Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by age Manufacturing Age Class March 1991 March 1992 March 1993 March 1994 March 1995 March 1996 Less than one year _ _ _ 26,492 28,114 27,586 1 year _ _ _ _ 21,948 23,169 2 years _ _ _ _ _ 18,919 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 _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 357,858 359,850 362,767 338,243 318,153 300,895 Total 357,858 359,850 362,767 364,735 368,215 370,569 Age Class March 1997 March 1998 March 1999 March 2000 March 2001 March 2002 Less than one year 27,074 26,786 24,392 24,580 22,650 19,828 1 year 22,289 22,050 22,012 20,159 20,097 17,629 2 years 20,188 19,228 19,132 18,875 17,254 16,567 3 years 17,047 17,907 17,192 17,020 16,574 14,618 4 years _ 15,406 16,159 15,446 15,038 14,455 5 years _ _ 14,050 14,729 14,055 13,461 6 years _ _ _ 12,865 13,621 12,621 7 years _ _ _ _ 11,837 12,332 8 years _ _ _ _ _ 10,779 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 _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 286,365 271,737 259,392 247,173 235,298 221,864 Total 372,963 373,114 372,329 370,847 366,424 354,154 Age Class March 2003 March 2004 March 2005 March 2006 March 2007 March 2008 Less than one year 19,530 18,691 18,246 18,070 18,357 17,915 1 year 15,736 15,705 15,336 15,290 14,958 15,079 2 years 14,987 13,513 13,652 13,528 13,465 13,081 3 years 14,363 13,278 11,999 12,248 12,040 11,993 4 years 13,002 12,810 12,264 10,941 11,198 10,898 5 years 12,956 11,787 11,638 11,218 10,140 10,221 6 years 12,242 11,896 10,803 10,881 10,443 9,482 7 years 11,609 11,318 11,062 10,173 10,095 9,713 8 years 11,344 10,841 10,604 10,389 9,583 9,437 9 years 10,002 10,549 10,146 10,058 9,778 9,054 10 years _ 9,317 9,831 9,632 9,500 9,342 11 years _ _ 8,803 9,362 9,198 8,991 12 years _ _ _ 8,430 8,859 8,759 13 years _ _ _ _ 8,017 8,415 14 years _ _ _ _ _ 7,656 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 _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 210,290 200,358 191,387 184,168 177,046 170,698 Total 346,061 340,063 335,771 334,388 332,677 330,734 Age Class March 2009 March 2010 March 2011 March 2012 March 2013 March 2014 Less than one year 15,064 13,519 14,543 15,562 15,584 15,925 1 year 13,864 11,546 10,904 11,822 12,772 12,865 2 years 12,654 11,444 10,010 9,419 10,362 11,336 3 years 11,233 10,721 10,232 8,942 8,534 9,354 4 years 10,524 9,767 9,756 9,280 8,132 7,846 5 years 9,648 9,333 8,930 8,957 8,624 7,603 6 years 9,145 8,726 8,727 8,375 8,373 8,104 7 years 8,552 8,256 8,194 8,195 7,907 7,950 8 years 8,868 7,801 7,785 7,736 7,770 7,491 9 years 8,636 8,111 7,391 7,420 7,316 7,378 10 years 8,358 7,896 7,632 7,028 7,049 6,944 11 years 8,648 7,713 7,526 7,233 6,683 6,711 12 years 8,414 7,994 7,383 7,167 7,029 6,430 13 years 8,180 7,797 7,669 7,089 6,845 6,725 14 years 7,893 7,579 7,477 7,352 6,811 6,597 15 years 7,171 7,399 7,304 7,215 7,068 6,567 16 years _ 6,739 7,131 7,012 6,903 6,836 17 years _ _ 6,433 6,799 6,747 6,715 18 years _ _ _ 6,137 6,517 6,540 19 years _ _ _ _ 5,912 6,263 20 years _ _ _ _ _ 5,716 21 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 162,902 155,164 149,990 145,124 140,433 136,293 Total 319,754 307,505 305,017 303,864 303,371 304,189 Age Class March 2015 March 2016 March 2017 March 2018 March 2019 March 2020 Less than one year 16,500 16,970 17,378 18,539 18,934 18,135 1 year 13,925 14,816 15,041 15,831 15,615 15,590 2 years 11,511 12,494 13,500 13,865 13,887 13,532 3 years 10,361 10,511 11,508 12,254 12,458 12,209 4 years 8,636 9,588 9,811 10,507 11,140 11,205 5 years 7,296 8,030 8,940 8,996 9,620 10,063 6 years 7,141 6,826 7,567 8,375 8,324 8,814 7 years 7,659 6,724 6,475 7,123 7,904 7,748 8 years 7,526 7,238 6,400 6,080 6,750 7,356 9 years 7,220 7,180 6,905 6,077 5,745 6,312 10 years 7,070 6,886 6,845 6,631 5,725 5,401 11 years 6,636 6,743 6,623 6,555 6,350 5,406 12 years 6,444 6,413 6,459 6,394 6,275 6,014 13 years 6,142 6,211 6,138 6,232 6,156 5,934 14 years 6,459 5,967 6,047 5,927 6,001 5,840 15 years 6,404 6,220 5,765 5,787 5,702 5,717 16 years 6,341 6,153 6,004 5,574 5,600 5,467 17 years 6,572 6,129 5,975 5,869 5,354 5,369 18 years 6,470 6,364 5,925 5,744 5,653 5,181 19 years 6,343 6,260 6,141 5,803 5,527 5,421 20 years 6,122 6,139 6,026 5,937 5,573 5,311 21 years 5,529 5,937 5,869 5,840 5,736 5,352 22 years _ 5,347 5,754 5,649 5,651 5,541 23 years _ _ 5,134 5,574 5,438 5,404 24 years _ _ _ 4,954 5,352 5,244 25 years _ _ _ _ 4,806 5,112 26 years _ _ _ _ _ 4,630 27 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 132,605 128,727 125,086 121,562 117,832 114,281 Total 306,912 309,873 313,316 317,679 319,108 317,589 Age Class March 2021 March 2022 March 2023 Less than one year 19,880 24,748 24,433 1 year 15,625 16,541 20,399 2 years 14,100 14,275 14,505 3 years 12,394 13,043 12,806 4 years 11,276 11,610 11,844 5 years 10,408 10,730 10,675 6 years 9,419 9,960 9,940 7 years 8,328 9,017 9,263 8 years 7,336 7,976 8,471 9 years 6,999 7,093 7,568 10 years 5,993 6,702 6,800 11 years 5,137 5,762 6,371 12 years 5,168 5,010 5,514 13 years 5,714 5,002 4,760 14 years 5,719 5,542 4,809 15 years 5,611 5,532 5,313 16 years 5,494 5,454 5,314 17 years 5,299 5,384 5,299 18 years 5,212 5,140 5,152 19 years 5,021 5,095 4,942 20 years 5,199 4,863 4,931 21 years 5,179 5,063 4,679 22 years 5,142 5,086 4,867 23 years 5,366 5,005 4,909 24 years 5,209 5,226 4,836 25 years 5,063 5,101 5,044 26 years 4,916 4,905 4,936 27 years 4,449 4,797 4,721 28 years _ 4,336 4,647 29 years _ _ 4,181 Born before March 1993 110,470 107,655 104,308 Total 321,126 331,653 336,237 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.