Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Management of Companies and Enterprises 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 2,031 37,095 100.0 _ 18.3 March 1995 1,799 37,274 88.6 88.6 20.7 March 1996 1,655 39,383 81.5 92.0 23.8 March 1997 1,577 40,061 77.6 95.3 25.4 March 1998 1,479 40,865 72.8 93.8 27.6 March 1999 1,392 42,172 68.5 94.1 30.3 March 2000 1,305 41,273 64.3 93.8 31.6 March 2001 1,196 40,283 58.9 91.6 33.7 March 2002 1,183 36,386 58.2 98.9 30.8 March 2003 1,139 35,786 56.1 96.3 31.4 March 2004 1,150 37,083 56.6 101.0 32.2 March 2005 1,098 39,160 54.1 95.5 35.7 March 2006 1,057 38,325 52.0 96.3 36.3 March 2007 978 38,940 48.2 92.5 39.8 March 2008 960 40,845 47.3 98.2 42.5 March 2009 928 40,017 45.7 96.7 43.1 March 2010 886 40,418 43.6 95.5 45.6 March 2011 885 39,510 43.6 99.9 44.6 March 2012 876 40,604 43.1 99.0 46.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 2,083 52,827 100.0 _ 25.4 March 1996 1,849 54,649 88.8 88.8 29.6 March 1997 1,718 53,308 82.5 92.9 31.0 March 1998 1,600 50,654 76.8 93.1 31.7 March 1999 1,469 52,433 70.5 91.8 35.7 March 2000 1,380 53,881 66.3 93.9 39.0 March 2001 1,254 49,856 60.2 90.9 39.8 March 2002 1,088 49,039 52.2 86.8 45.1 March 2003 1,028 47,948 49.4 94.5 46.6 March 2004 1,028 55,300 49.4 100.0 53.8 March 2005 995 53,978 47.8 96.8 54.2 March 2006 955 55,249 45.8 96.0 57.9 March 2007 967 54,420 46.4 101.3 56.3 March 2008 987 57,961 47.4 102.1 58.7 March 2009 950 57,765 45.6 96.3 60.8 March 2010 917 55,228 44.0 96.5 60.2 March 2011 925 54,874 44.4 100.9 59.3 March 2012 896 56,017 43.0 96.9 62.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 2,244 34,931 100.0 _ 15.6 March 1997 1,981 37,534 88.3 88.3 18.9 March 1998 1,828 39,273 81.5 92.3 21.5 March 1999 1,707 40,676 76.1 93.4 23.8 March 2000 1,543 40,577 68.8 90.4 26.3 March 2001 1,404 40,302 62.6 91.0 28.7 March 2002 1,239 37,558 55.2 88.2 30.3 March 2003 1,147 37,949 51.1 92.6 33.1 March 2004 1,131 35,647 50.4 98.6 31.5 March 2005 1,094 36,858 48.8 96.7 33.7 March 2006 1,073 36,657 47.8 98.1 34.2 March 2007 1,059 36,683 47.2 98.7 34.6 March 2008 1,018 38,279 45.4 96.1 37.6 March 2009 962 36,740 42.9 94.5 38.2 March 2010 901 37,318 40.2 93.7 41.4 March 2011 895 37,561 39.9 99.3 42.0 March 2012 893 40,673 39.8 99.8 45.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 2,562 47,051 100.0 _ 18.4 March 1998 2,249 49,902 87.8 87.8 22.2 March 1999 2,045 48,741 79.8 90.9 23.8 March 2000 1,796 48,537 70.1 87.8 27.0 March 2001 1,638 49,777 63.9 91.2 30.4 March 2002 1,397 44,647 54.5 85.3 32.0 March 2003 1,326 40,039 51.8 94.9 30.2 March 2004 1,336 41,580 52.1 100.8 31.1 March 2005 1,302 45,015 50.8 97.5 34.6 March 2006 1,242 42,142 48.5 95.4 33.9 March 2007 1,201 41,920 46.9 96.7 34.9 March 2008 1,139 44,130 44.5 94.8 38.7 March 2009 1,107 40,633 43.2 97.2 36.7 March 2010 1,019 39,018 39.8 92.1 38.3 March 2011 1,043 39,469 40.7 102.4 37.8 March 2012 1,026 40,214 40.0 98.4 39.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 2,671 47,947 100.0 _ 18.0 March 1999 2,268 50,725 84.9 84.9 22.4 March 2000 2,085 52,287 78.1 91.9 25.1 March 2001 1,817 51,410 68.0 87.1 28.3 March 2002 1,583 48,485 59.3 87.1 30.6 March 2003 1,446 46,123 54.1 91.3 31.9 March 2004 1,472 46,346 55.1 101.8 31.5 March 2005 1,439 46,846 53.9 97.8 32.6 March 2006 1,398 53,560 52.3 97.2 38.3 March 2007 1,375 53,675 51.5 98.4 39.0 March 2008 1,311 54,887 49.1 95.3 41.9 March 2009 1,232 53,117 46.1 94.0 43.1 March 2010 1,126 51,768 42.2 91.4 46.0 March 2011 1,158 52,141 43.4 102.8 45.0 March 2012 1,116 50,830 41.8 96.4 45.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 2,805 59,677 100.0 _ 21.3 March 2000 2,367 62,199 84.4 84.4 26.3 March 2001 2,075 61,315 74.0 87.7 29.5 March 2002 1,753 61,335 62.5 84.5 35.0 March 2003 1,604 49,138 57.2 91.5 30.6 March 2004 1,604 51,600 57.2 100.0 32.2 March 2005 1,563 53,227 55.7 97.4 34.1 March 2006 1,524 55,075 54.3 97.5 36.1 March 2007 1,513 58,998 53.9 99.3 39.0 March 2008 1,429 59,962 50.9 94.4 42.0 March 2009 1,367 59,238 48.7 95.7 43.3 March 2010 1,229 59,369 43.8 89.9 48.3 March 2011 1,278 59,347 45.6 104.0 46.4 March 2012 1,270 70,366 45.3 99.4 55.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 2,536 37,039 100.0 _ 14.6 March 2001 2,096 37,452 82.6 82.6 17.9 March 2002 1,821 35,121 71.8 86.9 19.3 March 2003 1,702 39,661 67.1 93.5 23.3 March 2004 1,711 42,663 67.5 100.5 24.9 March 2005 1,623 45,030 64.0 94.9 27.7 March 2006 1,595 45,799 62.9 98.3 28.7 March 2007 1,542 46,094 60.8 96.7 29.9 March 2008 1,450 45,744 57.2 94.0 31.5 March 2009 1,400 47,911 55.2 96.6 34.2 March 2010 1,283 46,309 50.6 91.6 36.1 March 2011 1,354 48,156 53.4 105.5 35.6 March 2012 1,315 46,933 51.9 97.1 35.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 2,306 27,017 100.0 _ 11.7 March 2002 1,967 29,866 85.3 85.3 15.2 March 2003 1,797 27,643 77.9 91.4 15.4 March 2004 1,877 29,494 81.4 104.5 15.7 March 2005 1,729 31,221 75.0 92.1 18.1 March 2006 1,652 31,964 71.6 95.5 19.3 March 2007 1,617 33,946 70.1 97.9 21.0 March 2008 1,515 36,364 65.7 93.7 24.0 March 2009 1,401 34,757 60.8 92.5 24.8 March 2010 1,289 35,737 55.9 92.0 27.7 March 2011 1,326 36,384 57.5 102.9 27.4 March 2012 1,362 36,089 59.1 102.7 26.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 2,269 34,133 100.0 _ 15.0 March 2003 1,947 35,603 85.8 85.8 18.3 March 2004 1,955 34,371 86.2 100.4 17.6 March 2005 1,737 37,092 76.6 88.8 21.4 March 2006 1,675 44,810 73.8 96.4 26.8 March 2007 1,572 37,226 69.3 93.9 23.7 March 2008 1,504 39,669 66.3 95.7 26.4 March 2009 1,433 39,467 63.2 95.3 27.5 March 2010 1,321 39,638 58.2 92.2 30.0 March 2011 1,361 39,791 60.0 103.0 29.2 March 2012 1,353 39,592 59.6 99.4 29.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 2,186 24,887 100.0 _ 11.4 March 2004 2,081 26,797 95.2 95.2 12.9 March 2005 1,991 28,124 91.1 95.7 14.1 March 2006 1,887 30,773 86.3 94.8 16.3 March 2007 1,841 31,134 84.2 97.6 16.9 March 2008 1,729 31,578 79.1 93.9 18.3 March 2009 1,579 32,271 72.2 91.3 20.4 March 2010 1,455 30,653 66.6 92.1 21.1 March 2011 1,454 30,500 66.5 99.9 21.0 March 2012 1,437 31,533 65.7 98.8 21.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 2,611 25,749 100.0 _ 9.9 March 2005 2,387 27,686 91.4 91.4 11.6 March 2006 2,184 28,233 83.6 91.5 12.9 March 2007 1,992 28,157 76.3 91.2 14.1 March 2008 1,832 27,283 70.2 92.0 14.9 March 2009 1,672 26,529 64.0 91.3 15.9 March 2010 1,503 27,979 57.6 89.9 18.6 March 2011 1,481 29,351 56.7 98.5 19.8 March 2012 1,444 31,067 55.3 97.5 21.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 2,786 20,406 100.0 _ 7.3 March 2006 2,502 23,897 89.8 89.8 9.6 March 2007 2,244 29,589 80.5 89.7 13.2 March 2008 2,059 29,785 73.9 91.8 14.5 March 2009 1,848 29,081 66.3 89.8 15.7 March 2010 1,667 28,282 59.8 90.2 17.0 March 2011 1,587 26,980 57.0 95.2 17.0 March 2012 1,505 28,367 54.0 94.8 18.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 3,298 19,616 100.0 _ 5.9 March 2007 2,864 22,522 86.8 86.8 7.9 March 2008 2,486 22,742 75.4 86.8 9.1 March 2009 2,234 23,847 67.7 89.9 10.7 March 2010 1,981 23,749 60.1 88.7 12.0 March 2011 1,890 21,216 57.3 95.4 11.2 March 2012 1,795 22,867 54.4 95.0 12.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 3,597 23,299 100.0 _ 6.5 March 2008 3,015 25,043 83.8 83.8 8.3 March 2009 2,617 24,789 72.8 86.8 9.5 March 2010 2,280 25,424 63.4 87.1 11.2 March 2011 2,183 26,583 60.7 95.7 12.2 March 2012 2,022 26,403 56.2 92.6 13.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 3,907 24,223 100.0 _ 6.2 March 2009 3,199 25,202 81.9 81.9 7.9 March 2010 2,696 24,204 69.0 84.3 9.0 March 2011 2,506 24,588 64.1 93.0 9.8 March 2012 2,352 25,222 60.2 93.9 10.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 3,642 18,605 100.0 _ 5.1 March 2010 2,965 19,478 81.4 81.4 6.6 March 2011 2,716 21,487 74.6 91.6 7.9 March 2012 2,489 21,566 68.3 91.6 8.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 3,087 15,390 100.0 _ 5.0 March 2011 2,618 16,350 84.8 84.8 6.2 March 2012 2,305 18,316 74.7 88.0 7.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 3,212 17,292 100.0 _ 5.4 March 2012 2,769 19,173 86.2 86.2 6.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2012 March 2012 3,365 20,979 100.0 _ 6.2 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.