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

Montana

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

March 1994          763      10,177       7,108        3,069          7,446      5,140        2,306
March 1995        1,118      10,408       7,148        3,260          7,829      5,687        2,142
March 1996          586      10,142       6,977        3,165          8,924      6,345        2,579
March 1997          564      10,302       7,137        3,165          8,945      6,344        2,601
March 1998          813      11,104       7,295        3,809          9,362      6,366        2,996
March 1999          515      10,867       7,560        3,307          9,517      6,725        2,792
March 2000          169      10,958       7,782        3,176          9,334      6,327        3,007
March 2001          387      10,968       7,359        3,609         10,056      6,834        3,222
March 2002          211      11,044       7,450        3,594         10,427      7,044        3,383
March 2003          612      11,699       7,860        3,839         10,125      6,898        3,227
March 2004        1,015      12,593       8,409        4,184         10,092      6,923        3,169
March 2005          860      12,718       8,594        4,124         10,655      7,391        3,264
March 2006          947      13,096       9,125        3,971         10,273      7,249        3,024
March 2007          734      13,403       9,442        3,961         10,845      7,618        3,227
March 2008          259      12,910       9,138        3,772         11,846      8,333        3,513
March 2009       -1,287      10,313       7,117        3,196         14,648     10,165        4,483
March 2010         -682      10,615       7,420        3,195         12,742      8,865        3,877
March 2011          -31      11,273       7,902        3,371         11,424      8,022        3,402
March 2012          458      12,397       8,772        3,625         10,723      7,556        3,167

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