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

California

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

March 1994          624     266,270     181,052       85,218        262,400    177,806       84,594
March 1995        2,244     270,569     186,163       84,406        256,016    173,854       82,162
March 1996       -1,872     285,012     195,277       89,735        254,355    162,748       91,607
March 1997        6,303     291,537     198,034       93,503        253,415    166,215       87,200
March 1998          -89     291,312     199,221       92,091        259,160    166,980       92,180
March 1999       17,365     307,235     202,807      104,428        254,773    167,710       87,063
March 2000       14,132     307,605     208,341       99,264        259,656    174,524       85,132
March 2001       11,602     311,732     211,325      100,407        270,750    181,945       88,805
March 2002          984     294,618     195,532       99,086        299,176    201,074       98,102
March 2003        6,048     294,078     196,088       97,990        292,519    200,577       91,942
March 2004        3,075     297,521     202,125       95,396        287,015    194,694       92,321
March 2005        9,503     307,187     206,385      100,802        287,641    196,342       91,299
March 2006       14,138     317,837     213,476      104,361        287,715    197,492       90,223
March 2007        6,254     316,725     215,632      101,093        298,459    203,620       94,839
March 2008       -3,525     300,137     203,727       96,410        317,288    217,353       99,935
March 2009      -23,950     248,085     163,181       84,904        360,023    251,169      108,854
March 2010      -24,611     252,632     169,358       83,274        327,019    219,134      107,885
March 2011       18,012     297,300     195,844      101,456        272,396    188,952       83,444
March 2012      -10,793     298,015     205,807       92,208        280,819    177,818      103,001

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