Table 3. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, by establishment age Total Private Puerto Rico 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 3,891 3,891 0 3,891 0 0 0 Born before March 1993 -3,527 9,851 9,161 690 12,842 8,625 4,217 Total 364 13,742 9,161 4,581 12,842 8,625 4,217 March 1995 Less than one year 4,447 4,447 0 4,447 0 0 0 1 year -779 1,002 963 39 1,517 699 818 Born before March 1993 -2,642 9,201 8,530 671 11,338 8,025 3,313 Total 1,026 14,650 9,493 5,157 12,855 8,724 4,131 March 1996 Less than one year 4,737 4,737 0 4,737 0 0 0 1 year -827 1,184 1,148 36 1,631 768 863 2 years -425 950 837 113 1,116 578 538 Born before March 1993 -2,298 8,672 8,217 455 10,218 7,465 2,753 Total 1,187 15,543 10,202 5,341 12,965 8,811 4,154 March 1997 Less than one year 4,803 4,803 0 4,803 0 0 0 1 year -827 1,309 1,281 28 1,688 833 855 2 years -485 1,068 966 102 1,294 707 587 3 years -313 769 703 66 928 549 379 Born before March 1993 -1,915 8,042 7,718 324 9,276 7,037 2,239 Total 1,263 15,991 10,668 5,323 13,186 9,126 4,060 March 1998 Less than one year 5,515 5,515 0 5,515 0 0 0 1 year -816 1,232 1,202 30 1,800 954 846 2 years -592 1,044 939 105 1,537 840 697 3 years -426 833 754 79 1,217 712 505 4 years -312 669 617 52 895 531 364 Born before March 1993 -2,177 6,950 6,666 284 9,373 6,912 2,461 Total 1,192 16,243 10,178 6,065 14,822 9,949 4,873 March 1999 Less than one year 4,159 4,159 0 4,159 0 0 0 1 year -928 1,516 1,458 58 2,059 1,073 986 2 years -652 1,094 1,015 79 1,524 793 731 3 years -412 960 901 59 1,169 698 471 4 years -294 735 681 54 949 601 348 5 years -200 590 554 36 733 497 236 Born before March 1993 -1,681 6,294 6,088 206 8,388 6,501 1,887 Total -8 15,348 10,697 4,651 14,822 10,163 4,659 March 2000 Less than one year 4,116 4,116 0 4,116 0 0 0 1 year -739 1,116 1,074 42 1,536 755 781 2 years -706 1,359 1,234 125 1,809 978 831 3 years -388 974 866 108 1,223 727 496 4 years -335 825 757 68 1,053 650 403 5 years N N 608 N 843 516 327 6 years N N 511 N 644 424 220 Born before March 1993 -1,494 6,117 5,816 301 7,681 5,886 1,795 Total -17 15,702 10,866 4,836 14,789 9,936 4,853 March 2001 Less than one year 4,466 4,466 0 4,466 0 0 0 1 year -726 1,096 1,010 86 1,671 859 812 2 years -514 912 796 116 1,365 735 630 3 years -473 1,081 951 130 1,572 969 603 4 years -298 761 672 89 1,141 754 387 5 years -227 682 603 79 975 669 306 6 years -169 557 499 58 792 565 227 7 years -132 376 337 39 666 495 171 Born before March 1993 -1,134 5,133 4,807 326 7,540 6,080 1,460 Total 793 15,064 9,675 5,389 15,722 11,126 4,596 March 2002 Less than one year 1,958 1,958 0 1,958 0 0 0 1 year -1,072 1,056 1,034 22 1,929 835 1,094 2 years -613 855 762 93 1,438 732 706 3 years -456 679 603 76 1,215 683 532 4 years -458 847 775 72 1,426 896 530 5 years -346 614 571 43 1,047 658 389 6 years -296 561 515 46 965 623 342 7 years -225 472 440 32 776 519 257 8 years -140 372 351 21 612 451 161 Born before March 1993 -1,505 4,516 4,312 204 7,474 5,765 1,709 Total -3,153 11,930 9,363 2,567 16,882 11,162 5,720 March 2003 Less than one year 512 512 0 512 0 0 0 1 year -370 501 475 26 825 429 396 2 years -442 977 847 130 1,315 743 572 3 years -352 785 683 102 1,072 618 454 4 years -309 655 579 76 955 570 385 5 years -224 874 770 104 1,051 723 328 6 years -178 616 552 64 865 623 242 7 years -211 562 515 47 784 526 258 8 years -107 498 456 42 564 415 149 9 years -115 391 366 25 487 347 140 Born before March 1993 -969 4,824 4,538 286 6,168 4,913 1,255 Total -2,765 11,195 9,781 1,414 14,086 9,907 4,179 March 2004 Less than one year 8,158 8,158 0 8,158 0 0 0 1 year -132 121 118 3 257 122 135 2 years -212 476 452 24 570 334 236 3 years -325 834 747 87 1,077 665 412 4 years -253 674 612 62 874 559 315 5 years -196 593 541 52 672 424 248 6 years -240 787 726 61 972 671 301 7 years -171 593 549 44 751 536 215 8 years -138 518 488 30 646 478 168 9 years -101 435 412 23 556 432 124 10 years -88 317 298 19 454 347 107 Born before March 1993 -942 4,400 4,216 184 5,815 4,689 1,126 Total 5,360 17,906 9,159 8,747 12,644 9,257 3,387 March 2005 Less than one year 4,946 4,946 0 4,946 0 0 0 1 year -1,161 2,033 2,019 14 2,958 1,783 1,175 2 years -128 132 113 19 243 96 147 3 years -133 410 367 43 522 346 176 4 years -225 759 670 89 934 620 314 5 years -159 633 563 70 744 515 229 6 years -133 560 500 60 642 449 193 7 years -146 728 658 70 892 676 216 8 years -104 540 499 41 655 510 145 9 years -88 497 455 42 569 439 130 10 years -84 416 385 31 535 420 115 11 years -78 325 305 20 425 327 98 Born before March 1993 -714 4,393 4,164 229 5,439 4,496 943 Total 1,793 16,372 10,698 5,674 14,558 10,677 3,881 March 2006 Less than one year 4,293 4,293 0 4,293 0 0 0 1 year -852 1,271 1,219 52 1,928 1,024 904 2 years -892 1,822 1,679 143 2,600 1,565 1,035 3 years N N 94 N 142 91 51 4 years -141 346 320 26 475 308 167 5 years -180 708 613 95 881 606 275 6 years -178 543 504 39 774 557 217 7 years -179 449 418 31 685 475 210 8 years -181 650 607 43 885 661 224 9 years -159 500 474 26 674 489 185 10 years -134 440 426 14 589 441 148 11 years -96 430 404 26 505 383 122 12 years N N 283 N 427 340 87 Born before March 1993 -858 4,157 4,000 157 5,486 4,471 1,015 Total 338 16,019 11,041 4,978 16,051 11,411 4,640 March 2007 Less than one year 4,117 4,117 0 4,117 0 0 0 1 year -1,013 1,050 1,027 23 1,892 856 1,036 2 years -814 1,018 918 100 1,801 887 914 3 years -1,022 1,570 1,447 123 2,520 1,375 1,145 4 years -32 73 64 9 139 98 41 5 years -153 294 275 19 442 270 172 6 years -330 611 571 40 919 549 370 7 years -231 524 496 28 716 457 259 8 years -213 408 380 28 653 412 241 9 years -255 596 560 36 926 635 291 10 years -185 456 423 33 678 460 218 11 years -188 357 334 23 627 416 211 12 years -154 312 302 10 579 415 164 13 years -126 262 251 11 474 337 137 Born before March 1993 -1,329 3,778 3,626 152 6,124 4,643 1,481 Total -1,928 15,426 10,674 4,752 18,490 11,810 6,680 March 2008 Less than one year 4,050 4,050 0 4,050 0 0 0 1 year -863 967 907 60 1,684 761 923 2 years -482 827 709 118 1,363 763 600 3 years -425 890 746 144 1,380 811 569 4 years -526 1,349 1,173 176 2,017 1,315 702 5 years -25 66 59 7 131 99 32 6 years -78 260 229 31 371 262 109 7 years -159 522 465 57 755 539 216 8 years -122 423 382 41 626 463 163 9 years -125 358 318 40 563 398 165 10 years -149 564 514 50 811 612 199 11 years -83 404 359 45 572 444 128 12 years -109 352 312 40 545 396 149 13 years -103 332 295 37 514 374 140 14 years -85 249 223 26 403 292 111 Born before March 1993 -883 3,514 3,262 252 5,516 4,381 1,135 Total -167 15,127 9,953 5,174 17,251 11,910 5,341 March 2009 Less than one year 3,324 3,324 0 3,324 0 0 0 1 year -860 872 815 57 1,795 878 917 2 years -536 720 609 111 1,365 718 647 3 years -396 619 526 93 1,206 717 489 4 years -398 743 631 112 1,235 725 510 5 years -490 1,063 921 142 1,853 1,221 632 6 years -23 62 58 4 114 87 27 7 years -71 186 161 25 351 255 96 8 years -163 411 357 54 737 520 217 9 years -116 396 357 39 594 439 155 10 years -136 288 256 32 538 370 168 11 years -155 479 442 37 783 591 192 12 years -118 342 305 37 619 464 155 13 years -111 279 254 25 543 407 136 14 years -81 269 243 26 450 343 107 15 years -61 232 208 24 363 278 85 Born before March 1993 -770 3,035 2,783 252 5,434 4,412 1,022 Total -1,161 13,320 8,926 4,394 17,980 12,425 5,555 March 2010 Less than one year 3,560 3,560 0 3,560 0 0 0 1 year -692 759 698 61 1,394 641 753 2 years -501 747 626 121 1,326 704 622 3 years -339 655 534 121 1,059 599 460 4 years -284 583 498 85 922 553 369 5 years -271 640 548 92 1,006 643 363 6 years -368 952 829 123 1,547 1,056 491 7 years -17 75 72 3 82 62 20 8 years -75 199 180 19 321 227 94 9 years -136 381 335 46 613 431 182 10 years -113 356 322 34 546 399 147 11 years -102 254 228 26 445 317 128 12 years -118 445 407 38 706 550 156 13 years -93 343 308 35 537 409 128 14 years -84 263 233 30 457 343 114 15 years -65 248 227 21 434 348 86 16 years -56 228 210 18 300 226 74 Born before March 1993 -612 2,888 2,674 214 4,838 4,012 826 Total -366 13,576 8,929 4,647 16,533 11,520 5,013 March 2011 Less than one year 3,050 3,050 0 3,050 0 0 0 1 year -688 867 816 51 1,400 661 739 2 years -355 713 648 65 950 530 420 3 years -383 678 608 70 1,000 547 453 4 years -287 570 518 52 832 493 339 5 years -226 491 452 39 797 532 265 6 years -256 553 506 47 892 589 303 7 years -379 890 825 65 1,340 896 444 8 years -12 69 65 4 70 54 16 9 years -64 160 147 13 276 199 77 10 years -113 408 371 37 572 422 150 11 years -92 331 310 21 474 361 113 12 years -78 253 235 18 375 279 96 13 years -122 454 430 24 609 463 146 14 years -90 334 308 26 452 336 116 15 years -72 256 240 16 400 312 88 16 years -74 280 268 12 370 284 86 17 years -47 225 216 9 267 211 56 Born before March 1993 -720 2,965 2,862 103 4,315 3,492 823 Total -1,008 13,547 9,825 3,722 15,391 10,661 4,730 March 2012 Less than one year 3,357 3,357 0 3,357 0 0 0 1 year -612 775 730 45 1,205 548 657 2 years -378 761 668 93 1,064 593 471 3 years -272 570 506 64 811 475 336 4 years -272 569 516 53 805 480 325 5 years -195 526 473 53 702 454 248 6 years -180 491 452 39 614 395 219 7 years -150 556 499 57 715 508 207 8 years -245 826 740 86 1,175 844 331 9 years -8 55 50 5 74 61 13 10 years -56 166 158 8 242 178 64 11 years -96 387 365 22 512 394 118 12 years -87 343 319 24 429 318 111 13 years -65 241 220 21 352 266 86 14 years -106 411 385 26 591 459 132 15 years N N 314 N 406 290 116 16 years -80 273 247 26 389 283 106 17 years -63 283 261 22 326 241 85 18 years N N 176 N 287 241 46 Born before March 1993 -635 2,830 2,712 118 4,085 3,332 753 Total -264 13,951 9,791 4,160 14,784 10,360 4,424 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.