Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Total Private Wisconsin 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 8,786 66,676 100.0 _ 7.6 March 1995 7,141 64,506 81.3 81.3 9.0 March 1996 6,402 64,843 72.9 89.7 10.1 March 1997 5,869 64,046 66.8 91.7 10.9 March 1998 5,341 62,687 60.8 91.0 11.7 March 1999 4,979 63,514 56.7 93.2 12.8 March 2000 4,630 64,695 52.7 93.0 14.0 March 2001 4,335 63,770 49.3 93.6 14.7 March 2002 4,112 59,191 46.8 94.9 14.4 March 2003 3,908 57,670 44.5 95.0 14.8 March 2004 3,710 55,812 42.2 94.9 15.0 March 2005 3,534 55,521 40.2 95.3 15.7 March 2006 3,378 54,728 38.4 95.6 16.2 March 2007 3,271 53,749 37.2 96.8 16.4 March 2008 3,094 52,125 35.2 94.6 16.8 March 2009 2,882 46,918 32.8 93.1 16.3 March 2010 2,723 44,155 31.0 94.5 16.2 March 2011 2,586 44,394 29.4 95.0 17.2 March 2012 2,498 43,910 28.4 96.6 17.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 9,046 74,514 100.0 _ 8.2 March 1996 7,373 71,542 81.5 81.5 9.7 March 1997 6,553 71,356 72.4 88.9 10.9 March 1998 5,916 70,436 65.4 90.3 11.9 March 1999 5,541 69,813 61.3 93.7 12.6 March 2000 5,163 68,388 57.1 93.2 13.2 March 2001 4,715 64,797 52.1 91.3 13.7 March 2002 4,366 61,457 48.3 92.6 14.1 March 2003 4,148 59,538 45.9 95.0 14.4 March 2004 4,025 58,023 44.5 97.0 14.4 March 2005 3,845 58,325 42.5 95.5 15.2 March 2006 3,664 58,283 40.5 95.3 15.9 March 2007 3,473 58,462 38.4 94.8 16.8 March 2008 3,255 56,919 36.0 93.7 17.5 March 2009 3,041 53,115 33.6 93.4 17.5 March 2010 2,876 51,376 31.8 94.6 17.9 March 2011 2,747 51,201 30.4 95.5 18.6 March 2012 2,682 51,535 29.6 97.6 19.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 8,354 71,948 100.0 _ 8.6 March 1997 6,855 69,436 82.1 82.1 10.1 March 1998 5,996 70,765 71.8 87.5 11.8 March 1999 5,590 72,117 66.9 93.2 12.9 March 2000 5,159 71,357 61.8 92.3 13.8 March 2001 4,773 68,370 57.1 92.5 14.3 March 2002 4,456 65,559 53.3 93.4 14.7 March 2003 4,218 63,810 50.5 94.7 15.1 March 2004 4,026 62,825 48.2 95.4 15.6 March 2005 3,876 61,873 46.4 96.3 16.0 March 2006 3,716 61,213 44.5 95.9 16.5 March 2007 3,507 59,974 42.0 94.4 17.1 March 2008 3,290 57,637 39.4 93.8 17.5 March 2009 3,099 53,818 37.1 94.2 17.4 March 2010 2,999 52,879 35.9 96.8 17.6 March 2011 2,893 52,686 34.6 96.5 18.2 March 2012 2,809 51,838 33.6 97.1 18.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 8,310 74,527 100.0 _ 9.0 March 1998 6,697 73,489 80.6 80.6 11.0 March 1999 6,181 76,782 74.4 92.3 12.4 March 2000 5,692 72,325 68.5 92.1 12.7 March 2001 5,187 72,092 62.4 91.1 13.9 March 2002 4,794 66,280 57.7 92.4 13.8 March 2003 4,571 64,399 55.0 95.3 14.1 March 2004 4,361 64,587 52.5 95.4 14.8 March 2005 4,158 65,171 50.0 95.3 15.7 March 2006 3,935 65,508 47.4 94.6 16.6 March 2007 3,723 63,790 44.8 94.6 17.1 March 2008 3,484 63,689 41.9 93.6 18.3 March 2009 3,238 58,809 39.0 92.9 18.2 March 2010 3,067 56,747 36.9 94.7 18.5 March 2011 2,916 56,372 35.1 95.1 19.3 March 2012 2,851 55,874 34.3 97.8 19.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 8,278 77,019 100.0 _ 9.3 March 1999 7,152 76,061 86.4 86.4 10.6 March 2000 6,404 77,580 77.4 89.5 12.1 March 2001 5,775 73,107 69.8 90.2 12.7 March 2002 5,222 69,605 63.1 90.4 13.3 March 2003 4,892 69,038 59.1 93.7 14.1 March 2004 4,598 68,598 55.5 94.0 14.9 March 2005 4,342 69,305 52.5 94.4 16.0 March 2006 4,116 67,758 49.7 94.8 16.5 March 2007 3,898 67,856 47.1 94.7 17.4 March 2008 3,601 66,744 43.5 92.4 18.5 March 2009 3,335 62,451 40.3 92.6 18.7 March 2010 3,268 61,464 39.5 98.0 18.8 March 2011 3,101 61,810 37.5 94.9 19.9 March 2012 3,002 62,158 36.3 96.8 20.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 8,783 67,028 100.0 _ 7.6 March 2000 7,344 73,325 83.6 83.6 10.0 March 2001 6,406 70,528 72.9 87.2 11.0 March 2002 5,814 67,124 66.2 90.8 11.5 March 2003 5,305 64,877 60.4 91.2 12.2 March 2004 4,947 64,240 56.3 93.3 13.0 March 2005 4,625 64,587 52.7 93.5 14.0 March 2006 4,387 64,996 49.9 94.9 14.8 March 2007 4,112 63,448 46.8 93.7 15.4 March 2008 3,830 61,819 43.6 93.1 16.1 March 2009 3,612 58,080 41.1 94.3 16.1 March 2010 3,382 55,665 38.5 93.6 16.5 March 2011 3,239 58,003 36.9 95.8 17.9 March 2012 3,103 58,770 35.3 95.8 18.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 8,511 59,442 100.0 _ 7.0 March 2001 6,878 60,363 80.8 80.8 8.8 March 2002 5,946 60,940 69.9 86.4 10.2 March 2003 5,395 59,846 63.4 90.7 11.1 March 2004 4,974 59,903 58.4 92.2 12.0 March 2005 4,674 60,156 54.9 94.0 12.9 March 2006 4,356 59,898 51.2 93.2 13.8 March 2007 4,095 58,784 48.1 94.0 14.4 March 2008 3,806 57,881 44.7 92.9 15.2 March 2009 3,507 53,251 41.2 92.1 15.2 March 2010 3,337 52,130 39.2 95.2 15.6 March 2011 3,157 51,713 37.1 94.6 16.4 March 2012 3,013 51,076 35.4 95.4 17.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 7,962 49,121 100.0 _ 6.2 March 2002 6,436 48,857 80.8 80.8 7.6 March 2003 5,728 46,539 71.9 89.0 8.1 March 2004 5,315 47,982 66.8 92.8 9.0 March 2005 4,932 48,232 61.9 92.8 9.8 March 2006 4,601 47,674 57.8 93.3 10.4 March 2007 4,275 46,952 53.7 92.9 11.0 March 2008 3,961 45,515 49.7 92.7 11.5 March 2009 3,670 43,054 46.1 92.7 11.7 March 2010 3,437 41,080 43.2 93.7 12.0 March 2011 3,214 40,415 40.4 93.5 12.6 March 2012 3,064 39,693 38.5 95.3 13.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 8,528 61,335 100.0 _ 7.2 March 2003 7,063 61,300 82.8 82.8 8.7 March 2004 6,304 63,028 73.9 89.3 10.0 March 2005 5,763 62,193 67.6 91.4 10.8 March 2006 5,308 59,647 62.2 92.1 11.2 March 2007 4,896 57,729 57.4 92.2 11.8 March 2008 4,511 55,524 52.9 92.1 12.3 March 2009 4,165 52,295 48.8 92.3 12.6 March 2010 3,887 51,433 45.6 93.3 13.2 March 2011 3,628 51,703 42.5 93.3 14.3 March 2012 3,486 50,966 40.9 96.1 14.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 7,884 51,645 100.0 _ 6.6 March 2004 6,546 51,800 83.0 83.0 7.9 March 2005 5,891 52,140 74.7 90.0 8.9 March 2006 5,362 52,042 68.0 91.0 9.7 March 2007 4,887 51,423 62.0 91.1 10.5 March 2008 4,399 49,825 55.8 90.0 11.3 March 2009 3,978 46,482 50.5 90.4 11.7 March 2010 3,716 44,663 47.1 93.4 12.0 March 2011 3,441 45,695 43.6 92.6 13.3 March 2012 3,255 45,022 41.3 94.6 13.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 8,019 48,578 100.0 _ 6.1 March 2005 6,608 49,425 82.4 82.4 7.5 March 2006 5,917 50,020 73.8 89.5 8.5 March 2007 5,334 48,991 66.5 90.1 9.2 March 2008 4,833 48,157 60.3 90.6 10.0 March 2009 4,354 43,584 54.3 90.1 10.0 March 2010 3,999 42,475 49.9 91.8 10.6 March 2011 3,720 43,181 46.4 93.0 11.6 March 2012 3,498 41,914 43.6 94.0 12.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 8,606 49,518 100.0 _ 5.8 March 2006 7,093 49,977 82.4 82.4 7.0 March 2007 6,322 49,836 73.5 89.1 7.9 March 2008 5,607 49,041 65.2 88.7 8.7 March 2009 4,985 45,092 57.9 88.9 9.0 March 2010 4,538 43,502 52.7 91.0 9.6 March 2011 4,189 43,688 48.7 92.3 10.4 March 2012 3,941 43,254 45.8 94.1 11.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 8,672 48,729 100.0 _ 5.6 March 2007 6,959 48,573 80.2 80.2 7.0 March 2008 6,078 47,406 70.1 87.3 7.8 March 2009 5,298 43,501 61.1 87.2 8.2 March 2010 4,812 41,053 55.5 90.8 8.5 March 2011 4,397 40,452 50.7 91.4 9.2 March 2012 4,124 39,506 47.6 93.8 9.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 8,471 46,128 100.0 _ 5.4 March 2008 6,752 45,152 79.7 79.7 6.7 March 2009 5,845 42,220 69.0 86.6 7.2 March 2010 5,169 39,711 61.0 88.4 7.7 March 2011 4,734 39,165 55.9 91.6 8.3 March 2012 4,337 38,556 51.2 91.6 8.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 7,428 39,333 100.0 _ 5.3 March 2009 5,769 36,695 77.7 77.7 6.4 March 2010 5,128 35,453 69.0 88.9 6.9 March 2011 4,639 34,037 62.5 90.5 7.3 March 2012 4,248 34,024 57.2 91.6 8.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 7,582 37,199 100.0 _ 4.9 March 2010 6,075 35,772 80.1 80.1 5.9 March 2011 5,395 36,034 71.2 88.8 6.7 March 2012 4,933 37,663 65.1 91.4 7.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 6,426 31,934 100.0 _ 5.0 March 2011 5,168 31,723 80.4 80.4 6.1 March 2012 4,581 32,046 71.3 88.6 7.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 7,079 37,478 100.0 _ 5.3 March 2012 5,786 38,508 81.7 81.7 6.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2012 March 2012 8,011 35,712 100.0 _ 4.5 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.