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

Georgia

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

March 1994        4,969      67,421      46,619       20,802         52,095     36,262       15,833
March 1995        4,663      70,794      49,999       20,795         53,668     37,536       16,132
March 1996        5,010      70,739      48,924       21,815         57,881     41,076       16,805
March 1997        3,749      71,961      49,418       22,543         61,867     43,073       18,794
March 1998        2,814      74,401      49,268       25,133         66,085     43,766       22,319
March 1999        5,830      78,590      51,275       27,315         65,316     43,831       21,485
March 2000        4,458      78,837      51,837       27,000         68,214     45,672       22,542
March 2001        2,022      78,548      50,248       28,300         74,268     47,990       26,278
March 2002        2,780      74,798      46,304       28,494         78,044     52,330       25,714
March 2003        1,628      73,719      47,762       25,957         75,908     51,579       24,329
March 2004        1,448      76,745      50,775       25,970         73,600     49,078       24,522
March 2005         -459      80,426      52,083       28,343         76,892     48,090       28,802
March 2006        4,060      85,181      54,464       30,717         74,110     47,453       26,657
March 2007        4,298      86,050      54,369       31,681         77,676     50,293       27,383
March 2008        2,608      82,154      50,831       31,323         84,348     55,633       28,715
March 2009       -7,631      66,374      40,244       26,130         98,334     64,573       33,761
March 2010       -4,893      67,762      42,629       25,133         86,311     56,285       30,026
March 2011         -921      75,387      49,493       25,894         74,239     47,424       26,815
March 2012        1,118      77,071      50,304       26,767         72,825     47,176       25,649

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