Table 3. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, by establishment age Total Private Alabama Gross Job Gains Gross Job Losses Age Class Net Change Total Expanding Opening Total Contracting Closing Establishments Establishments Establishments Establishments March 1994 Less than one year 9,260 9,260 0 9,260 0 0 0 Born before March 1993 -6,781 26,190 24,633 1,557 28,153 19,815 8,338 Total 2,479 35,450 24,633 10,817 28,153 19,815 8,338 March 1995 Less than one year 9,726 9,726 0 9,726 0 0 0 1 year -1,982 2,927 2,665 262 4,077 1,833 2,244 Born before March 1993 -5,464 23,636 22,376 1,260 25,824 19,100 6,724 Total 2,280 36,289 25,041 11,248 29,901 20,933 8,968 March 1996 Less than one year 8,272 8,272 0 8,272 0 0 0 1 year -1,919 3,087 2,812 275 4,107 1,913 2,194 2 years -1,027 2,381 2,098 283 2,884 1,574 1,310 Born before March 1993 -4,528 21,526 20,412 1,114 24,758 19,116 5,642 Total 798 35,266 25,322 9,944 31,749 22,603 9,146 March 1997 Less than one year 9,076 9,076 0 9,076 0 0 0 1 year -1,674 2,515 2,353 162 3,402 1,566 1,836 2 years -1,108 2,517 2,248 269 3,179 1,802 1,377 3 years -680 2,034 1,812 222 2,475 1,573 902 Born before March 1993 -3,682 20,061 19,079 982 22,860 18,196 4,664 Total 1,932 36,203 25,492 10,711 31,916 23,137 8,779 March 1998 Less than one year 9,044 9,044 0 9,044 0 0 0 1 year -1,619 2,785 2,520 265 3,604 1,720 1,884 2 years -798 2,170 1,907 263 2,502 1,441 1,061 3 years -729 2,143 1,947 196 2,570 1,645 925 4 years -508 1,687 1,547 140 2,127 1,479 648 Born before March 1993 -3,069 18,358 17,499 859 21,630 17,702 3,928 Total 2,321 36,187 25,420 10,767 32,433 23,987 8,446 March 1999 Less than one year 9,778 9,778 0 9,778 0 0 0 1 year -1,661 2,812 2,545 267 3,669 1,741 1,928 2 years -1,074 2,353 2,089 264 2,975 1,637 1,338 3 years -672 1,862 1,670 192 2,219 1,355 864 4 years -553 1,935 1,771 164 2,232 1,515 717 5 years -479 1,624 1,489 135 1,961 1,347 614 Born before March 1993 -3,051 17,565 16,748 817 20,812 16,944 3,868 Total 2,288 37,929 26,312 11,617 33,868 24,539 9,329 March 2000 Less than one year 8,031 8,031 0 8,031 0 0 0 1 year -2,188 2,831 2,654 177 4,164 1,799 2,365 2 years -1,300 2,215 1,989 226 3,077 1,551 1,526 3 years -860 1,882 1,687 195 2,580 1,525 1,055 4 years -543 1,601 1,487 114 1,923 1,266 657 5 years -560 1,684 1,567 117 2,128 1,451 677 6 years -430 1,362 1,273 89 1,832 1,313 519 Born before March 1993 -3,314 16,310 15,641 669 20,382 16,399 3,983 Total -1,164 35,916 26,298 9,618 36,086 25,304 10,782 March 2001 Less than one year 8,075 8,075 0 8,075 0 0 0 1 year -1,839 2,399 2,209 190 3,489 1,460 2,029 2 years -1,323 2,161 1,889 272 3,370 1,775 1,595 3 years -876 1,797 1,625 172 2,586 1,538 1,048 4 years -672 1,606 1,469 137 2,275 1,466 809 5 years -539 1,312 1,220 92 1,993 1,362 631 6 years -486 1,429 1,323 106 2,013 1,421 592 7 years -427 1,150 1,071 79 1,762 1,256 506 Born before March 1993 -3,230 14,444 13,838 606 20,393 16,557 3,836 Total -1,317 34,373 24,644 9,729 37,881 26,835 11,046 March 2002 Less than one year 8,452 8,452 0 8,452 0 0 0 1 year -1,751 2,292 2,074 218 3,551 1,582 1,969 2 years -944 1,779 1,554 225 2,591 1,422 1,169 3 years -830 1,828 1,595 233 2,618 1,555 1,063 4 years -626 1,485 1,322 163 2,183 1,394 789 5 years -591 1,346 1,205 141 2,113 1,381 732 6 years -424 1,194 1,085 109 1,689 1,156 533 7 years -332 1,327 1,215 112 1,758 1,314 444 8 years -387 1,145 1,054 91 1,551 1,073 478 Born before March 1993 -2,804 13,397 12,732 665 19,541 16,072 3,469 Total -237 34,245 23,836 10,409 37,595 26,949 10,646 March 2003 Less than one year 8,176 8,176 0 8,176 0 0 0 1 year -1,676 2,357 2,134 223 3,705 1,806 1,899 2 years -991 1,849 1,633 216 2,636 1,429 1,207 3 years -677 1,513 1,358 155 2,108 1,276 832 4 years -642 1,607 1,446 161 2,194 1,391 803 5 years -486 1,324 1,209 115 1,841 1,240 601 6 years -347 1,288 1,181 107 1,655 1,201 454 7 years -324 1,085 1,017 68 1,433 1,041 392 8 years -306 1,219 1,138 81 1,561 1,174 387 9 years -238 959 891 68 1,363 1,057 306 Born before March 1993 -2,371 12,993 12,480 513 17,611 14,727 2,884 Total 118 34,370 24,487 9,883 36,107 26,342 9,765 March 2004 Less than one year 8,161 8,161 0 8,161 0 0 0 1 year -1,592 2,437 2,219 218 3,342 1,532 1,810 2 years -843 2,205 1,987 218 2,513 1,452 1,061 3 years -570 1,702 1,523 179 1,988 1,239 749 4 years -420 1,464 1,343 121 1,645 1,104 541 5 years -438 1,497 1,369 128 1,771 1,205 566 6 years -320 1,310 1,208 102 1,558 1,136 422 7 years -283 1,251 1,165 86 1,410 1,041 369 8 years -241 1,047 993 54 1,253 958 295 9 years -226 1,205 1,131 74 1,388 1,088 300 10 years -210 972 922 50 1,174 914 260 Born before March 1993 -2,082 13,312 12,906 406 15,819 13,331 2,488 Total 936 36,563 26,766 9,797 33,861 25,000 8,861 March 2005 Less than one year 8,483 8,483 0 8,483 0 0 0 1 year -1,680 2,456 2,278 178 3,320 1,462 1,858 2 years -889 2,007 1,814 193 2,532 1,450 1,082 3 years -623 1,855 1,695 160 2,227 1,444 783 4 years -481 1,506 1,379 127 1,774 1,166 608 5 years -366 1,289 1,199 90 1,528 1,072 456 6 years -361 1,351 1,253 98 1,684 1,225 459 7 years -302 1,227 1,158 69 1,430 1,059 371 8 years -263 1,153 1,077 76 1,344 1,005 339 9 years -189 978 922 56 1,162 917 245 10 years -225 1,155 1,109 46 1,315 1,044 271 11 years -199 899 860 39 1,138 900 238 Born before March 1993 -1,862 12,623 12,258 365 15,079 12,852 2,227 Total 1,043 36,982 27,002 9,980 34,533 25,596 8,937 March 2006 Less than one year 8,693 8,693 0 8,693 0 0 0 1 year -1,654 2,621 2,425 196 3,331 1,481 1,850 2 years -820 2,118 1,899 219 2,368 1,329 1,039 3 years -579 1,828 1,645 183 2,074 1,312 762 4 years -509 1,777 1,639 138 1,954 1,307 647 5 years -283 1,456 1,320 136 1,520 1,101 419 6 years -320 1,220 1,141 79 1,417 1,018 399 7 years -271 1,336 1,236 100 1,481 1,110 371 8 years -205 1,192 1,116 76 1,257 976 281 9 years -183 1,106 1,033 73 1,216 960 256 10 years -172 907 861 46 1,101 883 218 11 years -203 1,060 1,007 53 1,272 1,016 256 12 years -156 905 851 54 1,009 799 210 Born before March 1993 -1,655 12,701 12,362 339 14,192 12,198 1,994 Total 1,683 38,920 28,535 10,385 34,192 25,490 8,702 March 2007 Less than one year 8,851 8,851 0 8,851 0 0 0 1 year -1,780 2,581 2,372 209 3,513 1,524 1,989 2 years -928 2,057 1,837 220 2,652 1,504 1,148 3 years -585 1,820 1,644 176 2,087 1,326 761 4 years -486 1,575 1,463 112 1,903 1,305 598 5 years -426 1,472 1,365 107 1,847 1,314 533 6 years -327 1,278 1,196 82 1,486 1,077 409 7 years -247 1,128 1,059 69 1,227 911 316 8 years -277 1,167 1,099 68 1,460 1,115 345 9 years -228 1,028 978 50 1,320 1,042 278 10 years -214 1,089 1,030 59 1,162 889 273 11 years -165 814 784 30 1,093 898 195 12 years -162 1,068 1,013 55 1,188 971 217 13 years -154 795 755 40 1,027 833 194 Born before March 1993 -1,556 11,763 11,466 297 14,032 12,179 1,853 Total 1,316 38,486 28,061 10,425 35,997 26,888 9,109 March 2008 Less than one year 8,409 8,409 0 8,409 0 0 0 1 year -1,814 2,437 2,231 206 3,710 1,690 2,020 2 years -1,093 1,935 1,717 218 2,849 1,538 1,311 3 years -724 1,642 1,468 174 2,400 1,502 898 4 years -536 1,382 1,240 142 2,058 1,380 678 5 years -478 1,335 1,228 107 1,868 1,283 585 6 years -319 1,255 1,154 101 1,723 1,303 420 7 years -281 1,177 1,087 90 1,490 1,119 371 8 years -234 902 853 49 1,311 1,028 283 9 years -288 985 931 54 1,455 1,113 342 10 years -227 911 866 45 1,266 994 272 11 years -199 902 854 48 1,200 953 247 12 years -178 771 735 36 1,037 823 214 13 years -166 921 877 44 1,275 1,065 210 14 years -156 726 691 35 986 795 191 Born before March 1993 -1,600 10,577 10,307 270 14,370 12,500 1,870 Total 116 36,267 26,239 10,028 38,998 29,086 9,912 March 2009 Less than one year 7,035 7,035 0 7,035 0 0 0 1 year -2,050 1,943 1,757 186 3,983 1,747 2,236 2 years -1,272 1,679 1,469 210 3,141 1,659 1,482 3 years -870 1,451 1,253 198 2,650 1,582 1,068 4 years -667 1,239 1,100 139 2,312 1,506 806 5 years -572 1,020 923 97 2,051 1,382 669 6 years -422 991 884 107 1,882 1,353 529 7 years -371 1,019 949 70 1,842 1,401 441 8 years -316 871 801 70 1,596 1,210 386 9 years -244 734 682 52 1,345 1,049 296 10 years -265 784 720 64 1,487 1,158 329 11 years -195 742 681 61 1,361 1,105 256 12 years -207 674 634 40 1,262 1,015 247 13 years -205 589 551 38 1,124 881 243 14 years -182 737 698 39 1,314 1,093 221 15 years -181 579 548 31 1,091 879 212 Born before March 1993 -1,852 8,039 7,788 251 16,225 14,122 2,103 Total -2,836 30,126 21,438 8,688 44,666 33,142 11,524 March 2010 Less than one year 6,484 6,484 0 6,484 0 0 0 1 year -1,577 1,721 1,533 188 3,084 1,319 1,765 2 years -1,087 1,616 1,387 229 2,694 1,378 1,316 3 years -782 1,405 1,186 219 2,429 1,428 1,001 4 years -645 1,248 1,094 154 2,045 1,246 799 5 years -481 1,206 1,077 129 1,814 1,204 610 6 years -368 1,086 988 98 1,559 1,093 466 7 years -356 982 900 82 1,504 1,066 438 8 years -238 959 878 81 1,527 1,208 319 9 years -275 834 781 53 1,423 1,095 328 10 years -218 743 697 46 1,169 905 264 11 years -218 775 712 63 1,300 1,019 281 12 years -214 708 671 37 1,162 911 251 13 years -193 690 643 47 1,147 907 240 14 years -144 595 556 39 913 730 183 15 years -195 727 691 36 1,127 896 231 16 years -134 582 542 40 890 716 174 Born before March 1993 -1,631 8,296 8,000 296 14,159 12,232 1,927 Total -2,272 30,657 22,336 8,321 39,946 29,353 10,593 March 2011 Less than one year 6,836 6,836 0 6,836 0 0 0 1 year -1,483 1,659 1,508 151 2,754 1,120 1,634 2 years -822 1,566 1,364 202 2,084 1,060 1,024 3 years -674 1,485 1,309 176 1,921 1,071 850 4 years -617 1,414 1,260 154 1,853 1,082 771 5 years -470 1,252 1,120 132 1,634 1,032 602 6 years -383 1,158 1,052 106 1,533 1,044 489 7 years -337 975 903 72 1,369 960 409 8 years -272 979 909 70 1,255 913 342 9 years -264 991 932 59 1,290 967 323 10 years -236 863 818 45 1,145 864 281 11 years -180 798 749 49 975 746 229 12 years -198 825 775 50 1,148 900 248 13 years -149 768 726 42 989 798 191 14 years -135 766 713 53 888 700 188 15 years -111 682 640 42 759 606 153 16 years -181 714 665 49 1,034 804 230 17 years -119 626 599 27 745 599 146 Born before March 1993 -1,495 8,989 8,693 296 12,217 10,426 1,791 Total -1,290 33,346 24,735 8,611 35,593 25,692 9,901 March 2012 Less than one year 7,210 7,210 0 7,210 0 0 0 1 year -1,374 1,961 1,755 206 2,744 1,164 1,580 2 years -682 1,482 1,254 228 1,870 960 910 3 years -506 1,332 1,163 169 1,672 997 675 4 years -436 1,419 1,261 158 1,556 962 594 5 years -343 1,348 1,151 197 1,507 967 540 6 years -290 1,236 1,109 127 1,325 908 417 7 years -251 1,156 1,059 97 1,267 919 348 8 years -192 1,088 1,000 88 1,127 847 280 9 years -188 957 888 69 1,070 813 257 10 years -211 1,077 1,003 74 1,148 863 285 11 years -169 899 847 52 965 744 221 12 years -154 754 719 35 907 718 189 13 years -183 787 738 49 1,019 787 232 14 years -127 777 740 37 893 729 164 15 years -150 749 717 32 851 669 182 16 years -115 648 631 17 712 580 132 17 years -123 736 700 36 883 724 159 18 years -92 599 572 27 710 591 119 Born before March 1993 -1,198 9,064 8,749 315 11,076 9,563 1,513 Total 426 35,279 26,056 9,223 33,302 24,505 8,797 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.