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

North Carolina

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

March 1994        3,482      63,432      47,245       16,187         48,313     35,608       12,705
March 1995        4,793      65,985      48,230       17,755         50,746     37,784       12,962
March 1996        4,191      66,612      48,250       18,362         55,146     40,975       14,171
March 1997        5,645      71,164      51,152       20,012         55,845     41,478       14,367
March 1998          186      68,888      50,300       18,588         62,872     44,470       18,402
March 1999        6,809      75,048      51,831       23,217         61,478     45,070       16,408
March 2000        3,147      74,900      52,818       22,082         65,845     46,910       18,935
March 2001         -582      71,099      50,662       20,437         70,905     49,886       21,019
March 2002         -864      66,065      45,639       20,426         74,653     53,363       21,290
March 2003        4,828      71,689      46,647       25,042         71,510     51,296       20,214
March 2004        2,294      73,830      52,078       21,752         68,571     49,113       19,458
March 2005        1,541      75,626      54,344       21,282         68,624     48,883       19,741
March 2006        3,302      78,753      55,492       23,261         69,574     49,615       19,959
March 2007       11,217      87,185      56,126       31,059         70,340     50,498       19,842
March 2008        1,119      80,226      54,870       25,356         80,742     56,505       24,237
March 2009       -7,118      64,178      42,438       21,740         96,728     67,870       28,858
March 2010       -5,958      65,869      44,838       21,031         85,988     58,999       26,989
March 2011          562      75,210      51,720       23,490         72,431     49,503       22,928
March 2012        2,907      77,363      53,385       23,978         70,073     49,002       21,071

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