Table 4: Survival Rates for Firms Continuously Owned by the Same Person(s) by Industry

	After One Year in Business			After Two Years in Business			After Three Years in Business			After Four Years in Business			After Five Years in Business
	Firms	Survivals	Survival Rate	Firms	Survivals	Survival Rate	Firms	Survivals	Survival Rate	Firms	Survivals	Survival Rate	Firms	Survivals	Survival Rate
Agriculture	225	158	70.2%	173	108	62.4%	128	65	50.8%	82	43	52.4%	32	19	59.4%
Mining	253	180	71.1%	192	108	56.3%	140	63	45.0%	82	30	36.6%	30	9	30.0%
Construction	1,527	819	53.6%	1,228	495	40.3%	854	275	32.2%	478	127	26.6%	96	15	15.6%
Manufacturing	215	141	65.6%	162	93	57.4%	108	47	43.5%	52	17	32.7%	19	1	5.3%
Transportation, Communications, & Public Utilities	423	293	69.3%	320	183	57.2%	214	101	47.2%	118	53	44.9%	42	14	33.3%
Wholesale Trade	426	291	68.3%	353	188	53.3%	241	113	46.9%	149	65	43.6%	48	19	39.6%
Retail Trade	1,339	955	71.3%	1,043	563	54.0%	714	316	44.3%	424	151	35.6%	98	31	31.6%
Finance, Insurance, & Real Estate	494	363	73.5%	399	246	61.7%	286	153	53.5%	157	83	52.9%	55	34	61.8%
Services	2,706	1,854	68.5%	2,111	1,128	53.4%	1,468	669	45.6%	909	366	40.3%	250	93	37.2%
Public Administration	31	30	96.8%	29	29	100.0%	21	21	100.0%	13	12	92.3%	2	2	100.0%
Total	7,639	5,084	66.6%	6,010	3,141	52.3%	4,174	1,823	43.7%	2,464	947	38.4%	672	237	35.3%

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