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

Wisconsin

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

March 1994        1,955      43,852      32,892       10,960         36,148     27,143        9,005
March 1995        2,142      45,822      34,454       11,368         36,733     27,507        9,226
March 1996        1,019      43,594      32,973       10,621         39,474     29,872        9,602
March 1997        1,237      44,485      33,735       10,750         39,526     30,013        9,513
March 1998          623      45,373      34,268       11,105         40,601     30,119       10,482
March 1999        3,085      47,700      35,099       12,601         39,299     29,783        9,516
March 2000        1,469      47,184      35,852       11,332         40,395     30,532        9,863
March 2001         -263      43,864      33,311       10,553         44,361     33,545       10,816
March 2002          291      43,265      31,831       11,434         45,666     34,523       11,143
March 2003          279      43,637      32,751       10,886         44,072     33,465       10,607
March 2004        1,204      45,586      34,363       11,223         42,358     32,339       10,019
March 2005        1,346      46,799      35,106       11,693         42,855     32,508       10,347
March 2006        1,041      47,168      35,067       12,101         44,602     33,542       11,060
March 2007           -3      45,952      34,234       11,718         46,806     35,085       11,721
March 2008       -1,936      44,212      33,620       10,592         47,630     35,102       12,528
March 2009       -2,328      39,117      28,315       10,802         52,864     39,734       13,130
March 2010       -2,171      38,601      28,749        9,852         49,187     37,164       12,023
March 2011         -818      43,664      33,226       10,438         42,928     31,672       11,256
March 2012        1,072      46,056      34,328       11,728         41,410     30,754       10,656

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