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

Virgin Islands

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

March 1994           63       1,067         636          431          1,046        678          368
March 1995          -26         926         597          329          1,128        773          355
March 1996         -170         923         607          316          1,209        723          486
March 1997           -5       1,019         659          360            987        622          365
March 1998           73         992         617          375            931        629          302
March 1999          -47         888         633          255            923        621          302
March 2000         -189         746         622          124            885        572          313
March 2001          176         944         546          398            845        623          222
March 2002          -25         843         583          260            947        662          285
March 2003          -18         895         638          257            861        586          275
March 2004          -18         894         632          262            858        578          280
March 2005           72         976         659          317            777        532          245
March 2006           72         964         671          293            841        620          221
March 2007          -36         902         650          252            986        698          288
March 2008           41         973         673          300            922        663          259
March 2009           19         867         588          279          1,042        782          260
March 2010          -77         839         601          238          1,015        700          315
March 2011           10         929         678          251            870        629          241
March 2012          -83         803         595          208          1,005        714          291

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