Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Total Private Vermont 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 1,383 7,718 100.0 _ 5.6 March 1995 1,129 7,900 81.6 81.6 7.0 March 1996 998 7,198 72.2 88.4 7.2 March 1997 919 7,131 66.4 92.1 7.8 March 1998 844 6,835 61.0 91.8 8.1 March 1999 777 6,797 56.2 92.1 8.7 March 2000 727 6,758 52.6 93.6 9.3 March 2001 682 6,575 49.3 93.8 9.6 March 2002 632 6,305 45.7 92.7 10.0 March 2003 589 6,053 42.6 93.2 10.3 March 2004 562 5,844 40.6 95.4 10.4 March 2005 539 5,790 39.0 95.9 10.7 March 2006 527 5,747 38.1 97.8 10.9 March 2007 501 5,675 36.2 95.1 11.3 March 2008 467 5,437 33.8 93.2 11.6 March 2009 434 5,166 31.4 92.9 11.9 March 2010 425 5,036 30.7 97.9 11.8 March 2011 408 4,881 29.5 96.0 12.0 March 2012 398 4,836 28.8 97.5 12.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 1,367 7,834 100.0 _ 5.7 March 1996 1,090 7,518 79.7 79.7 6.9 March 1997 976 7,325 71.4 89.5 7.5 March 1998 849 6,944 62.1 87.0 8.2 March 1999 777 7,053 56.8 91.5 9.1 March 2000 737 7,165 53.9 94.9 9.7 March 2001 681 7,074 49.8 92.4 10.4 March 2002 631 6,661 46.2 92.7 10.6 March 2003 587 6,611 42.9 93.0 11.3 March 2004 570 6,419 41.7 97.1 11.3 March 2005 550 6,394 40.2 96.5 11.6 March 2006 525 6,436 38.4 95.5 12.3 March 2007 494 6,384 36.1 94.1 12.9 March 2008 456 6,288 33.4 92.3 13.8 March 2009 426 5,681 31.2 93.4 13.3 March 2010 404 5,700 29.6 94.8 14.1 March 2011 382 5,701 27.9 94.6 14.9 March 2012 379 5,594 27.7 99.2 14.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 1,446 8,096 100.0 _ 5.6 March 1997 1,184 7,629 81.9 81.9 6.4 March 1998 1,050 7,761 72.6 88.7 7.4 March 1999 952 8,350 65.8 90.7 8.8 March 2000 875 8,464 60.5 91.9 9.7 March 2001 805 8,357 55.7 92.0 10.4 March 2002 738 7,283 51.0 91.7 9.9 March 2003 701 6,951 48.5 95.0 9.9 March 2004 672 6,790 46.5 95.9 10.1 March 2005 631 6,549 43.6 93.9 10.4 March 2006 596 6,240 41.2 94.5 10.5 March 2007 558 6,149 38.6 93.6 11.0 March 2008 529 5,752 36.6 94.8 10.9 March 2009 492 5,582 34.0 93.0 11.3 March 2010 491 5,339 34.0 99.8 10.9 March 2011 469 5,262 32.4 95.5 11.2 March 2012 450 5,216 31.1 95.9 11.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 1,559 7,239 100.0 _ 4.6 March 1998 1,259 7,238 80.8 80.8 5.7 March 1999 1,092 8,065 70.0 86.7 7.4 March 2000 1,002 7,560 64.3 91.8 7.5 March 2001 907 7,578 58.2 90.5 8.4 March 2002 812 7,034 52.1 89.5 8.7 March 2003 739 6,592 47.4 91.0 8.9 March 2004 712 6,473 45.7 96.3 9.1 March 2005 671 6,521 43.0 94.2 9.7 March 2006 645 6,301 41.4 96.1 9.8 March 2007 611 6,197 39.2 94.7 10.1 March 2008 550 6,094 35.3 90.0 11.1 March 2009 519 5,588 33.3 94.4 10.8 March 2010 493 5,268 31.6 95.0 10.7 March 2011 453 5,338 29.1 91.9 11.8 March 2012 448 5,326 28.7 98.9 11.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 1,499 7,252 100.0 _ 4.8 March 1999 1,211 7,375 80.8 80.8 6.1 March 2000 1,083 7,446 72.2 89.4 6.9 March 2001 965 7,027 64.4 89.1 7.3 March 2002 862 6,843 57.5 89.3 7.9 March 2003 807 6,474 53.8 93.6 8.0 March 2004 747 6,446 49.8 92.6 8.6 March 2005 693 6,317 46.2 92.8 9.1 March 2006 651 6,290 43.4 93.9 9.7 March 2007 621 6,037 41.4 95.4 9.7 March 2008 576 5,913 38.4 92.8 10.3 March 2009 525 5,412 35.0 91.1 10.3 March 2010 500 5,058 33.4 95.2 10.1 March 2011 483 5,103 32.2 96.6 10.6 March 2012 453 5,006 30.2 93.8 11.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 1,438 5,882 100.0 _ 4.1 March 2000 1,151 5,857 80.0 80.0 5.1 March 2001 1,010 5,635 70.2 87.7 5.6 March 2002 879 5,422 61.1 87.0 6.2 March 2003 791 5,248 55.0 90.0 6.6 March 2004 733 5,170 51.0 92.7 7.1 March 2005 682 4,955 47.4 93.0 7.3 March 2006 635 4,843 44.2 93.1 7.6 March 2007 590 4,675 41.0 92.9 7.9 March 2008 559 4,631 38.9 94.7 8.3 March 2009 513 4,261 35.7 91.8 8.3 March 2010 478 4,013 33.2 93.2 8.4 March 2011 461 4,074 32.1 96.4 8.8 March 2012 439 4,012 30.5 95.2 9.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 1,568 7,490 100.0 _ 4.8 March 2001 1,219 7,564 77.7 77.7 6.2 March 2002 1,047 7,328 66.8 85.9 7.0 March 2003 951 7,259 60.7 90.8 7.6 March 2004 878 7,190 56.0 92.3 8.2 March 2005 806 6,771 51.4 91.8 8.4 March 2006 748 6,408 47.7 92.8 8.6 March 2007 674 5,984 43.0 90.1 8.9 March 2008 640 5,916 40.8 95.0 9.2 March 2009 592 5,872 37.8 92.5 9.9 March 2010 549 5,787 35.0 92.7 10.5 March 2011 530 5,825 33.8 96.5 11.0 March 2012 517 5,764 33.0 97.5 11.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 1,341 6,291 100.0 _ 4.7 March 2002 1,055 5,900 78.7 78.7 5.6 March 2003 926 5,746 69.1 87.8 6.2 March 2004 842 5,597 62.8 90.9 6.6 March 2005 748 5,257 55.8 88.8 7.0 March 2006 711 5,027 53.0 95.1 7.1 March 2007 664 4,862 49.5 93.4 7.3 March 2008 622 4,763 46.4 93.7 7.7 March 2009 569 4,492 42.4 91.5 7.9 March 2010 525 4,297 39.1 92.3 8.2 March 2011 490 4,283 36.5 93.3 8.7 March 2012 459 4,053 34.2 93.7 8.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 1,319 6,938 100.0 _ 5.3 March 2003 1,044 6,910 79.2 79.2 6.6 March 2004 931 5,787 70.6 89.2 6.2 March 2005 825 7,594 62.5 88.6 9.2 March 2006 778 8,227 59.0 94.3 10.6 March 2007 715 8,481 54.2 91.9 11.9 March 2008 640 8,661 48.5 89.5 13.5 March 2009 584 8,717 44.3 91.3 14.9 March 2010 532 8,897 40.3 91.1 16.7 March 2011 490 8,809 37.1 92.1 18.0 March 2012 468 9,567 35.5 95.5 20.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 1,450 5,780 100.0 _ 4.0 March 2004 1,146 5,639 79.0 79.0 4.9 March 2005 1,020 5,177 70.3 89.0 5.1 March 2006 955 5,086 65.9 93.6 5.3 March 2007 854 4,924 58.9 89.4 5.8 March 2008 760 4,665 52.4 89.0 6.1 March 2009 688 4,436 47.4 90.5 6.4 March 2010 634 4,366 43.7 92.2 6.9 March 2011 596 4,335 41.1 94.0 7.3 March 2012 572 4,077 39.4 96.0 7.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 1,451 6,871 100.0 _ 4.7 March 2005 1,161 5,573 80.0 80.0 4.8 March 2006 1,026 5,340 70.7 88.4 5.2 March 2007 915 5,282 63.1 89.2 5.8 March 2008 811 5,115 55.9 88.6 6.3 March 2009 730 4,487 50.3 90.0 6.1 March 2010 661 4,450 45.6 90.5 6.7 March 2011 615 4,223 42.4 93.0 6.9 March 2012 587 4,267 40.5 95.4 7.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 1,329 5,218 100.0 _ 3.9 March 2006 1,080 4,678 81.3 81.3 4.3 March 2007 935 4,595 70.4 86.6 4.9 March 2008 801 4,081 60.3 85.7 5.1 March 2009 697 3,905 52.4 87.0 5.6 March 2010 631 4,058 47.5 90.5 6.4 March 2011 592 3,684 44.5 93.8 6.2 March 2012 542 3,590 40.8 91.6 6.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 1,399 5,032 100.0 _ 3.6 March 2007 1,090 4,557 77.9 77.9 4.2 March 2008 889 4,405 63.5 81.6 5.0 March 2009 769 3,910 55.0 86.5 5.1 March 2010 690 3,777 49.3 89.7 5.5 March 2011 628 3,710 44.9 91.0 5.9 March 2012 572 3,580 40.9 91.1 6.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 1,252 4,210 100.0 _ 3.4 March 2008 947 3,687 75.6 75.6 3.9 March 2009 803 3,456 64.1 84.8 4.3 March 2010 702 3,510 56.1 87.4 5.0 March 2011 645 3,580 51.5 91.9 5.6 March 2012 584 3,571 46.6 90.5 6.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 1,538 5,908 100.0 _ 3.8 March 2009 1,153 5,064 75.0 75.0 4.4 March 2010 970 4,696 63.1 84.1 4.8 March 2011 866 4,652 56.3 89.3 5.4 March 2012 797 4,416 51.8 92.0 5.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 1,193 4,419 100.0 _ 3.7 March 2010 927 3,694 77.7 77.7 4.0 March 2011 804 3,706 67.4 86.7 4.6 March 2012 741 3,843 62.1 92.2 5.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 1,039 3,986 100.0 _ 3.8 March 2011 796 3,755 76.6 76.6 4.7 March 2012 680 3,868 65.4 85.4 5.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 1,194 4,250 100.0 _ 3.6 March 2012 967 4,660 81.0 81.0 4.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2012 March 2012 1,274 3,947 100.0 _ 3.1 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.