Table 3. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, by establishment age Total Private Maryland 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 10,608 10,608 0 10,608 0 0 0 Born before March 1993 -9,185 32,414 29,794 2,620 36,463 24,658 11,805 Total 1,423 43,022 29,794 13,228 36,463 24,658 11,805 March 1995 Less than one year 11,011 11,011 0 11,011 0 0 0 1 year -2,099 3,393 3,002 391 4,226 1,736 2,490 Born before March 1993 -6,332 30,489 27,994 2,495 32,299 23,472 8,827 Total 2,580 44,893 30,996 13,897 36,525 25,208 11,317 March 1996 Less than one year 11,123 11,123 0 11,123 0 0 0 1 year -2,391 3,261 2,943 318 4,518 1,809 2,709 2 years -1,328 2,612 2,224 388 3,425 1,709 1,716 Born before March 1993 -6,955 25,332 23,604 1,728 32,994 24,311 8,683 Total 449 42,328 28,771 13,557 40,937 27,829 13,108 March 1997 Less than one year 12,069 12,069 0 12,069 0 0 0 1 year -2,323 3,470 3,066 404 4,448 1,721 2,727 2 years -1,240 2,876 2,424 452 3,381 1,689 1,692 3 years -836 2,398 2,028 370 2,677 1,471 1,206 Born before March 1993 -5,154 25,192 23,247 1,945 28,774 21,675 7,099 Total 2,516 46,005 30,765 15,240 39,280 26,556 12,724 March 1998 Less than one year 12,372 12,372 0 12,372 0 0 0 1 year -2,658 3,685 3,312 373 4,979 1,948 3,031 2 years -1,284 2,880 2,434 446 3,409 1,679 1,730 3 years -797 2,449 2,107 342 2,783 1,644 1,139 4 years -730 1,956 1,701 255 2,432 1,447 985 Born before March 1993 -5,161 22,768 21,261 1,507 27,703 21,035 6,668 Total 1,742 46,110 30,815 15,295 41,306 27,753 13,553 March 1999 Less than one year 12,024 12,024 0 12,024 0 0 0 1 year -2,528 3,874 3,382 492 4,975 1,955 3,020 2 years -1,386 3,049 2,604 445 3,671 1,840 1,831 3 years -822 2,487 2,161 326 2,775 1,627 1,148 4 years -690 2,136 1,892 244 2,443 1,509 934 5 years -497 1,771 1,544 227 2,128 1,404 724 Born before March 1993 -4,137 21,453 20,127 1,326 25,619 20,156 5,463 Total 1,964 46,794 31,710 15,084 41,611 28,491 13,120 March 2000 Less than one year 12,585 12,585 0 12,585 0 0 0 1 year -2,344 3,823 3,369 454 4,635 1,837 2,798 2 years -1,384 3,232 2,724 508 3,751 1,859 1,892 3 years -900 2,713 2,333 380 2,934 1,654 1,280 4 years -667 2,182 1,917 265 2,499 1,567 932 5 years -574 1,959 1,739 220 2,199 1,405 794 6 years -419 1,627 1,469 158 1,874 1,297 577 Born before March 1993 -3,760 21,272 20,069 1,203 23,289 18,326 4,963 Total 2,537 49,393 33,620 15,773 41,181 27,945 13,236 March 2001 Less than one year 10,842 10,842 0 10,842 0 0 0 1 year -3,084 3,595 3,225 370 5,289 1,835 3,454 2 years -1,623 2,938 2,492 446 3,890 1,821 2,069 3 years -1,241 2,599 2,262 337 3,319 1,741 1,578 4 years -867 2,114 1,853 261 2,819 1,691 1,128 5 years -674 1,860 1,666 194 2,338 1,470 868 6 years -531 1,675 1,504 171 2,054 1,352 702 7 years -508 1,407 1,275 132 1,809 1,169 640 Born before March 1993 -4,001 18,794 17,841 953 22,878 17,924 4,954 Total -1,687 45,824 32,118 13,706 44,396 29,003 15,393 March 2002 Less than one year 13,153 13,153 0 13,153 0 0 0 1 year -2,680 2,910 2,573 337 4,878 1,861 3,017 2 years -1,576 2,905 2,402 503 3,952 1,873 2,079 3 years -1,023 2,454 2,071 383 3,206 1,800 1,406 4 years -770 2,182 1,869 313 2,881 1,798 1,083 5 years -645 1,934 1,707 227 2,405 1,533 872 6 years -495 1,694 1,516 178 2,051 1,378 673 7 years -382 1,553 1,378 175 1,794 1,237 557 8 years -365 1,316 1,189 127 1,567 1,075 492 Born before March 1993 -3,154 17,605 16,604 1,001 21,563 17,408 4,155 Total 2,063 47,706 31,309 16,397 44,297 29,963 14,334 March 2003 Less than one year 11,513 11,513 0 11,513 0 0 0 1 year -3,024 3,607 3,203 404 5,625 2,197 3,428 2 years -1,182 2,493 2,068 425 3,258 1,651 1,607 3 years -956 2,346 1,986 360 3,097 1,781 1,316 4 years -746 2,089 1,803 286 2,713 1,681 1,032 5 years -644 1,961 1,712 249 2,520 1,627 893 6 years -414 1,688 1,499 189 2,103 1,500 603 7 years -336 1,535 1,350 185 1,871 1,350 521 8 years -295 1,365 1,237 128 1,672 1,249 423 9 years -258 1,153 1,034 119 1,460 1,083 377 Born before March 1993 -2,867 16,139 15,224 915 20,897 17,115 3,782 Total 791 45,889 31,116 14,773 45,216 31,234 13,982 March 2004 Less than one year 11,228 11,228 0 11,228 0 0 0 1 year -2,533 3,426 3,019 407 4,707 1,767 2,940 2 years -1,558 3,174 2,638 536 3,991 1,897 2,094 3 years -783 2,320 1,971 349 2,594 1,462 1,132 4 years -665 2,264 1,954 310 2,512 1,537 975 5 years -561 2,003 1,744 259 2,320 1,500 820 6 years -478 1,859 1,639 220 2,102 1,404 698 7 years -378 1,653 1,475 178 1,888 1,332 556 8 years -335 1,480 1,330 150 1,662 1,177 485 9 years -266 1,364 1,251 113 1,480 1,101 379 10 years -227 1,193 1,083 110 1,261 924 337 Born before March 1993 -2,500 16,695 15,848 847 18,436 15,089 3,347 Total 944 48,659 33,952 14,707 42,953 29,190 13,763 March 2005 Less than one year 12,723 12,723 0 12,723 0 0 0 1 year -2,386 3,260 2,869 391 4,572 1,795 2,777 2 years -1,302 2,826 2,339 487 3,536 1,747 1,789 3 years -870 2,718 2,235 483 3,284 1,931 1,353 4 years -560 1,949 1,658 291 2,334 1,483 851 5 years -577 1,942 1,735 207 2,411 1,627 784 6 years -451 1,769 1,544 225 2,152 1,476 676 7 years -400 1,649 1,455 194 2,010 1,416 594 8 years -380 1,416 1,266 150 1,832 1,302 530 9 years -287 1,305 1,168 137 1,614 1,190 424 10 years -221 1,241 1,128 113 1,438 1,104 334 11 years -218 1,029 939 90 1,326 1,018 308 Born before March 1993 -2,412 15,326 14,491 835 18,735 15,488 3,247 Total 2,659 49,153 32,827 16,326 45,244 31,577 13,667 March 2006 Less than one year 12,556 12,556 0 12,556 0 0 0 1 year -2,660 3,813 3,300 513 5,140 1,967 3,173 2 years -1,036 2,833 2,316 517 3,289 1,736 1,553 3 years -829 2,472 2,057 415 2,957 1,713 1,244 4 years -704 2,474 2,139 335 2,757 1,718 1,039 5 years -454 1,788 1,555 233 2,145 1,458 687 6 years -435 1,847 1,630 217 2,050 1,398 652 7 years -361 1,734 1,528 206 2,013 1,446 567 8 years -297 1,620 1,460 160 1,744 1,287 457 9 years -315 1,382 1,242 140 1,692 1,237 455 10 years -226 1,270 1,141 129 1,498 1,143 355 11 years -227 1,231 1,140 91 1,369 1,051 318 12 years -154 1,028 928 100 1,180 926 254 Born before March 1993 -2,077 15,238 14,395 843 17,717 14,797 2,920 Total 2,781 51,286 34,831 16,455 45,551 31,877 13,674 March 2007 Less than one year 11,928 11,928 0 11,928 0 0 0 1 year -2,835 3,518 3,045 473 5,340 2,032 3,308 2 years -1,429 3,087 2,560 527 3,969 2,013 1,956 3 years -845 2,302 1,934 368 2,999 1,786 1,213 4 years -716 2,095 1,811 284 2,638 1,638 1,000 5 years -622 2,097 1,836 261 2,657 1,774 883 6 years -504 1,508 1,361 147 2,042 1,391 651 7 years -412 1,559 1,400 159 2,094 1,523 571 8 years -389 1,538 1,385 153 1,914 1,372 542 9 years -325 1,339 1,196 143 1,817 1,349 468 10 years -239 1,237 1,117 120 1,629 1,270 359 11 years -221 1,159 1,054 105 1,495 1,169 326 12 years -187 1,052 960 92 1,375 1,096 279 13 years -170 885 820 65 1,215 980 235 Born before March 1993 -2,045 13,694 13,071 623 17,945 15,277 2,668 Total 989 48,998 33,550 15,448 49,129 34,670 14,459 March 2008 Less than one year 11,206 11,206 0 11,206 0 0 0 1 year -2,857 3,207 2,826 381 5,050 1,812 3,238 2 years -1,570 2,725 2,211 514 4,039 1,955 2,084 3 years -1,083 2,572 2,153 419 3,413 1,911 1,502 4 years -766 1,955 1,673 282 2,761 1,713 1,048 5 years -622 1,729 1,501 228 2,489 1,639 850 6 years -585 1,810 1,583 227 2,547 1,735 812 7 years -404 1,392 1,234 158 1,851 1,289 562 8 years -380 1,456 1,316 140 1,986 1,466 520 9 years -340 1,380 1,253 127 1,853 1,386 467 10 years -349 1,262 1,138 124 1,742 1,269 473 11 years -281 1,164 1,071 93 1,567 1,193 374 12 years -258 1,121 1,026 95 1,459 1,106 353 13 years -217 946 892 54 1,320 1,049 271 14 years -205 860 791 69 1,158 884 274 Born before March 1993 -2,101 13,132 12,536 596 17,512 14,815 2,697 Total -812 47,917 33,204 14,713 50,747 35,222 15,525 March 2009 Less than one year 10,654 10,654 0 10,654 0 0 0 1 year -3,032 2,553 2,205 348 5,221 1,841 3,380 2 years -1,629 2,336 1,836 500 4,057 1,928 2,129 3 years -1,197 2,058 1,634 424 3,595 1,974 1,621 4 years -948 1,879 1,550 329 3,291 2,014 1,277 5 years -748 1,531 1,294 237 2,685 1,700 985 6 years -646 1,440 1,232 208 2,496 1,642 854 7 years -599 1,512 1,321 191 2,499 1,709 790 8 years -483 1,071 935 136 1,963 1,344 619 9 years -493 1,153 1,035 118 2,133 1,522 611 10 years -421 1,125 1,011 114 1,989 1,454 535 11 years -331 1,034 925 109 1,821 1,381 440 12 years -294 928 846 82 1,666 1,290 376 13 years -325 876 798 78 1,602 1,199 403 14 years -245 789 715 74 1,410 1,091 319 15 years -227 665 602 63 1,269 979 290 Born before March 1993 -2,614 10,340 9,802 538 20,102 16,950 3,152 Total -3,578 41,944 27,741 14,203 57,799 40,018 17,781 March 2010 Less than one year 9,566 9,566 0 9,566 0 0 0 1 year -2,572 2,633 2,264 369 4,589 1,648 2,941 2 years -1,427 2,207 1,725 482 3,374 1,465 1,909 3 years -1,082 2,029 1,631 398 3,101 1,621 1,480 4 years -879 1,881 1,536 345 2,839 1,615 1,224 5 years -748 1,775 1,483 292 2,700 1,660 1,040 6 years -517 1,435 1,197 238 2,184 1,429 755 7 years -449 1,362 1,151 211 2,027 1,367 660 8 years -468 1,418 1,221 197 2,143 1,478 665 9 years -285 1,084 945 139 1,600 1,176 424 10 years -318 1,146 1,014 132 1,710 1,260 450 11 years -313 1,087 965 122 1,711 1,276 435 12 years -362 961 869 92 1,621 1,167 454 13 years -259 990 891 99 1,448 1,090 358 14 years -195 904 798 106 1,379 1,078 301 15 years -153 874 791 83 1,164 928 236 16 years -173 702 633 69 1,079 837 242 Born before March 1993 -2,153 11,029 10,368 661 17,396 14,582 2,814 Total -2,787 43,083 29,482 13,601 52,065 35,677 16,388 March 2011 Less than one year 9,786 9,786 0 9,786 0 0 0 1 year -2,164 2,688 2,333 355 3,844 1,325 2,519 2 years -1,139 2,433 1,960 473 3,007 1,395 1,612 3 years -787 2,120 1,711 409 2,429 1,233 1,196 4 years -684 1,934 1,621 313 2,325 1,328 997 5 years -542 1,886 1,551 335 2,207 1,330 877 6 years -572 1,800 1,555 245 2,137 1,320 817 7 years -398 1,509 1,296 213 1,731 1,120 611 8 years -370 1,443 1,265 178 1,626 1,078 548 9 years -332 1,524 1,344 180 1,746 1,234 512 10 years -275 1,175 1,035 140 1,384 969 415 11 years -238 1,250 1,114 136 1,438 1,064 374 12 years -228 1,200 1,083 117 1,381 1,036 345 13 years -130 1,137 1,002 135 1,192 927 265 14 years -179 991 885 106 1,199 914 285 15 years -157 982 890 92 1,135 886 249 16 years -128 893 815 78 1,036 830 206 17 years -129 756 675 81 929 719 210 Born before March 1993 -1,659 12,310 11,617 693 14,773 12,421 2,352 Total -325 47,817 33,752 14,065 45,519 31,129 14,390 March 2012 Less than one year 11,344 11,344 0 11,344 0 0 0 1 year -2,068 2,730 2,341 389 3,850 1,393 2,457 2 years -973 2,338 1,856 482 2,773 1,318 1,455 3 years -684 2,233 1,774 459 2,493 1,350 1,143 4 years -519 1,878 1,544 334 2,064 1,211 853 5 years -435 1,778 1,466 312 2,000 1,253 747 6 years -457 1,759 1,514 245 1,863 1,161 702 7 years -351 1,723 1,434 289 1,924 1,284 640 8 years -273 1,406 1,192 214 1,603 1,116 487 9 years -214 1,350 1,180 170 1,418 1,034 384 10 years -267 1,389 1,200 189 1,634 1,178 456 11 years -194 1,115 975 140 1,275 941 334 12 years -238 1,131 1,010 121 1,358 999 359 13 years -152 1,131 1,013 118 1,308 1,038 270 14 years -167 1,058 953 105 1,253 981 272 15 years -150 998 884 114 1,138 874 264 16 years -136 909 826 83 1,085 866 219 17 years -123 857 783 74 999 802 197 18 years -124 770 703 67 839 648 191 Born before March 1993 -1,535 11,891 11,191 700 14,090 11,855 2,235 Total 2,284 49,788 33,839 15,949 44,967 31,302 13,665 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.