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

Minnesota

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

March 1994        3,315      44,386      31,978       12,408         34,708     25,615        9,093
March 1995        1,451      45,548      33,104       12,444         37,058     26,065       10,993
March 1996        1,922      45,435      32,420       13,015         38,673     27,580       11,093
March 1997         -327      45,144      32,611       12,533         40,424     27,564       12,860
March 1998        4,888      49,074      33,567       15,507         38,311     27,692       10,619
March 1999          389      46,902      34,043       12,859         40,918     28,448       12,470
March 2000          720      48,357      35,651       12,706         40,472     28,486       11,986
March 2001        2,370      48,738      33,502       15,236         43,608     30,742       12,866
March 2002       -1,678      43,466      31,083       12,383         47,767     33,706       14,061
March 2003        2,228      46,055      31,707       14,348         44,290     32,170       12,120
March 2004         -742      46,030      32,088       13,942         46,323     31,639       14,684
March 2005       -1,660      45,412      31,264       14,148         49,270     33,462       15,808
March 2006       12,177      54,574      32,903       21,671         43,568     34,074        9,494
March 2007       -6,144      44,577      32,588       11,989         52,301     34,168       18,133
March 2008        1,371      48,718      31,058       17,660         49,017     32,728       16,289
March 2009       -9,699      37,302      26,634       10,668         57,226     36,859       20,367
March 2010         -602      39,395      27,052       12,343         47,036     34,091       12,945
March 2011          809      43,955      31,601       12,354         40,740     29,195       11,545
March 2012        2,341      47,256      33,350       13,906         40,544     28,979       11,565

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