Table 3.  Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, annual March to March

Manufacturing                                

(In thousands)

                                   Establishments gaining jobs             Establishments losing jobs
Year ended    Net change(1)  Total     Expanding     Opening        Total    Contracting    Closing
                                   establishments  establishments          establishments  establishments

March 1994           0         172         140           32            142        110           32
March 1995           3         184         150           34            133        102           31
March 1996           1         167         134           33            152        120           32
March 1997           1         172         139           33            148        116           32
March 1998          -1         173         141           32            147        114           33
March 1999          -2         158         127           31            159        126           33
March 2000          -3         163         133           30            152        119           33
March 2001          -9         143         118           25            166        132           34
March 2002         -12         118          94           24            186        150           36
March 2003          -9         127         103           24            162        129           33
March 2004          -8         133         110           23            147        116           31
March 2005          -7         140         118           22            134        105           29
March 2006          -5         138         116           22            133        106           27
March 2007          -5         132         110           22            137        110           27
March 2008          -6         124         103           21            143        116           27
March 2009         -13          86          67           19            183        151           32
March 2010         -13          95          77           18            157        126           31
March 2011          -4         130         109           21            111         86           25
March 2012          -4         129         109           20            109         85           24

(1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments
    and the number of closing establishments.