Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Manufacturing 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 26,490 372,791 100.0 _ 14.1 March 1995 21,949 390,629 82.9 82.9 17.8 March 1996 18,917 376,018 71.4 86.2 19.9 March 1997 17,046 375,069 64.3 90.1 22.0 March 1998 15,405 372,666 58.2 90.4 24.2 March 1999 14,051 362,009 53.0 91.2 25.8 March 2000 12,864 372,349 48.6 91.6 28.9 March 2001 11,837 338,790 44.7 92.0 28.6 March 2002 10,783 300,534 40.7 91.1 27.9 March 2003 10,006 281,505 37.8 92.8 28.1 March 2004 9,320 273,324 35.2 93.1 29.3 March 2005 8,806 269,614 33.2 94.5 30.6 March 2006 8,431 267,638 31.8 95.7 31.7 March 2007 8,018 263,273 30.3 95.1 32.8 March 2008 7,659 252,463 28.9 95.5 33.0 March 2009 7,178 223,273 27.1 93.7 31.1 March 2010 6,746 208,605 25.5 94.0 30.9 March 2011 6,437 210,636 24.3 95.4 32.7 March 2012 6,142 214,243 23.2 95.4 34.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 28,108 396,449 100.0 _ 14.1 March 1996 23,164 410,671 82.4 82.4 17.7 March 1997 20,183 415,187 71.8 87.1 20.6 March 1998 17,903 416,269 63.7 88.7 23.3 March 1999 16,154 399,696 57.5 90.2 24.7 March 2000 14,724 392,651 52.4 91.1 26.7 March 2001 13,614 376,040 48.4 92.5 27.6 March 2002 12,332 336,325 43.9 90.6 27.3 March 2003 11,342 317,596 40.4 92.0 28.0 March 2004 10,548 306,968 37.5 93.0 29.1 March 2005 9,828 299,928 35.0 93.2 30.5 March 2006 9,363 298,292 33.3 95.3 31.9 March 2007 8,860 290,611 31.5 94.6 32.8 March 2008 8,417 283,932 29.9 95.0 33.7 March 2009 7,896 253,634 28.1 93.8 32.1 March 2010 7,401 237,393 26.3 93.7 32.1 March 2011 7,130 241,169 25.4 96.3 33.8 March 2012 6,795 243,148 24.2 95.3 35.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 27,575 378,259 100.0 _ 13.7 March 1997 22,283 394,715 80.8 80.8 17.7 March 1998 19,223 401,604 69.7 86.3 20.9 March 1999 17,190 393,792 62.3 89.4 22.9 March 2000 15,443 392,565 56.0 89.8 25.4 March 2001 14,050 382,970 51.0 91.0 27.3 March 2002 12,627 341,043 45.8 89.9 27.0 March 2003 11,613 317,367 42.1 92.0 27.3 March 2004 10,843 311,564 39.3 93.4 28.7 March 2005 10,148 309,325 36.8 93.6 30.5 March 2006 9,639 308,438 35.0 95.0 32.0 March 2007 9,205 303,290 33.4 95.5 32.9 March 2008 8,764 294,446 31.8 95.2 33.6 March 2009 8,185 257,386 29.7 93.4 31.4 March 2010 7,585 240,494 27.5 92.7 31.7 March 2011 7,309 243,481 26.5 96.4 33.3 March 2012 7,017 246,828 25.4 96.0 35.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 27,062 377,453 100.0 _ 13.9 March 1998 22,039 407,116 81.4 81.4 18.5 March 1999 19,126 390,483 70.7 86.8 20.4 March 2000 17,010 386,305 62.9 88.9 22.7 March 2001 15,028 377,102 55.5 88.3 25.1 March 2002 13,455 334,990 49.7 89.5 24.9 March 2003 12,238 315,195 45.2 91.0 25.8 March 2004 11,313 310,381 41.8 92.4 27.4 March 2005 10,597 308,995 39.2 93.7 29.2 March 2006 10,057 312,147 37.2 94.9 31.0 March 2007 9,496 304,706 35.1 94.4 32.1 March 2008 8,992 298,232 33.2 94.7 33.2 March 2009 8,415 256,676 31.1 93.6 30.5 March 2010 7,790 236,626 28.8 92.6 30.4 March 2011 7,475 238,476 27.6 96.0 31.9 March 2012 7,199 244,236 26.6 96.3 33.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 26,711 472,649 100.0 _ 17.7 March 1999 21,951 468,370 82.2 82.2 21.3 March 2000 18,820 466,886 70.5 85.7 24.8 March 2001 16,520 443,746 61.8 87.8 26.9 March 2002 14,450 391,265 54.1 87.5 27.1 March 2003 12,951 365,755 48.5 89.6 28.2 March 2004 11,894 352,746 44.5 91.8 29.7 March 2005 11,060 354,557 41.4 93.0 32.1 March 2006 10,391 351,442 38.9 94.0 33.8 March 2007 9,781 348,196 36.6 94.1 35.6 March 2008 9,340 331,844 35.0 95.5 35.5 March 2009 8,652 291,383 32.4 92.6 33.7 March 2010 7,998 270,395 29.9 92.4 33.8 March 2011 7,675 277,324 28.7 96.0 36.1 March 2012 7,359 280,851 27.6 95.9 38.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 24,133 342,751 100.0 _ 14.2 March 2000 19,915 357,547 82.5 82.5 18.0 March 2001 17,028 347,054 70.6 85.5 20.4 March 2002 14,584 319,591 60.4 85.6 21.9 March 2003 12,986 295,888 53.8 89.0 22.8 March 2004 11,771 284,131 48.8 90.6 24.1 March 2005 10,795 278,604 44.7 91.7 25.8 March 2006 10,164 278,652 42.1 94.2 27.4 March 2007 9,581 273,485 39.7 94.3 28.5 March 2008 9,054 265,331 37.5 94.5 29.3 March 2009 8,363 237,246 34.7 92.4 28.4 March 2010 7,722 220,695 32.0 92.3 28.6 March 2011 7,390 224,755 30.6 95.7 30.4 March 2012 7,097 225,957 29.4 96.0 31.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 23,468 340,848 100.0 _ 14.5 March 2001 19,099 346,213 81.4 81.4 18.1 March 2002 16,439 306,308 70.0 86.1 18.6 March 2003 14,301 278,273 60.9 87.0 19.5 March 2004 12,762 267,973 54.4 89.2 21.0 March 2005 11,613 266,183 49.5 91.0 22.9 March 2006 10,864 265,337 46.3 93.6 24.4 March 2007 10,094 263,120 43.0 92.9 26.1 March 2008 9,438 252,286 40.2 93.5 26.7 March 2009 8,640 218,915 36.8 91.5 25.3 March 2010 7,897 204,825 33.7 91.4 25.9 March 2011 7,527 209,216 32.1 95.3 27.8 March 2012 7,164 212,434 30.5 95.2 29.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 19,542 248,320 100.0 _ 12.7 March 2002 17,383 250,442 89.0 89.0 14.4 March 2003 14,869 241,657 76.1 85.5 16.3 March 2004 13,204 227,861 67.6 88.8 17.3 March 2005 12,217 234,571 62.5 92.5 19.2 March 2006 11,188 236,423 57.3 91.6 21.1 March 2007 10,432 234,398 53.4 93.2 22.5 March 2008 9,701 229,818 49.6 93.0 23.7 March 2009 8,870 201,091 45.4 91.4 22.7 March 2010 8,120 187,198 41.6 91.5 23.1 March 2011 7,639 190,252 39.1 94.1 24.9 March 2012 7,236 193,269 37.0 94.7 26.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 18,259 213,878 100.0 _ 11.7 March 2003 15,306 213,391 83.8 83.8 13.9 March 2004 13,344 211,778 73.1 87.2 15.9 March 2005 11,915 211,696 65.3 89.3 17.8 March 2006 10,884 213,641 59.6 91.3 19.6 March 2007 10,110 210,882 55.4 92.9 20.9 March 2008 9,473 203,975 51.9 93.7 21.5 March 2009 8,551 175,839 46.8 90.3 20.6 March 2010 7,798 161,003 42.7 91.2 20.6 March 2011 7,394 166,085 40.5 94.8 22.5 March 2012 7,016 171,787 38.4 94.9 24.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 17,618 200,965 100.0 _ 11.4 March 2004 15,302 212,335 86.9 86.9 13.9 March 2005 13,524 219,090 76.8 88.4 16.2 March 2006 12,173 223,500 69.1 90.0 18.4 March 2007 11,186 220,476 63.5 91.9 19.7 March 2008 10,217 213,251 58.0 91.3 20.9 March 2009 9,148 185,414 51.9 89.5 20.3 March 2010 8,263 172,580 46.9 90.3 20.9 March 2011 7,792 174,206 44.2 94.3 22.4 March 2012 7,430 178,177 42.2 95.4 24.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 16,596 171,676 100.0 _ 10.3 March 2005 14,951 191,398 90.1 90.1 12.8 March 2006 13,351 200,504 80.4 89.3 15.0 March 2007 11,967 197,642 72.1 89.6 16.5 March 2008 10,855 190,118 65.4 90.7 17.5 March 2009 9,641 165,053 58.1 88.8 17.1 March 2010 8,729 153,803 52.6 90.5 17.6 March 2011 8,198 156,144 49.4 93.9 19.0 March 2012 7,731 161,997 46.6 94.3 21.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 16,123 150,235 100.0 _ 9.3 March 2006 14,839 177,331 92.0 92.0 12.0 March 2007 13,307 182,544 82.5 89.7 13.7 March 2008 11,884 177,295 73.7 89.3 14.9 March 2009 10,489 154,812 65.1 88.3 14.8 March 2010 9,319 143,995 57.8 88.8 15.5 March 2011 8,720 146,584 54.1 93.6 16.8 March 2012 8,186 153,538 50.8 93.9 18.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 16,100 133,878 100.0 _ 8.3 March 2007 14,588 154,488 90.6 90.6 10.6 March 2008 12,880 152,022 80.0 88.3 11.8 March 2009 11,159 131,942 69.3 86.6 11.8 March 2010 9,722 119,583 60.4 87.1 12.3 March 2011 8,902 121,933 55.3 91.6 13.7 March 2012 8,368 127,664 52.0 94.0 15.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 16,288 126,286 100.0 _ 7.8 March 2008 14,440 136,730 88.7 88.7 9.5 March 2009 12,516 122,460 76.8 86.7 9.8 March 2010 10,632 111,576 65.3 84.9 10.5 March 2011 9,710 115,900 59.6 91.3 11.9 March 2012 8,949 120,270 54.9 92.2 13.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 15,625 115,764 100.0 _ 7.4 March 2009 13,532 114,188 86.6 86.6 8.4 March 2010 11,337 108,980 72.6 83.8 9.6 March 2011 10,187 113,221 65.2 89.9 11.1 March 2012 9,254 122,680 59.2 90.8 13.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 13,840 89,276 100.0 _ 6.5 March 2010 11,181 87,487 80.8 80.8 7.8 March 2011 9,871 93,896 71.3 88.3 9.5 March 2012 8,882 98,422 64.2 90.0 11.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 12,091 78,539 100.0 _ 6.5 March 2011 10,618 92,258 87.8 87.8 8.7 March 2012 9,270 97,427 76.7 87.3 10.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 13,264 82,240 100.0 _ 6.2 March 2012 11,384 93,979 85.8 85.8 8.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2012 March 2012 13,532 84,396 100.0 _ 6.2 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.