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

Iowa

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

March 1994        1,640      27,813      20,865        6,948         22,371     17,063        5,308
March 1995          220      27,918      21,383        6,535         23,995     17,680        6,315
March 1996          257      26,930      20,691        6,239         24,446     18,464        5,982
March 1997          509      27,432      20,791        6,641         25,098     18,966        6,132
March 1998        1,260      28,070      20,992        7,078         25,130     19,312        5,818
March 1999          120      28,341      21,802        6,539         25,338     18,919        6,419
March 2000          211      28,050      21,288        6,762         25,831     19,280        6,551
March 2001         -751      26,487      19,396        7,091         29,608     21,766        7,842
March 2002         -349      26,420      19,728        6,692         27,720     20,679        7,041
March 2003          289      25,823      19,052        6,771         27,169     20,687        6,482
March 2004          699      27,146      20,334        6,812         25,537     19,424        6,113
March 2005          651      27,946      20,946        7,000         25,985     19,636        6,349
March 2006          726      28,510      21,237        7,273         26,521     19,974        6,547
March 2007          277      27,664      20,777        6,887         27,402     20,792        6,610
March 2008          122      27,753      20,966        6,787         27,505     20,840        6,665
March 2009         -743      25,533      19,084        6,449         29,388     22,196        7,192
March 2010         -535      23,790      17,910        5,880         28,204     21,789        6,415
March 2011       -1,210      25,564      20,285        5,279         25,927     19,438        6,489
March 2012        1,408      29,029      21,380        7,649         24,851     18,610        6,241

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