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

Arizona

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

March 1994        2,643      37,103      25,925       11,178         27,312     18,777        8,535
March 1995        2,831      39,257      26,766       12,491         29,259     19,599        9,660
March 1996        4,260      40,383      26,553       13,830         31,180     21,610        9,570
March 1997        2,402      39,944      27,363       12,581         32,640     22,461       10,179
March 1998        2,681      41,382      27,896       13,486         33,666     22,861       10,805
March 1999       -1,053      39,573      28,180       11,393         35,452     23,006       12,446
March 2000        3,273      42,394      27,641       14,753         34,992     23,512       11,480
March 2001        1,128      41,959      28,008       13,951         37,756     24,933       12,823
March 2002          137      39,583      25,773       13,810         40,576     26,903       13,673
March 2003        1,381      40,699      26,806       13,893         38,578     26,066       12,512
March 2004           45      41,678      28,960       12,718         37,247     24,574       12,673
March 2005        3,351      45,503      30,564       14,939         35,939     24,351       11,588
March 2006        7,894      52,579      32,069       20,510         37,749     25,133       12,616
March 2007        3,407      49,987      32,092       17,895         43,305     28,817       14,488
March 2008       -1,073      44,946      28,902       16,044         50,418     33,301       17,117
March 2009       -3,152      37,443      21,529       15,914         58,244     39,178       19,066
March 2010       -3,984      37,492      23,391       14,101         51,638     33,553       18,085
March 2011       -1,171      41,892      27,757       14,135         43,037     27,731       15,306
March 2012          983      44,320      29,313       15,007         40,105     26,081       14,024

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