Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Total Private Maryland 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 10,608 67,443 100.0 _ 6.4 March 1995 8,506 70,167 80.2 80.2 8.2 March 1996 7,180 66,335 67.7 84.4 9.2 March 1997 6,392 66,217 60.3 89.0 10.4 March 1998 5,666 64,874 53.4 88.6 11.4 March 1999 5,193 61,826 49.0 91.7 11.9 March 2000 4,786 61,388 45.1 92.2 12.8 March 2001 4,277 60,118 40.3 89.4 14.1 March 2002 3,919 57,021 36.9 91.6 14.5 March 2003 3,681 53,251 34.7 93.9 14.5 March 2004 3,521 52,450 33.2 95.7 14.9 March 2005 3,338 51,041 31.5 94.8 15.3 March 2006 3,222 50,308 30.4 96.5 15.6 March 2007 3,067 49,371 28.9 95.2 16.1 March 2008 2,880 47,629 27.1 93.9 16.5 March 2009 2,660 44,819 25.1 92.4 16.8 March 2010 2,581 42,704 24.3 97.0 16.5 March 2011 2,468 41,964 23.3 95.6 17.0 March 2012 2,366 42,155 22.3 95.9 17.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 11,011 73,486 100.0 _ 6.7 March 1996 8,610 72,400 78.2 78.2 8.4 March 1997 7,393 71,814 67.1 85.9 9.7 March 1998 6,677 72,465 60.6 90.3 10.9 March 1999 5,983 69,138 54.3 89.6 11.6 March 2000 5,426 69,112 49.3 90.7 12.7 March 2001 4,907 68,310 44.6 90.4 13.9 March 2002 4,530 64,206 41.1 92.3 14.2 March 2003 4,255 60,813 38.6 93.9 14.3 March 2004 3,989 61,141 36.2 93.7 15.3 March 2005 3,778 60,289 34.3 94.7 16.0 March 2006 3,622 58,066 32.9 95.9 16.0 March 2007 3,456 57,491 31.4 95.4 16.6 March 2008 3,281 54,679 29.8 94.9 16.7 March 2009 3,040 50,763 27.6 92.7 16.7 March 2010 2,952 50,044 26.8 97.1 17.0 March 2011 2,827 48,927 25.7 95.8 17.3 March 2012 2,733 48,279 24.8 96.7 17.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 11,123 70,269 100.0 _ 6.3 March 1997 8,795 73,296 79.1 79.1 8.3 March 1998 7,524 71,926 67.6 85.5 9.6 March 1999 6,756 72,864 60.7 89.8 10.8 March 2000 6,101 70,730 54.9 90.3 11.6 March 2001 5,425 68,457 48.8 88.9 12.6 March 2002 4,943 65,965 44.4 91.1 13.3 March 2003 4,642 63,277 41.7 93.9 13.6 March 2004 4,318 63,233 38.8 93.0 14.6 March 2005 4,058 62,620 36.5 94.0 15.4 March 2006 3,949 62,359 35.5 97.3 15.8 March 2007 3,784 60,814 34.0 95.8 16.1 March 2008 3,536 60,040 31.8 93.4 17.0 March 2009 3,238 55,246 29.1 91.6 17.1 March 2010 3,105 52,366 27.9 95.9 16.9 March 2011 2,953 50,876 26.5 95.1 17.2 March 2012 2,844 49,180 25.6 96.3 17.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 12,069 80,912 100.0 _ 6.7 March 1998 9,403 83,640 77.9 77.9 8.9 March 1999 8,040 83,308 66.6 85.5 10.4 March 2000 7,153 82,942 59.3 89.0 11.6 March 2001 6,289 78,259 52.1 87.9 12.4 March 2002 5,649 73,161 46.8 89.8 13.0 March 2003 5,233 69,687 43.4 92.6 13.3 March 2004 4,851 69,386 40.2 92.7 14.3 March 2005 4,545 66,609 37.7 93.7 14.7 March 2006 4,264 66,354 35.3 93.8 15.6 March 2007 4,053 63,132 33.6 95.1 15.6 March 2008 3,832 59,880 31.8 94.5 15.6 March 2009 3,551 54,642 29.4 92.7 15.4 March 2010 3,341 51,672 27.7 94.1 15.5 March 2011 3,166 50,979 26.2 94.8 16.1 March 2012 3,050 49,896 25.3 96.3 16.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 12,372 85,419 100.0 _ 6.9 March 1999 9,841 85,674 79.5 79.5 8.7 March 2000 8,495 86,844 68.7 86.3 10.2 March 2001 7,251 84,861 58.6 85.4 11.7 March 2002 6,499 78,686 52.5 89.6 12.1 March 2003 5,876 75,674 47.5 90.4 12.9 March 2004 5,403 74,452 43.7 92.0 13.8 March 2005 5,016 73,065 40.5 92.8 14.6 March 2006 4,755 73,644 38.4 94.8 15.5 March 2007 4,473 71,436 36.2 94.1 16.0 March 2008 4,172 68,251 33.7 93.3 16.4 March 2009 3,838 63,064 31.0 92.0 16.4 March 2010 3,561 59,252 28.8 92.8 16.6 March 2011 3,503 59,546 28.3 98.4 17.0 March 2012 3,410 58,110 27.6 97.3 17.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 12,024 93,049 100.0 _ 7.7 March 2000 9,647 96,824 80.2 80.2 10.0 March 2001 8,026 93,124 66.7 83.2 11.6 March 2002 7,021 85,748 58.4 87.5 12.2 March 2003 6,290 79,640 52.3 89.6 12.7 March 2004 5,734 77,787 47.7 91.2 13.6 March 2005 5,340 76,073 44.4 93.1 14.2 March 2006 5,105 74,987 42.5 95.6 14.7 March 2007 4,740 73,873 39.4 92.9 15.6 March 2008 4,466 70,591 37.1 94.2 15.8 March 2009 4,080 65,259 33.9 91.4 16.0 March 2010 3,789 59,603 31.5 92.9 15.7 March 2011 3,598 59,753 29.9 95.0 16.6 March 2012 3,483 59,421 29.0 96.8 17.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 12,585 84,284 100.0 _ 6.7 March 2001 9,469 84,851 75.2 75.2 9.0 March 2002 7,908 81,180 62.8 83.5 10.3 March 2003 6,962 77,785 55.3 88.0 11.2 March 2004 6,338 77,058 50.4 91.0 12.2 March 2005 5,964 75,029 47.4 94.1 12.6 March 2006 5,548 73,755 44.1 93.0 13.3 March 2007 5,155 71,517 41.0 92.9 13.9 March 2008 4,825 69,182 38.3 93.6 14.3 March 2009 4,356 64,631 34.6 90.3 14.8 March 2010 4,082 61,882 32.4 93.7 15.2 March 2011 3,861 60,078 30.7 94.6 15.6 March 2012 3,649 60,067 29.0 94.5 16.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 10,842 71,781 100.0 _ 6.6 March 2002 8,159 65,547 75.3 75.3 8.0 March 2003 6,986 64,701 64.4 85.6 9.3 March 2004 6,220 63,748 57.4 89.0 10.2 March 2005 5,672 62,486 52.3 91.2 11.0 March 2006 5,310 62,245 49.0 93.6 11.7 March 2007 4,817 60,482 44.4 90.7 12.6 March 2008 4,433 58,320 40.9 92.0 13.2 March 2009 3,963 52,743 36.6 89.4 13.3 March 2010 3,722 51,273 34.3 93.9 13.8 March 2011 3,592 50,887 33.1 96.5 14.2 March 2012 3,399 49,398 31.4 94.6 14.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 13,153 82,141 100.0 _ 6.2 March 2003 10,124 79,316 77.0 77.0 7.8 March 2004 8,586 78,061 65.3 84.8 9.1 March 2005 7,729 76,675 58.8 90.0 9.9 March 2006 7,050 76,506 53.6 91.2 10.9 March 2007 6,464 74,417 49.1 91.7 11.5 March 2008 5,913 71,068 45.0 91.5 12.0 March 2009 5,334 65,907 40.6 90.2 12.4 March 2010 4,884 61,875 37.1 91.6 12.7 March 2011 4,565 60,661 34.7 93.5 13.3 March 2012 4,303 58,729 32.7 94.3 13.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 11,513 70,110 100.0 _ 6.1 March 2004 8,976 70,850 78.0 78.0 7.9 March 2005 7,746 69,251 67.3 86.3 8.9 March 2006 6,947 68,063 60.3 89.7 9.8 March 2007 6,242 66,670 54.2 89.9 10.7 March 2008 5,725 64,008 49.7 91.7 11.2 March 2009 5,093 60,864 44.2 89.0 12.0 March 2010 4,657 56,224 40.4 91.4 12.1 March 2011 4,296 54,468 37.3 92.2 12.7 March 2012 4,112 54,572 35.7 95.7 13.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 11,228 61,455 100.0 _ 5.5 March 2005 8,841 62,196 78.7 78.7 7.0 March 2006 7,807 62,841 69.5 88.3 8.0 March 2007 6,964 61,836 62.0 89.2 8.9 March 2008 6,152 58,543 54.8 88.3 9.5 March 2009 5,408 53,286 48.2 87.9 9.9 March 2010 4,891 50,184 43.6 90.4 10.3 March 2011 4,505 49,823 40.1 92.1 11.1 March 2012 4,271 48,534 38.0 94.8 11.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 12,723 68,757 100.0 _ 5.4 March 2006 10,063 69,545 79.1 79.1 6.9 March 2007 8,656 67,447 68.0 86.0 7.8 March 2008 7,575 66,092 59.5 87.5 8.7 March 2009 6,634 60,649 52.1 87.6 9.1 March 2010 5,918 57,107 46.5 89.2 9.6 March 2011 5,392 55,722 42.4 91.1 10.3 March 2012 5,043 55,772 39.6 93.5 11.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 12,556 61,417 100.0 _ 4.9 March 2007 9,718 59,732 77.4 77.4 6.1 March 2008 8,160 56,196 65.0 84.0 6.9 March 2009 6,977 51,404 55.6 85.5 7.4 March 2010 6,147 48,987 49.0 88.1 8.0 March 2011 5,607 48,175 44.7 91.2 8.6 March 2012 5,170 47,658 41.2 92.2 9.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 11,928 57,188 100.0 _ 4.8 March 2008 9,063 55,212 76.0 76.0 6.1 March 2009 7,452 49,865 62.5 82.2 6.7 March 2010 6,373 48,121 53.4 85.5 7.6 March 2011 5,678 47,544 47.6 89.1 8.4 March 2012 5,249 47,385 44.0 92.4 9.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 11,206 55,630 100.0 _ 5.0 March 2009 8,169 50,714 72.9 72.9 6.2 March 2010 6,746 47,942 60.2 82.6 7.1 March 2011 5,977 47,078 53.3 88.6 7.9 March 2012 5,467 46,567 48.8 91.5 8.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 10,654 52,011 100.0 _ 4.9 March 2010 8,056 48,052 75.6 75.6 6.0 March 2011 6,929 47,384 65.0 86.0 6.8 March 2012 6,268 48,163 58.8 90.5 7.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 9,566 47,849 100.0 _ 5.0 March 2011 7,392 45,811 77.3 77.3 6.2 March 2012 6,446 46,569 67.4 87.2 7.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 9,786 49,676 100.0 _ 5.1 March 2012 7,706 50,277 78.7 78.7 6.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2012 March 2012 11,344 54,772 100.0 _ 4.8 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.