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

South Carolina

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

March 1994        2,143      31,153      22,040        9,113         24,754     17,784        6,970
March 1995        2,125      31,997      22,414        9,583         26,001     18,543        7,458
March 1996        1,720      32,630      22,478       10,152         27,821     19,389        8,432
March 1997        2,859      33,957      23,049       10,908         27,984     19,935        8,049
March 1998        1,483      33,650      24,056        9,594         29,037     20,926        8,111
March 1999        3,837      36,900      24,015       12,885         30,335     21,287        9,048
March 2000          959      35,121      25,163        9,958         31,733     22,734        8,999
March 2001         -874      34,696      23,505       11,191         35,623     23,558       12,065
March 2002        1,167      33,627      22,216       11,411         35,246     25,002       10,244
March 2003        2,751      34,603      23,020       11,583         33,829     24,997        8,832
March 2004          -81      35,364      24,975       10,389         34,135     23,665       10,470
March 2005        2,325      37,715      25,440       12,275         33,823     23,873        9,950
March 2006         -380      37,520      26,515       11,005         34,717     23,332       11,385
March 2007        4,794      41,702      26,274       15,428         34,842     24,208       10,634
March 2008         -768      36,316      25,158       11,158         39,096     27,170       11,926
March 2009       -4,265      29,100      19,258        9,842         45,665     31,558       14,107
March 2010       -2,192      30,219      20,468        9,751         39,604     27,661       11,943
March 2011         -449      33,584      23,547       10,037         34,057     23,571       10,486
March 2012        1,305      34,987      24,283       10,704         32,673     23,274        9,399

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