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

Virginia

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

March 1994        4,084      58,475      42,315       16,160         46,606     34,530       12,076
March 1995        3,857      61,214      43,670       17,544         49,467     35,780       13,687
March 1996          827      58,200      41,943       16,257         53,975     38,545       15,430
March 1997        8,560      64,957      43,727       21,230         51,553     38,883       12,670
March 1998       -1,787      61,526      43,995       17,531         59,259     39,941       19,318
March 1999        3,371      64,563      45,152       19,411         55,613     39,573       16,040
March 2000        2,678      66,507      47,218       19,289         56,695     40,084       16,611
March 2001        2,011      64,863      45,922       18,941         60,324     43,394       16,930
March 2002        1,035      63,458      44,267       19,191         63,038     44,882       18,156
March 2003        1,250      62,734      44,006       18,728         62,423     44,945       17,478
March 2004        3,182      68,140      48,684       19,456         57,977     41,703       16,274
March 2005        3,587      69,233      48,277       20,956         61,809     44,440       17,369
March 2006        3,735      72,123      50,181       21,942         63,723     45,516       18,207
March 2007        3,910      71,822      48,728       23,094         67,968     48,784       19,184
March 2008        1,005      69,842      47,128       22,714         72,153     50,444       21,709
March 2009       -1,461      61,418      39,036       22,382         81,649     57,806       23,843
March 2010       -2,584      62,516      41,570       20,946         75,071     51,541       23,530
March 2011        2,503      70,818      47,132       23,686         66,138     44,955       21,183
March 2012        2,924      72,257      48,246       24,011         66,147     45,060       21,087

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