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

Georgia

Total private

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

March 1994                 4,966       67,429        46,628       20,801        52,103         36,268      15,835
March 1995                 4,653       70,792        50,008       20,784        53,670         37,539      16,131
March 1996                 5,009       70,742        48,928       21,814        57,882         41,077      16,805
March 1997                 3,750       71,964        49,419       22,545        61,871         43,076      18,795
March 1998                 2,810       74,401        49,270       25,131        66,088         43,767      22,321
March 1999                 5,828       78,587        51,275       27,312        65,316         43,832      21,484
March 2000                 4,432       78,812        51,838       26,974        68,214         45,672      22,542
March 2001                 1,927       78,448        50,245       28,203        74,265         47,989      26,276
March 2002                 2,853       74,762        46,303       28,459        77,935         52,329      25,606
March 2003                 1,689       73,740        47,763       25,977        75,866         51,578      24,288
March 2004                 1,383       76,687        50,776       25,911        73,607         49,079      24,528
March 2005                  -438       80,400        52,082       28,318        76,846         48,090      28,756
March 2006                 4,072       85,170        54,463       30,707        74,088         47,453      26,635
March 2007                 4,272       86,018        54,368       31,650        77,670         50,292      27,378
March 2008                 2,574       82,102        50,830       31,272        84,328         55,630      28,698
March 2009                -7,619       66,343        40,242       26,101        98,292         64,572      33,720
March 2010                -4,919       67,695        42,626       25,069        86,273         56,285      29,988
March 2011                  -938       75,285        49,493       25,792        74,154         47,424      26,730
March 2012                 1,009       77,082        50,405       26,677        72,694         47,026      25,668
March 2013                 2,091       77,720        51,358       26,362        70,835         46,564      24,271
March 2014                 2,920       81,263        54,255       27,008        69,904         45,816      24,088
March 2015                 5,661       85,452        56,578       28,874        69,728         46,515      23,213
March 2016                 5,604       88,273        58,631       29,642        72,378         48,340      24,038
March 2017                 2,025       87,479        56,510       30,969        80,098         51,154      28,944
March 2018                 1,488       86,752        57,677       29,075        80,230         52,643      27,587
March 2019                 3,278       89,446        58,173       31,273        80,800         52,805      27,995
March 2020                 1,161       87,655        56,239       31,416        86,630         56,375      30,255
March 2021                10,028       93,154        53,918       39,236        92,252         63,044      29,208
March 2022                16,495      114,130        67,578       46,552        83,304         53,247      30,057
March 2023                 7,315      112,070        67,352       44,718        94,056         56,653      37,403
 
(1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.