Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by age Total Private Age Class March 1991 March 1992 March 1993 March 1994 March 1995 March 1996 Less than one year _ _ _ 569,387 604,381 609,571 1 year _ _ _ _ 453,105 476,523 2 years _ _ _ _ _ 387,838 3 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 5,050,837 5,245,070 5,387,024 4,960,693 4,621,297 4,311,598 Total 5,050,837 5,245,070 5,387,024 5,530,080 5,678,783 5,785,530 Age Class March 1997 March 1998 March 1999 March 2000 March 2001 March 2002 Less than one year 639,071 642,965 650,661 674,530 671,299 659,111 1 year 476,738 501,906 515,225 514,849 528,789 508,294 2 years 410,313 407,971 436,463 440,692 436,117 445,096 3 years 345,128 361,600 363,947 384,400 383,425 380,908 4 years _ 309,064 326,804 325,662 338,964 340,735 5 years _ _ 282,466 295,152 293,263 304,431 6 years _ _ _ 257,476 268,130 267,311 7 years _ _ _ _ 236,088 246,232 8 years _ _ _ _ _ 218,169 9 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 4,054,098 3,802,859 3,599,909 3,395,571 3,208,557 3,041,153 Total 5,925,348 6,026,365 6,175,475 6,288,332 6,364,632 6,411,440 Age Class March 2003 March 2004 March 2005 March 2006 March 2007 March 2008 Less than one year 662,416 653,766 679,797 715,597 703,704 677,939 1 year 516,410 525,125 516,112 544,191 560,076 543,890 2 years 434,275 444,443 453,014 451,487 467,187 474,061 3 years 392,534 386,719 395,576 406,881 399,916 408,909 4 years 342,710 356,031 351,386 360,891 366,034 356,428 5 years 309,100 313,541 325,339 322,845 330,248 330,863 6 years 279,184 285,374 288,711 301,605 296,962 302,690 7 years 246,964 258,901 264,907 269,658 280,365 274,416 8 years 229,521 230,588 240,810 248,654 251,352 260,274 9 years 203,484 215,474 215,696 227,769 232,947 234,570 10 years _ 191,435 201,976 203,362 213,964 218,560 11 years _ _ 180,919 191,076 191,902 201,590 12 years _ _ _ 172,816 180,787 181,315 13 years _ _ _ _ 163,491 171,496 14 years _ _ _ _ _ 154,955 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 2,903,063 2,779,547 2,662,280 2,564,846 2,466,109 2,372,502 Total 6,519,661 6,640,944 6,776,523 6,981,678 7,105,044 7,164,458 Age Class March 2009 March 2010 March 2011 March 2012 March 2013 March 2014 Less than one year 608,547 560,391 582,349 631,634 628,840 652,518 1 year 510,103 466,472 440,245 462,541 500,475 500,434 2 years 450,562 428,826 404,121 384,451 403,510 433,682 3 years 405,349 390,450 382,705 364,420 345,311 360,518 4 years 357,261 356,325 353,349 350,542 333,292 313,745 5 years 316,438 318,425 325,018 326,278 323,991 304,952 6 years 296,810 285,951 293,664 302,866 303,157 299,371 7 years 275,191 270,953 264,915 275,517 283,527 282,310 8 years 250,725 253,174 252,242 249,806 259,886 265,517 9 years 239,342 231,491 237,630 238,614 236,199 243,776 10 years 216,137 221,654 217,287 225,174 226,490 222,104 11 years 202,597 201,719 210,463 207,244 214,216 214,006 12 years 187,317 189,895 191,449 200,710 197,982 203,129 13 years 170,432 176,241 180,818 183,465 192,731 188,464 14 years 160,641 160,466 167,605 172,685 175,409 184,346 15 years 145,131 151,840 153,006 160,522 165,378 168,142 16 years _ 137,003 145,043 146,726 154,105 158,553 17 years _ _ 131,017 139,230 140,724 148,047 18 years _ _ _ 125,389 133,944 135,516 19 years _ _ _ _ 120,631 128,806 20 years _ _ _ _ _ 115,662 21 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 2,268,398 2,176,669 2,104,922 2,033,881 1,968,356 1,908,510 Total 7,060,981 6,977,945 7,037,848 7,181,695 7,308,154 7,432,108 Age Class March 2015 March 2016 March 2017 March 2018 March 2019 March 2020 Less than one year 677,876 732,856 733,286 733,721 770,523 767,573 1 year 520,140 539,701 583,649 580,064 582,840 610,104 2 years 433,559 451,876 468,293 504,380 502,855 503,729 3 years 386,580 385,941 403,346 416,438 448,758 445,038 4 years 326,045 349,582 347,723 364,284 375,833 403,200 5 years 286,115 296,507 316,699 318,339 331,362 340,281 6 years 280,766 263,245 271,108 292,810 293,400 303,184 7 years 277,913 260,157 240,900 252,196 271,188 269,048 8 years 263,367 259,566 241,896 226,783 235,378 250,534 9 years 249,021 246,974 243,490 226,553 212,607 218,264 10 years 229,642 234,416 232,145 227,969 212,630 197,976 11 years 209,836 216,840 221,873 218,195 214,957 198,587 12 years 203,423 198,979 205,265 209,371 205,886 201,191 13 years 193,597 192,801 188,495 194,296 197,921 192,872 14 years 180,008 185,305 183,206 178,690 183,940 186,205 15 years 177,240 171,339 176,084 173,983 169,215 173,074 16 years 160,940 169,445 163,597 167,156 165,878 159,632 17 years 151,909 153,959 162,363 155,107 160,195 157,141 18 years 141,893 145,910 147,408 154,465 148,103 151,662 19 years 129,952 136,311 140,220 140,348 147,465 140,572 20 years 123,565 124,465 130,174 133,717 134,275 140,628 21 years 111,209 118,694 119,574 124,322 128,140 127,542 22 years _ 106,799 113,893 114,351 119,325 122,194 23 years _ _ 102,396 109,141 109,582 113,377 24 years _ _ _ 98,047 104,724 104,286 25 years _ _ _ _ 94,347 99,852 26 years _ _ _ _ _ 89,752 27 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 1,842,652 1,778,916 1,717,641 1,654,590 1,592,100 1,529,392 Total 7,557,248 7,720,584 7,854,724 7,969,316 8,113,427 8,196,890 Age Class March 2021 March 2022 March 2023 Less than one year 839,297 1,065,228 1,054,052 1 year 621,249 663,801 818,549 2 years 540,775 554,747 564,190 3 years 455,667 493,448 489,540 4 years 407,322 420,517 437,838 5 years 371,334 378,274 381,337 6 years 314,801 347,579 345,570 7 years 281,777 295,667 317,774 8 years 250,803 265,698 273,693 9 years 233,613 236,663 246,454 10 years 204,265 220,440 218,499 11 years 186,128 193,037 203,953 12 years 186,898 176,711 178,258 13 years 190,220 178,021 161,413 14 years 182,246 180,944 164,618 15 years 176,168 173,730 168,996 16 years 164,140 167,514 162,634 17 years 151,883 157,307 157,030 18 years 149,206 145,230 147,687 19 years 144,584 142,902 136,939 20 years 133,569 138,614 133,935 21 years 134,083 128,055 131,494 22 years 121,857 129,182 120,961 23 years 116,459 116,757 122,600 24 years 107,643 112,054 111,179 25 years 99,146 103,628 106,884 26 years 95,160 95,464 98,886 27 years 85,207 91,528 90,652 28 years _ 81,888 87,390 29 years _ _ 78,152 Born before March 1993 1,468,021 1,420,076 1,363,854 Total 8,413,521 8,874,704 9,075,011 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.