Table 3. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, by establishment age Total Private Connecticut Gross Job Gains Gross Job Losses Age Class Net Change Total Expanding Opening Total Contracting Closing Establishments Establishments Establishments Establishments March 1994 Less than one year 6,000 6,000 0 6,000 0 0 0 Born before March 1993 -10,115 24,330 22,549 1,781 31,364 19,468 11,896 Total -4,115 30,330 22,549 7,781 31,364 19,468 11,896 March 1995 Less than one year 6,894 6,894 0 6,894 0 0 0 1 year -1,117 1,899 1,656 243 2,343 983 1,360 Born before March 1993 -4,749 24,016 21,645 2,371 25,406 18,286 7,120 Total 1,028 32,809 23,301 9,508 27,749 19,269 8,480 March 1996 Less than one year 7,147 7,147 0 7,147 0 0 0 1 year -888 2,297 1,861 436 2,485 1,161 1,324 2 years -406 1,643 1,296 347 1,725 972 753 Born before March 1993 -2,113 21,820 18,905 2,915 24,113 19,085 5,028 Total 3,740 32,907 22,062 10,845 28,323 21,218 7,105 March 1997 Less than one year 7,620 7,620 0 7,620 0 0 0 1 year -1,179 2,020 1,826 194 2,481 1,108 1,373 2 years -762 1,826 1,586 240 2,074 1,072 1,002 3 years -479 1,420 1,240 180 1,517 858 659 Born before March 1993 -3,957 20,674 19,298 1,376 22,538 17,205 5,333 Total 1,243 33,560 23,950 9,610 28,610 20,243 8,367 March 1998 Less than one year 6,796 6,796 0 6,796 0 0 0 1 year -1,765 2,180 1,987 193 3,101 1,143 1,958 2 years -1,055 1,778 1,566 212 2,356 1,089 1,267 3 years -687 1,684 1,442 242 2,002 1,073 929 4 years -406 1,248 1,107 141 1,398 851 547 Born before March 1993 -3,738 19,325 18,092 1,233 21,917 16,946 4,971 Total -855 33,011 24,194 8,817 30,774 21,102 9,672 March 1999 Less than one year 6,535 6,535 0 6,535 0 0 0 1 year -887 2,206 1,834 372 2,398 1,139 1,259 2 years -643 1,850 1,542 308 2,120 1,169 951 3 years -523 1,578 1,380 198 1,777 1,056 721 4 years -384 1,438 1,261 177 1,632 1,071 561 5 years -290 1,156 1,049 107 1,239 842 397 Born before March 1993 -2,878 18,171 17,024 1,147 20,445 16,420 4,025 Total 930 32,934 24,090 8,844 29,611 21,697 7,914 March 2000 Less than one year 6,838 6,838 0 6,838 0 0 0 1 year -775 2,219 1,779 440 2,244 1,029 1,215 2 years -682 1,915 1,602 313 2,115 1,120 995 3 years -539 1,661 1,440 221 1,873 1,113 760 4 years -383 1,409 1,252 157 1,513 973 540 5 years -316 1,391 1,252 139 1,416 961 455 6 years -196 1,046 937 109 1,146 841 305 Born before March 1993 -2,657 17,263 16,388 875 19,471 15,939 3,532 Total 1,290 33,742 24,650 9,092 29,778 21,976 7,802 March 2001 Less than one year 7,369 7,369 0 7,369 0 0 0 1 year -1,245 2,075 1,701 374 2,741 1,122 1,619 2 years -1,040 1,642 1,392 250 2,350 1,060 1,290 3 years -829 1,481 1,304 177 2,150 1,144 1,006 4 years -600 1,349 1,213 136 1,800 1,064 736 5 years -539 1,169 1,062 107 1,590 944 646 6 years -462 1,130 1,046 84 1,524 978 546 7 years -334 911 845 66 1,186 786 400 Born before March 1993 -3,643 15,309 14,718 591 19,857 15,623 4,234 Total -1,323 32,435 23,281 9,154 33,198 22,721 10,477 March 2002 Less than one year 6,952 6,952 0 6,952 0 0 0 1 year -1,298 2,012 1,701 311 2,840 1,231 1,609 2 years -604 1,701 1,326 375 2,155 1,176 979 3 years -359 1,414 1,166 248 1,703 1,096 607 4 years -227 1,388 1,165 223 1,595 1,145 450 5 years -279 1,213 1,048 165 1,506 1,062 444 6 years -168 1,080 933 147 1,220 905 315 7 years -160 1,016 873 143 1,252 949 303 8 years -162 811 725 86 1,019 771 248 Born before March 1993 -1,444 14,777 13,632 1,145 17,906 15,317 2,589 Total 2,251 32,364 22,569 9,795 31,196 23,652 7,544 March 2003 Less than one year 6,835 6,835 0 6,835 0 0 0 1 year -1,506 1,589 1,483 106 2,753 1,141 1,612 2 years -1,016 1,580 1,419 161 2,370 1,193 1,177 3 years -696 1,284 1,132 152 1,986 1,138 848 4 years -437 1,173 1,045 128 1,594 1,029 565 5 years -425 1,106 1,009 97 1,610 1,088 522 6 years -309 1,027 940 87 1,416 1,020 396 7 years -258 914 845 69 1,228 901 327 8 years -226 877 822 55 1,198 917 281 9 years -174 713 667 46 969 749 220 Born before March 1993 -2,209 13,080 12,597 483 18,073 15,381 2,692 Total -421 30,178 21,959 8,219 33,197 24,557 8,640 March 2004 Less than one year 6,601 6,601 0 6,601 0 0 0 1 year -1,251 1,833 1,698 135 2,397 1,011 1,386 2 years -729 1,598 1,365 233 1,945 983 962 3 years -688 1,373 1,231 142 1,850 1,020 830 4 years -449 1,210 1,088 122 1,495 924 571 5 years -357 1,094 1,003 91 1,355 907 448 6 years -262 1,143 1,047 96 1,302 944 358 7 years -233 1,078 993 85 1,184 866 318 8 years -193 903 832 71 1,101 837 264 9 years -203 890 834 56 1,097 838 259 10 years -120 706 662 44 827 663 164 Born before March 1993 -1,913 13,680 13,206 474 15,937 13,550 2,387 Total 203 32,109 23,959 8,150 30,490 22,543 7,947 March 2005 Less than one year 6,975 6,975 0 6,975 0 0 0 1 year -1,375 1,649 1,538 111 2,434 948 1,486 2 years -824 1,481 1,276 205 2,078 1,049 1,029 3 years -586 1,302 1,161 141 1,784 1,057 727 4 years -468 1,205 1,105 100 1,531 963 568 5 years -378 1,099 996 103 1,368 887 481 6 years -365 1,003 928 75 1,248 808 440 7 years -266 1,027 961 66 1,260 928 332 8 years -283 949 890 59 1,152 810 342 9 years -186 826 771 55 1,015 774 241 10 years -226 791 739 52 1,074 796 278 11 years -133 656 622 34 866 699 167 Born before March 1993 -2,170 12,550 12,191 359 16,035 13,506 2,529 Total -285 31,513 23,178 8,335 31,845 23,225 8,620 March 2006 Less than one year 7,329 7,329 0 7,329 0 0 0 1 year -1,347 1,745 1,596 149 2,580 1,084 1,496 2 years -704 1,480 1,255 225 1,841 912 929 3 years -493 1,396 1,214 182 1,625 950 675 4 years -349 1,264 1,125 139 1,431 943 488 5 years -290 1,130 1,020 110 1,368 968 400 6 years -229 1,019 921 98 1,172 845 327 7 years -170 1,011 909 102 1,064 792 272 8 years -200 987 928 59 1,113 854 259 9 years -159 969 885 84 1,019 776 243 10 years -150 849 794 55 927 722 205 11 years -128 808 740 68 931 735 196 12 years -94 668 617 51 763 618 145 Born before March 1993 -1,545 12,819 12,299 520 14,815 12,750 2,065 Total 1,471 33,474 24,303 9,171 30,649 22,949 7,700 March 2007 Less than one year 7,275 7,275 0 7,275 0 0 0 1 year -1,605 1,725 1,624 101 2,833 1,127 1,706 2 years -846 1,481 1,294 187 2,077 1,044 1,033 3 years -541 1,228 1,081 147 1,650 962 688 4 years -434 1,179 1,047 132 1,579 1,013 566 5 years -365 1,046 966 80 1,411 966 445 6 years -315 975 914 61 1,297 921 376 7 years -263 903 851 52 1,160 845 315 8 years -215 840 786 54 1,087 818 269 9 years -199 901 859 42 1,066 825 241 10 years -196 861 810 51 1,007 760 247 11 years -175 743 708 35 939 729 210 12 years -160 772 738 34 870 676 194 13 years -126 658 630 28 737 583 154 Born before March 1993 -1,821 11,478 11,154 324 15,093 12,948 2,145 Total 14 32,065 23,462 8,603 32,806 24,217 8,589 March 2008 Less than one year 7,084 7,084 0 7,084 0 0 0 1 year -1,484 1,681 1,556 125 2,757 1,148 1,609 2 years -907 1,490 1,306 184 2,090 999 1,091 3 years -639 1,256 1,135 121 1,742 982 760 4 years -415 1,071 970 101 1,450 934 516 5 years -404 1,054 966 88 1,402 910 492 6 years -306 974 918 56 1,249 887 362 7 years -273 897 838 59 1,247 915 332 8 years -206 871 816 55 1,056 795 261 9 years -216 811 769 42 1,014 756 258 10 years -181 841 787 54 1,073 838 235 11 years -195 735 697 38 1,031 798 233 12 years -122 733 702 31 850 697 153 13 years -121 680 648 32 844 691 153 14 years -108 545 529 16 728 604 124 Born before March 1993 -1,599 11,504 11,194 310 13,989 12,080 1,909 Total -92 32,227 23,831 8,396 32,522 24,034 8,488 March 2009 Less than one year 6,209 6,209 0 6,209 0 0 0 1 year -1,641 1,460 1,341 119 2,958 1,198 1,760 2 years -1,123 1,160 1,017 143 2,430 1,164 1,266 3 years -676 1,099 966 133 1,938 1,129 809 4 years -531 890 793 97 1,692 1,064 628 5 years -429 800 740 60 1,429 940 489 6 years -338 770 707 63 1,405 1,004 401 7 years -284 711 659 52 1,331 995 336 8 years -242 763 710 53 1,228 933 295 9 years -209 624 587 37 1,139 893 246 10 years -194 602 572 30 1,067 843 224 11 years -213 625 600 25 1,213 975 238 12 years -154 594 554 40 1,058 864 194 13 years -151 501 470 31 1,073 891 182 14 years -132 525 498 27 938 779 159 15 years -94 446 406 40 852 718 134 Born before March 1993 -1,682 8,693 8,416 277 16,522 14,563 1,959 Total -1,884 26,472 19,036 7,436 38,273 28,953 9,320 March 2010 Less than one year 5,197 5,197 0 5,197 0 0 0 1 year -1,947 1,244 1,155 89 2,847 811 2,036 2 years -1,459 1,127 994 133 2,511 919 1,592 3 years -1,071 997 892 105 2,044 868 1,176 4 years -866 894 832 62 1,725 797 928 5 years -711 746 687 59 1,590 820 770 6 years -525 717 661 56 1,341 760 581 7 years -509 736 690 46 1,287 732 555 8 years -475 651 616 35 1,266 756 510 9 years -383 685 649 36 1,216 797 419 10 years -398 606 578 28 1,122 696 426 11 years -334 566 549 17 1,082 731 351 12 years -293 630 602 28 1,085 764 321 13 years -282 550 527 23 1,007 702 305 14 years -289 509 499 10 915 616 299 15 years -244 485 472 13 973 716 257 16 years -206 456 438 18 818 594 224 Born before March 1993 -2,979 8,706 8,538 168 15,524 12,377 3,147 Total -7,774 25,502 19,379 6,123 38,353 24,456 13,897 March 2011 Less than one year 5,809 5,809 0 5,809 0 0 0 1 year -705 1,439 1,197 242 1,761 814 947 2 years -255 1,297 957 340 1,322 727 595 3 years -140 1,278 959 319 1,255 796 459 4 years -77 1,195 936 259 1,091 755 336 5 years -74 1,025 798 227 1,040 739 301 6 years -45 951 767 184 839 610 229 7 years -52 822 682 140 867 675 192 8 years -27 848 705 143 844 674 170 9 years -16 822 686 136 769 617 152 10 years -22 814 698 116 826 688 138 11 years 6 733 613 120 739 625 114 12 years -23 704 615 89 689 577 112 13 years -13 770 677 93 720 614 106 14 years -51 673 602 71 681 559 122 15 years -33 643 571 72 622 517 105 16 years -40 635 571 64 627 523 104 17 years -1 546 482 64 541 476 65 Born before March 1993 -395 10,500 9,716 784 11,332 10,153 1,179 Total 3,846 31,504 22,232 9,272 26,565 21,139 5,426 March 2012 Less than one year 6,320 6,320 0 6,320 0 0 0 1 year -1,012 1,444 1,299 145 1,938 781 1,157 2 years -638 1,213 1,065 148 1,532 746 786 3 years -427 1,148 996 152 1,252 673 579 4 years -388 1,064 945 119 1,236 729 507 5 years -271 1,046 950 96 1,102 735 367 6 years -244 932 851 81 1,027 702 325 7 years -172 813 755 58 876 646 230 8 years -159 811 728 83 848 606 242 9 years -149 777 731 46 833 638 195 10 years -123 724 665 59 763 581 182 11 years -133 769 735 34 795 628 167 12 years -114 664 625 39 739 586 153 13 years -100 672 632 40 680 540 140 14 years -110 647 622 25 778 643 135 15 years -54 686 639 47 660 559 101 16 years -59 589 540 49 647 539 108 17 years -58 638 609 29 603 516 87 18 years -65 534 510 24 552 463 89 Born before March 1993 -1,078 10,438 10,065 373 11,095 9,644 1,451 Total 966 31,929 23,962 7,967 27,956 20,955 7,001 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.