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

Oregon

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

March 1994        3,214      36,051      25,003       11,048         26,414     18,580        7,834
March 1995        2,410      36,641      25,327       11,314         28,966     20,062        8,904
March 1996        1,179      36,559      25,376       11,183         30,810     20,806       10,004
March 1997        2,684      38,879      26,187       12,692         31,274     21,266       10,008
March 1998        1,872      37,906      26,057       11,849         32,610     22,633        9,977
March 1999          221      37,248      25,850       11,398         34,432     23,255       11,177
March 2000          302      37,386      25,696       11,690         34,769     23,381       11,388
March 2001        1,348      38,331      25,517       12,814         36,326     24,860       11,466
March 2002       -1,263      34,378      23,437       10,941         38,821     26,617       12,204
March 2003        1,489      37,228      25,457       11,771         34,892     24,610       10,282
March 2004        1,559      38,441      26,696       11,745         34,130     23,944       10,186
March 2005        2,271      41,395      29,024       12,371         33,111     23,011       10,100
March 2006        2,404      42,386      29,775       12,611         34,555     24,348       10,207
March 2007        2,663      43,415      30,413       13,002         35,457     25,118       10,339
March 2008         -678      39,819      28,032       11,787         40,870     28,405       12,465
March 2009       -4,228      31,826      20,908       10,918         49,584     34,438       15,146
March 2010       -1,736      34,661      23,886       10,775         40,877     28,366       12,511
March 2011          602      38,013      26,357       11,656         36,248     25,194       11,054
March 2012          537      38,845      27,310       11,535         35,511     24,513       10,998

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