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

New Hampshire

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

March 1994          957      13,419       9,117        4,302         10,289      6,944        3,345
March 1995          889      13,915       9,604        4,311         10,503      7,081        3,422
March 1996          979      13,927       9,358        4,569         11,421      7,831        3,590
March 1997          667      14,457       9,931        4,526         11,743      7,884        3,859
March 1998          942      14,881      10,217        4,664         11,870      8,148        3,722
March 1999          825      15,255      10,426        4,829         12,601      8,597        4,004
March 2000          358      15,427      10,626        4,801         13,451      9,008        4,443
March 2001          543      15,690      10,576        5,114         13,844      9,273        4,571
March 2002         -494      14,611      10,217        4,394         14,492      9,604        4,888
March 2003           -5      14,260       9,796        4,464         14,258      9,789        4,469
March 2004          716      15,066      10,311        4,755         13,538      9,499        4,039
March 2005          224      14,952      10,307        4,645         14,240      9,819        4,421
March 2006          583      15,448      10,547        4,901         14,183      9,865        4,318
March 2007          201      14,445       9,841        4,604         15,148     10,745        4,403
March 2008         -296      14,364      10,027        4,337         15,066     10,433        4,633
March 2009         -842      12,539       8,350        4,189         16,971     11,940        5,031
March 2010         -566      12,773       8,768        4,005         15,005     10,434        4,571
March 2011           34      14,119       9,924        4,195         13,349      9,188        4,161
March 2012          495      14,684      10,159        4,525         13,185      9,155        4,030

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