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

Utah

Total private

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

March 1994                 2,115       19,981        13,536        6,445        13,150          8,820       4,330
March 1995                 2,194       20,632        13,856        6,776        14,680         10,098       4,582
March 1996                 2,543       21,420        13,907        7,513        16,127         11,157       4,970
March 1997                 2,068       22,556        14,667        7,889        17,658         11,837       5,821
March 1998                 2,018       22,852        14,691        8,161        19,182         13,039       6,143
March 1999                 2,022       23,604        14,835        8,769        20,047         13,300       6,747
March 2000                 1,841       23,631        14,719        8,912        21,450         14,379       7,071
March 2001                 1,249       23,866        14,928        8,938        22,309         14,620       7,689
March 2002                   232       23,020        14,546        8,474        23,592         15,350       8,242
March 2003                 1,130       23,627        14,737        8,890        22,912         15,152       7,760
March 2004                 1,988       25,434        16,155        9,279        21,754         14,463       7,291
March 2005                 2,652       27,343        17,294       10,049        21,673         14,276       7,397
March 2006                 3,749       30,141        18,908       11,233        22,324         14,840       7,484
March 2007                 3,464       31,642        20,418       11,224        22,789         15,029       7,760
March 2008                   240       28,354        18,713        9,641        27,046         17,645       9,401
March 2009                -1,138       23,769        14,428        9,341        31,541         21,062      10,479
March 2010                -2,653       22,646        14,561        8,085        30,267         19,529      10,738
March 2011                   332       25,288        16,698        8,590        24,614         16,356       8,258
March 2012                 1,454       27,420        18,227        9,193        22,760         15,021       7,739
March 2013                 1,731       27,666        18,537        9,129        23,043         15,645       7,398
March 2014                 2,976       29,792        19,788       10,004        22,641         15,613       7,028
March 2015                 2,248       30,720        20,204       10,516        24,639         16,371       8,268
March 2016                 1,959       31,380        20,681       10,699        25,715         16,975       8,740
March 2017                 2,014       32,196        21,657       10,539        25,452         16,927       8,525
March 2018                 3,025       33,219        21,562       11,657        26,601         17,969       8,632
March 2019                 2,867       34,564        21,733       12,831        28,979         19,015       9,964
March 2020                 1,890       34,965        22,070       12,895        30,865         19,860      11,005
March 2021                 6,554       39,662        23,229       16,433        30,847         20,968       9,879
March 2022                 5,761       44,522        26,703       17,819        31,570         19,512      12,058
March 2023                 4,071       44,378        25,829       18,549        36,439         21,961      14,478
 
(1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.