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

Puerto Rico

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

March 1994          364      13,742       9,161        4,581         12,842      8,625        4,217
March 1995        1,026      14,650       9,493        5,157         12,855      8,724        4,131
March 1996        1,187      15,543      10,202        5,341         12,965      8,811        4,154
March 1997        1,263      15,991      10,668        5,323         13,186      9,126        4,060
March 1998        1,192      16,243      10,178        6,065         14,822      9,949        4,873
March 1999           -8      15,348      10,697        4,651         14,822     10,163        4,659
March 2000          -17      15,702      10,866        4,836         14,789      9,936        4,853
March 2001          793      15,064       9,675        5,389         15,722     11,126        4,596
March 2002       -3,153      11,930       9,363        2,567         16,882     11,162        5,720
March 2003       -2,765      11,195       9,781        1,414         14,086      9,907        4,179
March 2004        5,360      17,906       9,159        8,747         12,644      9,257        3,387
March 2005        1,793      16,372      10,698        5,674         14,558     10,677        3,881
March 2006          338      16,019      11,041        4,978         16,051     11,411        4,640
March 2007       -1,928      15,426      10,674        4,752         18,490     11,810        6,680
March 2008         -167      15,127       9,953        5,174         17,251     11,910        5,341
March 2009       -1,161      13,320       8,926        4,394         17,980     12,425        5,555
March 2010         -366      13,576       8,929        4,647         16,533     11,520        5,013
March 2011       -1,008      13,547       9,825        3,722         15,391     10,661        4,730
March 2012         -264      13,951       9,791        4,160         14,784     10,360        4,424

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