Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Total Private Connecticut 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 6,000 44,070 100.0 _ 7.3 March 1995 4,881 43,955 81.4 81.4 9.0 March 1996 4,485 44,080 74.8 91.9 9.8 March 1997 4,008 44,004 66.8 89.4 11.0 March 1998 3,608 43,610 60.1 90.0 12.1 March 1999 3,354 42,994 55.9 93.0 12.8 March 2000 3,173 40,626 52.9 94.6 12.8 March 2001 2,842 37,611 47.4 89.6 13.2 March 2002 2,691 36,748 44.9 94.7 13.7 March 2003 2,533 35,003 42.2 94.1 13.8 March 2004 2,423 33,935 40.4 95.7 14.0 March 2005 2,305 33,150 38.4 95.1 14.4 March 2006 2,215 32,398 36.9 96.1 14.6 March 2007 2,090 31,639 34.8 94.4 15.1 March 2008 1,987 30,997 33.1 95.1 15.6 March 2009 1,935 28,985 32.3 97.4 15.0 March 2010 1,735 27,366 28.9 89.7 15.8 March 2011 1,743 27,215 29.1 100.5 15.6 March 2012 1,683 27,564 28.1 96.6 16.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 6,894 46,795 100.0 _ 6.8 March 1996 6,004 48,247 87.1 87.1 8.0 March 1997 5,260 48,073 76.3 87.6 9.1 March 1998 4,573 46,668 66.3 86.9 10.2 March 1999 4,229 44,354 61.3 92.5 10.5 March 2000 3,941 43,289 57.2 93.2 11.0 March 2001 3,477 41,575 50.4 88.2 12.0 March 2002 3,319 38,863 48.1 95.5 11.7 March 2003 3,099 37,124 45.0 93.4 12.0 March 2004 2,913 36,145 42.3 94.0 12.4 March 2005 2,706 35,288 39.3 92.9 13.0 March 2006 2,589 34,681 37.6 95.7 13.4 March 2007 2,435 34,284 35.3 94.1 14.1 March 2008 2,320 34,231 33.7 95.3 14.8 March 2009 2,191 32,821 31.8 94.4 15.0 March 2010 2,063 30,678 29.9 94.2 14.9 March 2011 2,028 30,418 29.4 98.3 15.0 March 2012 1,990 30,283 28.9 98.1 15.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 7,147 46,715 100.0 _ 6.5 March 1997 5,968 46,225 83.5 83.5 7.7 March 1998 4,928 48,784 69.0 82.6 9.9 March 1999 4,435 51,523 62.1 90.0 11.6 March 2000 4,071 49,934 57.0 91.8 12.3 March 2001 3,534 47,165 49.4 86.8 13.3 March 2002 3,366 46,157 47.1 95.2 13.7 March 2003 3,132 43,813 43.8 93.0 14.0 March 2004 2,947 42,696 41.2 94.1 14.5 March 2005 2,775 42,164 38.8 94.2 15.2 March 2006 2,667 42,332 37.3 96.1 15.9 March 2007 2,496 41,356 34.9 93.6 16.6 March 2008 2,410 41,369 33.7 96.6 17.2 March 2009 2,281 37,057 31.9 94.6 16.2 March 2010 1,999 35,865 28.0 87.6 17.9 March 2011 1,971 35,282 27.6 98.6 17.9 March 2012 1,917 35,353 26.8 97.3 18.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 7,620 58,993 100.0 _ 7.7 March 1998 5,854 58,594 76.8 76.8 10.0 March 1999 5,209 58,606 68.4 89.0 11.3 March 2000 4,690 58,942 61.5 90.0 12.6 March 2001 4,112 52,399 54.0 87.7 12.7 March 2002 3,842 49,251 50.4 93.4 12.8 March 2003 3,554 47,427 46.6 92.5 13.3 March 2004 3,323 46,944 43.6 93.5 14.1 March 2005 3,041 46,110 39.9 91.5 15.2 March 2006 2,902 47,048 38.1 95.4 16.2 March 2007 2,753 47,269 36.1 94.9 17.2 March 2008 2,575 45,383 33.8 93.5 17.6 March 2009 2,443 42,711 32.1 94.9 17.5 March 2010 2,179 40,709 28.6 89.2 18.7 March 2011 2,144 41,274 28.1 98.4 19.3 March 2012 2,101 41,759 27.6 98.0 19.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 6,796 49,111 100.0 _ 7.2 March 1999 5,906 51,895 86.9 86.9 8.8 March 2000 5,235 52,388 77.0 88.6 10.0 March 2001 4,446 50,612 65.4 84.9 11.4 March 2002 4,243 47,335 62.4 95.4 11.2 March 2003 3,830 44,550 56.4 90.3 11.6 March 2004 3,581 43,512 52.7 93.5 12.2 March 2005 3,334 42,379 49.1 93.1 12.7 March 2006 3,149 41,718 46.3 94.5 13.2 March 2007 2,956 41,004 43.5 93.9 13.9 March 2008 2,835 39,370 41.7 95.9 13.9 March 2009 2,642 35,700 38.9 93.2 13.5 March 2010 2,352 33,032 34.6 89.0 14.0 March 2011 2,341 33,616 34.4 99.5 14.4 March 2012 2,250 32,943 33.1 96.1 14.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 6,535 44,648 100.0 _ 6.8 March 2000 5,757 47,735 88.1 88.1 8.3 March 2001 4,726 46,861 72.3 82.1 9.9 March 2002 4,372 43,693 66.9 92.5 10.0 March 2003 3,952 42,398 60.5 90.4 10.7 March 2004 3,607 41,318 55.2 91.3 11.5 March 2005 3,250 40,609 49.7 90.1 12.5 March 2006 3,100 40,453 47.4 95.4 13.0 March 2007 2,915 39,574 44.6 94.0 13.6 March 2008 2,720 38,499 41.6 93.3 14.2 March 2009 2,538 35,482 38.8 93.3 14.0 March 2010 2,218 33,505 33.9 87.4 15.1 March 2011 2,201 33,245 33.7 99.2 15.1 March 2012 2,114 32,747 32.3 96.0 15.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 6,838 44,945 100.0 _ 6.6 March 2001 5,592 44,548 81.8 81.8 8.0 March 2002 4,992 41,842 73.0 89.3 8.4 March 2003 4,312 38,657 63.1 86.4 9.0 March 2004 3,864 39,223 56.5 89.6 10.2 March 2005 3,493 39,070 51.1 90.4 11.2 March 2006 3,286 38,830 48.1 94.1 11.8 March 2007 3,036 38,794 44.4 92.4 12.8 March 2008 2,840 38,930 41.5 93.5 13.7 March 2009 2,640 36,563 38.6 93.0 13.8 March 2010 2,249 34,889 32.9 85.2 15.5 March 2011 2,259 35,207 33.0 100.4 15.6 March 2012 2,148 35,287 31.4 95.1 16.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 7,369 39,409 100.0 _ 5.3 March 2002 6,066 41,898 82.3 82.3 6.9 March 2003 5,112 39,422 69.4 84.3 7.7 March 2004 4,418 38,466 60.0 86.4 8.7 March 2005 3,958 38,149 53.7 89.6 9.6 March 2006 3,681 37,222 50.0 93.0 10.1 March 2007 3,375 37,048 45.8 91.7 11.0 March 2008 3,118 35,506 42.3 92.4 11.4 March 2009 2,905 33,574 39.4 93.2 11.6 March 2010 2,542 31,598 34.5 87.5 12.4 March 2011 2,531 31,405 34.3 99.6 12.4 March 2012 2,422 31,698 32.9 95.7 13.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 6,952 36,971 100.0 _ 5.3 March 2003 5,443 36,419 78.3 78.3 6.7 March 2004 4,808 37,146 69.2 88.3 7.7 March 2005 4,230 36,041 60.8 88.0 8.5 March 2006 3,896 35,956 56.0 92.1 9.2 March 2007 3,542 35,125 50.9 90.9 9.9 March 2008 3,246 34,720 46.7 91.6 10.7 March 2009 2,970 32,313 42.7 91.5 10.9 March 2010 2,514 30,403 36.2 84.6 12.1 March 2011 2,496 30,784 35.9 99.3 12.3 March 2012 2,380 29,885 34.2 95.4 12.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 6,835 34,644 100.0 _ 5.1 March 2004 5,584 35,895 81.7 81.7 6.4 March 2005 4,768 36,167 69.8 85.4 7.6 March 2006 4,275 36,654 62.5 89.7 8.6 March 2007 3,864 35,248 56.5 90.4 9.1 March 2008 3,466 34,722 50.7 89.7 10.0 March 2009 3,136 30,650 45.9 90.5 9.8 March 2010 2,641 29,000 38.6 84.2 11.0 March 2011 2,616 29,450 38.3 99.1 11.3 March 2012 2,490 31,015 36.4 95.2 12.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 6,601 32,102 100.0 _ 4.9 March 2005 5,222 33,857 79.1 79.1 6.5 March 2006 4,532 33,800 68.7 86.8 7.5 March 2007 4,008 32,640 60.7 88.4 8.1 March 2008 3,603 32,060 54.6 89.9 8.9 March 2009 3,204 28,841 48.5 88.9 9.0 March 2010 2,693 27,061 40.8 84.1 10.0 March 2011 2,666 26,104 40.4 99.0 9.8 March 2012 2,512 26,355 38.1 94.2 10.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 6,975 34,596 100.0 _ 5.0 March 2006 5,623 33,228 80.6 80.6 5.9 March 2007 4,776 32,976 68.5 84.9 6.9 March 2008 4,161 32,831 59.7 87.1 7.9 March 2009 3,643 29,182 52.2 87.6 8.0 March 2010 2,937 26,540 42.1 80.6 9.0 March 2011 2,893 27,080 41.5 98.5 9.4 March 2012 2,732 27,684 39.2 94.4 10.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 7,329 31,034 100.0 _ 4.2 March 2007 5,721 30,107 78.1 78.1 5.3 March 2008 4,813 29,883 65.7 84.1 6.2 March 2009 4,146 27,254 56.6 86.1 6.6 March 2010 3,287 26,041 44.8 79.3 7.9 March 2011 3,220 26,102 43.9 98.0 8.1 March 2012 2,992 26,090 40.8 92.9 8.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 7,275 32,289 100.0 _ 4.4 March 2008 5,787 31,006 79.5 79.5 5.4 March 2009 4,677 27,985 64.3 80.8 6.0 March 2010 3,620 25,722 49.8 77.4 7.1 March 2011 3,551 27,148 48.8 98.1 7.6 March 2012 3,303 27,352 45.4 93.0 8.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 7,084 29,528 100.0 _ 4.2 March 2009 5,430 26,850 76.7 76.7 4.9 March 2010 3,971 24,236 56.1 73.1 6.1 March 2011 3,833 25,174 54.1 96.5 6.6 March 2012 3,449 25,591 48.7 90.0 7.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 6,209 25,386 100.0 _ 4.1 March 2010 4,253 22,858 68.5 68.5 5.4 March 2011 3,992 23,516 64.3 93.9 5.9 March 2012 3,573 23,733 57.5 89.5 6.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 5,197 22,021 100.0 _ 4.2 March 2011 4,485 23,155 86.3 86.3 5.2 March 2012 3,867 23,044 74.4 86.2 6.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 5,809 22,412 100.0 _ 3.9 March 2012 4,791 22,772 82.5 82.5 4.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2012 March 2012 6,320 24,840 100.0 _ 3.9 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.