Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services · Austin, TX
52% of Austin businesses (Texas) survive 5 years
Official Bureau of Labor Statistics Business Employment Dynamics data · state-adjusted national benchmarks
Five-Year Survival Probability
78%
1-Year Survival
62%
3-Year Survival
52%
5-Year Survival
State-adjusted estimate for Texas (2019 BLS cohort), combining national professional, scientific, and technical services sector data with Texas's total private-sector survival benchmark. City-specific rates are not published by BLS.
Data Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Business Employment Dynamics (BED) (2019). Survival rates combine BLS Business Employment Dynamics Table 7 data (2019 opening cohort). National industry rates (by NAICS sector) are adjusted to each state using that state's total private-sector survival ratio relative to the U.S. national average. BLS does not publish industry×state tables directly; this method localizes national sector benchmarks using state total-private survival data.
Share Analysis
Five-year survival benchmarks ranked by state and industry. Click any row to view that combination.
BLS does not publish industry-by-state survival tables. State rates are derived by scaling national sector rates by each state's total private-sector benchmark, so the rank order stays the same across industries (and industry order stays the same across states) — the rates themselves are specific to your selection.
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services · five-year rate
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services · five-year rate
Texas · five-year rate
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting
Utilities
Retail Trade
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing
Other Services (except Public Administration)
Educational Services
Accommodation and Food Services
Manufacturing
Construction
Texas · five-year rate
Information
Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction
Transportation and Warehousing
Administrative and Waste Services
Professional, Scientific, and Technical ServicesCurrent
Wholesale Trade
Health Care and Social Assistance
Finance and Insurance
Construction
Accommodation and Food Services
Survival rates combine BLS Business Employment Dynamics Table 7 data (2019 opening cohort). National industry rates (by NAICS sector) are adjusted to each state using that state's total private-sector survival ratio relative to the U.S. national average. BLS does not publish industry×state tables directly; this method localizes national sector benchmarks using state total-private survival data.
National benchmarks from the SBA Office of Advocacy (2023) report ~79% one-year and ~50% five-year establishment survival across all industries.
Data vintage: 2019. Last updated: 2026-08-18. View BLS BED Official Documentation →