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

Missouri

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

March 1994        2,112      50,526      36,579       13,947         39,812     27,977       11,835
March 1995        1,906      49,952      35,852       14,100         42,471     30,277       12,194
March 1996         -379      48,209      34,879       13,330         45,329     31,620       13,709
March 1997        5,128      51,748      35,198       16,550         43,817     32,395       11,422
March 1998        1,651      50,920      36,586       14,334         46,708     34,025       12,683
March 1999        1,281      52,661      38,296       14,365         46,198     33,114       13,084
March 2000          703      52,097      38,100       13,997         47,434     34,140       13,294
March 2001       -1,196      49,208      36,015       13,193         50,365     35,976       14,389
March 2002         -618      47,325      33,646       13,679         50,911     36,614       14,297
March 2003          884      48,023      33,888       14,135         49,191     35,940       13,251
March 2004          218      49,802      36,060       13,742         47,338     33,814       13,524
March 2005        1,017      51,044      36,622       14,422         47,432     34,027       13,405
March 2006        1,399      50,879      35,975       14,904         48,566     35,061       13,505
March 2007        2,288      51,492      36,099       15,393         48,786     35,681       13,105
March 2008          210      48,150      34,312       13,838         51,788     38,160       13,628
March 2009       -3,325      42,632      29,996       12,636         57,347     41,386       15,961
March 2010       -2,212      42,130      30,445       11,685         52,664     38,767       13,897
March 2011       -1,816      46,677      33,947       12,730         48,273     33,727       14,546
March 2012          608      48,591      35,741       12,850         44,584     32,342       12,242

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