Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Total Private Pennsylvania 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 18,925 175,798 100.0 _ 9.3 March 1995 15,909 175,306 84.1 84.1 11.0 March 1996 13,909 169,152 73.5 87.4 12.2 March 1997 12,603 167,328 66.6 90.6 13.3 March 1998 11,438 158,852 60.4 90.8 13.9 March 1999 10,503 155,920 55.5 91.8 14.8 March 2000 9,827 151,475 51.9 93.6 15.4 March 2001 9,205 146,102 48.6 93.7 15.9 March 2002 8,695 137,656 45.9 94.5 15.8 March 2003 8,157 128,532 43.1 93.8 15.8 March 2004 7,741 125,645 40.9 94.9 16.2 March 2005 7,412 121,841 39.2 95.7 16.4 March 2006 7,140 120,464 37.7 96.3 16.9 March 2007 6,899 118,851 36.5 96.6 17.2 March 2008 6,627 116,059 35.0 96.1 17.5 March 2009 6,332 111,161 33.5 95.5 17.6 March 2010 6,093 106,151 32.2 96.2 17.4 March 2011 5,927 107,186 31.3 97.3 18.1 March 2012 5,714 106,786 30.2 96.4 18.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 17,897 156,337 100.0 _ 8.7 March 1996 14,507 140,319 81.1 81.1 9.7 March 1997 12,664 137,054 70.8 87.3 10.8 March 1998 11,353 132,371 63.4 89.6 11.7 March 1999 10,332 130,632 57.7 91.0 12.6 March 2000 9,520 128,407 53.2 92.1 13.5 March 2001 8,846 125,416 49.4 92.9 14.2 March 2002 8,163 118,267 45.6 92.3 14.5 March 2003 7,632 111,569 42.6 93.5 14.6 March 2004 7,246 108,456 40.5 94.9 15.0 March 2005 6,863 107,390 38.3 94.7 15.6 March 2006 6,604 104,965 36.9 96.2 15.9 March 2007 6,344 103,666 35.4 96.1 16.3 March 2008 6,049 103,458 33.8 95.3 17.1 March 2009 5,750 98,774 32.1 95.1 17.2 March 2010 5,454 94,631 30.5 94.9 17.4 March 2011 5,292 94,250 29.6 97.0 17.8 March 2012 5,120 93,063 28.6 96.7 18.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 19,005 159,853 100.0 _ 8.4 March 1997 15,764 154,153 82.9 82.9 9.8 March 1998 13,829 147,045 72.8 87.7 10.6 March 1999 12,382 145,348 65.2 89.5 11.7 March 2000 11,343 141,721 59.7 91.6 12.5 March 2001 10,543 137,943 55.5 92.9 13.1 March 2002 9,754 130,017 51.3 92.5 13.3 March 2003 9,058 119,752 47.7 92.9 13.2 March 2004 8,610 118,158 45.3 95.1 13.7 March 2005 8,406 116,966 44.2 97.6 13.9 March 2006 8,035 114,575 42.3 95.6 14.3 March 2007 7,724 114,101 40.6 96.1 14.8 March 2008 7,401 116,585 38.9 95.8 15.8 March 2009 7,125 105,437 37.5 96.3 14.8 March 2010 6,875 104,032 36.2 96.5 15.1 March 2011 6,580 102,558 34.6 95.7 15.6 March 2012 6,372 104,205 33.5 96.8 16.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 21,999 183,962 100.0 _ 8.4 March 1998 17,971 180,373 81.7 81.7 10.0 March 1999 15,879 182,860 72.2 88.4 11.5 March 2000 14,368 178,765 65.3 90.5 12.4 March 2001 13,197 172,480 60.0 91.8 13.1 March 2002 12,148 161,524 55.2 92.1 13.3 March 2003 11,221 154,728 51.0 92.4 13.8 March 2004 10,581 151,926 48.1 94.3 14.4 March 2005 9,989 148,798 45.4 94.4 14.9 March 2006 9,681 146,405 44.0 96.9 15.1 March 2007 9,257 143,836 42.1 95.6 15.5 March 2008 8,811 139,100 40.1 95.2 15.8 March 2009 8,333 131,669 37.9 94.6 15.8 March 2010 7,979 127,276 36.3 95.8 16.0 March 2011 7,684 126,110 34.9 96.3 16.4 March 2012 7,383 128,334 33.6 96.1 17.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 23,954 184,156 100.0 _ 7.7 March 1999 19,939 183,732 83.2 83.2 9.2 March 2000 17,587 188,602 73.4 88.2 10.7 March 2001 15,959 185,493 66.6 90.7 11.6 March 2002 14,518 175,996 60.6 91.0 12.1 March 2003 13,377 169,192 55.8 92.1 12.6 March 2004 12,546 166,639 52.4 93.8 13.3 March 2005 12,129 164,519 50.6 96.7 13.6 March 2006 11,780 163,740 49.2 97.1 13.9 March 2007 11,239 161,396 46.9 95.4 14.4 March 2008 10,702 154,039 44.7 95.2 14.4 March 2009 10,116 149,418 42.2 94.5 14.8 March 2010 9,681 144,006 40.4 95.7 14.9 March 2011 9,380 142,071 39.2 96.9 15.1 March 2012 8,987 142,140 37.5 95.8 15.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 21,045 160,191 100.0 _ 7.6 March 2000 17,374 159,762 82.6 82.6 9.2 March 2001 15,361 161,756 73.0 88.4 10.5 March 2002 13,688 151,578 65.0 89.1 11.1 March 2003 12,676 142,787 60.2 92.6 11.3 March 2004 11,780 137,629 56.0 92.9 11.7 March 2005 11,168 136,477 53.1 94.8 12.2 March 2006 10,742 135,493 51.0 96.2 12.6 March 2007 10,178 133,456 48.4 94.7 13.1 March 2008 9,612 131,116 45.7 94.4 13.6 March 2009 9,055 125,941 43.0 94.2 13.9 March 2010 8,633 123,442 41.0 95.3 14.3 March 2011 8,305 122,197 39.5 96.2 14.7 March 2012 7,963 121,129 37.8 95.9 15.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 24,084 178,182 100.0 _ 7.4 March 2001 20,012 183,433 83.1 83.1 9.2 March 2002 17,473 174,758 72.6 87.3 10.0 March 2003 15,620 167,483 64.9 89.4 10.7 March 2004 14,594 166,383 60.6 93.4 11.4 March 2005 13,783 165,044 57.2 94.4 12.0 March 2006 13,179 164,468 54.7 95.6 12.5 March 2007 12,493 161,892 51.9 94.8 13.0 March 2008 11,718 158,322 48.7 93.8 13.5 March 2009 11,015 148,941 45.7 94.0 13.5 March 2010 10,523 144,770 43.7 95.5 13.8 March 2011 10,060 143,840 41.8 95.6 14.3 March 2012 9,643 141,806 40.0 95.9 14.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 22,076 150,999 100.0 _ 6.8 March 2002 16,872 143,317 76.4 76.4 8.5 March 2003 14,684 138,328 66.5 87.0 9.4 March 2004 13,437 136,045 60.9 91.5 10.1 March 2005 12,552 135,873 56.9 93.4 10.8 March 2006 11,902 135,007 53.9 94.8 11.3 March 2007 11,191 134,580 50.7 94.0 12.0 March 2008 10,393 130,914 47.1 92.9 12.6 March 2009 9,653 122,636 43.7 92.9 12.7 March 2010 9,132 119,277 41.4 94.6 13.1 March 2011 8,748 119,346 39.6 95.8 13.6 March 2012 8,315 118,692 37.7 95.1 14.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 23,951 169,555 100.0 _ 7.1 March 2003 19,138 164,997 79.9 79.9 8.6 March 2004 16,765 161,907 70.0 87.6 9.7 March 2005 15,442 160,533 64.5 92.1 10.4 March 2006 14,708 159,514 61.4 95.2 10.8 March 2007 13,624 154,412 56.9 92.6 11.3 March 2008 12,750 150,454 53.2 93.6 11.8 March 2009 11,893 140,292 49.7 93.3 11.8 March 2010 11,196 135,936 46.7 94.1 12.1 March 2011 10,758 137,035 44.9 96.1 12.7 March 2012 10,216 136,456 42.7 95.0 13.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 20,665 137,647 100.0 _ 6.7 March 2004 16,679 136,828 80.7 80.7 8.2 March 2005 15,073 137,073 72.9 90.4 9.1 March 2006 14,178 137,160 68.6 94.1 9.7 March 2007 13,112 135,192 63.5 92.5 10.3 March 2008 12,087 133,184 58.5 92.2 11.0 March 2009 11,153 123,402 54.0 92.3 11.1 March 2010 10,454 119,588 50.6 93.7 11.4 March 2011 9,874 118,727 47.8 94.5 12.0 March 2012 9,288 118,593 44.9 94.1 12.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 20,054 120,435 100.0 _ 6.0 March 2005 16,435 119,149 82.0 82.0 7.2 March 2006 15,342 118,963 76.5 93.3 7.8 March 2007 13,904 117,001 69.3 90.6 8.4 March 2008 12,558 114,261 62.6 90.3 9.1 March 2009 11,564 107,199 57.7 92.1 9.3 March 2010 10,685 104,539 53.3 92.4 9.8 March 2011 10,032 105,114 50.0 93.9 10.5 March 2012 9,420 105,229 47.0 93.9 11.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 22,264 116,183 100.0 _ 5.2 March 2006 18,871 116,901 84.8 84.8 6.2 March 2007 16,752 115,502 75.2 88.8 6.9 March 2008 15,010 113,961 67.4 89.6 7.6 March 2009 13,569 106,119 60.9 90.4 7.8 March 2010 12,404 102,698 55.7 91.4 8.3 March 2011 11,639 103,765 52.3 93.8 8.9 March 2012 10,853 103,614 48.7 93.2 9.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 23,341 110,524 100.0 _ 4.7 March 2007 18,945 111,265 81.2 81.2 5.9 March 2008 16,645 109,208 71.3 87.9 6.6 March 2009 14,761 102,787 63.2 88.7 7.0 March 2010 13,437 100,226 57.6 91.0 7.5 March 2011 12,417 100,049 53.2 92.4 8.1 March 2012 11,333 98,903 48.6 91.3 8.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 21,187 101,052 100.0 _ 4.8 March 2008 16,815 99,649 79.4 79.4 5.9 March 2009 14,743 92,049 69.6 87.7 6.2 March 2010 13,143 88,733 62.0 89.1 6.8 March 2011 12,073 90,613 57.0 91.9 7.5 March 2012 10,936 90,721 51.6 90.6 8.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 21,121 91,443 100.0 _ 4.3 March 2009 16,803 86,275 79.6 79.6 5.1 March 2010 14,613 87,460 69.2 87.0 6.0 March 2011 13,252 91,105 62.7 90.7 6.9 March 2012 12,037 92,598 57.0 90.8 7.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 20,326 81,328 100.0 _ 4.0 March 2010 16,392 80,130 80.6 80.6 4.9 March 2011 14,651 84,146 72.1 89.4 5.7 March 2012 12,845 85,307 63.2 87.7 6.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 19,484 75,067 100.0 _ 3.9 March 2011 15,994 82,026 82.1 82.1 5.1 March 2012 13,665 83,195 70.1 85.4 6.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 20,728 85,725 100.0 _ 4.1 March 2012 16,223 88,044 78.3 78.3 5.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2012 March 2012 23,720 95,534 100.0 _ 4.0 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.