Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, seasonally adjusted Tennessee Establishments gaining jobs Establishments losing jobs Year 3 months ended Net change(1) Total Expanding Opening Total Contracting Closing establishments establishments establishments establishments 1992 September 18 27,897 23,251 4,646 26,502 21,874 4,628 December 1,911 28,282 23,441 4,841 25,256 22,326 2,930 1993 March 768 28,193 23,893 4,300 26,281 22,749 3,532 June 981 29,707 25,386 4,321 25,137 21,797 3,340 September 353 29,174 25,042 4,132 26,924 23,145 3,779 December 368 29,787 25,544 4,243 27,009 23,134 3,875 1994 March 535 29,823 25,563 4,260 27,574 23,849 3,725 June 1,020 30,977 26,423 4,554 26,843 23,309 3,534 September 801 30,953 26,325 4,628 28,051 24,224 3,827 December 359 30,585 26,391 4,194 28,467 24,632 3,835 1995 March 750 31,174 26,803 4,371 28,425 24,804 3,621 June 532 31,050 26,376 4,674 29,270 25,128 4,142 September 639 31,447 26,829 4,618 29,262 25,283 3,979 December 1,100 31,895 27,015 4,880 29,586 25,806 3,780 1996 March 54 30,752 26,482 4,270 30,282 26,066 4,216 June -1,058 31,347 26,496 4,851 31,508 25,599 5,909 September 1,974 32,165 26,346 5,819 29,885 26,040 3,845 December 466 31,755 27,056 4,699 30,399 26,166 4,233 1997 March 295 31,838 27,173 4,665 30,403 26,033 4,370 June 503 31,566 26,906 4,660 30,369 26,212 4,157 September 1,469 32,435 27,353 5,082 29,937 26,324 3,613 December -416 32,511 27,391 5,120 32,011 26,475 5,536 1998 March -344 31,457 27,137 4,320 31,447 26,783 4,664 June 1,115 33,122 27,924 5,198 29,991 25,908 4,083 September 335 32,578 27,718 4,860 31,777 27,252 4,525 December -9 32,540 28,173 4,367 30,925 26,549 4,376 1999 March -57 32,078 27,359 4,719 31,837 27,061 4,776 June 812 32,181 27,603 4,578 31,433 27,667 3,766 September 168 33,180 28,548 4,632 31,799 27,335 4,464 December -255 33,409 28,724 4,685 32,575 27,635 4,940 2000 March 114 33,008 28,479 4,529 32,545 28,130 4,415 June -216 32,441 28,076 4,365 32,255 27,674 4,581 September 232 32,293 27,744 4,549 32,671 28,354 4,317 December -250 31,373 27,048 4,325 32,876 28,301 4,575 2001 March 39 31,881 27,482 4,399 32,250 27,890 4,360 June -65 31,017 26,603 4,414 33,234 28,755 4,479 September -658 29,704 25,629 4,075 33,576 28,843 4,733 December 6 30,191 25,724 4,467 32,983 28,522 4,461 2002 March -140 30,921 26,733 4,188 31,117 26,789 4,328 June -233 30,986 26,685 4,301 31,711 27,177 4,534 September -194 31,589 27,585 4,004 30,673 26,475 4,198 December 397 30,966 26,472 4,494 31,738 27,641 4,097 2003 March 778 31,291 26,390 4,901 31,668 27,545 4,123 June -237 31,373 27,117 4,256 31,743 27,250 4,493 September 379 31,579 27,280 4,299 31,099 27,179 3,920 December 234 32,158 27,735 4,423 31,104 26,915 4,189 2004 March 436 33,031 28,468 4,563 31,080 26,953 4,127 June 39 32,227 27,921 4,306 31,774 27,507 4,267 September 339 32,443 28,144 4,299 31,487 27,527 3,960 December 558 33,265 28,577 4,688 31,667 27,537 4,130 2005 March 478 33,169 28,586 4,583 31,934 27,829 4,105 June 352 33,456 28,959 4,497 31,843 27,698 4,145 September 371 34,061 29,302 4,759 32,199 27,811 4,388 December 555 33,626 29,089 4,537 32,691 28,709 3,982 2006 March 741 35,331 30,367 4,964 31,754 27,531 4,223 June 198 33,717 29,011 4,706 34,028 29,520 4,508 September 206 34,204 29,635 4,569 33,481 29,118 4,363 December -2,818 33,978 29,409 4,569 35,745 28,358 7,387 2007 March 2,797 35,916 29,453 6,463 32,705 29,039 3,666 June 643 33,986 29,219 4,767 34,629 30,505 4,124 September 64 33,668 28,866 4,802 35,041 30,303 4,738 December 413 33,480 29,074 4,406 34,054 30,061 3,993 2008 March 122 33,167 28,592 4,575 34,599 30,146 4,453 June -761 31,832 27,669 4,163 36,057 31,133 4,924 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.