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

Connecticut

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

March 1994       -4,115      30,330      22,549        7,781         31,364     19,468       11,896
March 1995        1,028      32,809      23,301        9,508         27,749     19,269        8,480
March 1996        3,740      32,907      22,062       10,845         28,323     21,218        7,105
March 1997        1,243      33,560      23,950        9,610         28,610     20,243        8,367
March 1998         -855      33,011      24,194        8,817         30,774     21,102        9,672
March 1999          930      32,934      24,090        8,844         29,611     21,697        7,914
March 2000        1,290      33,742      24,650        9,092         29,778     21,976        7,802
March 2001       -1,323      32,435      23,281        9,154         33,198     22,721       10,477
March 2002        2,251      32,364      22,569        9,795         31,196     23,652        7,544
March 2003         -421      30,178      21,959        8,219         33,197     24,557        8,640
March 2004          203      32,109      23,959        8,150         30,490     22,543        7,947
March 2005         -285      31,513      23,178        8,335         31,845     23,225        8,620
March 2006        1,471      33,474      24,303        9,171         30,649     22,949        7,700
March 2007           14      32,065      23,462        8,603         32,806     24,217        8,589
March 2008          -92      32,227      23,831        8,396         32,522     24,034        8,488
March 2009       -1,884      26,472      19,036        7,436         38,273     28,953        9,320
March 2010       -7,774      25,502      19,379        6,123         38,353     24,456       13,897
March 2011        3,846      31,504      22,232        9,272         26,565     21,139        5,426
March 2012          966      31,929      23,962        7,967         27,956     20,955        7,001

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