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

Maine

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

March 1994          780      12,456       8,439        4,017         10,080      6,843        3,237
March 1995          334      12,400       8,612        3,788         10,703      7,249        3,454
March 1996          460      12,130       8,228        3,902         10,957      7,515        3,442
March 1997         -484      12,183       8,692        3,491         11,279      7,304        3,975
March 1998        2,170      14,129       8,938        5,191         10,176      7,155        3,021
March 1999        1,087      13,849       9,528        4,321         10,869      7,635        3,234
March 2000          898      14,228       9,985        4,243         11,140      7,795        3,345
March 2001          567      13,661       9,474        4,187         12,320      8,700        3,620
March 2002          -52      13,563       9,430        4,133         12,794      8,609        4,185
March 2003          448      13,304       9,351        3,953         12,123      8,618        3,505
March 2004          445      13,688       9,629        4,059         12,300      8,686        3,614
March 2005           50      13,344       9,269        4,075         13,101      9,076        4,025
March 2006          456      13,695       9,376        4,319         12,752      8,889        3,863
March 2007          188      13,078       8,994        4,084         13,353      9,457        3,896
March 2008         -243      13,095       9,005        4,090         13,887      9,554        4,333
March 2009         -939      11,273       7,334        3,939         15,611     10,733        4,878
March 2010         -228      12,127       8,244        3,883         13,408      9,297        4,111
March 2011         -284      12,502       8,822        3,680         12,568      8,604        3,964
March 2012          280      13,248       9,261        3,987         12,111      8,404        3,707

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