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

New Hampshire

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                   961       13,424         9,118        4,306        10,289          6,944       3,345
March 1995                   890       13,919         9,607        4,312        10,503          7,081       3,422
March 1996                   978       13,928         9,361        4,567        11,422          7,833       3,589
March 1997                   666       14,457         9,931        4,526        11,745          7,885       3,860
March 1998                   940       14,882        10,218        4,664        11,872          8,148       3,724
March 1999                   825       15,255        10,426        4,829        12,602          8,598       4,004
March 2000                   357       15,427        10,627        4,800        13,451          9,008       4,443
March 2001                   539       15,686        10,576        5,110        13,844          9,273       4,571
March 2002                  -492       14,610        10,217        4,393        14,489          9,604       4,885
March 2003                    -5       14,260         9,796        4,464        14,258          9,789       4,469
March 2004                   717       15,066        10,311        4,755        13,537          9,499       4,038
March 2005                   224       14,952        10,307        4,645        14,240          9,819       4,421
March 2006                   583       15,448        10,547        4,901        14,183          9,865       4,318
March 2007                   201       14,445         9,841        4,604        15,148         10,745       4,403
March 2008                  -296       14,364        10,027        4,337        15,066         10,433       4,633
March 2009                  -842       12,539         8,350        4,189        16,971         11,940       5,031
March 2010                  -566       12,773         8,768        4,005        15,005         10,434       4,571
March 2011                    34       14,119         9,924        4,195        13,349          9,188       4,161
March 2012                   528       14,701        10,150        4,551        13,193          9,170       4,023
March 2013                   282       14,231         9,932        4,299        13,540          9,523       4,017
March 2014                   381       14,819        10,484        4,335        13,268          9,314       3,954
March 2015                   352       15,025        10,587        4,438        13,481          9,395       4,086
March 2016                   671       15,944        11,225        4,719        13,475          9,427       4,048
March 2017                   326       15,353        10,801        4,552        14,208          9,982       4,226
March 2018                   545       15,888        11,082        4,806        14,188          9,927       4,261
March 2019                   549       16,114        11,231        4,883        14,446         10,112       4,334
March 2020                   346       15,993        10,765        5,228        15,580         10,698       4,882
March 2021                 1,674       16,511         9,998        6,513        17,264         12,425       4,839
March 2022                 3,202       21,728        13,337        8,391        14,994          9,805       5,189
March 2023                 1,731       20,558        12,775        7,783        17,251         11,199       6,052
 
(1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.