Table 3. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, by establishment age Total Private Montana 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 2,348 2,348 0 2,348 0 0 0 Born before March 1993 -1,585 7,829 7,108 721 7,446 5,140 2,306 Total 763 10,177 7,108 3,069 7,446 5,140 2,306 March 1995 Less than one year 2,531 2,531 0 2,531 0 0 0 1 year -349 796 665 131 841 361 480 Born before March 1993 -1,064 7,081 6,483 598 6,988 5,326 1,662 Total 1,118 10,408 7,148 3,260 7,829 5,687 2,142 March 1996 Less than one year 2,464 2,464 0 2,464 0 0 0 1 year -504 743 632 111 1,018 403 615 2 years -310 579 474 105 776 361 415 Born before March 1993 -1,064 6,356 5,871 485 7,130 5,581 1,549 Total 586 10,142 6,977 3,165 8,924 6,345 2,579 March 1997 Less than one year 2,367 2,367 0 2,367 0 0 0 1 year -474 762 649 113 958 371 587 2 years -280 603 492 111 757 366 391 3 years -142 561 443 118 608 348 260 Born before March 1993 -907 6,009 5,553 456 6,622 5,259 1,363 Total 564 10,302 7,137 3,165 8,945 6,344 2,601 March 1998 Less than one year 2,954 2,954 0 2,954 0 0 0 1 year -504 719 574 145 1,013 364 649 2 years -271 639 536 103 723 349 374 3 years -189 573 467 106 639 344 295 4 years -156 501 427 74 553 323 230 Born before March 1993 -1,021 5,718 5,291 427 6,434 4,986 1,448 Total 813 11,104 7,295 3,809 9,362 6,366 2,996 March 1999 Less than one year 2,396 2,396 0 2,396 0 0 0 1 year -478 906 773 133 1,112 501 611 2 years -221 583 469 114 682 347 335 3 years -140 577 481 96 567 331 236 4 years -125 524 430 94 550 331 219 5 years -87 460 393 67 490 336 154 Born before March 1993 -830 5,421 5,014 407 6,116 4,879 1,237 Total 515 10,867 7,560 3,307 9,517 6,725 2,792 March 2000 Less than one year 2,302 2,302 0 2,302 0 0 0 1 year -475 711 605 106 918 337 581 2 years -253 808 682 126 829 450 379 3 years -193 518 417 101 584 290 294 4 years -159 505 430 75 552 318 234 5 years -103 460 390 70 475 302 173 6 years -98 428 373 55 434 281 153 Born before March 1993 -852 5,226 4,885 341 5,542 4,349 1,193 Total 169 10,958 7,782 3,176 9,334 6,327 3,007 March 2001 Less than one year 2,573 2,573 0 2,573 0 0 0 1 year -433 655 506 149 897 315 582 2 years -254 590 460 130 746 362 384 3 years -260 683 578 105 804 439 365 4 years -146 454 366 88 541 307 234 5 years -116 452 374 78 527 333 194 6 years -105 390 325 65 489 319 170 7 years -94 365 317 48 450 308 142 Born before March 1993 -778 4,806 4,433 373 5,602 4,451 1,151 Total 387 10,968 7,359 3,609 10,056 6,834 3,222 March 2002 Less than one year 2,453 2,453 0 2,453 0 0 0 1 year -571 653 554 99 1,045 375 670 2 years -280 573 430 143 710 287 423 3 years -162 560 439 121 609 326 283 4 years -159 615 516 99 719 461 258 5 years -122 402 336 66 464 276 188 6 years -95 430 346 84 463 284 179 7 years -107 383 323 60 461 294 167 8 years -68 353 304 49 390 273 117 Born before March 1993 -678 4,622 4,202 420 5,566 4,468 1,098 Total 211 11,044 7,450 3,594 10,427 7,044 3,383 March 2003 Less than one year 2,560 2,560 0 2,560 0 0 0 1 year -519 717 584 133 985 333 652 2 years -242 645 487 158 727 327 400 3 years -148 506 391 115 558 295 263 4 years -123 473 379 94 548 331 217 5 years -106 616 505 111 642 425 217 6 years -38 419 330 89 403 276 127 7 years -88 388 323 65 439 286 153 8 years -66 370 305 65 416 285 131 9 years -52 372 319 53 336 231 105 Born before March 1993 -566 4,633 4,237 396 5,071 4,109 962 Total 612 11,699 7,860 3,839 10,125 6,898 3,227 March 2004 Less than one year 2,878 2,878 0 2,878 0 0 0 1 year -501 747 612 135 979 343 636 2 years -210 642 482 160 694 324 370 3 years -195 563 453 110 619 314 305 4 years -114 506 413 93 467 260 207 5 years -68 479 388 91 485 326 159 6 years -78 572 475 97 590 415 175 7 years -46 400 317 83 383 254 129 8 years -53 394 330 64 385 268 117 9 years -67 392 336 56 371 248 123 10 years -47 303 268 35 366 284 82 Born before March 1993 -484 4,717 4,335 382 4,753 3,887 866 Total 1,015 12,593 8,409 4,184 10,092 6,923 3,169 March 2005 Less than one year 2,953 2,953 0 2,953 0 0 0 1 year -623 859 748 111 1,119 385 734 2 years -233 659 503 156 746 357 389 3 years -196 521 429 92 629 341 288 4 years -122 515 426 89 536 325 211 5 years -71 434 353 81 445 293 152 6 years -84 436 358 78 475 313 162 7 years -58 542 472 70 530 402 128 8 years -63 341 287 54 364 247 117 9 years -74 368 315 53 392 265 127 10 years -50 333 290 43 367 274 93 11 years -37 328 290 38 332 257 75 Born before March 1993 -482 4,429 4,123 306 4,720 3,932 788 Total 860 12,718 8,594 4,124 10,655 7,391 3,264 March 2006 Less than one year 2,979 2,979 0 2,979 0 0 0 1 year -537 900 764 136 1,047 374 673 2 years -286 749 629 120 782 376 406 3 years -142 586 482 104 591 345 246 4 years -84 502 420 82 477 311 166 5 years -82 450 378 72 446 292 154 6 years -68 432 377 55 379 256 123 7 years -73 424 369 55 390 262 128 8 years -72 477 433 44 497 381 116 9 years -43 307 268 39 345 263 82 10 years -44 328 295 33 324 247 77 11 years -43 334 295 39 330 248 82 12 years -56 305 281 24 300 220 80 Born before March 1993 -502 4,323 4,134 189 4,365 3,674 691 Total 947 13,096 9,125 3,971 10,273 7,249 3,024 March 2007 Less than one year 2,973 2,973 0 2,973 0 0 0 1 year -619 823 706 117 1,143 407 736 2 years -285 739 578 161 877 431 446 3 years -165 651 549 102 660 393 267 4 years -137 522 446 76 548 335 213 5 years -93 471 411 60 449 296 153 6 years -117 388 339 49 479 313 166 7 years -76 369 330 39 412 297 115 8 years -62 392 344 48 393 283 110 9 years -93 473 438 35 488 360 128 10 years -60 326 301 25 334 249 85 11 years -30 304 275 29 329 270 59 12 years -50 298 275 23 309 236 73 13 years -23 288 263 25 282 234 48 Born before March 1993 -429 4,386 4,187 199 4,142 3,514 628 Total 734 13,403 9,442 3,961 10,845 7,618 3,227 March 2008 Less than one year 2,788 2,788 0 2,788 0 0 0 1 year -651 761 641 120 1,162 391 771 2 years -288 710 574 136 821 397 424 3 years -227 640 518 122 782 433 349 4 years -164 532 445 87 673 422 251 5 years -126 440 372 68 525 331 194 6 years -97 403 357 46 467 324 143 7 years -65 391 347 44 402 293 109 8 years -75 345 313 32 404 297 107 9 years -78 339 301 38 382 266 116 10 years -72 440 400 40 481 369 112 11 years -59 309 287 22 327 246 81 12 years -35 311 281 30 330 265 65 13 years -42 271 247 24 320 254 66 14 years -33 256 239 17 335 285 50 Born before March 1993 -517 3,974 3,816 158 4,435 3,760 675 Total 259 12,910 9,138 3,772 11,846 8,333 3,513 March 2009 Less than one year 2,297 2,297 0 2,297 0 0 0 1 year -702 603 480 123 1,256 431 825 2 years -465 516 406 110 1,026 451 575 3 years -386 436 347 89 946 471 475 4 years -284 464 372 92 826 450 376 5 years -228 408 349 59 695 408 287 6 years -173 294 257 37 613 403 210 7 years -98 287 245 42 504 364 140 8 years -130 243 220 23 515 362 153 9 years -101 245 216 29 489 359 130 10 years -96 248 218 30 463 337 126 11 years -89 354 328 26 552 437 115 12 years -70 194 171 23 413 320 93 13 years -85 208 195 13 400 302 98 14 years -56 226 200 26 377 295 82 15 years -83 173 157 16 394 295 99 Born before March 1993 -538 3,117 2,956 161 5,179 4,480 699 Total -1,287 10,313 7,117 3,196 14,648 10,165 4,483 March 2010 Less than one year 2,032 2,032 0 2,032 0 0 0 1 year -538 536 438 98 911 275 636 2 years -355 532 392 140 849 354 495 3 years -253 473 348 125 703 325 378 4 years -192 466 357 109 667 366 301 5 years -185 387 298 89 642 368 274 6 years -132 384 313 71 553 350 203 7 years -110 327 270 57 492 325 167 8 years -89 305 261 44 429 296 133 9 years -62 267 233 34 388 292 96 10 years -90 252 229 23 372 259 113 11 years -48 269 227 42 373 283 90 12 years -49 334 303 31 480 400 80 13 years -54 233 208 25 321 242 79 14 years -53 228 204 24 317 240 77 15 years -32 212 185 27 330 271 59 16 years -55 206 183 23 293 215 78 Born before March 1993 -417 3,172 2,971 201 4,622 4,004 618 Total -682 10,615 7,420 3,195 12,742 8,865 3,877 March 2011 Less than one year 2,120 2,120 0 2,120 0 0 0 1 year -383 532 422 110 755 262 493 2 years -190 489 362 127 589 272 317 3 years -180 456 335 121 611 310 301 4 years -130 450 326 124 552 298 254 5 years -155 445 350 95 541 291 250 6 years -132 385 309 76 505 297 208 7 years -87 378 309 69 451 295 156 8 years -63 344 293 51 375 261 114 9 years -75 300 255 45 389 269 120 10 years -53 271 231 40 350 257 93 11 years -43 269 221 48 311 220 91 12 years -53 269 229 40 341 248 93 13 years -35 363 330 33 409 341 68 14 years -53 221 195 26 294 215 79 15 years -30 232 207 25 296 241 55 16 years -52 223 201 22 292 218 74 17 years -27 196 167 29 266 210 56 Born before March 1993 -410 3,330 3,160 170 4,097 3,517 580 Total -31 11,273 7,902 3,371 11,424 8,022 3,402 March 2012 Less than one year 2,311 2,311 0 2,311 0 0 0 1 year -440 572 473 99 789 250 539 2 years -226 434 344 90 598 282 316 3 years -127 430 328 102 508 279 229 4 years -107 484 376 108 466 251 215 5 years -115 433 342 91 456 250 206 6 years -83 447 351 96 452 273 179 7 years -59 415 319 96 413 258 155 8 years -59 372 304 68 415 288 127 9 years -48 333 279 54 350 248 102 10 years -43 325 285 40 307 224 83 11 years -44 298 259 39 308 225 83 12 years -26 283 236 47 280 207 73 13 years -55 260 230 30 308 223 85 14 years -63 391 363 28 378 287 91 15 years -18 229 194 35 238 185 53 16 years -22 246 219 27 258 209 49 17 years -19 231 204 27 237 191 46 18 years -31 223 201 22 218 165 53 Born before March 1993 -268 3,680 3,465 215 3,744 3,261 483 Total 458 12,397 8,772 3,625 10,723 7,556 3,167 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.