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

Illinois

                                   Establishments gaining jobs             Establishments losing jobs
Year ended    Net change(1)  Total     Expanding     Opening        Total    Contracting    Closing
                                   establishments  establishments          establishments  establishments

March 1994        4,243      96,220      66,897       29,323         81,949     56,869       25,080
March 1995        6,351     101,221      69,809       31,412         82,879     57,818       25,061
March 1996        1,114      95,944      66,931       29,013         90,233     62,334       27,899
March 1997        1,733      95,138      68,405       26,733         86,791     61,791       25,000
March 1998        4,115      98,139      68,555       29,584         89,081     63,612       25,469
March 1999        2,561      99,262      70,431       28,831         89,584     63,314       26,270
March 2000        2,068     100,351      71,447       28,904         90,191     63,355       26,836
March 2001          826      96,307      67,606       28,701         95,387     67,512       27,875
March 2002       -1,938      91,812      63,654       28,158        101,240     71,144       30,096
March 2003        1,197      92,532      63,753       28,779         96,770     69,188       27,582
March 2004        2,103      95,076      65,235       29,841         95,260     67,522       27,738
March 2005         -750      97,469      67,469       30,000         95,960     65,210       30,750
March 2006        6,357     103,052      67,985       35,067         94,312     65,602       28,710
March 2007        2,103      99,643      68,620       31,023         96,472     67,552       28,920
March 2008       -2,698      95,422      67,101       28,321        100,868     69,849       31,019
March 2009       -5,727      82,880      54,829       28,051        112,878     79,100       33,778
March 2010       -3,130      83,644      54,684       28,960        106,607     74,517       32,090
March 2011           52      94,225      64,873       29,352         91,879     62,579       29,300
March 2012        1,420      97,597      67,194       30,403         90,599     61,616       28,983

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