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

Pennsylvania

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                -1,257       89,093        65,193       23,900        82,882         57,725      25,157
March 1995                 3,014       94,945        70,117       24,828        77,494         55,680      21,814
March 1996                  -275       88,028        64,284       23,744        85,604         61,585      24,019
March 1997                 3,998       95,368        67,881       27,487        81,715         58,226      23,489
March 1998                 4,311       97,092        68,269       28,823        85,677         61,165      24,512
March 1999                 1,789       96,516        69,842       26,674        87,950         63,065      24,885
March 2000                 6,096      103,066        72,641       30,425        87,518         63,189      24,329
March 2001                 4,417       99,240        70,709       28,531        93,211         69,097      24,114
March 2002                 2,519       99,536        68,497       31,039       100,142         71,622      28,520
March 2003                  -555       96,321        68,623       27,698       100,537         72,284      28,253
March 2004                 1,098      101,923        73,478       28,445        95,796         68,449      27,347
March 2005                 4,376      104,158        73,216       30,942        98,138         71,572      26,566
March 2006                 7,905      110,637        75,505       35,132        99,133         71,906      27,227
March 2007                 1,309      103,693        74,548       29,145       102,586         74,750      27,836
March 2008                  -135      104,548        75,622       28,926       103,321         74,260      29,061
March 2009                -1,402       92,870        64,138       28,732       115,812         85,678      30,134
March 2010                  -960       94,394        66,697       27,697       107,816         79,159      28,657
March 2011                 3,084      105,540        76,330       29,210        95,557         69,431      26,126
March 2012                 3,029      109,900        77,882       32,018        97,817         68,828      28,989
March 2013                -1,698      102,833        72,686       30,147       104,709         72,864      31,845
March 2014                  -811      102,064        73,432       28,632       101,845         72,402      29,443
March 2015                   798      104,020        75,903       28,117        98,535         71,216      27,319
March 2016                 1,991      108,890        79,740       29,150        98,253         71,094      27,159
March 2017                   548      103,363        75,546       27,817       102,565         75,296      27,269
March 2018                  -136      106,073        78,331       27,742       101,582         73,704      27,878
March 2019                    64      106,999        79,106       27,893       102,148         74,319      27,829
March 2020                -3,575      102,956        74,774       28,182       110,634         78,877      31,757
March 2021                 3,979       99,542        64,976       34,566       127,203         96,616      30,587
March 2022                15,488      136,942        94,895       42,047        95,705         69,146      26,559
March 2023                 2,998      125,699        89,715       35,984       108,107         75,121      32,986
 
(1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.