Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Transportation and Warehousing 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 18,974 135,553 100.0 _ 7.1 March 1995 14,777 145,062 77.9 77.9 9.8 March 1996 12,413 140,855 65.4 84.0 11.3 March 1997 10,767 136,179 56.7 86.7 12.6 March 1998 9,497 136,543 50.1 88.2 14.4 March 1999 8,601 138,973 45.3 90.6 16.2 March 2000 7,655 138,870 40.3 89.0 18.1 March 2001 6,958 134,986 36.7 90.9 19.4 March 2002 6,233 124,112 32.9 89.6 19.9 March 2003 5,668 118,514 29.9 90.9 20.9 March 2004 5,246 118,255 27.6 92.6 22.5 March 2005 4,896 114,844 25.8 93.3 23.5 March 2006 4,675 116,900 24.6 95.5 25.0 March 2007 4,409 115,076 23.2 94.3 26.1 March 2008 4,153 113,672 21.9 94.2 27.4 March 2009 3,828 101,067 20.2 92.2 26.4 March 2010 3,537 94,607 18.6 92.4 26.7 March 2011 3,410 95,508 18.0 96.4 28.0 March 2012 3,239 96,048 17.1 95.0 29.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 21,118 140,714 100.0 _ 6.7 March 1996 16,289 145,623 77.1 77.1 8.9 March 1997 13,602 144,939 64.4 83.5 10.7 March 1998 11,720 146,276 55.5 86.2 12.5 March 1999 10,429 142,612 49.4 89.0 13.7 March 2000 9,161 142,548 43.4 87.8 15.6 March 2001 8,211 138,815 38.9 89.6 16.9 March 2002 7,334 124,127 34.7 89.3 16.9 March 2003 6,721 122,089 31.8 91.6 18.2 March 2004 6,198 120,155 29.3 92.2 19.4 March 2005 5,795 118,263 27.4 93.5 20.4 March 2006 5,479 119,085 25.9 94.5 21.7 March 2007 5,127 116,818 24.3 93.6 22.8 March 2008 4,871 115,674 23.1 95.0 23.7 March 2009 4,473 104,044 21.2 91.8 23.3 March 2010 4,164 97,994 19.7 93.1 23.5 March 2011 4,006 98,850 19.0 96.2 24.7 March 2012 3,791 97,463 18.0 94.6 25.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 21,006 138,424 100.0 _ 6.6 March 1997 16,110 143,617 76.7 76.7 8.9 March 1998 13,459 139,890 64.1 83.5 10.4 March 1999 11,871 141,923 56.5 88.2 12.0 March 2000 10,376 145,736 49.4 87.4 14.0 March 2001 9,093 142,382 43.3 87.6 15.7 March 2002 8,105 132,100 38.6 89.1 16.3 March 2003 7,333 126,828 34.9 90.5 17.3 March 2004 6,776 125,514 32.3 92.4 18.5 March 2005 6,323 126,725 30.1 93.3 20.0 March 2006 5,903 127,623 28.1 93.4 21.6 March 2007 5,543 129,303 26.4 93.9 23.3 March 2008 5,200 132,739 24.8 93.8 25.5 March 2009 4,803 121,364 22.9 92.4 25.3 March 2010 4,432 114,029 21.1 92.3 25.7 March 2011 4,205 116,156 20.0 94.9 27.6 March 2012 4,000 114,483 19.0 95.1 28.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 21,145 140,833 100.0 _ 6.7 March 1998 16,163 146,676 76.4 76.4 9.1 March 1999 13,899 147,407 65.7 86.0 10.6 March 2000 11,798 149,222 55.8 84.9 12.6 March 2001 10,166 141,317 48.1 86.2 13.9 March 2002 8,865 125,762 41.9 87.2 14.2 March 2003 8,096 116,529 38.3 91.3 14.4 March 2004 7,336 113,808 34.7 90.6 15.5 March 2005 6,731 115,106 31.8 91.8 17.1 March 2006 6,260 114,115 29.6 93.0 18.2 March 2007 5,804 113,290 27.4 92.7 19.5 March 2008 5,408 111,560 25.6 93.2 20.6 March 2009 4,982 102,882 23.6 92.1 20.7 March 2010 4,602 97,269 21.8 92.4 21.1 March 2011 4,349 98,859 20.6 94.5 22.7 March 2012 4,155 99,818 19.7 95.5 24.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 21,215 142,630 100.0 _ 6.7 March 1999 16,814 144,487 79.3 79.3 8.6 March 2000 14,003 142,996 66.0 83.3 10.2 March 2001 11,757 131,023 55.4 84.0 11.1 March 2002 10,063 118,383 47.4 85.6 11.8 March 2003 8,773 111,575 41.4 87.2 12.7 March 2004 7,905 108,311 37.3 90.1 13.7 March 2005 7,265 108,668 34.2 91.9 15.0 March 2006 6,694 107,917 31.6 92.1 16.1 March 2007 6,230 105,135 29.4 93.1 16.9 March 2008 5,759 103,793 27.1 92.4 18.0 March 2009 5,234 93,660 24.7 90.9 17.9 March 2010 4,842 89,502 22.8 92.5 18.5 March 2011 4,585 91,994 21.6 94.7 20.1 March 2012 4,325 91,838 20.4 94.3 21.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 21,229 143,045 100.0 _ 6.7 March 2000 16,256 144,093 76.6 76.6 8.9 March 2001 13,150 136,634 61.9 80.9 10.4 March 2002 11,107 126,062 52.3 84.5 11.3 March 2003 9,626 118,482 45.3 86.7 12.3 March 2004 8,588 116,117 40.5 89.2 13.5 March 2005 7,776 116,275 36.6 90.5 15.0 March 2006 7,202 120,297 33.9 92.6 16.7 March 2007 6,632 119,880 31.2 92.1 18.1 March 2008 6,081 120,603 28.6 91.7 19.8 March 2009 5,449 108,235 25.7 89.6 19.9 March 2010 5,029 98,358 23.7 92.3 19.6 March 2011 4,736 99,541 22.3 94.2 21.0 March 2012 4,464 100,877 21.0 94.3 22.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 20,947 129,495 100.0 _ 6.2 March 2001 15,961 133,559 76.2 76.2 8.4 March 2002 13,404 125,433 64.0 84.0 9.4 March 2003 11,367 120,689 54.3 84.8 10.6 March 2004 10,041 120,209 47.9 88.3 12.0 March 2005 8,983 123,704 42.9 89.5 13.8 March 2006 8,245 127,350 39.4 91.8 15.4 March 2007 7,568 129,020 36.1 91.8 17.0 March 2008 6,877 126,413 32.8 90.9 18.4 March 2009 6,169 115,422 29.5 89.7 18.7 March 2010 5,705 110,517 27.2 92.5 19.4 March 2011 5,370 113,650 25.6 94.1 21.2 March 2012 5,025 112,398 24.0 93.6 22.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 18,210 121,343 100.0 _ 6.7 March 2002 15,405 117,627 84.6 84.6 7.6 March 2003 12,824 114,957 70.4 83.2 9.0 March 2004 11,200 116,012 61.5 87.3 10.4 March 2005 10,023 116,854 55.0 89.5 11.7 March 2006 9,090 116,408 49.9 90.7 12.8 March 2007 8,322 118,352 45.7 91.6 14.2 March 2008 7,513 115,640 41.3 90.3 15.4 March 2009 6,710 104,996 36.8 89.3 15.6 March 2010 6,148 99,646 33.8 91.6 16.2 March 2011 5,722 102,345 31.4 93.1 17.9 March 2012 5,426 104,160 29.8 94.8 19.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 17,733 117,357 100.0 _ 6.6 March 2003 14,163 123,695 79.9 79.9 8.7 March 2004 12,048 120,703 67.9 85.1 10.0 March 2005 10,702 120,099 60.4 88.8 11.2 March 2006 9,617 118,981 54.2 89.9 12.4 March 2007 8,685 121,038 49.0 90.3 13.9 March 2008 7,909 117,758 44.6 91.1 14.9 March 2009 7,025 109,471 39.6 88.8 15.6 March 2010 6,387 104,037 36.0 90.9 16.3 March 2011 6,006 103,254 33.9 94.0 17.2 March 2012 5,548 103,893 31.3 92.4 18.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 17,484 109,232 100.0 _ 6.2 March 2004 14,599 116,962 83.5 83.5 8.0 March 2005 12,574 118,944 71.9 86.1 9.5 March 2006 11,014 121,646 63.0 87.6 11.0 March 2007 9,830 120,623 56.2 89.3 12.3 March 2008 8,772 120,521 50.2 89.2 13.7 March 2009 7,684 109,296 43.9 87.6 14.2 March 2010 6,902 101,827 39.5 89.8 14.8 March 2011 6,436 102,428 36.8 93.2 15.9 March 2012 5,980 103,623 34.2 92.9 17.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 17,042 101,855 100.0 _ 6.0 March 2005 14,360 112,186 84.3 84.3 7.8 March 2006 12,379 117,755 72.6 86.2 9.5 March 2007 10,872 117,002 63.8 87.8 10.8 March 2008 9,484 112,619 55.7 87.2 11.9 March 2009 8,249 102,663 48.4 87.0 12.4 March 2010 7,388 98,143 43.4 89.6 13.3 March 2011 6,766 97,762 39.7 91.6 14.4 March 2012 6,256 100,286 36.7 92.5 16.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 17,788 102,601 100.0 _ 5.8 March 2006 15,143 113,813 85.1 85.1 7.5 March 2007 13,014 115,158 73.2 85.9 8.8 March 2008 11,211 111,865 63.0 86.1 10.0 March 2009 9,493 103,687 53.4 84.7 10.9 March 2010 8,355 98,339 47.0 88.0 11.8 March 2011 7,793 102,335 43.8 93.3 13.1 March 2012 7,187 102,947 40.4 92.2 14.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 19,115 98,100 100.0 _ 5.1 March 2007 15,903 106,616 83.2 83.2 6.7 March 2008 13,255 104,295 69.3 83.3 7.9 March 2009 10,963 91,816 57.4 82.7 8.4 March 2010 9,456 86,884 49.5 86.3 9.2 March 2011 8,679 88,011 45.4 91.8 10.1 March 2012 7,950 90,413 41.6 91.6 11.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 18,854 95,417 100.0 _ 5.1 March 2008 15,184 97,166 80.5 80.5 6.4 March 2009 12,585 90,171 66.7 82.9 7.2 March 2010 10,644 82,479 56.5 84.6 7.7 March 2011 9,594 83,540 50.9 90.1 8.7 March 2012 8,683 83,434 46.1 90.5 9.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 17,364 85,124 100.0 _ 4.9 March 2009 13,916 83,070 80.1 80.1 6.0 March 2010 11,618 78,086 66.9 83.5 6.7 March 2011 10,368 81,056 59.7 89.2 7.8 March 2012 9,348 82,742 53.8 90.2 8.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 15,426 76,175 100.0 _ 4.9 March 2010 12,362 76,004 80.1 80.1 6.1 March 2011 10,910 78,794 70.7 88.3 7.2 March 2012 9,593 77,989 62.2 87.9 8.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 13,332 69,910 100.0 _ 5.2 March 2011 11,365 76,062 85.2 85.2 6.7 March 2012 10,003 78,033 75.0 88.0 7.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 16,421 79,641 100.0 _ 4.8 March 2012 13,814 87,683 84.1 84.1 6.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2012 March 2012 17,190 87,927 100.0 _ 5.1 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.