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

New York

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

March 1994        1,431     151,964     101,595       50,369        142,782     93,844       48,938
March 1995        6,591     161,959     107,278       54,681        139,691     91,601       48,090
March 1996        2,482     156,210     102,214       53,996        149,604     98,090       51,514
March 1997        4,471     166,054     107,339       58,715        147,774     93,530       54,244
March 1998        4,639     168,538     109,047       59,491        149,133     94,281       54,852
March 1999       11,373     184,626     117,594       67,032        151,440     95,781       55,659
March 2000       -1,296     181,327     117,847       63,480        168,014    103,238       64,776
March 2001        4,691     176,151     114,191       61,960        161,261    103,992       57,269
March 2002       -7,368     163,974     105,503       58,471        178,407    112,568       65,839
March 2003           68     160,598     106,039       54,559        161,682    107,191       54,491
March 2004          217     161,890     109,576       52,314        155,191    103,094       52,097
March 2005        3,557     164,532     109,034       55,498        156,529    104,588       51,941
March 2006        5,332     168,263     111,464       56,799        157,083    105,616       51,467
March 2007        5,506     168,946     111,834       57,112        159,422    107,816       51,606
March 2008        3,334     170,947     115,193       55,754        159,185    106,765       52,420
March 2009       -5,955     149,636      98,438       51,198        181,336    124,183       57,153
March 2010       -1,879     152,492      99,608       52,884        168,594    113,831       54,763
March 2011        8,629     169,595     110,598       58,997        151,973    101,605       50,368
March 2012        3,338     176,951     119,459       57,492        152,997     98,843       54,154

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