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

Connecticut

Total private

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

March 1994                -4,117       30,333        22,552        7,781        31,367         19,469      11,898
March 1995                 1,029       32,813        23,303        9,510        27,751         19,270       8,481
March 1996                 3,741       32,909        22,063       10,846        28,324         21,219       7,105
March 1997                 1,243       33,565        23,955        9,610        28,610         20,243       8,367
March 1998                  -857       33,011        24,195        8,816        30,778         21,105       9,673
March 1999                   935       32,941        24,093        8,848        29,613         21,700       7,913
March 2000                 1,280       33,737        24,654        9,083        29,783         21,980       7,803
March 2001                -1,358       32,404        23,285        9,119        33,199         22,722      10,477
March 2002                 2,277       32,358        22,570        9,788        31,162         23,651       7,511
March 2003                  -415       30,177        21,962        8,215        33,187         24,557       8,630
March 2004                   204       32,107        23,960        8,147        30,487         22,544       7,943
March 2005                  -289       31,509        23,178        8,331        31,846         23,226       8,620
March 2006                 1,475       33,475        24,304        9,171        30,646         22,950       7,696
March 2007                    11       32,064        23,464        8,600        32,806         24,217       8,589
March 2008                   -88       32,228        23,832        8,396        32,519         24,035       8,484
March 2009                -1,883       26,474        19,038        7,436        38,272         28,953       9,319
March 2010                -7,777       25,500        19,380        6,120        38,354         24,457      13,897
March 2011                 3,843       31,501        22,233        9,268        26,565         21,140       5,425
March 2012                 1,095       32,055        23,937        8,118        27,981         20,958       7,023
March 2013                  -159       30,106        22,184        7,922        30,586         22,505       8,081
March 2014                   561       31,120        23,143        7,977        29,534         22,118       7,416
March 2015                 1,568       31,662        22,738        8,924        30,289         22,933       7,356
March 2016                   728       33,222        24,165        9,057        31,525         23,196       8,329
March 2017                   167       31,557        22,971        8,586        32,425         24,006       8,419
March 2018                  -447       32,211        23,298        8,913        33,153         23,793       9,360
March 2019                -5,003       31,501        23,271        8,230        35,831         22,598      13,233
March 2020                 3,746       35,579        21,710       13,869        33,824         23,701      10,123
March 2021                 1,988       32,879        19,754       13,125        39,982         28,845      11,137
March 2022                 6,260       44,964        28,454       16,510        30,751         20,501      10,250
March 2023                 3,464       42,471        26,380       16,091        36,120         23,493      12,627
 
(1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.