Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Wholesale Trade 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 46,846 186,536 100.0 _ 4.0 March 1995 37,690 186,248 80.5 80.5 4.9 March 1996 31,883 184,897 68.1 84.6 5.8 March 1997 28,093 185,470 60.0 88.1 6.6 March 1998 24,837 180,023 53.0 88.4 7.2 March 1999 22,364 174,776 47.7 90.0 7.8 March 2000 20,215 171,190 43.2 90.4 8.5 March 2001 18,161 165,832 38.8 89.8 9.1 March 2002 16,829 155,741 35.9 92.7 9.3 March 2003 15,559 150,599 33.2 92.5 9.7 March 2004 14,669 146,965 31.3 94.3 10.0 March 2005 13,628 143,827 29.1 92.9 10.6 March 2006 12,956 144,193 27.7 95.1 11.1 March 2007 12,306 145,297 26.3 95.0 11.8 March 2008 11,556 140,102 24.7 93.9 12.1 March 2009 10,870 128,521 23.2 94.1 11.8 March 2010 10,178 120,829 21.7 93.6 11.9 March 2011 9,689 120,070 20.7 95.2 12.4 March 2012 9,250 119,755 19.7 95.5 12.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 49,171 182,411 100.0 _ 3.7 March 1996 39,004 186,741 79.3 79.3 4.8 March 1997 33,258 187,305 67.6 85.3 5.6 March 1998 28,950 182,619 58.9 87.0 6.3 March 1999 25,785 176,528 52.4 89.1 6.8 March 2000 23,067 174,165 46.9 89.5 7.6 March 2001 20,612 170,592 41.9 89.4 8.3 March 2002 18,870 160,544 38.4 91.5 8.5 March 2003 17,383 154,756 35.4 92.1 8.9 March 2004 16,376 151,669 33.3 94.2 9.3 March 2005 15,282 151,539 31.1 93.3 9.9 March 2006 14,504 148,819 29.5 94.9 10.3 March 2007 13,704 148,415 27.9 94.5 10.8 March 2008 12,880 144,069 26.2 94.0 11.2 March 2009 12,054 133,059 24.5 93.6 11.0 March 2010 11,297 125,304 23.0 93.7 11.1 March 2011 10,830 123,625 22.0 95.9 11.4 March 2012 10,330 123,506 21.0 95.4 12.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 50,508 195,436 100.0 _ 3.9 March 1997 40,012 196,863 79.2 79.2 4.9 March 1998 33,461 194,483 66.2 83.6 5.8 March 1999 29,368 189,676 58.1 87.8 6.5 March 2000 25,838 182,767 51.2 88.0 7.1 March 2001 22,936 179,254 45.4 88.8 7.8 March 2002 20,787 165,248 41.2 90.6 7.9 March 2003 19,122 155,716 37.9 92.0 8.1 March 2004 17,794 152,224 35.2 93.1 8.6 March 2005 16,605 149,487 32.9 93.3 9.0 March 2006 15,518 151,033 30.7 93.5 9.7 March 2007 14,551 150,008 28.8 93.8 10.3 March 2008 13,757 146,041 27.2 94.5 10.6 March 2009 12,734 135,878 25.2 92.6 10.7 March 2010 11,867 128,667 23.5 93.2 10.8 March 2011 11,263 124,828 22.3 94.9 11.1 March 2012 10,695 123,295 21.2 95.0 11.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 53,193 214,694 100.0 _ 4.0 March 1998 41,437 221,221 77.9 77.9 5.3 March 1999 35,188 212,633 66.2 84.9 6.0 March 2000 30,223 207,961 56.8 85.9 6.9 March 2001 26,406 200,563 49.6 87.4 7.6 March 2002 23,544 183,178 44.3 89.2 7.8 March 2003 21,603 177,260 40.6 91.8 8.2 March 2004 19,887 172,243 37.4 92.1 8.7 March 2005 18,441 170,029 34.7 92.7 9.2 March 2006 17,245 169,768 32.4 93.5 9.8 March 2007 16,134 168,232 30.3 93.6 10.4 March 2008 15,146 163,426 28.5 93.9 10.8 March 2009 14,024 150,969 26.4 92.6 10.8 March 2010 13,064 141,880 24.6 93.2 10.9 March 2011 12,351 139,311 23.2 94.5 11.3 March 2012 11,754 138,929 22.1 95.2 11.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 51,116 215,925 100.0 _ 4.2 March 1999 40,452 212,805 79.1 79.1 5.3 March 2000 33,710 209,664 65.9 83.3 6.2 March 2001 29,006 201,791 56.7 86.0 7.0 March 2002 25,741 188,672 50.4 88.7 7.3 March 2003 23,327 178,489 45.6 90.6 7.7 March 2004 21,402 171,706 41.9 91.7 8.0 March 2005 19,720 169,629 38.6 92.1 8.6 March 2006 18,352 171,077 35.9 93.1 9.3 March 2007 17,119 170,680 33.5 93.3 10.0 March 2008 16,074 164,314 31.4 93.9 10.2 March 2009 14,751 151,509 28.9 91.8 10.3 March 2010 13,747 142,207 26.9 93.2 10.3 March 2011 13,116 141,799 25.7 95.4 10.8 March 2012 12,431 139,555 24.3 94.8 11.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 48,376 210,173 100.0 _ 4.3 March 2000 38,252 216,017 79.1 79.1 5.6 March 2001 31,758 214,083 65.6 83.0 6.7 March 2002 27,913 192,629 57.7 87.9 6.9 March 2003 25,006 182,936 51.7 89.6 7.3 March 2004 22,746 178,294 47.0 91.0 7.8 March 2005 20,907 176,528 43.2 91.9 8.4 March 2006 19,388 175,120 40.1 92.7 9.0 March 2007 18,115 175,558 37.4 93.4 9.7 March 2008 16,866 171,351 34.9 93.1 10.2 March 2009 15,485 158,001 32.0 91.8 10.2 March 2010 14,411 147,520 29.8 93.1 10.2 March 2011 13,643 144,787 28.2 94.7 10.6 March 2012 12,913 145,029 26.7 94.6 11.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 46,796 202,844 100.0 _ 4.3 March 2001 36,412 199,356 77.8 77.8 5.5 March 2002 32,698 188,022 69.9 89.8 5.8 March 2003 28,691 182,078 61.3 87.7 6.3 March 2004 26,040 178,972 55.6 90.8 6.9 March 2005 23,735 179,252 50.7 91.1 7.6 March 2006 21,811 180,130 46.6 91.9 8.3 March 2007 20,300 179,429 43.4 93.1 8.8 March 2008 18,792 171,434 40.2 92.6 9.1 March 2009 17,287 160,858 36.9 92.0 9.3 March 2010 15,977 151,290 34.1 92.4 9.5 March 2011 15,108 150,710 32.3 94.6 10.0 March 2012 14,291 153,030 30.5 94.6 10.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 45,095 197,712 100.0 _ 4.4 March 2002 39,816 207,467 88.3 88.3 5.2 March 2003 33,454 190,639 74.2 84.0 5.7 March 2004 29,658 182,244 65.8 88.7 6.1 March 2005 26,579 179,685 58.9 89.6 6.8 March 2006 24,298 177,074 53.9 91.4 7.3 March 2007 22,283 174,089 49.4 91.7 7.8 March 2008 20,510 169,965 45.5 92.0 8.3 March 2009 18,666 155,777 41.4 91.0 8.3 March 2010 17,150 147,299 38.0 91.9 8.6 March 2011 16,038 144,037 35.6 93.5 9.0 March 2012 15,174 144,351 33.6 94.6 9.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 47,446 190,357 100.0 _ 4.0 March 2003 39,488 190,242 83.2 83.2 4.8 March 2004 34,283 184,816 72.3 86.8 5.4 March 2005 30,139 177,952 63.5 87.9 5.9 March 2006 27,179 179,448 57.3 90.2 6.6 March 2007 24,721 176,263 52.1 91.0 7.1 March 2008 22,518 173,000 47.5 91.1 7.7 March 2009 20,325 156,342 42.8 90.3 7.7 March 2010 18,465 145,687 38.9 90.8 7.9 March 2011 17,214 144,294 36.3 93.2 8.4 March 2012 16,132 141,985 34.0 93.7 8.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 45,597 170,931 100.0 _ 3.7 March 2004 39,471 176,055 86.6 86.6 4.5 March 2005 34,047 171,504 74.7 86.3 5.0 March 2006 30,091 171,785 66.0 88.4 5.7 March 2007 27,056 168,821 59.3 89.9 6.2 March 2008 24,492 163,488 53.7 90.5 6.7 March 2009 21,756 148,211 47.7 88.8 6.8 March 2010 19,774 138,977 43.4 90.9 7.0 March 2011 18,243 138,434 40.0 92.3 7.6 March 2012 17,001 137,835 37.3 93.2 8.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 43,120 151,272 100.0 _ 3.5 March 2005 37,339 161,038 86.6 86.6 4.3 March 2006 32,344 161,637 75.0 86.6 5.0 March 2007 28,755 158,765 66.7 88.9 5.5 March 2008 25,670 154,195 59.5 89.3 6.0 March 2009 22,773 138,450 52.8 88.7 6.1 March 2010 20,425 129,857 47.4 89.7 6.4 March 2011 18,943 129,142 43.9 92.7 6.8 March 2012 17,483 127,468 40.5 92.3 7.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 44,013 148,740 100.0 _ 3.4 March 2006 39,171 161,075 89.0 89.0 4.1 March 2007 33,892 158,692 77.0 86.5 4.7 March 2008 29,654 153,805 67.4 87.5 5.2 March 2009 26,047 138,038 59.2 87.8 5.3 March 2010 22,956 125,720 52.2 88.1 5.5 March 2011 21,153 124,247 48.1 92.1 5.9 March 2012 19,411 123,757 44.1 91.8 6.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 47,452 143,586 100.0 _ 3.0 March 2007 41,401 155,452 87.2 87.2 3.8 March 2008 35,198 151,796 74.2 85.0 4.3 March 2009 30,042 137,963 63.3 85.4 4.6 March 2010 26,151 127,678 55.1 87.0 4.9 March 2011 23,715 127,161 50.0 90.7 5.4 March 2012 21,616 127,545 45.6 91.1 5.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 47,756 148,133 100.0 _ 3.1 March 2008 40,505 153,526 84.8 84.8 3.8 March 2009 34,126 139,549 71.5 84.3 4.1 March 2010 29,366 128,116 61.5 86.1 4.4 March 2011 26,313 126,537 55.1 89.6 4.8 March 2012 23,752 125,090 49.7 90.3 5.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 44,766 138,671 100.0 _ 3.1 March 2009 37,948 131,946 84.8 84.8 3.5 March 2010 31,609 119,540 70.6 83.3 3.8 March 2011 28,197 117,267 63.0 89.2 4.2 March 2012 25,244 118,366 56.4 89.5 4.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 39,511 113,551 100.0 _ 2.9 March 2010 32,808 109,565 83.0 83.0 3.3 March 2011 28,615 111,186 72.4 87.2 3.9 March 2012 25,437 114,078 64.4 88.9 4.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 35,780 106,179 100.0 _ 3.0 March 2011 30,963 112,439 86.5 86.5 3.6 March 2012 26,430 111,458 73.9 85.4 4.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 38,718 107,332 100.0 _ 2.8 March 2012 32,797 117,078 84.7 84.7 3.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2012 March 2012 38,067 113,427 100.0 _ 3.0 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.