Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting 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 6,731 55,720 100.0 _ 8.3 March 1995 5,528 51,006 82.1 82.1 9.2 March 1996 4,818 48,211 71.6 87.2 10.0 March 1997 4,400 47,605 65.4 91.3 10.8 March 1998 4,000 45,428 59.4 90.9 11.4 March 1999 3,723 39,349 55.3 93.1 10.6 March 2000 3,443 38,966 51.2 92.5 11.3 March 2001 3,154 36,420 46.9 91.6 11.5 March 2002 2,959 33,836 44.0 93.8 11.4 March 2003 2,789 32,957 41.4 94.3 11.8 March 2004 2,662 33,368 39.5 95.4 12.5 March 2005 2,509 31,260 37.3 94.3 12.5 March 2006 2,385 29,952 35.4 95.1 12.6 March 2007 2,235 30,411 33.2 93.7 13.6 March 2008 2,099 30,221 31.2 93.9 14.4 March 2009 1,964 28,786 29.2 93.6 14.7 March 2010 1,870 26,180 27.8 95.2 14.0 March 2011 1,821 24,369 27.1 97.4 13.4 March 2012 1,752 26,505 26.0 96.2 15.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 7,169 51,733 100.0 _ 7.2 March 1996 5,536 48,187 77.2 77.2 8.7 March 1997 4,947 46,178 69.0 89.4 9.3 March 1998 4,531 44,313 63.2 91.6 9.8 March 1999 4,198 41,388 58.6 92.7 9.9 March 2000 3,905 37,312 54.5 93.0 9.6 March 2001 3,592 33,973 50.1 92.0 9.5 March 2002 3,329 33,142 46.4 92.7 10.0 March 2003 3,158 30,712 44.1 94.9 9.7 March 2004 3,014 29,469 42.0 95.4 9.8 March 2005 2,806 27,826 39.1 93.1 9.9 March 2006 2,633 25,964 36.7 93.8 9.9 March 2007 2,496 24,755 34.8 94.8 9.9 March 2008 2,390 23,895 33.3 95.8 10.0 March 2009 2,254 22,740 31.4 94.3 10.1 March 2010 2,137 21,428 29.8 94.8 10.0 March 2011 2,065 20,125 28.8 96.6 9.7 March 2012 1,998 20,112 27.9 96.8 10.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 6,390 53,615 100.0 _ 8.4 March 1997 5,282 49,535 82.7 82.7 9.4 March 1998 4,761 48,491 74.5 90.1 10.2 March 1999 4,366 45,598 68.3 91.7 10.4 March 2000 4,015 43,212 62.8 92.0 10.8 March 2001 3,663 38,609 57.3 91.2 10.5 March 2002 3,351 36,754 52.4 91.5 11.0 March 2003 3,162 36,818 49.5 94.4 11.6 March 2004 3,017 35,583 47.2 95.4 11.8 March 2005 2,836 37,509 44.4 94.0 13.2 March 2006 2,691 35,257 42.1 94.9 13.1 March 2007 2,501 34,487 39.1 92.9 13.8 March 2008 2,380 33,863 37.2 95.2 14.2 March 2009 2,247 31,803 35.2 94.4 14.2 March 2010 2,128 31,939 33.3 94.7 15.0 March 2011 2,047 29,322 32.0 96.2 14.3 March 2012 1,993 30,849 31.2 97.4 15.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 6,539 53,500 100.0 _ 8.2 March 1998 5,388 47,991 82.4 82.4 8.9 March 1999 4,900 45,744 74.9 90.9 9.3 March 2000 4,470 44,565 68.4 91.2 10.0 March 2001 4,011 39,891 61.3 89.7 9.9 March 2002 3,707 38,433 56.7 92.4 10.4 March 2003 3,425 37,050 52.4 92.4 10.8 March 2004 3,227 34,692 49.4 94.2 10.8 March 2005 3,028 34,763 46.3 93.8 11.5 March 2006 2,887 33,426 44.2 95.3 11.6 March 2007 2,715 33,015 41.5 94.0 12.2 March 2008 2,581 32,108 39.5 95.1 12.4 March 2009 2,426 30,128 37.1 94.0 12.4 March 2010 2,306 29,325 35.3 95.1 12.7 March 2011 2,210 30,471 33.8 95.8 13.8 March 2012 2,125 30,251 32.5 96.2 14.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 6,450 51,777 100.0 _ 8.0 March 1999 5,489 53,098 85.1 85.1 9.7 March 2000 4,993 50,916 77.4 91.0 10.2 March 2001 4,456 47,838 69.1 89.2 10.7 March 2002 4,061 44,822 63.0 91.1 11.0 March 2003 3,797 41,708 58.9 93.5 11.0 March 2004 3,528 39,835 54.7 92.9 11.3 March 2005 3,338 38,741 51.8 94.6 11.6 March 2006 3,136 36,965 48.6 93.9 11.8 March 2007 2,964 37,202 46.0 94.5 12.6 March 2008 2,788 37,225 43.2 94.1 13.4 March 2009 2,614 35,308 40.5 93.8 13.5 March 2010 2,466 32,549 38.2 94.3 13.2 March 2011 2,394 33,150 37.1 97.1 13.8 March 2012 2,331 33,865 36.1 97.4 14.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 5,953 44,568 100.0 _ 7.5 March 2000 5,073 43,906 85.2 85.2 8.7 March 2001 4,554 41,861 76.5 89.8 9.2 March 2002 4,150 39,767 69.7 91.1 9.6 March 2003 3,779 35,913 63.5 91.1 9.5 March 2004 3,493 34,374 58.7 92.4 9.8 March 2005 3,259 34,119 54.7 93.3 10.5 March 2006 3,080 33,955 51.7 94.5 11.0 March 2007 2,883 33,422 48.4 93.6 11.6 March 2008 2,742 32,733 46.1 95.1 11.9 March 2009 2,548 29,410 42.8 92.9 11.5 March 2010 2,429 27,926 40.8 95.3 11.5 March 2011 2,332 28,142 39.2 96.0 12.1 March 2012 2,252 29,174 37.8 96.6 13.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 5,581 48,588 100.0 _ 8.7 March 2001 4,771 45,989 85.5 85.5 9.6 March 2002 4,347 47,138 77.9 91.1 10.8 March 2003 3,958 44,990 70.9 91.1 11.4 March 2004 3,685 44,168 66.0 93.1 12.0 March 2005 3,465 42,005 62.1 94.0 12.1 March 2006 3,236 43,054 58.0 93.4 13.3 March 2007 3,034 41,149 54.4 93.8 13.6 March 2008 2,861 41,122 51.3 94.3 14.4 March 2009 2,695 38,200 48.3 94.2 14.2 March 2010 2,554 37,927 45.8 94.8 14.9 March 2011 2,447 36,318 43.8 95.8 14.8 March 2012 2,332 38,772 41.8 95.3 16.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 4,859 37,936 100.0 _ 7.8 March 2002 4,411 39,008 90.8 90.8 8.8 March 2003 4,018 37,544 82.7 91.1 9.3 March 2004 3,694 38,766 76.0 91.9 10.5 March 2005 3,412 38,098 70.2 92.4 11.2 March 2006 3,181 35,810 65.5 93.2 11.3 March 2007 2,997 35,446 61.7 94.2 11.8 March 2008 2,792 34,399 57.5 93.2 12.3 March 2009 2,612 32,555 53.8 93.6 12.5 March 2010 2,448 31,101 50.4 93.7 12.7 March 2011 2,343 30,089 48.2 95.7 12.8 March 2012 2,284 31,371 47.0 97.5 13.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 4,949 39,029 100.0 _ 7.9 March 2003 4,375 36,888 88.4 88.4 8.4 March 2004 4,070 34,541 82.2 93.0 8.5 March 2005 3,709 33,137 74.9 91.1 8.9 March 2006 3,466 31,962 70.0 93.4 9.2 March 2007 3,327 33,360 67.2 96.0 10.0 March 2008 3,005 29,414 60.7 90.3 9.8 March 2009 2,816 28,947 56.9 93.7 10.3 March 2010 2,628 27,538 53.1 93.3 10.5 March 2011 2,514 25,787 50.8 95.7 10.3 March 2012 2,399 26,491 48.5 95.4 11.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 4,772 39,288 100.0 _ 8.2 March 2004 4,314 40,763 90.4 90.4 9.4 March 2005 3,887 39,110 81.5 90.1 10.1 March 2006 3,565 34,985 74.7 91.7 9.8 March 2007 3,320 34,229 69.6 93.1 10.3 March 2008 3,083 33,870 64.6 92.9 11.0 March 2009 2,828 30,210 59.3 91.7 10.7 March 2010 2,709 28,955 56.8 95.8 10.7 March 2011 2,560 30,378 53.6 94.5 11.9 March 2012 2,449 30,166 51.3 95.7 12.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 4,593 33,880 100.0 _ 7.4 March 2005 4,083 35,702 88.9 88.9 8.7 March 2006 3,755 32,821 81.8 92.0 8.7 March 2007 3,443 31,613 75.0 91.7 9.2 March 2008 3,197 29,263 69.6 92.9 9.2 March 2009 2,920 28,203 63.6 91.3 9.7 March 2010 2,722 26,545 59.3 93.2 9.8 March 2011 2,632 26,468 57.3 96.7 10.1 March 2012 2,498 26,552 54.4 94.9 10.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 4,655 35,176 100.0 _ 7.6 March 2006 4,193 35,268 90.1 90.1 8.4 March 2007 3,775 32,775 81.1 90.0 8.7 March 2008 3,522 31,575 75.7 93.3 9.0 March 2009 3,193 28,544 68.6 90.7 8.9 March 2010 2,921 27,474 62.7 91.5 9.4 March 2011 2,770 26,952 59.5 94.8 9.7 March 2012 2,630 26,657 56.5 94.9 10.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 4,634 31,085 100.0 _ 6.7 March 2007 4,089 30,119 88.2 88.2 7.4 March 2008 3,740 27,738 80.7 91.5 7.4 March 2009 3,326 25,341 71.8 88.9 7.6 March 2010 3,081 25,313 66.5 92.6 8.2 March 2011 2,893 24,406 62.4 93.9 8.4 March 2012 2,729 25,289 58.9 94.3 9.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 4,499 28,285 100.0 _ 6.3 March 2008 4,113 28,367 91.4 91.4 6.9 March 2009 3,722 25,934 82.7 90.5 7.0 March 2010 3,389 26,665 75.3 91.1 7.9 March 2011 3,186 26,107 70.8 94.0 8.2 March 2012 2,997 25,703 66.6 94.1 8.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 4,571 32,167 100.0 _ 7.0 March 2009 4,048 29,919 88.6 88.6 7.4 March 2010 3,670 27,025 80.3 90.7 7.4 March 2011 3,436 27,213 75.2 93.6 7.9 March 2012 3,227 28,313 70.6 93.9 8.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 4,267 28,671 100.0 _ 6.7 March 2010 3,699 27,071 86.7 86.7 7.3 March 2011 3,489 27,041 81.8 94.3 7.8 March 2012 3,296 27,050 77.2 94.5 8.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 4,352 24,338 100.0 _ 5.6 March 2011 4,029 24,009 92.6 92.6 6.0 March 2012 3,744 24,891 86.0 92.9 6.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 4,432 27,932 100.0 _ 6.3 March 2012 4,030 29,285 90.9 90.9 7.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2012 March 2012 4,610 29,435 100.0 _ 6.4 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.