Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation 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 7,953 97,232 100.0 _ 12.2 March 1995 6,260 107,137 78.7 78.7 17.1 March 1996 5,375 102,272 67.6 85.9 19.0 March 1997 4,704 93,290 59.1 87.5 19.8 March 1998 4,177 89,667 52.5 88.8 21.5 March 1999 3,830 91,666 48.2 91.7 23.9 March 2000 3,453 94,697 43.4 90.2 27.4 March 2001 3,152 93,794 39.6 91.3 29.8 March 2002 2,921 85,865 36.7 92.7 29.4 March 2003 2,715 80,495 34.1 92.9 29.6 March 2004 2,536 80,356 31.9 93.4 31.7 March 2005 2,390 79,840 30.1 94.2 33.4 March 2006 2,273 75,772 28.6 95.1 33.3 March 2007 2,153 72,884 27.1 94.7 33.9 March 2008 2,011 72,240 25.3 93.4 35.9 March 2009 1,879 66,761 23.6 93.4 35.5 March 2010 1,839 68,111 23.1 97.9 37.0 March 2011 1,755 70,292 22.1 95.4 40.1 March 2012 1,697 72,484 21.3 96.7 42.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 8,077 84,054 100.0 _ 10.4 March 1996 6,280 82,252 77.8 77.8 13.1 March 1997 5,337 89,617 66.1 85.0 16.8 March 1998 4,609 83,915 57.1 86.4 18.2 March 1999 4,185 85,112 51.8 90.8 20.3 March 2000 3,747 84,766 46.4 89.5 22.6 March 2001 3,336 69,444 41.3 89.0 20.8 March 2002 3,107 65,934 38.5 93.1 21.2 March 2003 2,871 61,595 35.5 92.4 21.5 March 2004 2,679 57,342 33.2 93.3 21.4 March 2005 2,492 53,284 30.9 93.0 21.4 March 2006 2,360 51,143 29.2 94.7 21.7 March 2007 2,235 51,546 27.7 94.7 23.1 March 2008 2,109 51,147 26.1 94.4 24.3 March 2009 1,999 49,607 24.7 94.8 24.8 March 2010 1,901 47,222 23.5 95.1 24.8 March 2011 1,820 45,148 22.5 95.7 24.8 March 2012 1,757 45,348 21.8 96.5 25.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 8,120 69,894 100.0 _ 8.6 March 1997 6,186 70,218 76.2 76.2 11.4 March 1998 5,274 67,971 65.0 85.3 12.9 March 1999 4,702 64,573 57.9 89.2 13.7 March 2000 4,226 63,170 52.0 89.9 14.9 March 2001 3,753 53,800 46.2 88.8 14.3 March 2002 3,424 50,437 42.2 91.2 14.7 March 2003 3,161 48,541 38.9 92.3 15.4 March 2004 2,981 45,610 36.7 94.3 15.3 March 2005 2,760 42,819 34.0 92.6 15.5 March 2006 2,604 41,531 32.1 94.3 15.9 March 2007 2,467 42,672 30.4 94.7 17.3 March 2008 2,328 42,345 28.7 94.4 18.2 March 2009 2,229 39,393 27.5 95.7 17.7 March 2010 2,092 39,141 25.8 93.9 18.7 March 2011 2,016 37,682 24.8 96.4 18.7 March 2012 1,911 36,953 23.5 94.8 19.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 8,242 82,168 100.0 _ 10.0 March 1998 6,437 87,160 78.1 78.1 13.5 March 1999 5,533 84,141 67.1 86.0 15.2 March 2000 4,852 83,966 58.9 87.7 17.3 March 2001 4,296 70,484 52.1 88.5 16.4 March 2002 3,834 65,030 46.5 89.2 17.0 March 2003 3,501 60,818 42.5 91.3 17.4 March 2004 3,215 58,334 39.0 91.8 18.1 March 2005 2,952 55,206 35.8 91.8 18.7 March 2006 2,745 50,630 33.3 93.0 18.4 March 2007 2,602 50,547 31.6 94.8 19.4 March 2008 2,445 47,258 29.7 94.0 19.3 March 2009 2,277 44,201 27.6 93.1 19.4 March 2010 2,121 41,371 25.7 93.1 19.5 March 2011 2,057 40,855 25.0 97.0 19.9 March 2012 1,908 41,742 23.1 92.8 21.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 8,043 75,244 100.0 _ 9.4 March 1999 6,591 75,521 81.9 81.9 11.5 March 2000 5,640 75,404 70.1 85.6 13.4 March 2001 4,854 74,721 60.4 86.1 15.4 March 2002 4,338 69,370 53.9 89.4 16.0 March 2003 3,972 69,547 49.4 91.6 17.5 March 2004 3,683 66,198 45.8 92.7 18.0 March 2005 3,425 64,000 42.6 93.0 18.7 March 2006 3,129 64,072 38.9 91.4 20.5 March 2007 2,954 63,481 36.7 94.4 21.5 March 2008 2,796 62,564 34.8 94.7 22.4 March 2009 2,609 54,955 32.4 93.3 21.1 March 2010 2,426 50,880 30.2 93.0 21.0 March 2011 2,323 48,543 28.9 95.8 20.9 March 2012 2,180 49,967 27.1 93.8 22.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 8,140 71,148 100.0 _ 8.7 March 2000 6,449 79,329 79.2 79.2 12.3 March 2001 5,476 72,294 67.3 84.9 13.2 March 2002 4,808 66,834 59.1 87.8 13.9 March 2003 4,324 62,513 53.1 89.9 14.5 March 2004 3,972 61,290 48.8 91.9 15.4 March 2005 3,581 59,390 44.0 90.2 16.6 March 2006 3,338 57,076 41.0 93.2 17.1 March 2007 3,124 57,516 38.4 93.6 18.4 March 2008 2,915 56,233 35.8 93.3 19.3 March 2009 2,671 49,173 32.8 91.6 18.4 March 2010 2,485 46,086 30.5 93.0 18.5 March 2011 2,405 46,506 29.5 96.8 19.3 March 2012 2,254 46,301 27.7 93.7 20.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 7,951 81,558 100.0 _ 10.3 March 2001 6,429 84,994 80.9 80.9 13.2 March 2002 5,731 80,193 72.1 89.1 14.0 March 2003 5,103 76,713 64.2 89.0 15.0 March 2004 4,619 71,436 58.1 90.5 15.5 March 2005 4,186 66,931 52.6 90.6 16.0 March 2006 3,880 66,219 48.8 92.7 17.1 March 2007 3,603 63,960 45.3 92.9 17.8 March 2008 3,383 63,044 42.5 93.9 18.6 March 2009 3,092 59,431 38.9 91.4 19.2 March 2010 2,890 50,677 36.3 93.5 17.5 March 2011 2,775 46,726 34.9 96.0 16.8 March 2012 2,593 45,742 32.6 93.4 17.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 7,059 60,121 100.0 _ 8.5 March 2002 6,466 63,432 91.6 91.6 9.8 March 2003 5,521 59,537 78.2 85.4 10.8 March 2004 4,884 58,626 69.2 88.5 12.0 March 2005 4,391 56,039 62.2 89.9 12.8 March 2006 3,984 54,139 56.4 90.7 13.6 March 2007 3,702 53,123 52.4 92.9 14.3 March 2008 3,436 53,118 48.7 92.8 15.5 March 2009 3,167 49,367 44.9 92.2 15.6 March 2010 2,883 44,919 40.8 91.0 15.6 March 2011 2,741 43,709 38.8 95.1 15.9 March 2012 2,519 44,011 35.7 91.9 17.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 8,207 61,991 100.0 _ 7.6 March 2003 6,876 63,258 83.8 83.8 9.2 March 2004 6,075 60,637 74.0 88.4 10.0 March 2005 5,366 58,873 65.4 88.3 11.0 March 2006 4,914 56,055 59.9 91.6 11.4 March 2007 4,459 54,542 54.3 90.7 12.2 March 2008 4,088 52,211 49.8 91.7 12.8 March 2009 3,712 50,097 45.2 90.8 13.5 March 2010 3,422 46,201 41.7 92.2 13.5 March 2011 3,217 44,343 39.2 94.0 13.8 March 2012 2,974 42,914 36.2 92.4 14.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 8,554 60,999 100.0 _ 7.1 March 2004 7,691 66,265 89.9 89.9 8.6 March 2005 6,815 64,564 79.7 88.6 9.5 March 2006 6,141 61,525 71.8 90.1 10.0 March 2007 5,466 60,553 63.9 89.0 11.1 March 2008 4,908 57,139 57.4 89.8 11.6 March 2009 4,280 50,415 50.0 87.2 11.8 March 2010 3,851 46,534 45.0 90.0 12.1 March 2011 3,589 45,128 42.0 93.2 12.6 March 2012 3,297 44,710 38.5 91.9 13.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 9,123 65,723 100.0 _ 7.2 March 2005 8,113 66,598 88.9 88.9 8.2 March 2006 6,968 62,406 76.4 85.9 9.0 March 2007 6,056 59,329 66.4 86.9 9.8 March 2008 5,219 54,052 57.2 86.2 10.4 March 2009 4,577 50,103 50.2 87.7 10.9 March 2010 4,086 46,199 44.8 89.3 11.3 March 2011 3,760 43,996 41.2 92.0 11.7 March 2012 3,400 42,249 37.3 90.4 12.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 9,131 66,303 100.0 _ 7.3 March 2006 8,148 69,582 89.2 89.2 8.5 March 2007 6,943 67,346 76.0 85.2 9.7 March 2008 5,899 63,555 64.6 85.0 10.8 March 2009 5,011 54,744 54.9 84.9 10.9 March 2010 4,440 50,722 48.6 88.6 11.4 March 2011 4,036 48,513 44.2 90.9 12.0 March 2012 3,695 47,816 40.5 91.6 12.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 9,376 65,117 100.0 _ 6.9 March 2007 8,121 67,954 86.6 86.6 8.4 March 2008 6,851 63,448 73.1 84.4 9.3 March 2009 5,736 56,409 61.2 83.7 9.8 March 2010 4,947 51,345 52.8 86.2 10.4 March 2011 4,431 49,134 47.3 89.6 11.1 March 2012 3,997 48,606 42.6 90.2 12.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 8,698 59,716 100.0 _ 6.9 March 2008 7,380 59,886 84.8 84.8 8.1 March 2009 6,314 52,074 72.6 85.6 8.2 March 2010 5,334 46,900 61.3 84.5 8.8 March 2011 4,836 45,657 55.6 90.7 9.4 March 2012 4,321 43,942 49.7 89.4 10.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 8,533 59,514 100.0 _ 7.0 March 2009 7,348 56,604 86.1 86.1 7.7 March 2010 6,156 54,467 72.1 83.8 8.8 March 2011 5,655 54,841 66.3 91.9 9.7 March 2012 5,002 53,473 58.6 88.5 10.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 7,882 54,660 100.0 _ 6.9 March 2010 6,324 50,307 80.2 80.2 8.0 March 2011 5,683 47,859 72.1 89.9 8.4 March 2012 4,985 45,727 63.2 87.7 9.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 6,743 47,794 100.0 _ 7.1 March 2011 5,891 46,796 87.4 87.4 7.9 March 2012 5,226 48,070 77.5 88.7 9.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 7,355 51,505 100.0 _ 7.0 March 2012 6,270 55,216 85.2 85.2 8.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2012 March 2012 7,506 54,760 100.0 _ 7.3 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.