.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 1,565 5,640 100.0 _ 3.6 March 2009 1,274 5,470 81.4 81.4 4.3 March 2010 1,062 5,250 67.9 83.4 4.9 March 2011 976 5,135 62.4 91.9 5.3 March 2012 891 5,601 56.9 91.3 6.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 1,620 6,361 100.0 _ 3.9 March 2010 1,247 6,110 77.0 77.0 4.9 March 2011 1,098 6,193 67.8 88.1 5.6 March 2012 989 6,206 61.0 90.1 6.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 1,529 5,852 100.0 _ 3.8 March 2011 1,238 5,810 81.0 81.0 4.7 March 2012 1,108 5,812 72.5 89.5 5.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 1,485 5,142 100.0 _ 3.5 March 2012 1,151 5,034 77.5 77.5 4.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2012 March 2012 1,633 6,331 100.0 _ 3.9 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.