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

Hawaii

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

March 1994          -22      10,010       6,945        3,065         10,925      7,838        3,087
March 1995          450      10,419       6,977        3,442         10,678      7,686        2,992
March 1996           15       9,834       6,914        2,920         10,868      7,963        2,905
March 1997         -184      10,042       7,189        2,853         10,541      7,504        3,037
March 1998         -441       9,994       7,166        2,828         10,616      7,347        3,269
March 1999           68      10,075       7,136        2,939         10,084      7,213        2,871
March 2000          293      10,843       7,775        3,068          9,629      6,854        2,775
March 2001          -20      10,709       7,794        2,915          9,882      6,947        2,935
March 2002          318      10,178       6,996        3,182         10,718      7,854        2,864
March 2003          220      11,085       8,231        2,854          9,473      6,839        2,634
March 2004          424      11,265       8,280        2,985          9,607      7,046        2,561
March 2005          479      11,578       8,594        2,984          9,708      7,203        2,505
March 2006          509      11,636       8,493        3,143         10,175      7,541        2,634
March 2007          396      11,623       8,488        3,135         10,653      7,914        2,739
March 2008          -22      11,467       8,396        3,071         11,461      8,368        3,093
March 2009         -784       9,295       6,522        2,773         13,710     10,153        3,557
March 2010         -615       9,741       6,933        2,808         12,218      8,795        3,423
March 2011         -247      10,473       7,657        2,816         10,848      7,785        3,063
March 2012         -207      10,835       8,043        2,792         10,232      7,233        2,999

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