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

Maryland

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

March 1994        1,423      43,022      29,794       13,228         36,463     24,658       11,805
March 1995        2,580      44,893      30,996       13,897         36,525     25,208       11,317
March 1996          449      42,328      28,771       13,557         40,937     27,829       13,108
March 1997        2,516      46,005      30,765       15,240         39,280     26,556       12,724
March 1998        1,742      46,110      30,815       15,295         41,306     27,753       13,553
March 1999        1,964      46,794      31,710       15,084         41,611     28,491       13,120
March 2000        2,537      49,393      33,620       15,773         41,181     27,945       13,236
March 2001       -1,687      45,824      32,118       13,706         44,396     29,003       15,393
March 2002        2,063      47,706      31,309       16,397         44,297     29,963       14,334
March 2003          791      45,889      31,116       14,773         45,216     31,234       13,982
March 2004          944      48,659      33,952       14,707         42,953     29,190       13,763
March 2005        2,659      49,153      32,827       16,326         45,244     31,577       13,667
March 2006        2,781      51,286      34,831       16,455         45,551     31,877       13,674
March 2007          989      48,998      33,550       15,448         49,129     34,670       14,459
March 2008         -812      47,917      33,204       14,713         50,747     35,222       15,525
March 2009       -3,578      41,944      27,741       14,203         57,799     40,018       17,781
March 2010       -2,787      43,083      29,482       13,601         52,065     35,677       16,388
March 2011         -325      47,817      33,752       14,065         45,519     31,129       14,390
March 2012        2,284      49,788      33,839       15,949         44,967     31,302       13,665

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