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

Massachusetts

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

March 1994        2,951      56,106      39,466       16,640         46,225     32,536       13,689
March 1995        3,459      59,246      41,939       17,307         46,866     33,018       13,848
March 1996        1,006      56,904      40,772       16,132         50,944     35,818       15,126
March 1997        3,649      61,086      43,274       17,812         49,469     35,306       14,163
March 1998        1,194      60,788      43,758       17,030         52,317     36,481       15,836
March 1999        2,248      61,643      43,899       17,744         52,790     37,294       15,496
March 2000        1,120      61,991      45,078       16,913         53,788     37,995       15,793
March 2001        1,789      61,945      43,835       18,110         56,397     40,076       16,321
March 2002         -203      58,564      41,894       16,670         59,094     42,221       16,873
March 2003         -129      57,175      40,414       16,761         59,563     42,673       16,890
March 2004          457      59,141      42,744       16,397         56,140     40,200       15,940
March 2005          449      58,076      41,479       16,597         57,500     41,352       16,148
March 2006        1,088      60,090      43,420       16,670         55,959     40,377       15,582
March 2007           23      58,255      41,994       16,261         57,869     41,631       16,238
March 2008         -461      57,473      41,605       15,868         58,103     41,774       16,329
March 2009       -4,718      48,612      35,044       13,568         66,092     47,806       18,286
March 2010       -2,089      51,529      37,534       13,995         58,032     41,948       16,084
March 2011       -2,049      55,069      41,266       13,803         53,166     37,314       15,852
March 2012        3,311      59,561      42,607       16,954         50,025     36,382       13,643

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