Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Total Private North Carolina 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 13,476 94,317 100.0 _ 7.0 March 1995 11,133 99,184 82.6 82.6 8.9 March 1996 9,750 98,416 72.4 87.6 10.1 March 1997 8,840 96,955 65.6 90.7 11.0 March 1998 7,945 95,289 59.0 89.9 12.0 March 1999 7,415 95,389 55.0 93.3 12.9 March 2000 6,797 93,758 50.4 91.7 13.8 March 2001 6,277 89,137 46.6 92.3 14.2 March 2002 5,802 80,911 43.1 92.4 13.9 March 2003 5,356 77,263 39.7 92.3 14.4 March 2004 5,164 76,759 38.3 96.4 14.9 March 2005 4,986 75,636 37.0 96.6 15.2 March 2006 4,750 76,161 35.2 95.3 16.0 March 2007 4,531 74,793 33.6 95.4 16.5 March 2008 4,292 72,152 31.8 94.7 16.8 March 2009 3,955 64,679 29.3 92.1 16.4 March 2010 3,754 62,230 27.9 94.9 16.6 March 2011 3,513 63,028 26.1 93.6 17.9 March 2012 3,382 63,261 25.1 96.3 18.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 15,002 102,529 100.0 _ 6.8 March 1996 12,118 108,821 80.8 80.8 9.0 March 1997 10,766 110,439 71.8 88.8 10.3 March 1998 9,505 108,227 63.4 88.3 11.4 March 1999 8,795 107,638 58.6 92.5 12.2 March 2000 7,962 104,604 53.1 90.5 13.1 March 2001 7,285 99,453 48.6 91.5 13.7 March 2002 6,699 90,167 44.7 92.0 13.5 March 2003 6,212 84,336 41.4 92.7 13.6 March 2004 5,940 80,656 39.6 95.6 13.6 March 2005 5,661 80,293 37.7 95.3 14.2 March 2006 5,345 80,557 35.6 94.4 15.1 March 2007 5,054 77,339 33.7 94.6 15.3 March 2008 4,715 73,294 31.4 93.3 15.5 March 2009 4,353 65,443 29.0 92.3 15.0 March 2010 4,073 61,981 27.1 93.6 15.2 March 2011 3,852 60,982 25.7 94.6 15.8 March 2012 3,701 61,316 24.7 96.1 16.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 15,622 115,415 100.0 _ 7.4 March 1997 12,875 117,392 82.4 82.4 9.1 March 1998 11,054 120,007 70.8 85.9 10.9 March 1999 10,081 121,128 64.5 91.2 12.0 March 2000 9,031 122,463 57.8 89.6 13.6 March 2001 8,223 118,714 52.6 91.1 14.4 March 2002 7,543 107,216 48.3 91.7 14.2 March 2003 6,990 101,311 44.7 92.7 14.5 March 2004 6,679 99,831 42.8 95.6 14.9 March 2005 6,405 100,112 41.0 95.9 15.6 March 2006 6,081 98,336 38.9 94.9 16.2 March 2007 5,803 99,054 37.1 95.4 17.1 March 2008 5,491 103,189 35.1 94.6 18.8 March 2009 5,022 93,645 32.1 91.5 18.6 March 2010 4,710 89,464 30.1 93.8 19.0 March 2011 4,474 81,598 28.6 95.0 18.2 March 2012 4,296 83,270 27.5 96.0 19.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 16,711 125,135 100.0 _ 7.5 March 1998 13,180 134,160 78.9 78.9 10.2 March 1999 11,717 127,991 70.1 88.9 10.9 March 2000 10,289 123,044 61.6 87.8 12.0 March 2001 9,217 115,812 55.2 89.6 12.6 March 2002 8,274 104,019 49.5 89.8 12.6 March 2003 7,557 95,945 45.2 91.3 12.7 March 2004 7,222 96,229 43.2 95.6 13.3 March 2005 6,746 95,711 40.4 93.4 14.2 March 2006 6,318 95,773 37.8 93.7 15.2 March 2007 6,002 94,149 35.9 95.0 15.7 March 2008 5,647 91,462 33.8 94.1 16.2 March 2009 5,217 81,707 31.2 92.4 15.7 March 2010 4,788 77,920 28.7 91.8 16.3 March 2011 4,563 77,278 27.3 95.3 16.9 March 2012 4,351 76,061 26.0 95.4 17.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 15,667 116,307 100.0 _ 7.4 March 1999 13,023 124,742 83.1 83.1 9.6 March 2000 11,224 127,639 71.6 86.2 11.4 March 2001 9,896 119,058 63.2 88.2 12.0 March 2002 8,785 113,293 56.1 88.8 12.9 March 2003 8,177 106,134 52.2 93.1 13.0 March 2004 7,646 105,080 48.8 93.5 13.7 March 2005 7,182 102,230 45.8 93.9 14.2 March 2006 6,678 101,044 42.6 93.0 15.1 March 2007 6,168 100,919 39.4 92.4 16.4 March 2008 5,761 98,985 36.8 93.4 17.2 March 2009 5,342 89,954 34.1 92.7 16.8 March 2010 4,942 85,040 31.5 92.5 17.2 March 2011 4,664 86,068 29.8 94.4 18.5 March 2012 4,520 88,165 28.9 96.9 19.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 18,153 162,208 100.0 _ 8.9 March 2000 14,919 165,776 82.2 82.2 11.1 March 2001 12,863 157,302 70.9 86.2 12.2 March 2002 11,042 146,616 60.8 85.8 13.3 March 2003 10,077 143,626 55.5 91.3 14.3 March 2004 9,361 139,344 51.6 92.9 14.9 March 2005 8,646 135,466 47.6 92.4 15.7 March 2006 8,104 134,053 44.6 93.7 16.5 March 2007 7,599 134,011 41.9 93.8 17.6 March 2008 7,110 130,758 39.2 93.6 18.4 March 2009 6,486 120,987 35.7 91.2 18.7 March 2010 6,005 105,076 33.1 92.6 17.5 March 2011 5,679 105,841 31.3 94.6 18.6 March 2012 5,436 105,720 29.9 95.7 19.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 17,990 129,434 100.0 _ 7.2 March 2001 14,252 127,270 79.2 79.2 8.9 March 2002 12,032 118,486 66.9 84.4 9.8 March 2003 10,677 112,633 59.3 88.7 10.5 March 2004 9,777 112,566 54.3 91.6 11.5 March 2005 9,046 112,008 50.3 92.5 12.4 March 2006 8,440 111,842 46.9 93.3 13.3 March 2007 7,939 110,949 44.1 94.1 14.0 March 2008 7,340 107,339 40.8 92.5 14.6 March 2009 6,693 95,638 37.2 91.2 14.3 March 2010 6,160 92,286 34.2 92.0 15.0 March 2011 5,806 91,301 32.3 94.3 15.7 March 2012 5,555 91,547 30.9 95.7 16.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 15,734 121,819 100.0 _ 7.7 March 2002 12,161 114,809 77.3 77.3 9.4 March 2003 10,509 108,590 66.8 86.4 10.3 March 2004 9,502 109,018 60.4 90.4 11.5 March 2005 8,667 108,296 55.1 91.2 12.5 March 2006 7,991 107,471 50.8 92.2 13.4 March 2007 7,459 106,215 47.4 93.3 14.2 March 2008 6,944 103,814 44.1 93.1 15.0 March 2009 6,293 93,597 40.0 90.6 14.9 March 2010 5,831 87,274 37.1 92.7 15.0 March 2011 5,542 85,890 35.2 95.0 15.5 March 2012 5,292 85,259 33.6 95.5 16.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 15,697 115,327 100.0 _ 7.3 March 2003 12,370 111,941 78.8 78.8 9.0 March 2004 10,956 109,985 69.8 88.6 10.0 March 2005 9,826 109,709 62.6 89.7 11.2 March 2006 9,091 111,955 57.9 92.5 12.3 March 2007 8,404 113,217 53.5 92.4 13.5 March 2008 7,832 110,907 49.9 93.2 14.2 March 2009 7,070 99,805 45.0 90.3 14.1 March 2010 6,512 95,168 41.5 92.1 14.6 March 2011 6,063 94,705 38.6 93.1 15.6 March 2012 5,778 94,635 36.8 95.3 16.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 20,357 138,718 100.0 _ 6.8 March 2004 16,690 138,542 82.0 82.0 8.3 March 2005 14,687 140,639 72.1 88.0 9.6 March 2006 13,296 140,543 65.3 90.5 10.6 March 2007 12,253 140,697 60.2 92.2 11.5 March 2008 11,102 134,444 54.5 90.6 12.1 March 2009 9,861 119,158 48.4 88.8 12.1 March 2010 8,999 113,213 44.2 91.3 12.6 March 2011 8,312 112,039 40.8 92.4 13.5 March 2012 7,902 110,494 38.8 95.1 14.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 16,034 102,705 100.0 _ 6.4 March 2005 13,081 105,204 81.6 81.6 8.0 March 2006 11,548 105,689 72.0 88.3 9.2 March 2007 10,409 104,354 64.9 90.1 10.0 March 2008 9,291 99,399 57.9 89.3 10.7 March 2009 8,164 88,466 50.9 87.9 10.8 March 2010 7,372 80,940 46.0 90.3 11.0 March 2011 6,743 79,482 42.1 91.5 11.8 March 2012 6,373 77,214 39.7 94.5 12.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 15,738 97,765 100.0 _ 6.2 March 2006 12,921 104,039 82.1 82.1 8.1 March 2007 11,453 106,879 72.8 88.6 9.3 March 2008 10,083 102,110 64.1 88.0 10.1 March 2009 8,795 91,069 55.9 87.2 10.4 March 2010 7,768 83,706 49.4 88.3 10.8 March 2011 7,184 83,433 45.6 92.5 11.6 March 2012 6,695 80,513 42.5 93.2 12.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 17,742 109,357 100.0 _ 6.2 March 2007 14,681 115,265 82.7 82.7 7.9 March 2008 12,529 108,256 70.6 85.3 8.6 March 2009 10,680 95,622 60.2 85.2 9.0 March 2010 9,408 88,726 53.0 88.1 9.4 March 2011 8,534 85,317 48.1 90.7 10.0 March 2012 8,023 84,627 45.2 94.0 10.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 25,296 150,978 100.0 _ 6.0 March 2008 20,117 148,627 79.5 79.5 7.4 March 2009 16,544 130,462 65.4 82.2 7.9 March 2010 14,268 121,747 56.4 86.2 8.5 March 2011 12,823 118,208 50.7 89.9 9.2 March 2012 11,916 118,578 47.1 92.9 10.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 20,144 112,992 100.0 _ 5.6 March 2009 14,896 100,133 73.9 73.9 6.7 March 2010 12,391 93,399 61.5 83.2 7.5 March 2011 11,051 91,367 54.9 89.2 8.3 March 2012 10,201 91,187 50.6 92.3 8.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 16,132 90,400 100.0 _ 5.6 March 2010 12,067 82,700 74.8 74.8 6.9 March 2011 10,451 81,651 64.8 86.6 7.8 March 2012 9,440 81,355 58.5 90.3 8.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 14,674 78,958 100.0 _ 5.4 March 2011 11,532 77,754 78.6 78.6 6.7 March 2012 10,096 78,158 68.8 87.5 7.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 16,378 83,497 100.0 _ 5.1 March 2012 12,945 83,611 79.0 79.0 6.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2012 March 2012 16,700 83,399 100.0 _ 5.0 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.