Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Construction 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 64,652 297,784 100.0 _ 4.6 March 1995 48,413 276,247 74.9 74.9 5.7 March 1996 40,940 258,504 63.3 84.6 6.3 March 1997 36,720 251,989 56.8 89.7 6.9 March 1998 32,737 247,397 50.6 89.2 7.6 March 1999 30,622 252,006 47.4 93.5 8.2 March 2000 28,224 256,217 43.7 92.2 9.1 March 2001 25,870 246,431 40.0 91.7 9.5 March 2002 24,040 231,271 37.2 92.9 9.6 March 2003 22,364 216,837 34.6 93.0 9.7 March 2004 21,098 219,342 32.6 94.3 10.4 March 2005 19,908 214,835 30.8 94.4 10.8 March 2006 19,300 225,084 29.9 96.9 11.7 March 2007 18,029 212,846 27.9 93.4 11.8 March 2008 16,672 194,011 25.8 92.5 11.6 March 2009 14,709 156,071 22.8 88.2 10.6 March 2010 13,245 131,004 20.5 90.0 9.9 March 2011 12,573 125,524 19.4 94.9 10.0 March 2012 11,938 124,169 18.5 94.9 10.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 71,002 322,918 100.0 _ 4.5 March 1996 52,792 294,376 74.4 74.4 5.6 March 1997 45,494 281,504 64.1 86.2 6.2 March 1998 39,795 270,247 56.0 87.5 6.8 March 1999 36,563 272,427 51.5 91.9 7.5 March 2000 33,532 272,050 47.2 91.7 8.1 March 2001 30,285 263,065 42.7 90.3 8.7 March 2002 27,976 247,259 39.4 92.4 8.8 March 2003 25,929 226,350 36.5 92.7 8.7 March 2004 24,380 223,342 34.3 94.0 9.2 March 2005 22,768 220,088 32.1 93.4 9.7 March 2006 21,524 223,361 30.3 94.5 10.4 March 2007 20,141 214,729 28.4 93.6 10.7 March 2008 18,551 196,701 26.1 92.1 10.6 March 2009 16,418 158,463 23.1 88.5 9.7 March 2010 14,857 134,393 20.9 90.5 9.0 March 2011 13,790 127,852 19.4 92.8 9.3 March 2012 13,144 128,697 18.5 95.3 9.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 67,874 321,829 100.0 _ 4.7 March 1997 50,720 295,665 74.7 74.7 5.8 March 1998 43,056 276,465 63.4 84.9 6.4 March 1999 38,973 272,384 57.4 90.5 7.0 March 2000 35,206 270,594 51.9 90.3 7.7 March 2001 31,543 261,583 46.5 89.6 8.3 March 2002 29,115 243,504 42.9 92.3 8.4 March 2003 26,706 227,758 39.3 91.7 8.5 March 2004 24,958 222,689 36.8 93.5 8.9 March 2005 23,078 218,362 34.0 92.5 9.5 March 2006 21,837 221,907 32.2 94.6 10.2 March 2007 20,341 209,625 30.0 93.1 10.3 March 2008 18,631 192,059 27.4 91.6 10.3 March 2009 16,703 157,247 24.6 89.7 9.4 March 2010 14,916 132,440 22.0 89.3 8.9 March 2011 13,901 126,687 20.5 93.2 9.1 March 2012 13,239 128,618 19.5 95.2 9.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 70,378 317,475 100.0 _ 4.5 March 1998 53,146 288,636 75.5 75.5 5.4 March 1999 46,505 289,542 66.1 87.5 6.2 March 2000 41,614 285,442 59.1 89.5 6.9 March 2001 36,054 269,184 51.2 86.6 7.5 March 2002 32,505 247,717 46.2 90.2 7.6 March 2003 29,787 225,265 42.3 91.6 7.6 March 2004 27,589 220,219 39.2 92.6 8.0 March 2005 25,490 219,506 36.2 92.4 8.6 March 2006 24,094 226,711 34.2 94.5 9.4 March 2007 22,382 215,468 31.8 92.9 9.6 March 2008 20,548 195,756 29.2 91.8 9.5 March 2009 17,732 155,283 25.2 86.3 8.8 March 2010 15,778 131,881 22.4 89.0 8.4 March 2011 14,626 127,059 20.8 92.7 8.7 March 2012 13,958 124,105 19.8 95.4 8.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 65,882 304,242 100.0 _ 4.6 March 1999 53,351 306,985 81.0 81.0 5.8 March 2000 46,151 301,835 70.1 86.5 6.5 March 2001 39,537 281,228 60.0 85.7 7.1 March 2002 35,180 253,979 53.4 89.0 7.2 March 2003 31,857 234,637 48.4 90.6 7.4 March 2004 29,370 228,017 44.6 92.2 7.8 March 2005 27,080 225,294 41.1 92.2 8.3 March 2006 25,473 233,242 38.7 94.1 9.2 March 2007 23,473 220,551 35.6 92.1 9.4 March 2008 21,415 202,947 32.5 91.2 9.5 March 2009 18,528 164,246 28.1 86.5 8.9 March 2010 16,496 141,684 25.0 89.0 8.6 March 2011 15,385 136,902 23.4 93.3 8.9 March 2012 14,596 136,858 22.2 94.9 9.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 66,660 320,633 100.0 _ 4.8 March 2000 53,012 315,138 79.5 79.5 5.9 March 2001 44,182 287,101 66.3 83.3 6.5 March 2002 38,988 261,621 58.5 88.2 6.7 March 2003 34,749 237,488 52.1 89.1 6.8 March 2004 31,910 233,513 47.9 91.8 7.3 March 2005 29,240 229,835 43.9 91.6 7.9 March 2006 27,293 236,247 40.9 93.3 8.7 March 2007 25,216 223,373 37.8 92.4 8.9 March 2008 22,859 198,169 34.3 90.7 8.7 March 2009 19,500 157,883 29.3 85.3 8.1 March 2010 17,164 134,304 25.7 88.0 7.8 March 2011 15,961 127,647 23.9 93.0 8.0 March 2012 15,375 128,659 23.1 96.3 8.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 65,171 316,301 100.0 _ 4.9 March 2001 50,770 297,675 77.9 77.9 5.9 March 2002 44,584 270,893 68.4 87.8 6.1 March 2003 39,504 253,703 60.6 88.6 6.4 March 2004 36,065 246,495 55.3 91.3 6.8 March 2005 32,670 243,139 50.1 90.6 7.4 March 2006 30,414 250,251 46.7 93.1 8.2 March 2007 27,904 234,359 42.8 91.7 8.4 March 2008 25,181 213,098 38.6 90.2 8.5 March 2009 21,398 171,409 32.8 85.0 8.0 March 2010 18,630 143,599 28.6 87.1 7.7 March 2011 17,404 137,468 26.7 93.4 7.9 March 2012 16,436 136,126 25.2 94.4 8.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 60,390 303,972 100.0 _ 5.0 March 2002 50,514 287,368 83.6 83.6 5.7 March 2003 43,041 258,536 71.3 85.2 6.0 March 2004 38,586 248,413 63.9 89.6 6.4 March 2005 36,162 265,287 59.9 93.7 7.3 March 2006 33,468 266,734 55.4 92.6 8.0 March 2007 30,586 253,664 50.6 91.4 8.3 March 2008 27,524 227,563 45.6 90.0 8.3 March 2009 23,155 180,176 38.3 84.1 7.8 March 2010 20,143 152,136 33.4 87.0 7.6 March 2011 18,429 143,943 30.5 91.5 7.8 March 2012 17,548 142,122 29.1 95.2 8.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 62,289 301,530 100.0 _ 4.8 March 2003 48,780 276,287 78.3 78.3 5.7 March 2004 42,854 261,299 68.8 87.9 6.1 March 2005 38,156 258,571 61.3 89.0 6.8 March 2006 34,909 260,095 56.0 91.5 7.5 March 2007 31,665 250,219 50.8 90.7 7.9 March 2008 28,101 224,958 45.1 88.7 8.0 March 2009 23,472 177,427 37.7 83.5 7.6 March 2010 20,360 150,629 32.7 86.7 7.4 March 2011 18,681 145,614 30.0 91.8 7.8 March 2012 17,357 140,547 27.9 92.9 8.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 62,294 299,895 100.0 _ 4.8 March 2004 51,655 296,130 82.9 82.9 5.7 March 2005 44,733 288,734 71.8 86.6 6.5 March 2006 40,556 293,574 65.1 90.7 7.2 March 2007 36,031 279,140 57.8 88.8 7.7 March 2008 31,766 254,838 51.0 88.2 8.0 March 2009 26,220 203,208 42.1 82.5 7.8 March 2010 22,493 166,539 36.1 85.8 7.4 March 2011 20,502 157,165 32.9 91.1 7.7 March 2012 19,240 157,978 30.9 93.8 8.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 67,046 295,246 100.0 _ 4.4 March 2005 55,316 298,097 82.5 82.5 5.4 March 2006 49,004 303,376 73.1 88.6 6.2 March 2007 42,993 282,975 64.1 87.7 6.6 March 2008 37,098 250,244 55.3 86.3 6.7 March 2009 29,857 195,450 44.5 80.5 6.5 March 2010 25,391 163,284 37.9 85.0 6.4 March 2011 23,126 157,232 34.5 91.1 6.8 March 2012 21,686 155,194 32.3 93.8 7.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 72,267 324,681 100.0 _ 4.5 March 2006 61,329 343,653 84.9 84.9 5.6 March 2007 52,331 321,349 72.4 85.3 6.1 March 2008 43,955 277,492 60.8 84.0 6.3 March 2009 34,867 208,623 48.2 79.3 6.0 March 2010 29,106 177,204 40.3 83.5 6.1 March 2011 26,201 169,340 36.3 90.0 6.5 March 2012 24,383 167,722 33.7 93.1 6.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 78,736 350,565 100.0 _ 4.5 March 2007 62,948 328,947 79.9 79.9 5.2 March 2008 51,035 281,283 64.8 81.1 5.5 March 2009 39,149 212,296 49.7 76.7 5.4 March 2010 31,913 170,254 40.5 81.5 5.3 March 2011 28,558 161,163 36.3 89.5 5.6 March 2012 26,369 158,585 33.5 92.3 6.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 71,779 305,449 100.0 _ 4.3 March 2008 54,284 272,199 75.6 75.6 5.0 March 2009 40,701 207,709 56.7 75.0 5.1 March 2010 32,522 169,823 45.3 79.9 5.2 March 2011 29,002 161,507 40.4 89.2 5.6 March 2012 26,489 155,784 36.9 91.3 5.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 60,848 265,275 100.0 _ 4.4 March 2009 42,446 199,925 69.8 69.8 4.7 March 2010 33,381 157,471 54.9 78.6 4.7 March 2011 29,087 142,951 47.8 87.1 4.9 March 2012 26,258 141,023 43.2 90.3 5.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 44,967 194,671 100.0 _ 4.3 March 2010 31,873 150,939 70.9 70.9 4.7 March 2011 26,870 138,888 59.8 84.3 5.2 March 2012 24,210 137,703 53.8 90.1 5.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 37,384 161,868 100.0 _ 4.3 March 2011 28,758 153,379 76.9 76.9 5.3 March 2012 25,107 146,584 67.2 87.3 5.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 39,958 165,916 100.0 _ 4.2 March 2012 31,249 162,512 78.2 78.2 5.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2012 March 2012 41,369 178,681 100.0 _ 4.3 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.