Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Accommodation and Food Services 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 45,954 674,119 100.0 _ 14.7 March 1995 36,703 623,665 79.9 79.9 17.0 March 1996 31,341 568,296 68.2 85.4 18.1 March 1997 28,020 543,756 61.0 89.4 19.4 March 1998 24,980 514,818 54.4 89.2 20.6 March 1999 22,694 486,147 49.4 90.8 21.4 March 2000 20,833 466,913 45.3 91.8 22.4 March 2001 19,310 443,176 42.0 92.7 23.0 March 2002 17,806 420,426 38.7 92.2 23.6 March 2003 16,887 401,915 36.7 94.8 23.8 March 2004 15,884 388,515 34.6 94.1 24.5 March 2005 15,168 379,868 33.0 95.5 25.0 March 2006 14,498 366,949 31.5 95.6 25.3 March 2007 13,750 355,875 29.9 94.8 25.9 March 2008 13,108 347,143 28.5 95.3 26.5 March 2009 12,447 325,604 27.1 95.0 26.2 March 2010 12,015 310,022 26.1 96.5 25.8 March 2011 11,606 303,378 25.3 96.6 26.1 March 2012 11,218 299,785 24.4 96.7 26.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 48,744 712,515 100.0 _ 14.6 March 1996 38,845 634,674 79.7 79.7 16.3 March 1997 33,478 583,853 68.7 86.2 17.4 March 1998 29,352 541,932 60.2 87.7 18.5 March 1999 26,370 504,923 54.1 89.8 19.1 March 2000 24,073 484,521 49.4 91.3 20.1 March 2001 22,094 462,524 45.3 91.8 20.9 March 2002 20,521 438,821 42.1 92.9 21.4 March 2003 19,487 421,537 40.0 95.0 21.6 March 2004 18,262 408,976 37.5 93.7 22.4 March 2005 17,207 397,873 35.3 94.2 23.1 March 2006 16,229 384,734 33.3 94.3 23.7 March 2007 15,437 375,877 31.7 95.1 24.3 March 2008 14,707 361,423 30.2 95.3 24.6 March 2009 14,214 340,591 29.2 96.6 24.0 March 2010 13,827 326,622 28.4 97.3 23.6 March 2011 13,305 324,131 27.3 96.2 24.4 March 2012 12,855 318,642 26.4 96.6 24.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 48,395 696,750 100.0 _ 14.4 March 1997 38,280 616,171 79.1 79.1 16.1 March 1998 32,655 563,950 67.5 85.3 17.3 March 1999 28,902 535,461 59.7 88.5 18.5 March 2000 26,161 509,734 54.1 90.5 19.5 March 2001 23,723 482,140 49.0 90.7 20.3 March 2002 21,863 449,506 45.2 92.2 20.6 March 2003 20,528 428,329 42.4 93.9 20.9 March 2004 19,298 418,035 39.9 94.0 21.7 March 2005 18,182 404,729 37.6 94.2 22.3 March 2006 17,137 395,573 35.4 94.3 23.1 March 2007 16,280 383,485 33.6 95.0 23.6 March 2008 15,506 371,304 32.0 95.2 23.9 March 2009 15,131 351,423 31.3 97.6 23.2 March 2010 14,629 335,718 30.2 96.7 22.9 March 2011 14,103 329,190 29.1 96.4 23.3 March 2012 13,595 325,315 28.1 96.4 23.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 49,561 710,289 100.0 _ 14.3 March 1998 39,283 625,747 79.3 79.3 15.9 March 1999 34,061 588,899 68.7 86.7 17.3 March 2000 30,411 569,113 61.4 89.3 18.7 March 2001 27,237 538,302 55.0 89.6 19.8 March 2002 24,655 495,199 49.7 90.5 20.1 March 2003 22,956 472,404 46.3 93.1 20.6 March 2004 21,427 458,442 43.2 93.3 21.4 March 2005 19,982 446,153 40.3 93.3 22.3 March 2006 18,869 432,264 38.1 94.4 22.9 March 2007 17,937 425,012 36.2 95.1 23.7 March 2008 17,008 409,138 34.3 94.8 24.1 March 2009 16,212 379,225 32.7 95.3 23.4 March 2010 15,939 362,581 32.2 98.3 22.7 March 2011 15,368 357,870 31.0 96.4 23.3 March 2012 14,797 356,545 29.9 96.3 24.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 47,305 687,465 100.0 _ 14.5 March 1999 38,554 623,305 81.5 81.5 16.2 March 2000 33,284 589,598 70.4 86.3 17.7 March 2001 29,531 551,711 62.4 88.7 18.7 March 2002 26,420 505,035 55.9 89.5 19.1 March 2003 24,121 477,602 51.0 91.3 19.8 March 2004 22,531 468,698 47.6 93.4 20.8 March 2005 20,966 451,057 44.3 93.1 21.5 March 2006 19,574 434,392 41.4 93.4 22.2 March 2007 18,529 423,285 39.2 94.7 22.8 March 2008 17,442 405,636 36.9 94.1 23.3 March 2009 16,560 377,581 35.0 94.9 22.8 March 2010 16,205 363,440 34.3 97.9 22.4 March 2011 15,544 356,304 32.9 95.9 22.9 March 2012 14,912 354,834 31.5 95.9 23.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 45,527 683,782 100.0 _ 15.0 March 2000 37,627 621,573 82.6 82.6 16.5 March 2001 32,501 575,863 71.4 86.4 17.7 March 2002 28,840 528,428 63.3 88.7 18.3 March 2003 26,435 502,294 58.1 91.7 19.0 March 2004 24,264 490,899 53.3 91.8 20.2 March 2005 22,393 479,090 49.2 92.3 21.4 March 2006 20,975 464,445 46.1 93.7 22.1 March 2007 19,736 451,812 43.4 94.1 22.9 March 2008 18,586 433,323 40.8 94.2 23.3 March 2009 17,595 406,800 38.6 94.7 23.1 March 2010 16,887 387,994 37.1 96.0 23.0 March 2011 16,209 384,019 35.6 96.0 23.7 March 2012 15,569 380,361 34.2 96.1 24.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 44,054 654,130 100.0 _ 14.8 March 2001 36,191 592,872 82.2 82.2 16.4 March 2002 32,307 544,395 73.3 89.3 16.9 March 2003 29,148 514,902 66.2 90.2 17.7 March 2004 26,707 498,119 60.6 91.6 18.7 March 2005 24,517 481,935 55.7 91.8 19.7 March 2006 22,741 469,571 51.6 92.8 20.6 March 2007 21,387 455,618 48.5 94.0 21.3 March 2008 20,066 439,702 45.5 93.8 21.9 March 2009 18,988 407,439 43.1 94.6 21.5 March 2010 17,996 388,022 40.8 94.8 21.6 March 2011 17,382 382,935 39.5 96.6 22.0 March 2012 16,794 380,033 38.1 96.6 22.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 41,073 624,919 100.0 _ 15.2 March 2002 36,838 566,644 89.7 89.7 15.4 March 2003 32,228 520,923 78.5 87.5 16.2 March 2004 28,935 504,282 70.4 89.8 17.4 March 2005 26,453 487,195 64.4 91.4 18.4 March 2006 24,288 472,044 59.1 91.8 19.4 March 2007 22,671 454,198 55.2 93.3 20.0 March 2008 21,266 437,886 51.8 93.8 20.6 March 2009 19,924 405,025 48.5 93.7 20.3 March 2010 18,822 381,583 45.8 94.5 20.3 March 2011 17,980 374,383 43.8 95.5 20.8 March 2012 17,323 371,518 42.2 96.3 21.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 46,210 667,284 100.0 _ 14.4 March 2003 39,086 593,827 84.6 84.6 15.2 March 2004 34,823 572,326 75.4 89.1 16.4 March 2005 31,367 547,959 67.9 90.1 17.5 March 2006 28,641 525,829 62.0 91.3 18.4 March 2007 26,589 519,003 57.5 92.8 19.5 March 2008 24,772 494,894 53.6 93.2 20.0 March 2009 23,311 466,638 50.4 94.1 20.0 March 2010 21,926 437,691 47.4 94.1 20.0 March 2011 21,001 429,817 45.4 95.8 20.5 March 2012 19,963 424,222 43.2 95.1 21.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 46,461 640,591 100.0 _ 13.8 March 2004 39,964 582,964 86.0 86.0 14.6 March 2005 34,659 549,649 74.6 86.7 15.9 March 2006 31,174 531,090 67.1 89.9 17.0 March 2007 28,454 509,215 61.2 91.3 17.9 March 2008 25,939 484,197 55.8 91.2 18.7 March 2009 23,966 444,971 51.6 92.4 18.6 March 2010 22,421 417,269 48.3 93.6 18.6 March 2011 21,214 409,914 45.7 94.6 19.3 March 2012 19,914 403,387 42.9 93.9 20.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 45,546 617,938 100.0 _ 13.6 March 2005 38,856 563,765 85.3 85.3 14.5 March 2006 33,893 530,513 74.4 87.2 15.7 March 2007 30,164 502,655 66.2 89.0 16.7 March 2008 27,315 473,488 60.0 90.6 17.3 March 2009 24,883 433,596 54.6 91.1 17.4 March 2010 23,103 406,075 50.7 92.8 17.6 March 2011 21,687 399,124 47.6 93.9 18.4 March 2012 20,415 393,595 44.8 94.1 19.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 47,292 626,573 100.0 _ 13.2 March 2006 41,359 572,103 87.5 87.5 13.8 March 2007 35,981 533,141 76.1 87.0 14.8 March 2008 32,106 500,286 67.9 89.2 15.6 March 2009 28,707 448,019 60.7 89.4 15.6 March 2010 26,114 415,633 55.2 91.0 15.9 March 2011 24,255 409,893 51.3 92.9 16.9 March 2012 22,682 406,401 48.0 93.5 17.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 49,826 653,432 100.0 _ 13.1 March 2007 43,096 594,419 86.5 86.5 13.8 March 2008 37,124 537,093 74.5 86.1 14.5 March 2009 32,496 479,275 65.2 87.5 14.7 March 2010 29,326 444,058 58.9 90.2 15.1 March 2011 26,869 433,540 53.9 91.6 16.1 March 2012 24,833 425,565 49.8 92.4 17.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 48,853 641,267 100.0 _ 13.1 March 2008 41,345 568,904 84.6 84.6 13.8 March 2009 35,403 496,742 72.5 85.6 14.0 March 2010 31,551 466,366 64.6 89.1 14.8 March 2011 28,690 448,783 58.7 90.9 15.6 March 2012 26,297 442,894 53.8 91.7 16.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 47,750 637,692 100.0 _ 13.4 March 2009 40,021 529,368 83.8 83.8 13.2 March 2010 34,705 483,333 72.7 86.7 13.9 March 2011 31,363 468,183 65.7 90.4 14.9 March 2012 28,629 459,900 60.0 91.3 16.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 44,296 564,199 100.0 _ 12.7 March 2010 37,092 487,561 83.7 83.7 13.1 March 2011 32,624 465,663 73.6 88.0 14.3 March 2012 29,275 455,768 66.1 89.7 15.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 42,068 497,094 100.0 _ 11.8 March 2011 36,127 445,636 85.9 85.9 12.3 March 2012 31,606 427,768 75.1 87.5 13.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 43,844 514,246 100.0 _ 11.7 March 2012 36,956 466,815 84.3 84.3 12.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2012 March 2012 44,193 551,947 100.0 _ 12.5 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.