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

Florida

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

March 1994        7,763     140,856      92,924       47,932        116,414     76,245       40,169
March 1995        8,597     143,333      93,193       50,140        121,164     79,621       41,543
March 1996       10,819     147,835      92,912       54,923        126,386     82,282       44,104
March 1997        4,416     152,185      97,154       55,031        132,946     82,331       50,615
March 1998       -8,789     145,634      98,272       47,362        138,566     82,415       56,151
March 1999       18,134     153,231      95,184       58,047        124,211     84,298       39,913
March 2000       -1,572     154,860      97,484       57,376        140,883     81,935       58,948
March 2001       13,383     166,336      98,732       67,604        141,912     87,691       54,221
March 2002        5,001     155,107      94,304       60,803        150,811     95,009       55,802
March 2003       12,409     165,593      97,506       68,087        149,621     93,943       55,678
March 2004       16,481     177,305     104,591       72,714        148,357     92,124       56,233
March 2005       12,956     183,553     108,853       74,700        155,126     93,382       61,744
March 2006       25,533     201,322     115,617       85,705        158,490     98,318       60,172
March 2007        3,946     186,807     111,158       75,649        184,984    113,281       71,703
March 2008        1,666     175,543      99,293       76,250        200,299    125,715       74,584
March 2009      -38,372     144,566      81,625       62,941        240,844    139,531      101,313
March 2010       -8,961     154,412      89,493       64,919        193,927    120,047       73,880
March 2011          678     172,814     104,852       67,962        168,095    100,811       67,284
March 2012        9,018     182,813     111,253       71,560        161,605     99,063       62,542

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