Table 3. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, by establishment age Total Private South Carolina Gross Job Gains Gross Job Losses Age Class Net Change Total Expanding Opening Total Contracting Closing Establishments Establishments Establishments Establishments March 1994 Less than one year 7,420 7,420 0 7,420 0 0 0 Born before March 1993 -5,277 23,733 22,040 1,693 24,754 17,784 6,970 Total 2,143 31,153 22,040 9,113 24,754 17,784 6,970 March 1995 Less than one year 7,947 7,947 0 7,947 0 0 0 1 year -1,538 2,394 2,177 217 3,071 1,316 1,755 Born before March 1993 -4,284 21,656 20,237 1,419 22,930 17,227 5,703 Total 2,125 31,997 22,414 9,583 26,001 18,543 7,458 March 1996 Less than one year 8,449 8,449 0 8,449 0 0 0 1 year -1,667 2,469 2,245 224 3,289 1,398 1,891 2 years -789 1,974 1,709 265 2,313 1,259 1,054 Born before March 1993 -4,273 19,738 18,524 1,214 22,219 16,732 5,487 Total 1,720 32,630 22,478 10,152 27,821 19,389 8,432 March 1997 Less than one year 8,814 8,814 0 8,814 0 0 0 1 year -1,747 2,718 2,457 261 3,487 1,479 2,008 2 years -837 2,044 1,762 282 2,438 1,319 1,119 3 years -506 1,736 1,520 216 1,857 1,135 722 Born before March 1993 -2,865 18,645 17,310 1,335 20,202 16,002 4,200 Total 2,859 33,957 23,049 10,908 27,984 19,935 8,049 March 1998 Less than one year 6,904 6,904 0 6,904 0 0 0 1 year -1,636 2,911 2,533 378 3,544 1,530 2,014 2 years -614 2,433 1,987 446 2,539 1,479 1,060 3 years -426 1,943 1,645 298 1,951 1,227 724 4 years -312 1,606 1,382 224 1,691 1,155 536 Born before March 1993 -2,433 17,853 16,509 1,344 19,312 15,535 3,777 Total 1,483 33,650 24,056 9,594 29,037 20,926 8,111 March 1999 Less than one year 10,307 10,307 0 10,307 0 0 0 1 year -1,173 2,412 2,047 365 2,759 1,221 1,538 2 years -912 2,521 2,085 436 2,818 1,470 1,348 3 years -652 2,069 1,797 272 2,302 1,378 924 4 years -474 1,641 1,424 217 1,899 1,208 691 5 years -369 1,402 1,236 166 1,585 1,050 535 Born before March 1993 -2,890 16,548 15,426 1,122 18,972 14,960 4,012 Total 3,837 36,900 24,015 12,885 30,335 21,287 9,048 March 2000 Less than one year 7,645 7,645 0 7,645 0 0 0 1 year -1,610 3,359 2,891 468 4,064 1,986 2,078 2 years -727 1,802 1,558 244 2,269 1,298 971 3 years -657 2,121 1,824 297 2,391 1,437 954 4 years -534 1,780 1,588 192 2,103 1,377 726 5 years -401 1,443 1,292 151 1,727 1,175 552 6 years -272 1,302 1,167 135 1,435 1,028 407 Born before March 1993 -2,485 15,669 14,843 826 17,744 14,433 3,311 Total 959 35,121 25,163 9,958 31,733 22,734 8,999 March 2001 Less than one year 8,912 8,912 0 8,912 0 0 0 1 year -1,241 2,520 2,062 458 3,191 1,492 1,699 2 years -1,603 2,526 2,166 360 3,876 1,913 1,963 3 years -863 1,562 1,390 172 2,112 1,077 1,035 4 years -841 1,667 1,465 202 2,427 1,384 1,043 5 years -705 1,453 1,304 149 2,113 1,259 854 6 years -552 1,254 1,130 124 1,713 1,037 676 7 years -452 1,048 961 87 1,535 996 539 Born before March 1993 -3,529 13,754 13,027 727 18,656 14,400 4,256 Total -874 34,696 23,505 11,191 35,623 23,558 12,065 March 2002 Less than one year 8,375 8,375 0 8,375 0 0 0 1 year -1,922 2,420 2,128 292 3,827 1,613 2,214 2 years -858 2,006 1,659 347 2,615 1,410 1,205 3 years -766 2,166 1,795 371 2,916 1,779 1,137 4 years -381 1,195 974 221 1,827 1,225 602 5 years -410 1,463 1,228 235 2,000 1,355 645 6 years -268 1,388 1,162 226 1,702 1,208 494 7 years -246 1,103 932 171 1,523 1,106 417 8 years -221 984 837 147 1,332 964 368 Born before March 1993 -2,136 12,527 11,501 1,026 17,504 14,342 3,162 Total 1,167 33,627 22,216 11,411 35,246 25,002 10,244 March 2003 Less than one year 8,810 8,810 0 8,810 0 0 0 1 year -1,508 2,381 2,132 249 3,308 1,551 1,757 2 years -854 2,151 1,784 367 2,707 1,486 1,221 3 years -534 1,706 1,453 253 2,183 1,396 787 4 years -459 2,018 1,708 310 2,465 1,696 769 5 years -320 1,076 932 144 1,539 1,075 464 6 years -273 1,315 1,116 199 1,739 1,267 472 7 years -230 1,225 1,063 162 1,513 1,121 392 8 years -195 1,030 901 129 1,309 985 324 9 years -159 891 790 101 1,188 928 260 Born before March 1993 -1,527 12,000 11,141 859 15,878 13,492 2,386 Total 2,751 34,603 23,020 11,583 33,829 24,997 8,832 March 2004 Less than one year 8,357 8,357 0 8,357 0 0 0 1 year -1,858 2,424 2,230 194 3,521 1,469 2,052 2 years -1,199 1,956 1,729 227 2,731 1,305 1,426 3 years -866 1,798 1,573 225 2,395 1,304 1,091 4 years -544 1,610 1,420 190 1,949 1,215 734 5 years -591 1,877 1,700 177 2,204 1,436 768 6 years -316 1,092 961 131 1,366 919 447 7 years -336 1,282 1,159 123 1,512 1,053 459 8 years -310 1,195 1,093 102 1,367 955 412 9 years -261 985 904 81 1,203 861 342 10 years -196 892 837 55 1,070 819 251 Born before March 1993 -1,961 11,896 11,369 527 14,817 12,329 2,488 Total -81 35,364 24,975 10,389 34,135 23,665 10,470 March 2005 Less than one year 9,190 9,190 0 9,190 0 0 0 1 year -1,536 2,483 2,173 310 3,323 1,477 1,846 2 years -865 2,232 1,794 438 2,677 1,374 1,303 3 years -496 1,839 1,467 372 2,138 1,270 868 4 years -438 1,734 1,428 306 1,959 1,215 744 5 years -328 1,566 1,341 225 1,699 1,146 553 6 years -392 1,775 1,514 261 2,066 1,413 653 7 years -250 1,083 955 128 1,163 785 378 8 years -239 1,229 1,082 147 1,404 1,018 386 9 years -196 1,085 963 122 1,263 945 318 10 years -176 923 825 98 1,120 846 274 11 years -167 871 797 74 994 753 241 Born before March 1993 -1,782 11,705 11,101 604 14,017 11,631 2,386 Total 2,325 37,715 25,440 12,275 33,823 23,873 9,950 March 2006 Less than one year 8,292 8,292 0 8,292 0 0 0 1 year -1,962 2,640 2,351 289 3,718 1,467 2,251 2 years -1,101 2,114 1,780 334 2,682 1,247 1,435 3 years -696 1,926 1,627 299 2,226 1,231 995 4 years -522 1,652 1,440 212 1,872 1,138 734 5 years -474 1,500 1,300 200 1,824 1,150 674 6 years -336 1,399 1,233 166 1,532 1,030 502 7 years -391 1,645 1,475 170 1,870 1,309 561 8 years -206 942 824 118 1,079 755 324 9 years -248 1,103 988 115 1,342 979 363 10 years -286 1,006 928 78 1,221 857 364 11 years -224 869 785 84 1,060 752 308 12 years -141 837 776 61 940 738 202 Born before March 1993 -2,085 11,595 11,008 587 13,351 10,679 2,672 Total -380 37,520 26,515 11,005 34,717 23,332 11,385 March 2007 Less than one year 11,255 11,255 0 11,255 0 0 0 1 year -1,502 2,474 2,075 399 3,230 1,329 1,901 2 years -914 2,311 1,815 496 2,806 1,396 1,410 3 years -598 1,918 1,527 391 2,176 1,187 989 4 years -472 1,777 1,432 345 1,994 1,177 817 5 years -310 1,566 1,302 264 1,585 1,011 574 6 years -277 1,444 1,203 241 1,609 1,091 518 7 years -242 1,312 1,117 195 1,507 1,070 437 8 years -280 1,617 1,416 201 1,752 1,271 481 9 years -136 929 798 131 1,022 755 267 10 years -186 1,097 961 136 1,273 951 322 11 years -108 999 839 160 1,106 838 268 12 years -125 876 754 122 984 737 247 13 years -92 801 708 93 940 755 185 Born before March 1993 -1,219 11,326 10,327 999 12,858 10,640 2,218 Total 4,794 41,702 26,274 15,428 34,842 24,208 10,634 March 2008 Less than one year 9,096 9,096 0 9,096 0 0 0 1 year -2,666 2,737 2,517 220 4,850 1,964 2,886 2 years -1,159 1,820 1,559 261 2,797 1,377 1,420 3 years -849 1,730 1,495 235 2,577 1,493 1,084 4 years -617 1,430 1,258 172 2,053 1,264 789 5 years -510 1,419 1,263 156 1,880 1,214 666 6 years -391 1,139 1,051 88 1,604 1,125 479 7 years -393 1,161 1,064 97 1,572 1,082 490 8 years -273 1,053 961 92 1,486 1,121 365 9 years -340 1,270 1,154 116 1,805 1,349 456 10 years -225 722 668 54 1,075 796 279 11 years -247 852 800 52 1,275 976 299 12 years -229 847 800 47 1,130 854 276 13 years -158 686 649 37 968 773 195 14 years -149 656 612 44 934 741 193 Born before March 1993 -1,658 9,698 9,307 391 13,090 11,041 2,049 Total -768 36,316 25,158 11,158 39,096 27,170 11,926 March 2009 Less than one year 7,863 7,863 0 7,863 0 0 0 1 year -2,523 1,912 1,728 184 4,221 1,514 2,707 2 years -1,820 1,850 1,544 306 4,053 1,927 2,126 3 years -1,056 1,199 993 206 2,640 1,378 1,262 4 years -854 1,215 1,060 155 2,472 1,463 1,009 5 years -596 968 839 129 2,063 1,338 725 6 years -512 995 875 120 2,025 1,393 632 7 years -450 829 742 87 1,760 1,223 537 8 years -379 846 739 107 1,750 1,264 486 9 years -399 799 746 53 1,634 1,182 452 10 years -398 930 839 91 1,935 1,446 489 11 years -264 537 498 39 1,141 838 303 12 years -269 656 583 73 1,404 1,062 342 13 years -242 571 531 40 1,289 1,007 282 14 years -198 525 497 28 1,086 860 226 15 years -178 516 476 40 1,083 865 218 Born before March 1993 -1,990 6,889 6,568 321 15,109 12,798 2,311 Total -4,265 29,100 19,258 9,842 45,665 31,558 14,107 March 2010 Less than one year 7,007 7,007 0 7,007 0 0 0 1 year -1,828 1,866 1,620 246 3,307 1,233 2,074 2 years -1,196 1,518 1,243 275 2,786 1,315 1,471 3 years -1,029 1,653 1,351 302 2,888 1,557 1,331 4 years -612 1,151 968 183 1,878 1,083 795 5 years -490 1,198 1,005 193 1,912 1,229 683 6 years -389 1,016 864 152 1,603 1,062 541 7 years -367 996 861 135 1,585 1,083 502 8 years -274 862 750 112 1,395 1,009 386 9 years -280 778 670 108 1,418 1,030 388 10 years -248 844 757 87 1,293 958 335 11 years -260 974 867 107 1,584 1,217 367 12 years N N 510 N 879 681 198 13 years -219 663 592 71 1,199 909 290 14 years -142 659 580 79 1,045 824 221 15 years N N 515 N 853 666 187 16 years -130 561 512 49 860 681 179 Born before March 1993 -1,463 7,335 6,803 532 13,119 11,124 1,995 Total -2,192 30,219 20,468 9,751 39,604 27,661 11,943 March 2011 Less than one year 7,687 7,687 0 7,687 0 0 0 1 year -1,518 1,732 1,536 196 2,782 1,068 1,714 2 years -1,011 1,604 1,382 222 2,213 980 1,233 3 years -674 1,481 1,256 225 1,950 1,051 899 4 years -684 1,550 1,344 206 2,110 1,220 890 5 years -386 1,035 913 122 1,386 878 508 6 years -386 1,185 1,057 128 1,526 1,012 514 7 years -345 953 833 120 1,348 883 465 8 years -323 1,037 943 94 1,285 868 417 9 years -264 873 795 78 1,148 806 342 10 years -255 883 798 85 1,154 814 340 11 years -201 857 796 61 1,041 779 262 12 years -275 1,022 952 70 1,312 967 345 13 years -120 622 572 50 740 570 170 14 years -150 709 648 61 935 724 211 15 years -179 708 659 49 873 645 228 16 years -133 599 561 38 753 582 171 17 years -109 598 551 47 719 563 156 Born before March 1993 -1,220 8,407 7,986 421 10,758 9,117 1,641 Total -546 33,542 23,582 9,960 34,033 23,527 10,506 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.