Name: 77.9% of US private-sector establishments that opened in the year to March 2024 survived their first year (Mar 2024 cohort, to Mar 2025)
Creator: US Bureau of Labor Statistics
License: Public domain (US government work)

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77.9% of US private-sector establishments that opened in the year to March 2024 survived their first year (Mar 2024 cohort, to Mar 2025).

77.9%

the latest figure (Mar 2024 cohort, to Mar 2025)

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Why you can trust it. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook: official data, government statistics office or regulator. 988,310 new private-sector establishments opened in the year to March 2024.

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Period Mar 2024 cohort, to Mar 2025
Region USA
Company size All sizes
Next data 31 Aug 2027

Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Mar 2024 cohort, to Mar 2025

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Publisher: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook
Source type: Official data: Government statistics office or regulator
What it measures: 77.9% of US private-sector establishments that opened in the year to March 2024 survived their first year
Data period: Mar 2024 cohort, to Mar 2025 (ends 31 Mar 2025)
Who is counted: 988,310 new private-sector establishments opened in the year to March 2024.
In the source's words: Table 7, Total Private, year ended March 2024: March 2025 | 769,449 surviving establishments | survival rate since birth 77.9
Checked at source: 23 Oct 2026: Read on the BLS BED Table 7 text file; 769,449 / 988,310 = 77.9%.
Reuse: Public domain (US government work). Free to quote; cite BLS and the data year.
Next expected update: 31 Aug 2027 (US Bureau of Labor Statistics, annual (wages each spring, projections each autumn))
Original page: www.bls.gov: Occupational Outlook Handbook
Data files: CSV · JSON (stable links)

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No changes recorded yet. First checked at the source on 23 Oct 2026.

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What is the latest figure for survival (USA)?

77.9% of US private-sector establishments that opened in the year to March 2024 survived their first year, for Mar 2024 cohort, to Mar 2025, according to US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook. We checked it at the source on 23 Oct 2026.

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