Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by age Total Private South Carolina Age Class March 1991 March 1992 March 1993 March 1994 March 1995 March 1996 Less than one year _ _ _ 7,420 7,949 8,447 1 year _ _ _ _ 5,880 6,278 2 years _ _ _ _ _ 5,093 3 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 66,459 68,476 69,576 64,513 60,411 56,346 Total 66,459 68,476 69,576 71,933 74,240 76,164 Age Class March 1997 March 1998 March 1999 March 2000 March 2001 March 2002 Less than one year 8,814 6,903 10,307 7,641 8,903 8,369 1 year 6,690 7,176 5,726 8,687 6,398 6,986 2 years 5,446 6,073 6,282 5,015 7,096 5,564 3 years 4,585 5,066 5,438 5,626 4,158 6,377 4 years _ 4,277 4,618 4,905 4,814 3,804 5 years _ _ 3,905 4,222 4,203 4,420 6 years _ _ _ 3,664 3,697 3,948 7 years _ _ _ _ 3,223 3,454 8 years _ _ _ _ _ 3,026 9 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 53,457 50,903 48,377 45,986 42,957 40,996 Total 78,992 80,398 84,653 85,746 85,449 86,944 Age Class March 2003 March 2004 March 2005 March 2006 March 2007 March 2008 Less than one year 8,801 8,344 9,184 8,286 11,249 9,092 1 year 6,862 6,937 6,812 7,224 6,781 8,583 2 years 6,147 5,640 6,078 5,740 6,317 5,617 3 years 5,048 5,300 5,146 5,371 5,148 5,469 4 years 5,942 4,749 4,887 4,637 4,915 4,534 5 years 3,496 5,490 4,425 4,428 4,335 4,396 6 years 4,152 3,212 5,170 4,103 4,151 3,852 7 years 3,724 3,863 2,973 4,811 3,862 3,765 8 years 3,259 3,444 3,630 2,776 4,544 3,596 9 years 2,906 3,009 3,253 3,411 2,661 4,233 10 years _ 2,736 2,838 3,010 3,281 2,438 11 years _ _ 2,607 2,640 2,903 3,039 12 years _ _ _ 2,475 2,525 2,680 13 years _ _ _ _ 2,391 2,368 14 years _ _ _ _ _ 2,243 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 39,577 38,102 36,421 34,601 33,582 32,017 Total 89,914 90,826 93,424 93,513 98,645 97,922 Age Class March 2009 March 2010 March 2011 March 2012 March 2013 March 2014 Less than one year 7,856 7,002 7,760 8,327 7,925 8,852 1 year 6,563 6,020 5,481 6,145 6,462 6,463 2 years 6,785 5,405 5,010 4,614 5,229 5,563 3 years 4,586 5,764 4,734 4,428 4,078 4,678 4 years 4,634 3,991 5,098 4,292 3,964 3,741 5 years 3,965 4,151 3,611 4,629 3,901 3,623 6 years 3,906 3,582 3,785 3,352 4,272 3,650 7 years 3,405 3,542 3,258 3,521 3,097 4,014 8 years 3,403 3,162 3,231 3,055 3,281 2,955 9 years 3,219 3,111 2,919 3,067 2,896 3,180 10 years 3,856 2,984 2,879 2,792 2,912 2,731 11 years 2,170 3,642 2,804 2,767 2,635 2,803 12 years 2,778 2,038 3,382 2,700 2,614 2,516 13 years 2,441 2,567 1,941 3,243 2,609 2,474 14 years 2,175 2,352 2,428 1,899 2,958 2,489 15 years 2,093 2,067 2,198 2,334 1,797 2,915 16 years _ 1,980 1,957 2,139 2,182 1,733 17 years _ _ 1,874 1,884 2,057 2,113 18 years _ _ _ 1,823 1,819 1,983 19 years _ _ _ _ 1,750 1,740 20 years _ _ _ _ _ 1,693 21 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 30,217 29,109 28,026 27,214 26,449 25,569 Total 94,052 92,469 92,376 94,225 94,887 97,478 Age Class March 2015 March 2016 March 2017 March 2018 March 2019 March 2020 Less than one year 8,844 9,878 9,692 10,849 12,266 11,537 1 year 7,042 7,085 7,923 7,704 8,528 9,485 2 years 5,506 6,020 6,043 6,827 6,533 7,124 3 years 4,972 4,911 5,298 5,439 6,016 5,681 4 years 4,254 4,471 4,374 4,774 4,830 5,287 5 years 3,449 3,846 4,036 4,000 4,335 4,312 6 years 3,339 3,155 3,538 3,715 3,614 3,892 7 years 3,366 3,120 2,909 3,316 3,394 3,266 8 years 3,767 3,185 2,953 2,733 3,027 3,132 9 years 2,765 3,534 2,974 2,810 2,523 2,806 10 years 3,038 2,612 3,322 2,811 2,600 2,410 11 years 2,589 2,903 2,480 3,173 2,619 2,427 12 years 2,694 2,461 2,759 2,389 2,940 2,407 13 years 2,406 2,587 2,330 2,642 2,258 2,715 14 years 2,378 2,326 2,465 2,251 2,493 2,116 15 years 2,380 2,266 2,244 2,367 2,128 2,345 16 years 2,800 2,286 2,157 2,176 2,187 2,006 17 years 1,662 2,670 2,213 2,060 2,015 2,077 18 years 2,027 1,589 2,546 2,157 1,911 1,872 19 years 1,914 1,941 1,531 2,455 2,037 1,885 20 years 1,667 1,822 1,842 1,488 2,286 1,943 21 years 1,622 1,598 1,748 1,789 1,422 2,161 22 years _ 1,569 1,518 1,693 1,688 1,335 23 years _ _ 1,495 1,467 1,592 1,615 24 years _ _ _ 1,444 1,394 1,534 25 years _ _ _ _ 1,375 1,320 26 years _ _ _ _ _ 1,312 27 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 24,659 23,684 22,858 22,149 21,139 20,243 Total 99,140 101,519 103,248 106,678 109,150 110,245 Age Class March 2021 Less than one year 11,980 1 year 9,507 2 years 8,471 3 years 6,536 4 years 5,272 5 years 4,939 6 years 4,053 7 years 3,621 8 years 3,070 9 years 2,924 10 years 2,660 11 years 2,239 12 years 2,310 13 years 2,298 14 years 2,555 15 years 2,003 16 years 2,204 17 years 1,906 18 years 1,976 19 years 1,784 20 years 1,795 21 years 1,852 22 years 2,096 23 years 1,279 24 years 1,551 25 years 1,459 26 years 1,243 27 years 1,241 Born before March 1993 19,453 Total 114,277 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.