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

Utah

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

March 1994        2,116      19,980      13,534        6,446         13,150      8,820        4,330
March 1995        2,195      20,630      13,854        6,776         14,679     10,098        4,581
March 1996        2,540      21,416      13,906        7,510         16,126     11,156        4,970
March 1997        2,067      22,553      14,665        7,888         17,658     11,837        5,821
March 1998        1,803      22,636      14,690        7,946         19,182     13,039        6,143
March 1999        1,871      23,373      14,782        8,591         19,988     13,268        6,720
March 2000        1,696      23,354      14,634        8,720         21,342     14,318        7,024
March 2001        1,169      23,534      14,823        8,711         22,071     14,529        7,542
March 2002          166      22,670      14,412        8,258         23,358     15,266        8,092
March 2003        1,187      23,453      14,666        8,787         22,591     14,991        7,600
March 2004        1,943      24,987      15,823        9,164         21,664     14,443        7,221
March 2005        2,628      27,215      17,290        9,925         21,504     14,207        7,297
March 2006        3,584      29,814      18,866       10,948         21,919     14,555        7,364
March 2007        3,335      31,095      20,094       11,001         22,655     14,989        7,666
March 2008          372      28,057      18,577        9,480         26,599     17,491        9,108
March 2009       -1,488      23,150      14,303        8,847         31,356     21,021       10,335
March 2010       -2,670      22,123      14,241        7,882         29,901     19,349       10,552
March 2011          376      24,983      16,564        8,419         24,077     16,034        8,043
March 2012        1,412      27,018      18,055        8,963         22,368     14,817        7,551

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