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New Retail Trade and Service Companies Boosted Start-up Jobs <br /> Several medium-sized retail trade and health service companies set up new operations in <br /> urbanized areas of the northeast region. This doubled the number of start-up jobs created since <br /> the summer quarter. New business formation and expansion by these industries remained <br /> strong, continuing a trend that began in 1992. <br /> Major manufacturing expansions continued to fuel job growth in the area. Several services, <br /> Northwest retail trade, and construction businesses also expanded, albeit at lower rates than during the <br /> summer quarter. Combined with high rates of start-up jobs, the major expansions produced the <br /> Region highest regional performance at new job creation in the state. <br /> 4th Quarter, 1995 <br /> Number of Business Establishments <br /> Births Dissolutions Expansions Contractions <br /> Industry No. Rate(%) No. Rate(%) No. Rate(%) No. Rate(%) <br /> Agriculture D D D D D D 0 0.0 <br /> Mining 0 0.0 D D D D 0 0.0 <br /> Construction 5 1.3 4 1.0 4 1.0 D D <br /> Manufacturing D D D D 6 2.2 D D <br /> Trans., Comm., Utilities D D 4 1.5 D D 0 0.0 <br /> Wholesale Trade D D D D D D D D <br /> Retail Trade 12 1.1 15 1.4 4 0.4 6 0.6 <br /> Finance, Ins., Real Estate D D 6 1.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 <br /> Services 21 1.6 25 2.0 6 0.5 8 0.6 <br /> Public Administration D D 0 0.0 0 0.0 D D <br /> TOTAL 4th Qtr., 1995 49 1.1 60 1.4 25 0.6 20 0.5 <br /> TOTAL 3rd Qtr., 1995 80 1.8 42 1.0 32 0.7 29 0.7 <br /> TOTAL 4th Qtr., 1994 70 1.6 63 1.4 23 0.5 19 0.4 <br /> Number of Jobs <br /> Births Dissolutions Expansions Contractions <br /> Industry No. Rate(%) No. Rate(%) No. Rate(%) No. Rate(%) <br /> Agriculture D D D D D D 0 0.0 <br /> Mining 0 0.0 D D D D 0 0.0 <br /> Construction 3 0.1 5 0.2 65 2.5 D D <br /> Manufacturing D D D D 182 1.5 D D <br /> Trans., Comm., Utilities D D 0 0.0 D D 0 0.0 <br /> Wholesale Trade D D D D D D D D <br /> Retail Trade 136 1.3 45 0.4 94 0.9 81 0.8 <br /> Finance, Ins., Real Estate D D 12 0.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 <br /> Services 224 1.3 50 0.3 88 0.5 287 1.6 <br /> Public Administration D D 0 0.0 0 0.0 D D <br /> TOTAL 4th Qtr., 1995 382 0.7 124 0.2 537 1.0 437 0.8 <br /> TOTAL 3rd Qtr., 1995 186 0.3 136 0.2 692 1.2 439 0.8 <br /> TOTAL 4th Qtr., 1994 267 0.5 141 0.3 691 1.3 289 0.5 <br /> D = Suppressed to avoid disclosure of individual company data. <br /> Northtrest Region Counties: Beltranti. Cleanrater, Hubbard. Kittson. Lake of the Woods, ,Lluhnurnen. ,Wurshull, Norman, Pennington, <br /> Polk, Red Lake and Roseau. <br /> Note: See notes on Page 13 oJ'Report for Terms, Deftrtitions and Sources. <br /> 6 <br />