Table 3. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, by establishment age Total Private Tennessee 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 10,196 10,196 0 10,196 0 0 0 Born before March 1993 -7,934 32,646 31,086 1,560 32,812 23,318 9,494 Total 2,262 42,842 31,086 11,756 32,812 23,318 9,494 March 1995 Less than one year 10,858 10,858 0 10,858 0 0 0 1 year -2,008 3,165 2,912 253 4,088 1,827 2,261 Born before March 1993 -5,864 30,040 28,726 1,314 30,350 23,172 7,178 Total 2,986 44,063 31,638 12,425 34,438 24,999 9,439 March 1996 Less than one year 11,453 11,453 0 11,453 0 0 0 1 year -2,388 3,236 3,030 206 4,571 1,977 2,594 2 years -1,277 2,497 2,273 224 3,307 1,806 1,501 Born before March 1993 -5,565 26,483 25,565 918 29,871 23,388 6,483 Total 2,223 43,669 30,868 12,801 37,749 27,171 10,578 March 1997 Less than one year 11,689 11,689 0 11,689 0 0 0 1 year -2,544 3,442 3,229 213 4,771 2,014 2,757 2 years -1,349 2,568 2,309 259 3,416 1,808 1,608 3 years -874 2,158 1,959 199 2,681 1,608 1,073 Born before March 1993 -5,169 24,335 23,501 834 28,345 22,342 6,003 Total 1,753 44,192 30,998 13,194 39,213 27,772 11,441 March 1998 Less than one year 11,523 11,523 0 11,523 0 0 0 1 year -2,703 3,477 3,300 177 4,953 2,073 2,880 2 years -1,383 2,822 2,552 270 3,581 1,928 1,653 3 years -935 2,240 2,038 202 2,773 1,636 1,137 4 years -704 1,834 1,722 112 2,349 1,533 816 Born before March 1993 -4,734 22,174 21,462 712 26,837 21,391 5,446 Total 1,064 44,070 31,074 12,996 40,493 28,561 11,932 March 1999 Less than one year 11,394 11,394 0 11,394 0 0 0 1 year -2,515 3,613 3,374 239 4,737 1,983 2,754 2 years -1,450 2,908 2,624 284 3,588 1,854 1,734 3 years -962 2,476 2,268 208 2,863 1,693 1,170 4 years -664 2,007 1,826 181 2,299 1,454 845 5 years -564 1,573 1,461 112 2,056 1,380 676 Born before March 1993 -3,979 21,236 20,516 720 24,745 20,046 4,699 Total 1,260 45,207 32,069 13,138 40,288 28,410 11,878 March 2000 Less than one year 11,131 11,131 0 11,131 0 0 0 1 year -2,477 3,524 3,296 228 4,684 1,979 2,705 2 years N N 2,699 N 3,587 1,951 1,636 3 years N N 2,238 N 2,929 1,759 1,170 4 years -756 2,063 1,915 148 2,493 1,589 904 5 years -551 1,726 1,611 115 2,092 1,426 666 6 years -416 1,515 1,412 103 1,854 1,335 519 Born before March 1993 -3,746 19,937 19,416 521 23,862 19,595 4,267 Total 800 45,254 32,587 12,667 41,501 29,634 11,867 March 2001 Less than one year 10,733 10,733 0 10,733 0 0 0 1 year -2,586 3,268 3,038 230 4,898 2,082 2,816 2 years -1,481 2,607 2,369 238 3,793 2,074 1,719 3 years -1,078 2,274 2,091 183 3,215 1,954 1,261 4 years -737 1,994 1,841 153 2,660 1,770 890 5 years -642 1,710 1,599 111 2,329 1,576 753 6 years -497 1,440 1,359 81 1,989 1,411 578 7 years -370 1,270 1,201 69 1,712 1,273 439 Born before March 1993 -3,474 17,819 17,346 473 23,466 19,519 3,947 Total -132 43,115 30,844 12,271 44,062 31,659 12,403 March 2002 Less than one year 10,463 10,463 0 10,463 0 0 0 1 year -2,703 2,870 2,723 147 4,800 1,950 2,850 2 years -1,502 2,432 2,183 249 3,760 2,009 1,751 3 years -1,090 2,089 1,902 187 3,180 1,903 1,277 4 years -799 1,792 1,662 130 2,817 1,888 929 5 years -606 1,684 1,570 114 2,372 1,652 720 6 years -520 1,447 1,368 79 2,071 1,472 599 7 years -430 1,272 1,195 77 1,839 1,332 507 8 years -318 1,089 1,038 51 1,577 1,208 369 Born before March 1993 -3,228 15,631 15,151 480 23,606 19,898 3,708 Total -733 40,769 28,792 11,977 46,022 33,312 12,710 March 2003 Less than one year 10,989 10,989 0 10,989 0 0 0 1 year -2,208 2,958 2,774 184 4,449 2,057 2,392 2 years -1,265 2,427 2,139 288 3,314 1,761 1,553 3 years -933 2,173 1,975 198 2,834 1,703 1,131 4 years -773 1,955 1,829 126 2,478 1,579 899 5 years -629 1,750 1,650 100 2,273 1,544 729 6 years -509 1,568 1,481 87 2,027 1,431 596 7 years -424 1,392 1,309 83 1,804 1,297 507 8 years -354 1,252 1,165 87 1,563 1,122 441 9 years -288 1,041 993 48 1,406 1,070 336 Born before March 1993 -2,726 16,249 15,753 496 20,719 17,497 3,222 Total 880 43,754 31,068 12,686 42,867 31,061 11,806 March 2004 Less than one year 10,855 10,855 0 10,855 0 0 0 1 year -2,270 3,320 3,117 203 4,470 1,997 2,473 2 years -1,343 2,530 2,318 212 3,265 1,710 1,555 3 years -841 2,117 1,949 168 2,580 1,571 1,009 4 years -649 1,964 1,817 147 2,298 1,502 796 5 years -586 1,840 1,726 114 2,175 1,475 700 6 years -459 1,610 1,516 94 1,972 1,419 553 7 years -407 1,527 1,445 82 1,738 1,249 489 8 years -330 1,395 1,313 82 1,573 1,161 412 9 years -276 1,099 1,061 38 1,372 1,058 314 10 years -232 1,115 1,052 63 1,251 956 295 Born before March 1993 -2,569 16,368 15,978 390 19,163 16,204 2,959 Total 893 45,740 33,292 12,448 41,857 30,302 11,555 March 2005 Less than one year 11,274 11,274 0 11,274 0 0 0 1 year -2,286 3,233 3,048 185 4,334 1,863 2,471 2 years -1,259 2,773 2,510 263 3,414 1,892 1,522 3 years -765 2,141 1,965 176 2,615 1,674 941 4 years -673 1,834 1,714 120 2,204 1,411 793 5 years -520 1,721 1,623 98 2,045 1,427 618 6 years -453 1,618 1,540 78 1,955 1,424 531 7 years -375 1,543 1,482 61 1,722 1,286 436 8 years -349 1,422 1,365 57 1,554 1,148 406 9 years -296 1,216 1,152 64 1,503 1,143 360 10 years -228 1,039 1,006 33 1,244 983 261 11 years -235 997 963 34 1,214 945 269 Born before March 1993 -2,371 15,494 15,137 357 18,412 15,684 2,728 Total 1,464 46,305 33,505 12,800 42,216 30,880 11,336 March 2006 Less than one year 11,902 11,902 0 11,902 0 0 0 1 year -2,298 3,446 3,249 197 4,436 1,941 2,495 2 years -1,252 2,757 2,472 285 3,249 1,712 1,537 3 years -858 2,419 2,216 203 2,779 1,718 1,061 4 years -623 2,040 1,923 117 2,222 1,482 740 5 years -492 1,633 1,534 99 1,943 1,352 591 6 years -461 1,688 1,625 63 1,786 1,262 524 7 years -381 1,621 1,545 76 1,740 1,283 457 8 years N N 1,390 N 1,663 1,265 398 9 years -256 1,314 1,266 48 1,443 1,139 304 10 years -247 1,156 1,093 63 1,411 1,101 310 11 years N N 1,012 N 1,175 925 250 12 years -179 956 920 36 1,037 822 215 Born before March 1993 -2,239 15,383 15,046 337 17,134 14,558 2,576 Total 2,058 48,807 35,291 13,516 42,018 30,560 11,458 March 2007 Less than one year 11,868 11,868 0 11,868 0 0 0 1 year -2,533 3,428 3,222 206 4,885 2,146 2,739 2 years -1,403 2,601 2,373 228 3,647 2,016 1,631 3 years -994 2,249 2,078 171 2,825 1,660 1,165 4 years -721 1,978 1,866 112 2,535 1,702 833 5 years -505 1,741 1,656 85 2,120 1,530 590 6 years -492 1,482 1,414 68 1,833 1,273 560 7 years -356 1,443 1,357 86 1,710 1,268 442 8 years -370 1,404 1,349 55 1,690 1,265 425 9 years -323 1,303 1,254 49 1,598 1,226 372 10 years -241 1,220 1,176 44 1,415 1,130 285 11 years -221 1,079 1,044 35 1,334 1,078 256 12 years -212 917 892 25 1,184 947 237 13 years -179 821 795 26 1,060 855 205 Born before March 1993 -2,095 14,390 14,127 263 17,232 14,874 2,358 Total 1,223 47,924 34,603 13,321 45,068 32,970 12,098 March 2008 Less than one year 11,952 11,952 0 11,952 0 0 0 1 year -2,632 3,046 2,826 220 5,082 2,230 2,852 2 years -1,474 2,602 2,294 308 3,918 2,136 1,782 3 years -963 2,206 2,022 184 2,962 1,815 1,147 4 years -639 1,826 1,655 171 2,561 1,751 810 5 years -618 1,661 1,546 115 2,374 1,641 733 6 years -428 1,519 1,444 75 1,965 1,462 503 7 years -345 1,269 1,194 75 1,661 1,241 420 8 years -304 1,272 1,194 78 1,655 1,273 382 9 years -259 1,264 1,209 55 1,586 1,272 314 10 years -285 1,136 1,088 48 1,544 1,211 333 11 years -198 1,127 1,072 55 1,414 1,161 253 12 years -206 1,010 975 35 1,272 1,031 241 13 years -165 840 800 40 1,128 923 205 14 years -157 768 739 29 1,097 911 186 Born before March 1993 -1,988 12,981 12,697 284 17,621 15,349 2,272 Total 1,291 46,479 32,755 13,724 47,840 35,407 12,433 March 2009 Less than one year 10,008 10,008 0 10,008 0 0 0 1 year -2,888 2,716 2,546 170 5,384 2,326 3,058 2 years -1,789 2,153 1,918 235 4,186 2,162 2,024 3 years -1,252 1,873 1,681 192 3,563 2,119 1,444 4 years -916 1,522 1,394 128 3,010 1,966 1,044 5 years -728 1,366 1,291 75 2,549 1,746 803 6 years -558 1,265 1,188 77 2,324 1,689 635 7 years -384 1,148 1,104 44 1,985 1,557 428 8 years -375 959 920 39 1,770 1,356 414 9 years -350 970 923 47 1,844 1,447 397 10 years -314 911 876 35 1,805 1,456 349 11 years -286 892 845 47 1,687 1,354 333 12 years -241 802 769 33 1,605 1,331 274 13 years -220 748 720 28 1,440 1,192 248 14 years -204 654 630 24 1,256 1,028 228 15 years -180 601 577 24 1,162 958 204 Born before March 1993 -2,198 9,860 9,642 218 19,932 17,516 2,416 Total -2,875 38,448 27,024 11,424 55,502 41,203 14,299 March 2010 Less than one year 9,261 9,261 0 9,261 0 0 0 1 year -2,304 2,371 2,161 210 4,154 1,640 2,514 2 years -1,567 2,230 1,939 291 3,717 1,859 1,858 3 years -1,150 1,849 1,627 222 3,065 1,693 1,372 4 years -946 1,640 1,484 156 2,754 1,652 1,102 5 years -688 1,479 1,358 121 2,305 1,496 809 6 years -469 1,298 1,203 95 2,046 1,482 564 7 years -453 1,253 1,176 77 1,981 1,451 530 8 years -327 1,127 1,069 58 1,690 1,305 385 9 years -300 972 911 61 1,481 1,120 361 10 years -259 925 879 46 1,544 1,239 305 11 years -230 1,006 952 54 1,420 1,136 284 12 years -246 874 835 39 1,414 1,129 285 13 years -229 842 804 38 1,305 1,038 267 14 years -185 754 725 29 1,215 1,001 214 15 years -139 648 613 35 1,056 882 174 16 years -159 636 610 26 910 725 185 Born before March 1993 -1,880 10,259 9,989 270 17,526 15,376 2,150 Total -2,270 39,424 28,335 11,089 49,583 36,224 13,359 March 2011 Less than one year 9,688 9,688 0 9,688 0 0 0 1 year -2,111 2,411 2,249 162 3,781 1,508 2,273 2 years -1,234 2,107 1,824 283 2,940 1,423 1,517 3 years -1,070 2,055 1,846 209 2,814 1,535 1,279 4 years -709 1,913 1,717 196 2,210 1,305 905 5 years -586 1,653 1,486 167 2,086 1,333 753 6 years -461 1,489 1,379 110 1,781 1,210 571 7 years -383 1,359 1,272 87 1,569 1,099 470 8 years -341 1,282 1,201 81 1,640 1,218 422 9 years -279 1,158 1,109 49 1,405 1,077 328 10 years -261 1,017 970 47 1,182 874 308 11 years -205 1,011 960 51 1,268 1,012 256 12 years -189 1,040 985 55 1,219 975 244 13 years -210 983 949 34 1,152 908 244 14 years -206 896 862 34 1,159 919 240 15 years N N 818 N 950 748 202 16 years -140 768 734 34 853 679 174 17 years N N 640 N 830 616 214 Born before March 1993 -1,744 11,901 11,624 277 14,456 12,435 2,021 Total -791 44,255 32,625 11,630 43,295 30,874 12,421 March 2012 Less than one year 10,164 10,164 0 10,164 0 0 0 1 year -2,012 2,723 2,515 208 3,684 1,464 2,220 2 years -1,046 2,118 1,897 221 2,553 1,286 1,267 3 years -796 1,958 1,746 212 2,183 1,175 1,008 4 years -713 1,933 1,772 161 2,171 1,297 874 5 years -552 1,654 1,528 126 1,916 1,238 678 6 years -443 1,531 1,423 108 1,766 1,215 551 7 years -388 1,460 1,385 75 1,546 1,083 463 8 years -273 1,286 1,206 80 1,446 1,093 353 9 years -312 1,236 1,191 45 1,425 1,068 357 10 years -200 1,153 1,106 47 1,311 1,064 247 11 years -173 963 925 38 1,069 858 211 12 years -179 1,034 983 51 1,086 856 230 13 years -194 1,053 1,017 36 1,207 977 230 14 years -174 952 913 39 1,080 867 213 15 years -128 952 918 34 940 778 162 16 years -132 870 826 44 863 687 176 17 years -120 705 678 27 815 668 147 18 years -89 661 631 30 707 588 119 Born before March 1993 -1,546 11,997 11,717 280 13,476 11,650 1,826 Total 694 46,403 34,377 12,026 41,244 29,912 11,332 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.