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

Kansas

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

March 1994        1,167      25,602      18,232        7,370         21,508     15,305        6,203
March 1995          784      25,874      18,651        7,223         22,249     15,810        6,439
March 1996          240      25,520      18,638        6,882         22,836     16,194        6,642
March 1997          543      25,832      18,438        7,394         23,267     16,416        6,851
March 1998          883      25,930      18,199        7,731         23,781     16,933        6,848
March 1999          933      26,248      18,524        7,724         23,798     17,007        6,791
March 2000         -488      26,069      18,170        7,899         25,059     16,672        8,387
March 2001        1,688      25,908      17,092        8,816         25,557     18,429        7,128
March 2002         -297      24,758      17,532        7,226         25,484     17,961        7,523
March 2003       -1,435      24,044      16,533        7,511         27,422     18,476        8,946
March 2004          505      24,878      17,460        7,418         24,233     17,320        6,913
March 2005          157      25,016      17,829        7,187         24,244     17,214        7,030
March 2006          -61      25,040      17,959        7,081         24,157     17,015        7,142
March 2007          -49      25,463      18,150        7,313         24,391     17,029        7,362
March 2008          486      25,230      17,685        7,545         24,871     17,812        7,059
March 2009         -461      23,181      16,082        7,099         27,002     19,442        7,560
March 2010         -646      21,827      15,284        6,543         26,589     19,400        7,189
March 2011         -157      23,882      17,195        6,687         23,743     16,899        6,844
March 2012          489      25,209      17,948        7,261         23,140     16,368        6,772

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