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

Tennessee

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

March 1994        2,262      42,842      31,086       11,756         32,812     23,318        9,494
March 1995        2,986      44,063      31,638       12,425         34,438     24,999        9,439
March 1996        2,223      43,669      30,868       12,801         37,749     27,171       10,578
March 1997        1,753      44,192      30,998       13,194         39,213     27,772       11,441
March 1998        1,064      44,070      31,074       12,996         40,493     28,561       11,932
March 1999        1,260      45,207      32,069       13,138         40,288     28,410       11,878
March 2000          800      45,254      32,587       12,667         41,501     29,634       11,867
March 2001         -132      43,115      30,844       12,271         44,062     31,659       12,403
March 2002         -733      40,769      28,792       11,977         46,022     33,312       12,710
March 2003          880      43,754      31,068       12,686         42,867     31,061       11,806
March 2004          893      45,740      33,292       12,448         41,857     30,302       11,555
March 2005        1,464      46,305      33,505       12,800         42,216     30,880       11,336
March 2006        2,058      48,807      35,291       13,516         42,018     30,560       11,458
March 2007        1,223      47,924      34,603       13,321         45,068     32,970       12,098
March 2008        1,291      46,479      32,755       13,724         47,840     35,407       12,433
March 2009       -2,875      38,448      27,024       11,424         55,502     41,203       14,299
March 2010       -2,270      39,424      28,335       11,089         49,583     36,224       13,359
March 2011         -791      44,255      32,625       11,630         43,295     30,874       12,421
March 2012          694      46,403      34,377       12,026         41,244     29,912       11,332

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