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

Colorado

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

March 1994        4,977      44,814      30,310       14,504         31,047     21,520        9,527
March 1995        5,056      46,061      31,006       15,055         33,804     23,805        9,999
March 1996        3,535      45,896      30,794       15,102         38,003     26,436       11,567
March 1997        4,742      48,389      31,791       16,598         38,935     27,079       11,856
March 1998        3,729      49,825      33,218       16,607         40,997     28,119       12,878
March 1999        3,271      51,282      34,316       16,966         42,269     28,574       13,695
March 2000        4,138      54,391      35,764       18,627         44,084     29,595       14,489
March 2001        3,885      54,916      35,571       19,345         46,955     31,495       15,460
March 2002          876      50,380      32,506       17,874         52,012     35,014       16,998
March 2003        1,154      48,464      30,723       17,741         52,642     36,055       16,587
March 2004        2,540      52,178      33,385       18,793         49,136     32,883       16,253
March 2005        3,256      55,347      35,653       19,694         48,328     31,890       16,438
March 2006        2,991      56,629      36,636       19,993         49,697     32,695       17,002
March 2007        3,078      57,518      37,095       20,423         50,725     33,380       17,345
March 2008        1,586      56,831      36,728       20,103         53,421     34,904       18,517
March 2009       -3,708      47,370      29,511       17,859         63,163     41,596       21,567
March 2010       -3,809      45,508      28,988       16,520         58,741     38,412       20,329
March 2011         -260      51,530      34,095       17,435         49,102     31,407       17,695

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