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

West Virginia

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

March 1994          311      14,459      10,359        4,100         12,377      8,588        3,789
March 1995          780      14,967      10,688        4,279         12,167      8,668        3,499
March 1996          269      14,023       9,863        4,160         13,756      9,865        3,891
March 1997          656      14,900      10,502        4,398         13,252      9,510        3,742
March 1998          185      14,235      10,148        4,087         14,287     10,385        3,902
March 1999          324      14,554      10,280        4,274         14,347     10,397        3,950
March 2000          100      14,854      10,720        4,134         14,213     10,179        4,034
March 2001         -675      13,775      10,172        3,603         15,145     10,867        4,278
March 2002         -376      14,285      10,495        3,790         14,463     10,297        4,166
March 2003         -311      13,573       9,938        3,635         14,674     10,728        3,946
March 2004          563      15,063      11,015        4,048         13,495     10,010        3,485
March 2005          -11      14,691      10,917        3,774         14,349     10,564        3,785
March 2006          300      15,144      11,168        3,976         14,008     10,332        3,676
March 2007          -62      14,437      10,715        3,722         14,896     11,112        3,784
March 2008         -355      14,087      10,531        3,556         15,093     11,182        3,911
March 2009         -712      13,092       9,664        3,428         15,959     11,819        4,140
March 2010         -668      12,725       9,519        3,206         15,140     11,266        3,874
March 2011         -298      13,956      10,645        3,311         13,549      9,940        3,609
March 2012          300      14,536      10,780        3,756         13,428      9,972        3,456

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