Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Total Private Missouri 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 10,768 70,900 100.0 _ 6.6 March 1995 8,642 71,585 80.3 80.3 8.3 March 1996 7,430 70,970 69.0 86.0 9.6 March 1997 6,895 71,994 64.0 92.8 10.4 March 1998 6,265 70,407 58.2 90.9 11.2 March 1999 5,748 67,714 53.4 91.7 11.8 March 2000 5,321 68,466 49.4 92.6 12.9 March 2001 4,861 64,734 45.1 91.4 13.3 March 2002 4,468 61,492 41.5 91.9 13.8 March 2003 4,193 59,991 38.9 93.8 14.3 March 2004 3,910 59,371 36.3 93.3 15.2 March 2005 3,656 57,718 34.0 93.5 15.8 March 2006 3,481 57,134 32.3 95.2 16.4 March 2007 3,334 56,971 31.0 95.8 17.1 March 2008 3,201 54,915 29.7 96.0 17.2 March 2009 2,981 50,818 27.7 93.1 17.0 March 2010 2,831 48,230 26.3 95.0 17.0 March 2011 2,670 47,006 24.8 94.3 17.6 March 2012 2,587 46,106 24.0 96.9 17.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 10,955 77,348 100.0 _ 7.1 March 1996 8,564 76,792 78.2 78.2 9.0 March 1997 7,781 77,629 71.0 90.9 10.0 March 1998 6,906 74,826 63.0 88.8 10.8 March 1999 6,292 71,684 57.4 91.1 11.4 March 2000 5,789 68,644 52.8 92.0 11.9 March 2001 5,177 64,166 47.3 89.4 12.4 March 2002 4,759 60,625 43.4 91.9 12.7 March 2003 4,479 56,835 40.9 94.1 12.7 March 2004 4,160 55,783 38.0 92.9 13.4 March 2005 3,935 54,221 35.9 94.6 13.8 March 2006 3,707 53,237 33.8 94.2 14.4 March 2007 3,506 50,848 32.0 94.6 14.5 March 2008 3,337 49,497 30.5 95.2 14.8 March 2009 3,088 45,860 28.2 92.5 14.9 March 2010 2,949 44,040 26.9 95.5 14.9 March 2011 2,748 43,361 25.1 93.2 15.8 March 2012 2,655 42,642 24.2 96.6 16.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 10,196 74,003 100.0 _ 7.3 March 1997 8,386 72,265 82.2 82.2 8.6 March 1998 7,274 70,038 71.3 86.7 9.6 March 1999 6,488 67,870 63.6 89.2 10.5 March 2000 5,876 65,614 57.6 90.6 11.2 March 2001 5,301 62,457 52.0 90.2 11.8 March 2002 4,779 57,729 46.9 90.2 12.1 March 2003 4,468 54,967 43.8 93.5 12.3 March 2004 4,172 53,396 40.9 93.4 12.8 March 2005 3,895 52,217 38.2 93.4 13.4 March 2006 3,661 50,342 35.9 94.0 13.8 March 2007 3,465 48,750 34.0 94.6 14.1 March 2008 3,312 46,131 32.5 95.6 13.9 March 2009 3,104 42,024 30.4 93.7 13.5 March 2010 2,928 40,354 28.7 94.3 13.8 March 2011 2,738 41,447 26.9 93.5 15.1 March 2012 2,586 41,500 25.4 94.4 16.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 12,008 91,860 100.0 _ 7.6 March 1998 9,651 92,755 80.4 80.4 9.6 March 1999 8,315 91,052 69.2 86.2 11.0 March 2000 7,330 86,945 61.0 88.2 11.9 March 2001 6,488 86,534 54.0 88.5 13.3 March 2002 6,010 79,380 50.0 92.6 13.2 March 2003 5,567 75,652 46.4 92.6 13.6 March 2004 5,143 74,873 42.8 92.4 14.6 March 2005 4,833 73,418 40.2 94.0 15.2 March 2006 4,520 70,404 37.6 93.5 15.6 March 2007 4,283 68,144 35.7 94.8 15.9 March 2008 4,073 65,668 33.9 95.1 16.1 March 2009 3,772 58,908 31.4 92.6 15.6 March 2010 3,590 56,520 29.9 95.2 15.7 March 2011 3,376 55,037 28.1 94.0 16.3 March 2012 3,279 55,501 27.3 97.1 16.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 11,582 83,711 100.0 _ 7.2 March 1999 9,424 82,921 81.4 81.4 8.8 March 2000 8,142 81,314 70.3 86.4 10.0 March 2001 7,075 77,369 61.1 86.9 10.9 March 2002 6,261 71,675 54.1 88.5 11.4 March 2003 5,721 68,480 49.4 91.4 12.0 March 2004 5,291 67,380 45.7 92.5 12.7 March 2005 4,934 65,539 42.6 93.3 13.3 March 2006 4,661 65,798 40.2 94.5 14.1 March 2007 4,421 64,116 38.2 94.9 14.5 March 2008 4,165 60,079 36.0 94.2 14.4 March 2009 3,796 56,049 32.8 91.1 14.8 March 2010 3,634 53,708 31.4 95.7 14.8 March 2011 3,406 52,509 29.4 93.7 15.4 March 2012 3,227 50,435 27.9 94.7 15.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 11,343 92,886 100.0 _ 8.2 March 2000 9,121 90,947 80.4 80.4 10.0 March 2001 7,597 82,255 67.0 83.3 10.8 March 2002 6,677 76,796 58.9 87.9 11.5 March 2003 6,082 71,956 53.6 91.1 11.8 March 2004 5,588 68,679 49.3 91.9 12.3 March 2005 5,124 66,759 45.2 91.7 13.0 March 2006 4,777 66,022 42.1 93.2 13.8 March 2007 4,497 65,522 39.6 94.1 14.6 March 2008 4,293 63,000 37.8 95.5 14.7 March 2009 3,896 57,825 34.3 90.8 14.8 March 2010 3,671 54,042 32.4 94.2 14.7 March 2011 3,437 52,341 30.3 93.6 15.2 March 2012 3,280 55,493 28.9 95.4 16.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 11,169 77,091 100.0 _ 6.9 March 2001 8,889 76,692 79.6 79.6 8.6 March 2002 7,517 71,684 67.3 84.6 9.5 March 2003 6,644 68,851 59.5 88.4 10.4 March 2004 5,998 68,148 53.7 90.3 11.4 March 2005 5,502 68,907 49.3 91.7 12.5 March 2006 5,088 69,106 45.6 92.5 13.6 March 2007 4,776 66,163 42.8 93.9 13.9 March 2008 4,479 62,786 40.1 93.8 14.0 March 2009 4,109 57,197 36.8 91.7 13.9 March 2010 3,898 53,898 34.9 94.9 13.8 March 2011 3,626 52,463 32.5 93.0 14.5 March 2012 3,459 49,622 31.0 95.4 14.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 10,532 73,835 100.0 _ 7.0 March 2002 8,255 70,877 78.4 78.4 8.6 March 2003 7,059 68,769 67.0 85.5 9.7 March 2004 6,303 69,429 59.8 89.3 11.0 March 2005 5,772 67,291 54.8 91.6 11.7 March 2006 5,220 64,945 49.6 90.4 12.4 March 2007 4,843 64,124 46.0 92.8 13.2 March 2008 4,508 62,049 42.8 93.1 13.8 March 2009 4,135 55,859 39.3 91.7 13.5 March 2010 3,900 54,960 37.0 94.3 14.1 March 2011 3,557 53,922 33.8 91.2 15.2 March 2012 3,403 53,217 32.3 95.7 15.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 10,736 80,129 100.0 _ 7.5 March 2003 8,557 73,458 79.7 79.7 8.6 March 2004 7,348 70,076 68.4 85.9 9.5 March 2005 6,552 68,977 61.0 89.2 10.5 March 2006 5,955 67,650 55.5 90.9 11.4 March 2007 5,576 65,851 51.9 93.6 11.8 March 2008 5,225 64,763 48.7 93.7 12.4 March 2009 4,726 59,160 44.0 90.4 12.5 March 2010 4,445 55,478 41.4 94.1 12.5 March 2011 4,121 55,827 38.4 92.7 13.5 March 2012 3,912 53,487 36.4 94.9 13.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 11,005 72,628 100.0 _ 6.6 March 2004 8,837 69,915 80.3 80.3 7.9 March 2005 7,705 67,107 70.0 87.2 8.7 March 2006 6,839 65,541 62.1 88.8 9.6 March 2007 6,261 63,807 56.9 91.5 10.2 March 2008 5,694 61,383 51.7 90.9 10.8 March 2009 5,113 57,735 46.5 89.8 11.3 March 2010 4,749 54,526 43.2 92.9 11.5 March 2011 4,300 53,545 39.1 90.5 12.5 March 2012 4,052 52,749 36.8 94.2 13.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 10,485 61,835 100.0 _ 5.9 March 2005 8,302 61,036 79.2 79.2 7.4 March 2006 7,236 59,070 69.0 87.2 8.2 March 2007 6,522 58,343 62.2 90.1 8.9 March 2008 5,834 55,837 55.6 89.5 9.6 March 2009 5,119 50,995 48.8 87.7 10.0 March 2010 4,757 47,104 45.4 92.9 9.9 March 2011 4,381 46,884 41.8 92.1 10.7 March 2012 4,094 46,294 39.0 93.4 11.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 11,291 69,174 100.0 _ 6.1 March 2006 8,991 68,480 79.6 79.6 7.6 March 2007 7,957 66,605 70.5 88.5 8.4 March 2008 7,090 64,646 62.8 89.1 9.1 March 2009 6,138 59,604 54.4 86.6 9.7 March 2010 5,572 55,098 49.3 90.8 9.9 March 2011 5,078 53,252 45.0 91.1 10.5 March 2012 4,755 52,238 42.1 93.6 11.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 11,651 67,363 100.0 _ 5.8 March 2007 9,344 63,412 80.2 80.2 6.8 March 2008 8,123 59,783 69.7 86.9 7.4 March 2009 6,941 54,763 59.6 85.4 7.9 March 2010 6,228 50,910 53.5 89.7 8.2 March 2011 5,561 49,016 47.7 89.3 8.8 March 2012 5,168 49,447 44.4 92.9 9.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 11,705 67,447 100.0 _ 5.8 March 2008 9,120 62,233 77.9 77.9 6.8 March 2009 7,460 57,483 63.7 81.8 7.7 March 2010 6,648 55,396 56.8 89.1 8.3 March 2011 5,920 51,554 50.6 89.0 8.7 March 2012 5,427 51,842 46.4 91.7 9.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 10,727 65,710 100.0 _ 6.1 March 2009 8,046 60,726 75.0 75.0 7.5 March 2010 6,810 52,589 63.5 84.6 7.7 March 2011 5,895 51,086 55.0 86.6 8.7 March 2012 5,411 50,089 50.4 91.8 9.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 9,918 56,704 100.0 _ 5.7 March 2010 7,823 51,244 78.9 78.9 6.6 March 2011 6,583 49,935 66.4 84.1 7.6 March 2012 5,914 49,087 59.6 89.8 8.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 8,179 45,279 100.0 _ 5.5 March 2011 6,131 40,994 75.0 75.0 6.7 March 2012 5,360 40,377 65.5 87.4 7.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 9,760 50,354 100.0 _ 5.2 March 2012 7,815 48,891 80.1 80.1 6.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2012 March 2012 9,481 51,725 100.0 _ 5.5 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.