Table 3. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, by establishment age Total Private Missouri 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 10,768 10,768 0 10,768 0 0 0 Born before March 1993 -8,656 39,758 36,579 3,179 39,812 27,977 11,835 Total 2,112 50,526 36,579 13,947 39,812 27,977 11,835 March 1995 Less than one year 10,955 10,955 0 10,955 0 0 0 1 year -2,124 3,465 3,040 425 4,390 1,841 2,549 Born before March 1993 -6,925 35,532 32,812 2,720 38,081 28,436 9,645 Total 1,906 49,952 35,852 14,100 42,471 30,277 12,194 March 1996 Less than one year 10,196 10,196 0 10,196 0 0 0 1 year -2,391 3,437 3,002 435 4,698 1,872 2,826 2 years -1,228 2,845 2,360 485 3,495 1,782 1,713 Born before March 1993 -6,956 31,731 29,517 2,214 37,136 27,966 9,170 Total -379 48,209 34,879 13,330 45,329 31,620 13,709 March 1997 Less than one year 12,008 12,008 0 12,008 0 0 0 1 year -1,793 3,351 2,892 459 4,099 1,847 2,252 2 years -812 3,011 2,408 603 3,269 1,854 1,415 3 years -565 2,621 2,124 497 2,713 1,651 1,062 Born before March 1993 -3,710 30,757 27,774 2,983 33,736 27,043 6,693 Total 5,128 51,748 35,198 16,550 43,817 32,395 11,422 March 1998 Less than one year 11,582 11,582 0 11,582 0 0 0 1 year -2,349 3,693 3,339 354 4,834 2,131 2,703 2 years -1,134 2,639 2,305 334 3,241 1,773 1,468 3 years -899 2,466 2,138 328 3,055 1,828 1,227 4 years -664 2,118 1,875 243 2,664 1,757 907 Born before March 1993 -4,885 28,422 26,929 1,493 32,914 26,536 6,378 Total 1,651 50,920 36,586 14,334 46,708 34,025 12,683 March 1999 Less than one year 11,343 11,343 0 11,343 0 0 0 1 year -2,133 3,705 3,348 357 4,481 1,991 2,490 2 years -1,373 3,094 2,680 414 3,745 1,958 1,787 3 years -779 2,451 2,155 296 2,656 1,581 1,075 4 years -611 2,316 2,032 284 2,468 1,573 895 5 years -555 2,075 1,848 227 2,270 1,488 782 Born before March 1993 -4,611 27,677 26,233 1,444 30,578 24,523 6,055 Total 1,281 52,661 38,296 14,365 46,198 33,114 13,084 March 2000 Less than one year 11,169 11,169 0 11,169 0 0 0 1 year -2,169 3,575 3,234 341 4,504 1,994 2,510 2 years -1,297 3,031 2,639 392 3,648 1,959 1,689 3 years -980 2,615 2,324 291 3,147 1,876 1,271 4 years -646 2,133 1,900 233 2,437 1,558 879 5 years -507 1,973 1,749 224 2,329 1,598 731 6 years -464 1,891 1,717 174 2,058 1,420 638 Born before March 1993 -4,403 25,710 24,537 1,173 29,311 23,735 5,576 Total 703 52,097 38,100 13,997 47,434 34,140 13,294 March 2001 Less than one year 10,532 10,532 0 10,532 0 0 0 1 year -2,274 3,429 3,038 391 4,609 1,944 2,665 2 years -1,554 2,785 2,416 369 3,836 1,913 1,923 3 years -1,043 2,496 2,228 268 3,205 1,894 1,311 4 years -857 2,264 2,040 224 2,875 1,794 1,081 5 years -612 1,742 1,568 174 2,292 1,506 786 6 years -618 1,727 1,581 146 2,259 1,495 764 7 years -462 1,573 1,445 128 2,043 1,453 590 Born before March 1993 -4,308 22,660 21,699 961 29,246 23,977 5,269 Total -1,196 49,208 36,015 13,193 50,365 35,976 14,389 March 2002 Less than one year 10,736 10,736 0 10,736 0 0 0 1 year -2,268 2,856 2,577 279 4,415 1,868 2,547 2 years -1,372 2,590 2,197 393 3,688 1,923 1,765 3 years -922 2,260 1,928 332 3,033 1,779 1,254 4 years -793 2,065 1,814 251 2,838 1,794 1,044 5 years -678 1,957 1,768 189 2,610 1,743 867 6 years -515 1,538 1,371 167 2,097 1,415 682 7 years -416 1,493 1,319 174 1,984 1,394 590 8 years -404 1,352 1,204 148 1,944 1,392 552 Born before March 1993 -3,986 20,478 19,468 1,010 28,302 23,306 4,996 Total -618 47,325 33,646 13,679 50,911 36,614 14,297 March 2003 Less than one year 11,005 11,005 0 11,005 0 0 0 1 year -2,173 3,041 2,773 268 4,506 2,065 2,441 2 years -1,193 2,385 2,031 354 3,277 1,730 1,547 3 years -883 2,224 1,888 336 3,021 1,802 1,219 4 years -635 1,938 1,686 252 2,516 1,629 887 5 years -608 1,840 1,627 213 2,401 1,580 821 6 years -480 1,789 1,609 180 2,216 1,556 660 7 years -365 1,442 1,297 145 1,812 1,302 510 8 years -282 1,392 1,247 145 1,728 1,301 427 9 years -280 1,363 1,229 134 1,624 1,210 414 Born before March 1993 -3,222 19,604 18,501 1,103 26,090 21,765 4,325 Total 884 48,023 33,888 14,135 49,191 35,940 13,251 March 2004 Less than one year 10,485 10,485 0 10,485 0 0 0 1 year -2,162 3,285 2,894 391 4,454 1,901 2,553 2 years -1,216 2,705 2,351 354 3,266 1,696 1,570 3 years -758 2,202 1,880 322 2,573 1,493 1,080 4 years -684 2,084 1,812 272 2,486 1,530 956 5 years -525 1,858 1,640 218 2,190 1,447 743 6 years -441 1,804 1,603 201 2,066 1,424 642 7 years -441 1,675 1,525 150 2,000 1,409 591 8 years -307 1,356 1,237 119 1,605 1,179 426 9 years -325 1,340 1,219 121 1,624 1,178 446 10 years -283 1,314 1,188 126 1,481 1,072 409 Born before March 1993 -3,125 19,694 18,711 983 23,593 19,485 4,108 Total 218 49,802 36,060 13,742 47,338 33,814 13,524 March 2005 Less than one year 11,291 11,291 0 11,291 0 0 0 1 year -2,177 3,048 2,787 261 4,205 1,767 2,438 2 years -1,156 2,790 2,351 439 3,388 1,793 1,595 3 years -843 2,289 2,009 280 2,735 1,612 1,123 4 years -622 1,995 1,750 245 2,290 1,423 867 5 years -509 1,937 1,717 220 2,132 1,403 729 6 years -491 1,646 1,482 164 2,023 1,368 655 7 years -392 1,650 1,487 163 1,894 1,339 555 8 years -330 1,583 1,427 156 1,894 1,408 486 9 years -281 1,305 1,190 115 1,453 1,057 396 10 years -238 1,282 1,163 119 1,466 1,109 357 11 years -281 1,160 1,071 89 1,431 1,061 370 Born before March 1993 -2,954 19,068 18,188 880 22,521 18,687 3,834 Total 1,017 51,044 36,622 14,422 47,432 34,027 13,405 March 2006 Less than one year 11,651 11,651 0 11,651 0 0 0 1 year -2,293 3,251 2,949 302 4,565 1,970 2,595 2 years -1,124 2,594 2,232 362 3,148 1,662 1,486 3 years -867 2,321 1,986 335 2,902 1,700 1,202 4 years -603 1,969 1,744 225 2,438 1,610 828 5 years -589 1,724 1,513 211 2,143 1,343 800 6 years -419 1,718 1,522 196 1,959 1,344 615 7 years -364 1,507 1,353 154 1,838 1,320 518 8 years -289 1,488 1,334 154 1,740 1,297 443 9 years -309 1,454 1,322 132 1,746 1,305 441 10 years -236 1,090 983 107 1,444 1,101 343 11 years -235 1,128 1,026 102 1,482 1,145 337 12 years -188 1,148 1,031 117 1,281 976 305 Born before March 1993 -2,736 17,836 16,980 856 21,880 18,288 3,592 Total 1,399 50,879 35,975 14,904 48,566 35,061 13,505 March 2007 Less than one year 11,705 11,705 0 11,705 0 0 0 1 year -2,289 3,149 2,851 298 4,705 2,118 2,587 2 years -1,102 2,829 2,369 460 3,576 2,014 1,562 3 years -725 2,188 1,857 331 2,672 1,616 1,056 4 years -583 2,122 1,785 337 2,527 1,607 920 5 years -416 1,833 1,603 230 2,090 1,444 646 6 years -375 1,561 1,363 198 1,886 1,313 573 7 years -333 1,456 1,283 173 1,853 1,347 506 8 years -322 1,449 1,293 156 1,688 1,210 478 9 years -280 1,352 1,238 114 1,690 1,296 394 10 years -253 1,360 1,246 114 1,649 1,282 367 11 years -213 1,043 965 78 1,330 1,039 291 12 years -204 1,112 998 114 1,307 989 318 13 years -153 1,077 965 112 1,244 979 265 Born before March 1993 -2,169 17,256 16,283 973 20,569 17,427 3,142 Total 2,288 51,492 36,099 15,393 48,786 35,681 13,105 March 2008 Less than one year 10,727 10,727 0 10,727 0 0 0 1 year -2,524 3,058 2,754 304 4,891 2,063 2,828 2 years -1,278 2,555 2,169 386 3,724 2,060 1,664 3 years -864 2,245 1,888 357 3,102 1,881 1,221 4 years -699 1,831 1,606 225 2,511 1,587 924 5 years -604 1,732 1,546 186 2,426 1,636 790 6 years -356 1,659 1,474 185 2,003 1,462 541 7 years -338 1,386 1,238 148 1,772 1,286 486 8 years -316 1,325 1,203 122 1,785 1,347 438 9 years -226 1,218 1,108 110 1,630 1,294 336 10 years -256 1,225 1,125 100 1,614 1,258 356 11 years -223 1,208 1,109 99 1,539 1,217 322 12 years -216 909 830 79 1,316 1,021 295 13 years -205 977 901 76 1,299 1,018 281 14 years -131 919 829 90 1,246 1,025 221 Born before March 1993 -2,281 15,176 14,532 644 20,930 18,005 2,925 Total 210 48,150 34,312 13,838 51,788 38,160 13,628 March 2009 Less than one year 9,918 9,918 0 9,918 0 0 0 1 year -2,671 2,417 2,207 210 4,859 1,978 2,881 2 years -1,652 2,223 1,882 341 3,954 1,961 1,993 3 years -1,178 2,046 1,775 271 3,346 1,897 1,449 4 years -959 1,688 1,464 224 3,093 1,910 1,183 5 years -724 1,401 1,234 167 2,490 1,599 891 6 years -584 1,405 1,245 160 2,322 1,578 744 7 years -506 1,257 1,148 109 2,198 1,583 615 8 years -395 1,140 1,041 99 1,778 1,284 494 9 years -377 1,066 952 114 1,837 1,346 491 10 years -389 967 898 69 1,781 1,323 458 11 years -364 1,020 945 75 1,734 1,295 439 12 years -293 991 920 71 1,674 1,310 364 13 years -211 788 720 68 1,325 1,046 279 14 years -236 783 714 69 1,371 1,066 305 15 years -220 743 680 63 1,360 1,077 283 Born before March 1993 -2,484 12,779 12,171 608 22,225 19,133 3,092 Total -3,325 42,632 29,996 12,636 57,347 41,386 15,961 March 2010 Less than one year 8,179 8,179 0 8,179 0 0 0 1 year -2,068 2,333 2,087 246 4,123 1,809 2,314 2 years -1,234 2,058 1,685 373 3,251 1,644 1,607 3 years -849 2,069 1,704 365 2,861 1,647 1,214 4 years -745 1,838 1,552 286 2,723 1,692 1,031 5 years -611 1,669 1,415 254 2,384 1,519 865 6 years -365 1,329 1,146 183 1,942 1,394 548 7 years -395 1,313 1,136 177 2,003 1,431 572 8 years -326 1,288 1,154 134 1,822 1,362 460 9 years -253 1,035 903 132 1,598 1,213 385 10 years -276 1,024 906 118 1,611 1,217 394 11 years -261 983 886 97 1,482 1,124 358 12 years -206 974 870 104 1,459 1,149 310 13 years -193 962 881 81 1,470 1,196 274 14 years -187 756 675 81 1,186 918 268 15 years -173 799 726 73 1,204 958 246 16 years -168 751 683 68 1,161 925 236 Born before March 1993 -2,081 12,770 12,036 734 20,384 17,569 2,815 Total -2,212 42,130 30,445 11,685 52,664 38,767 13,897 March 2011 Less than one year 9,760 9,760 0 9,760 0 0 0 1 year -2,041 1,935 1,791 144 3,463 1,278 2,185 2 years -1,251 2,157 1,830 327 3,012 1,434 1,578 3 years -920 2,030 1,720 310 2,535 1,305 1,230 4 years -746 1,916 1,634 282 2,419 1,391 1,028 5 years -709 1,767 1,571 196 2,269 1,364 905 6 years -523 1,523 1,343 180 2,122 1,419 703 7 years -388 1,349 1,227 122 1,626 1,116 510 8 years -466 1,318 1,205 113 1,721 1,142 579 9 years -331 1,267 1,110 157 1,630 1,142 488 10 years -346 1,038 977 61 1,387 980 407 11 years -284 1,039 943 96 1,388 1,008 380 12 years -273 981 903 78 1,326 975 351 13 years -240 1,075 1,003 72 1,255 943 312 14 years -223 1,039 969 70 1,274 981 293 15 years -206 823 759 64 1,055 785 270 16 years -213 846 791 55 1,095 827 268 17 years -167 838 781 57 996 772 224 Born before March 1993 -2,249 13,976 13,390 586 17,700 14,865 2,835 Total -1,816 46,677 33,947 12,730 48,273 33,727 14,546 March 2012 Less than one year 9,481 9,481 0 9,481 0 0 0 1 year -1,941 2,755 2,449 306 3,772 1,525 2,247 2 years -789 1,826 1,535 291 2,205 1,125 1,080 3 years -684 1,964 1,683 281 2,282 1,317 965 4 years -512 1,881 1,606 275 2,010 1,223 787 5 years -505 1,843 1,603 240 1,998 1,253 745 6 years -416 1,694 1,507 187 1,788 1,185 603 7 years -328 1,492 1,331 161 1,721 1,232 489 8 years -286 1,301 1,176 125 1,419 1,008 411 9 years -243 1,316 1,171 145 1,378 990 388 10 years -215 1,251 1,137 114 1,398 1,069 329 11 years -203 1,072 984 88 1,190 899 291 12 years -182 1,097 1,007 90 1,114 842 272 13 years N N 929 N 1,107 845 262 14 years -179 1,020 933 87 1,148 882 266 15 years -118 1,078 996 82 1,086 886 200 16 years N N 780 N 890 680 210 17 years -103 850 775 75 929 751 178 18 years -100 819 743 76 913 737 176 Born before March 1993 -1,752 13,987 13,396 591 16,236 13,893 2,343 Total 608 48,591 35,741 12,850 44,584 32,342 12,242 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.