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

Alabama

                                   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      36,289      25,041       11,248         29,901     20,933        8,968
March 1996          798      35,266      25,322        9,944         31,749     22,603        9,146
March 1997        1,932      36,203      25,492       10,711         31,916     23,137        8,779
March 1998        2,321      36,187      25,420       10,767         32,433     23,987        8,446
March 1999        2,288      37,929      26,312       11,617         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          426      35,279      26,056        9,223         33,302     24,505        8,797

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