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

Rhode Island

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

March 1994          413       9,811       6,578        3,233          8,650      5,830        2,820
March 1995           36      10,152       6,976        3,176          8,729      5,589        3,140
March 1996          405       9,854       6,537        3,317          9,102      6,190        2,912
March 1997          437      10,347       7,071        3,276          8,820      5,981        2,839
March 1998          187      10,322       7,092        3,230          9,085      6,042        3,043
March 1999          163      10,303       7,002        3,301          9,382      6,244        3,138
March 2000          704      10,983       7,418        3,565          9,043      6,182        2,861
March 2001          350      10,811       7,297        3,514          9,766      6,602        3,164
March 2002          117      10,351       7,049        3,302         10,074      6,889        3,185
March 2003          -36      10,527       7,257        3,270         10,133      6,827        3,306
March 2004          168      10,791       7,438        3,353          9,932      6,747        3,185
March 2005          539      10,704       7,169        3,535         10,085      7,089        2,996
March 2006         -594      10,530       7,274        3,256         10,743      6,893        3,850
March 2007          879      10,888       6,942        3,946         10,289      7,222        3,067
March 2008         -441       9,889       6,723        3,166         11,279      7,672        3,607
March 2009       -1,075       8,220       5,408        2,812         12,493      8,606        3,887
March 2010         -480       8,945       6,048        2,897         10,538      7,161        3,377
March 2011           23       9,620       6,595        3,025          9,450      6,448        3,002
March 2012          426      10,158       6,787        3,371          9,410      6,465        2,945

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