Table 3. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, by establishment age Utilities 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 N N 0 N 0 0 0 Born before March 1993 N N 3,481 N 4,579 3,981 598 Total 47 4,126 3,481 645 4,579 3,981 598 March 1995 Less than one year 621 621 0 621 0 0 0 1 year N N 149 N 182 101 81 Born before March 1993 N N 3,285 N 4,832 4,178 654 Total 12 4,181 3,434 747 5,014 4,279 735 March 1996 Less than one year 785 785 0 785 0 0 0 1 year -72 158 150 8 183 103 80 2 years -37 140 129 11 155 107 48 Born before March 1993 -649 2,993 2,910 83 5,197 4,465 732 Total 27 4,076 3,189 887 5,535 4,675 860 March 1997 Less than one year 832 832 0 832 0 0 0 1 year -153 199 184 15 324 156 168 2 years -69 118 110 8 201 124 77 3 years -23 133 127 6 133 104 29 Born before March 1993 -411 2,807 2,729 78 4,788 4,299 489 Total 176 4,089 3,150 939 5,446 4,683 763 March 1998 Less than one year 911 911 0 911 0 0 0 1 year -145 261 250 11 306 150 156 2 years -68 151 134 17 234 149 85 3 years -52 126 115 11 167 104 63 4 years -34 107 101 6 141 101 40 Born before March 1993 -642 2,951 2,859 92 4,456 3,722 734 Total -30 4,507 3,459 1,048 5,304 4,226 1,078 March 1999 Less than one year 995 995 0 995 0 0 0 1 year -165 234 214 20 368 183 185 2 years -79 179 166 13 256 164 92 3 years -65 148 131 17 213 131 82 4 years -40 111 96 15 158 103 55 5 years -28 96 90 6 134 100 34 Born before March 1993 -358 3,081 2,933 148 4,099 3,593 506 Total 260 4,844 3,630 1,214 5,228 4,274 954 March 2000 Less than one year 837 837 0 837 0 0 0 1 year -179 318 305 13 382 190 192 2 years -89 180 159 21 299 189 110 3 years -75 137 123 14 232 143 89 4 years -48 155 143 12 180 120 60 5 years -21 91 84 7 118 90 28 6 years -17 108 103 5 102 80 22 Born before March 1993 -516 2,954 2,873 81 3,936 3,339 597 Total -108 4,780 3,790 990 5,249 4,151 1,098 March 2001 Less than one year 766 766 0 766 0 0 0 1 year -156 239 217 22 328 150 178 2 years -109 268 240 28 339 202 137 3 years -85 188 172 16 261 160 101 4 years N N 114 N 234 147 87 5 years -48 144 135 9 163 106 57 6 years N N 109 N 119 90 29 7 years -16 84 81 3 120 101 19 Born before March 1993 -400 2,963 2,894 69 3,761 3,292 469 Total -147 4,892 3,962 930 5,325 4,248 1,077 March 2002 Less than one year 992 992 0 992 0 0 0 1 year N N 242 N 331 186 145 2 years -106 194 180 14 258 138 120 3 years -69 218 207 11 275 195 80 4 years -54 174 164 10 197 133 64 5 years -31 124 116 8 156 117 39 6 years -37 103 98 5 159 117 42 7 years -21 91 84 7 91 63 28 8 years N N 82 N 104 78 26 Born before March 1993 -298 2,878 2,806 72 3,352 2,982 370 Total 228 5,121 3,979 1,142 4,923 4,009 914 March 2003 Less than one year 700 700 0 700 0 0 0 1 year -177 275 255 20 384 187 197 2 years -80 212 189 23 294 191 103 3 years -42 186 169 17 214 155 59 4 years -39 183 167 16 251 196 55 5 years -39 139 129 10 195 146 49 6 years -30 113 103 10 141 101 40 7 years -17 82 78 4 142 121 21 8 years -18 66 62 4 99 77 22 9 years -12 96 91 5 87 70 17 Born before March 1993 -266 2,578 2,499 79 3,438 3,093 345 Total -20 4,630 3,742 888 5,245 4,337 908 March 2004 Less than one year 683 683 0 683 0 0 0 1 year -112 224 208 16 269 141 128 2 years N N 166 N 316 195 121 3 years -47 195 175 20 229 162 67 4 years -47 164 153 11 218 160 58 5 years -70 136 131 5 263 188 75 6 years -37 130 123 7 168 124 44 7 years -38 119 112 7 132 87 45 8 years N N 70 N 120 91 29 9 years N N 63 N 116 67 49 10 years -20 88 85 3 88 65 23 Born before March 1993 -347 2,583 2,534 49 3,373 2,977 396 Total -210 4,645 3,820 825 5,292 4,257 1,035 March 2005 Less than one year 574 574 0 574 0 0 0 1 year -111 208 189 19 251 121 130 2 years -81 164 147 17 247 149 98 3 years -74 188 170 18 284 192 92 4 years -66 149 140 9 244 169 75 5 years -64 147 132 15 220 141 79 6 years -37 151 144 7 210 166 44 7 years -21 115 109 6 170 143 27 8 years -25 91 85 6 114 83 31 9 years -18 86 79 7 114 89 25 10 years N N 58 N 82 67 15 11 years N N 60 N 120 94 26 Born before March 1993 -287 2,657 2,618 39 3,099 2,773 326 Total -247 4,652 3,931 721 5,155 4,187 968 March 2006 Less than one year 582 582 0 582 0 0 0 1 year -90 188 173 15 189 84 105 2 years -83 165 146 19 212 110 102 3 years -53 177 164 13 173 107 66 4 years -80 178 170 8 238 150 88 5 years -38 143 127 16 195 141 54 6 years -44 127 120 7 174 123 51 7 years -16 153 135 18 164 130 34 8 years -29 114 108 6 174 139 35 9 years N N 88 N 111 76 35 10 years -33 86 81 5 119 81 38 11 years -21 55 55 0 84 63 21 12 years N N 61 N 92 68 24 Born before March 1993 -202 2,752 2,674 78 2,826 2,546 280 Total -162 4,873 4,102 771 4,751 3,818 933 March 2007 Less than one year 619 619 0 619 0 0 0 1 year -91 173 159 14 192 87 105 2 years -54 162 149 13 162 95 67 3 years -40 154 140 14 162 108 54 4 years -16 153 138 15 141 110 31 5 years N N 159 N 199 123 76 6 years N N 139 N N 105 N 7 years -18 114 104 10 139 111 28 8 years -29 155 147 8 171 134 37 9 years -27 124 120 4 135 104 31 10 years -9 112 106 6 99 84 15 11 years N N 82 N 84 62 22 12 years N N 61 N N 45 N 13 years -13 78 73 5 79 61 18 Born before March 1993 N N 2,758 N 2,792 2,557 235 Total 52 5,167 4,335 832 4,566 3,786 780 March 2008 Less than one year 639 639 0 639 0 0 0 1 year -103 183 168 15 218 100 118 2 years -72 172 154 18 177 87 90 3 years -30 157 143 14 139 95 44 4 years -30 149 142 7 141 104 37 5 years -24 157 150 7 125 94 31 6 years -27 167 160 7 152 118 34 7 years N N 132 N 135 108 27 8 years -23 139 135 4 119 92 27 9 years -15 147 140 7 125 103 22 10 years -10 137 127 10 110 90 20 11 years N N 115 N 70 60 10 12 years -4 82 77 5 68 59 9 13 years N N 60 N 60 52 8 14 years -24 66 61 5 101 72 29 Born before March 1993 -187 2,867 2,825 42 2,654 2,425 229 Total 49 5,373 4,589 784 4,394 3,659 735 March 2009 Less than one year 649 649 0 649 0 0 0 1 year -127 204 194 10 239 102 137 2 years -55 152 131 21 157 81 76 3 years -42 125 113 12 149 95 54 4 years -52 123 119 4 160 104 56 5 years -31 122 118 4 141 106 35 6 years -37 126 121 5 165 123 42 7 years -30 140 133 7 169 132 37 8 years -23 142 138 4 142 115 27 9 years -24 118 114 4 122 94 28 10 years N N 148 N 145 115 30 11 years -23 113 106 7 126 96 30 12 years N N 66 N 105 87 18 13 years N N 72 N 59 51 8 14 years N N 62 N 59 47 12 15 years -13 57 53 4 79 62 17 Born before March 1993 -174 2,727 2,677 50 2,625 2,401 224 Total -45 5,151 4,365 786 4,642 3,811 831 March 2010 Less than one year 612 612 0 612 0 0 0 1 year -133 161 148 13 237 91 146 2 years -68 124 109 15 198 115 83 3 years N N 98 N 152 94 58 4 years -23 96 84 12 127 92 35 5 years -33 97 90 7 132 92 40 6 years -27 113 103 10 133 96 37 7 years -16 103 96 7 132 109 23 8 years -23 109 99 10 171 138 33 9 years -5 99 89 10 155 140 15 10 years -7 85 79 6 127 114 13 11 years -17 108 104 4 136 115 21 12 years -11 113 109 4 100 85 15 13 years -4 70 65 5 98 89 9 14 years N N 52 N 79 74 5 15 years N N 46 N 61 58 3 16 years N N 46 N 59 46 13 Born before March 1993 -116 2,070 2,032 38 3,036 2,882 154 Total 69 4,221 3,449 772 5,133 4,430 703 March 2011 Less than one year 586 586 0 586 0 0 0 1 year -124 170 149 21 237 92 145 2 years -40 132 112 20 153 93 60 3 years -51 119 113 6 138 81 57 4 years -37 97 87 10 126 79 47 5 years -38 92 80 12 123 73 50 6 years -19 83 77 6 110 85 25 7 years -21 109 100 9 127 97 30 8 years -21 96 92 4 129 104 25 9 years -14 115 106 9 143 120 23 10 years -16 113 110 3 126 107 19 11 years -8 94 85 9 118 101 17 12 years N N 89 N 130 117 13 13 years -9 97 92 5 117 103 14 14 years -8 75 71 4 93 81 12 15 years N N 55 N 88 78 10 16 years N N 50 N 54 49 5 17 years -11 44 40 4 60 45 15 Born before March 1993 -131 2,039 1,988 51 2,983 2,801 182 Total 21 4,266 3,496 770 5,055 4,306 749 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.