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

Washington

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

March 1994        2,822      53,808      37,103       16,705         45,681     31,798       13,883
March 1995        2,074      54,217      37,214       17,003         47,931     33,002       14,929
March 1996          838      53,758      36,272       17,486         50,636     33,988       16,648
March 1997        2,372      57,004      38,817       18,187         48,821     33,006       15,815
March 1998        2,644      58,357      39,698       18,659         49,606     33,591       16,015
March 1999           -4      59,492      41,352       18,140         52,846     34,702       18,144
March 2000        1,433      60,061      41,077       18,984         53,210     35,659       17,551
March 2001         -199      58,371      39,586       18,785         56,568     37,584       18,984
March 2002       -1,866      52,782      35,521       17,261         60,566     41,439       19,127
March 2003        5,883      59,540      38,486       21,054         53,466     38,295       15,171
March 2004        2,668      61,361      41,716       19,645         54,045     37,068       16,977
March 2005        2,852      63,046      43,976       19,070         53,615     37,397       16,218
March 2006        2,417      64,252      45,112       19,140         55,532     38,809       16,723
March 2007        3,300      66,482      46,751       19,731         55,977     39,546       16,431
March 2008        2,476      65,182      45,366       19,816         60,596     43,256       17,340
March 2009       -5,933      53,315      36,880       16,435         74,070     51,702       22,368
March 2010       -3,561      53,306      37,481       15,825         64,994     45,608       19,386
March 2011        1,194      57,971      40,647       17,324         57,127     40,997       16,130
March 2012          333      60,696      42,866       17,830         56,348     38,851       17,497

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