Table 3. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, by establishment age Total Private Massachusetts Gross Job Gains Gross Job Losses Age Class Net Change Total Expanding Opening Total Contracting Closing Establishments Establishments Establishments Establishments March 1994 Less than one year 13,224 13,224 0 13,224 0 0 0 Born before March 1993 -10,273 42,882 39,466 3,416 46,225 32,536 13,689 Total 2,951 56,106 39,466 16,640 46,225 32,536 13,689 March 1995 Less than one year 13,604 13,604 0 13,604 0 0 0 1 year -2,441 4,409 3,939 470 5,072 2,161 2,911 Born before March 1993 -7,704 41,233 38,000 3,233 41,794 30,857 10,937 Total 3,459 59,246 41,939 17,307 46,866 33,018 13,848 March 1996 Less than one year 12,822 12,822 0 12,822 0 0 0 1 year -2,605 4,360 3,916 444 5,277 2,228 3,049 2 years -1,439 3,565 3,067 498 4,128 2,191 1,937 Born before March 1993 -7,772 36,157 33,789 2,368 41,539 31,399 10,140 Total 1,006 56,904 40,772 16,132 50,944 35,818 15,126 March 1997 Less than one year 14,009 14,009 0 14,009 0 0 0 1 year -2,273 4,180 3,707 473 4,870 2,124 2,746 2 years -1,249 3,889 3,289 600 4,000 2,151 1,849 3 years -869 3,259 2,799 460 3,353 2,024 1,329 Born before March 1993 -5,969 35,749 33,479 2,270 37,246 29,007 8,239 Total 3,649 61,086 43,274 17,812 49,469 35,306 14,163 March 1998 Less than one year 13,760 13,760 0 13,760 0 0 0 1 year -2,884 4,367 3,928 439 5,588 2,265 3,323 2 years -1,412 3,489 3,042 447 3,949 2,090 1,859 3 years -1,179 3,208 2,849 359 3,630 2,092 1,538 4 years -866 2,798 2,517 281 3,067 1,920 1,147 Born before March 1993 -6,225 33,166 31,422 1,744 36,083 28,114 7,969 Total 1,194 60,788 43,758 17,030 52,317 36,481 15,836 March 1999 Less than one year 13,053 13,053 0 13,053 0 0 0 1 year -2,175 4,660 3,912 748 5,121 2,198 2,923 2 years -1,299 3,890 3,197 693 4,097 2,105 1,992 3 years -928 3,203 2,730 473 3,344 1,943 1,401 4 years -768 2,920 2,503 417 3,134 1,949 1,185 5 years -641 2,612 2,323 289 2,757 1,827 930 Born before March 1993 -4,994 31,305 29,234 2,071 34,337 27,272 7,065 Total 2,248 61,643 43,899 17,744 52,790 37,294 15,496 March 2000 Less than one year 12,995 12,995 0 12,995 0 0 0 1 year -2,394 4,134 3,620 514 4,933 2,025 2,908 2 years -1,435 3,991 3,356 635 4,199 2,129 2,070 3 years -1,002 3,307 2,859 448 3,555 2,105 1,450 4 years -798 2,720 2,424 296 2,923 1,829 1,094 5 years -634 2,591 2,306 285 2,821 1,902 919 6 years -577 2,384 2,141 243 2,522 1,702 820 Born before March 1993 -5,035 29,869 28,372 1,497 32,835 26,303 6,532 Total 1,120 61,991 45,078 16,913 53,788 37,995 15,793 March 2001 Less than one year 14,344 14,344 0 14,344 0 0 0 1 year -2,435 4,291 3,735 556 5,124 2,133 2,991 2 years -1,468 3,531 2,972 559 4,015 1,988 2,027 3 years -1,216 3,259 2,824 435 3,863 2,212 1,651 4 years -921 2,791 2,457 334 3,364 2,109 1,255 5 years -684 2,288 2,026 262 2,854 1,908 946 6 years -646 2,267 2,055 212 2,709 1,851 858 7 years -515 2,094 1,923 171 2,430 1,744 686 Born before March 1993 -4,670 27,080 25,843 1,237 32,038 26,131 5,907 Total 1,789 61,945 43,835 18,110 56,397 40,076 16,321 March 2002 Less than one year 13,015 13,015 0 13,015 0 0 0 1 year -3,172 4,071 3,610 461 6,071 2,438 3,633 2 years -1,691 3,057 2,582 475 4,493 2,327 2,166 3 years -1,115 2,686 2,305 381 3,689 2,193 1,496 4 years -967 2,602 2,282 320 3,478 2,191 1,287 5 years -811 2,271 2,010 261 3,107 2,035 1,072 6 years -536 2,032 1,832 200 2,541 1,805 736 7 years -509 1,938 1,747 191 2,522 1,822 700 8 years -466 1,913 1,767 146 2,332 1,720 612 Born before March 1993 -3,951 24,979 23,759 1,220 30,861 25,690 5,171 Total -203 58,564 41,894 16,670 59,094 42,221 16,873 March 2003 Less than one year 13,205 13,205 0 13,205 0 0 0 1 year -2,824 3,651 3,205 446 5,353 2,083 3,270 2 years -1,691 3,271 2,766 505 4,473 2,277 2,196 3 years -1,208 2,622 2,246 376 3,598 2,014 1,584 4 years -896 2,390 2,099 291 3,088 1,901 1,187 5 years -793 2,270 1,996 274 3,111 2,044 1,067 6 years -594 2,100 1,866 234 2,705 1,877 828 7 years -510 1,858 1,701 157 2,402 1,735 667 8 years -428 1,745 1,558 187 2,350 1,735 615 9 years -393 1,571 1,437 134 2,250 1,723 527 Born before March 1993 -3,997 22,492 21,540 952 30,233 25,284 4,949 Total -129 57,175 40,414 16,761 59,563 42,673 16,890 March 2004 Less than one year 12,162 12,162 0 12,162 0 0 0 1 year -2,600 3,922 3,347 575 5,180 2,005 3,175 2 years -1,270 3,214 2,656 558 3,814 1,986 1,828 3 years -1,247 2,950 2,528 422 3,586 1,917 1,669 4 years -695 2,350 2,026 324 2,847 1,828 1,019 5 years -588 2,240 1,968 272 2,582 1,722 860 6 years -548 2,143 1,872 271 2,660 1,841 819 7 years -492 1,980 1,779 201 2,342 1,649 693 8 years -347 1,853 1,672 181 2,059 1,531 528 9 years -394 1,779 1,635 144 2,044 1,506 538 10 years -319 1,655 1,505 150 1,851 1,382 469 Born before March 1993 -3,205 22,893 21,756 1,137 27,175 22,833 4,342 Total 457 59,141 42,744 16,397 56,140 40,200 15,940 March 2005 Less than one year 12,402 12,402 0 12,402 0 0 0 1 year -2,521 3,682 3,186 496 4,846 1,829 3,017 2 years -1,436 3,277 2,686 591 4,019 1,992 2,027 3 years -1,000 2,682 2,283 399 3,313 1,914 1,399 4 years -797 2,533 2,181 352 3,133 1,984 1,149 5 years -598 2,157 1,860 297 2,618 1,723 895 6 years -500 1,970 1,748 222 2,437 1,715 722 7 years -507 1,981 1,758 223 2,449 1,719 730 8 years -419 1,790 1,597 193 2,188 1,576 612 9 years -383 1,528 1,402 126 2,032 1,523 509 10 years -351 1,519 1,376 143 1,968 1,474 494 11 years -282 1,497 1,366 131 1,813 1,400 413 Born before March 1993 -3,159 21,058 20,036 1,022 26,684 22,503 4,181 Total 449 58,076 41,479 16,597 57,500 41,352 16,148 March 2006 Less than one year 11,712 11,712 0 11,712 0 0 0 1 year -2,256 3,901 3,334 567 4,731 1,908 2,823 2 years -1,126 3,211 2,597 614 3,503 1,763 1,740 3 years -920 2,935 2,418 517 3,331 1,894 1,437 4 years -678 2,556 2,172 384 2,752 1,690 1,062 5 years -591 2,374 2,030 344 2,703 1,768 935 6 years -479 2,032 1,781 251 2,279 1,549 730 7 years -401 1,958 1,725 233 2,127 1,493 634 8 years -373 1,928 1,690 238 2,181 1,570 611 9 years -339 1,724 1,526 198 2,036 1,499 537 10 years -267 1,625 1,454 171 1,809 1,371 438 11 years -265 1,548 1,385 163 1,797 1,369 428 12 years -224 1,484 1,354 130 1,682 1,328 354 Born before March 1993 -2,705 21,102 19,954 1,148 25,028 21,175 3,853 Total 1,088 60,090 43,420 16,670 55,959 40,377 15,582 March 2007 Less than one year 11,882 11,882 0 11,882 0 0 0 1 year -2,386 3,448 2,953 495 4,670 1,789 2,881 2 years -1,405 3,123 2,577 546 3,795 1,844 1,951 3 years -972 2,602 2,167 435 3,199 1,792 1,407 4 years -833 2,437 2,096 341 3,059 1,885 1,174 5 years -607 2,132 1,838 294 2,637 1,736 901 6 years -551 2,116 1,865 251 2,465 1,663 802 7 years -391 1,903 1,682 221 2,133 1,521 612 8 years -392 1,659 1,480 179 2,073 1,502 571 9 years -360 1,779 1,597 182 2,097 1,555 542 10 years -403 1,537 1,397 140 2,033 1,490 543 11 years -292 1,407 1,288 119 1,736 1,325 411 12 years -269 1,371 1,247 124 1,721 1,328 393 13 years -243 1,406 1,313 93 1,609 1,273 336 Born before March 1993 -2,755 19,453 18,494 959 24,642 20,928 3,714 Total 23 58,255 41,994 16,261 57,869 41,631 16,238 March 2008 Less than one year 11,338 11,338 0 11,338 0 0 0 1 year -2,317 3,293 2,816 477 4,596 1,802 2,794 2 years -1,231 2,877 2,304 573 3,585 1,781 1,804 3 years -967 2,667 2,211 456 3,263 1,840 1,423 4 years -764 2,289 1,926 363 2,810 1,683 1,127 5 years -704 2,180 1,867 313 2,801 1,784 1,017 6 years -529 1,978 1,736 242 2,330 1,559 771 7 years -477 1,946 1,722 224 2,365 1,664 701 8 years -416 1,667 1,479 188 2,065 1,461 604 9 years -417 1,547 1,391 156 2,005 1,432 573 10 years -314 1,565 1,385 180 2,015 1,521 494 11 years -257 1,481 1,322 159 1,765 1,349 416 12 years -254 1,309 1,204 105 1,710 1,351 359 13 years -220 1,325 1,214 111 1,590 1,259 331 14 years -237 1,242 1,147 95 1,619 1,287 332 Born before March 1993 -2,695 18,769 17,881 888 23,584 20,001 3,583 Total -461 57,473 41,605 15,868 58,103 41,774 16,329 March 2009 Less than one year 9,457 9,457 0 9,457 0 0 0 1 year -2,585 2,865 2,476 389 4,839 1,865 2,974 2 years -1,579 2,465 2,007 458 4,022 1,985 2,037 3 years -1,155 2,101 1,671 430 3,498 1,913 1,585 4 years -947 2,027 1,695 332 3,231 1,952 1,279 5 years -720 1,720 1,442 278 2,824 1,826 998 6 years -704 1,768 1,523 245 2,760 1,811 949 7 years -564 1,572 1,388 184 2,488 1,740 748 8 years -503 1,609 1,423 186 2,485 1,796 689 9 years -420 1,301 1,144 157 2,178 1,601 577 10 years -407 1,261 1,094 167 2,082 1,508 574 11 years -467 1,248 1,137 111 2,215 1,637 578 12 years -344 1,114 1,010 104 1,964 1,516 448 13 years -269 1,053 958 95 1,785 1,421 364 14 years -288 1,039 950 89 1,794 1,417 377 15 years -251 1,004 905 99 1,783 1,433 350 Born before March 1993 -2,972 15,008 14,221 787 26,144 22,385 3,759 Total -4,718 48,612 35,044 13,568 66,092 47,806 18,286 March 2010 Less than one year 9,381 9,381 0 9,381 0 0 0 1 year -1,962 2,518 2,148 370 3,685 1,353 2,332 2 years -1,145 2,471 1,975 496 3,291 1,650 1,641 3 years -960 2,229 1,781 448 3,042 1,634 1,408 4 years -718 2,026 1,664 362 2,558 1,478 1,080 5 years -628 1,957 1,610 347 2,593 1,618 975 6 years -489 1,800 1,555 245 2,181 1,447 734 7 years -530 1,735 1,490 245 2,287 1,512 775 8 years -430 1,589 1,396 193 2,026 1,403 623 9 years -385 1,566 1,404 162 2,010 1,463 547 10 years -332 1,315 1,170 145 1,791 1,314 477 11 years -314 1,248 1,109 139 1,802 1,349 453 12 years -244 1,351 1,202 149 1,786 1,393 393 13 years -268 1,209 1,092 117 1,607 1,222 385 14 years -220 1,146 1,040 106 1,544 1,218 326 15 years -191 1,117 998 119 1,483 1,173 310 16 years -251 1,055 973 82 1,536 1,203 333 Born before March 1993 -2,403 15,816 14,927 889 22,810 19,518 3,292 Total -2,089 51,529 37,534 13,995 58,032 41,948 16,084 March 2011 Less than one year 8,669 8,669 0 8,669 0 0 0 1 year -1,702 2,755 2,219 536 3,677 1,439 2,238 2 years -1,025 2,280 1,818 462 2,735 1,248 1,487 3 years -854 2,323 1,869 454 2,746 1,438 1,308 4 years -679 2,184 1,727 457 2,535 1,399 1,136 5 years -548 1,957 1,649 308 2,203 1,347 856 6 years -540 1,919 1,647 272 2,180 1,368 812 7 years -463 1,728 1,494 234 1,932 1,235 697 8 years -422 1,776 1,542 234 1,961 1,305 656 9 years -325 1,604 1,409 195 1,757 1,237 520 10 years -316 1,570 1,393 177 1,824 1,331 493 11 years -272 1,387 1,221 166 1,583 1,145 438 12 years -230 1,359 1,204 155 1,463 1,078 385 13 years -312 1,417 1,291 126 1,563 1,125 438 14 years -196 1,249 1,121 128 1,382 1,058 324 15 years -213 1,151 1,045 106 1,399 1,080 319 16 years -218 1,171 1,081 90 1,321 1,013 308 17 years -194 1,123 1,028 95 1,324 1,035 289 Born before March 1993 -2,209 17,447 16,508 939 19,581 16,433 3,148 Total -2,049 55,069 41,266 13,803 53,166 37,314 15,852 March 2012 Less than one year 10,957 10,957 0 10,957 0 0 0 1 year -1,502 2,682 2,261 421 3,258 1,335 1,923 2 years -828 2,460 1,942 518 2,717 1,371 1,346 3 years -545 2,163 1,707 456 2,185 1,184 1,001 4 years -440 2,359 1,900 459 2,168 1,269 899 5 years -427 2,141 1,713 428 2,111 1,256 855 6 years -336 1,922 1,596 326 1,904 1,242 662 7 years -271 1,841 1,534 307 1,914 1,336 578 8 years -218 1,769 1,494 275 1,637 1,144 493 9 years -207 1,764 1,493 271 1,708 1,230 478 10 years -238 1,562 1,356 206 1,591 1,147 444 11 years -191 1,678 1,494 184 1,488 1,113 375 12 years -158 1,391 1,211 180 1,369 1,031 338 13 years -167 1,284 1,127 157 1,400 1,076 324 14 years -131 1,422 1,250 172 1,386 1,083 303 15 years -118 1,304 1,155 149 1,247 980 267 16 years -126 1,192 1,062 130 1,199 943 256 17 years -98 1,124 998 126 1,185 961 224 18 years -101 1,178 1,059 119 1,135 915 220 Born before March 1993 -1,544 17,368 16,255 1,113 18,423 15,766 2,657 Total 3,311 59,561 42,607 16,954 50,025 36,382 13,643 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.