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

Alabama

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                 2,479       35,450        24,633       10,817        28,153         19,815       8,338
March 1995                 2,280       36,290        25,042       11,248        29,901         20,933       8,968
March 1996                   798       35,266        25,322        9,944        31,750         22,604       9,146
March 1997                 1,931       36,202        25,492       10,710        31,917         23,138       8,779
March 1998                 2,321       36,187        25,420       10,767        32,433         23,987       8,446
March 1999                 2,287       37,929        26,313       11,616        33,868         24,539       9,329
March 2000                -1,164       35,916        26,298        9,618        36,086         25,304      10,782
March 2001                -1,317       34,373        24,644        9,729        37,881         26,835      11,046
March 2002                  -237       34,245        23,836       10,409        37,595         26,949      10,646
March 2003                   118       34,370        24,487        9,883        36,107         26,342       9,765
March 2004                   936       36,563        26,766        9,797        33,861         25,000       8,861
March 2005                 1,043       36,982        27,002        9,980        34,533         25,596       8,937
March 2006                 1,683       38,920        28,535       10,385        34,192         25,490       8,702
March 2007                 1,316       38,486        28,061       10,425        35,997         26,888       9,109
March 2008                   116       36,267        26,239       10,028        38,998         29,086       9,912
March 2009                -2,836       30,126        21,438        8,688        44,666         33,142      11,524
March 2010                -2,272       30,657        22,336        8,321        39,946         29,353      10,593
March 2011                -1,290       33,346        24,735        8,611        35,593         25,692       9,901
March 2012                   509       35,323        26,022        9,301        33,302         24,510       8,792
March 2013                   387       34,017        25,048        8,969        34,265         25,683       8,582
March 2014                   350       35,045        26,156        8,889        33,775         25,236       8,539
March 2015                   465       35,848        26,803        9,045        33,509         24,929       8,580
March 2016                   902       36,867        27,490        9,377        32,969         24,494       8,475
March 2017                   783       36,454        26,848        9,606        34,932         26,109       8,823
March 2018                   498       36,716        27,136        9,580        35,495         26,413       9,082
March 2019                 1,658       38,237        27,661       10,576        35,436         26,518       8,918
March 2020                   658       37,760        26,504       11,256        38,241         27,643      10,598
March 2021                  -554       35,763        24,839       10,924        41,719         30,241      11,478
March 2022                 5,651       45,213        29,959       15,254        35,006         25,403       9,603
March 2023                 6,898       48,906        30,289       18,617        38,399         26,680      11,719
 
(1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.