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

Michigan

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

March 1994        2,995      73,882      53,256       20,626         58,347     40,716       17,631
March 1995        3,994      76,314      54,164       22,150         61,154     42,998       18,156
March 1996        6,329      78,895      52,818       26,077         66,916     47,168       19,748
March 1997        2,691      78,900      55,650       23,250         67,178     46,619       20,559
March 1998          468      77,067      53,712       23,355         71,345     48,458       22,887
March 1999       -3,106      73,118      52,353       20,765         72,482     48,611       23,871
March 2000        6,745      79,930      53,970       25,960         67,009     47,794       19,215
March 2001       -1,316      72,648      50,216       22,432         77,778     54,030       23,748
March 2002       -1,464      70,610      47,737       22,873         80,252     55,915       24,337
March 2003          345      71,736      47,765       23,971         77,776     54,150       23,626
March 2004          549      73,004      49,530       23,474         74,117     51,192       22,925
March 2005          442      74,156      50,483       23,673         73,940     50,709       23,231
March 2006          339      72,716      49,067       23,649         75,724     52,414       23,310
March 2007       -2,255      67,966      45,975       21,991         79,433     55,187       24,246
March 2008       -3,268      67,528      45,867       21,661         78,159     53,230       24,929
March 2009      -10,324      54,352      36,778       17,574         87,954     60,056       27,898
March 2010       -1,771      60,748      39,491       21,257         75,116     52,088       23,028
March 2011       -1,819      67,256      48,251       19,005         63,684     42,860       20,824
March 2012        1,865      72,284      51,235       21,049         59,890     40,706       19,184

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