Table 3. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, annual March to March Service-providing (In thousands) Establishments gaining jobs Establishments losing jobs Year ended Net change(1) Total Expanding Opening Total Contracting Closing establishments establishments establishments establishments March 1994 80 1,860 1,292 568 1,584 1,096 488 March 1995 95 1,921 1,324 597 1,631 1,129 502 March 1996 76 1,928 1,319 609 1,714 1,181 533 March 1997 97 2,004 1,358 646 1,740 1,191 549 March 1998 75 2,031 1,376 655 1,801 1,221 580 March 1999 109 2,104 1,411 693 1,815 1,231 584 March 2000 83 2,136 1,431 705 1,885 1,263 622 March 2001 55 2,113 1,408 705 1,971 1,321 650 March 2002 33 2,044 1,339 705 2,064 1,392 672 March 2003 75 2,066 1,351 715 2,023 1,383 640 March 2004 75 2,122 1,412 710 1,980 1,345 635 March 2005 81 2,170 1,437 733 2,016 1,364 652 March 2006 139 2,270 1,483 787 2,030 1,382 648 March 2007 85 2,268 1,499 769 2,109 1,425 684 March 2008 47 2,227 1,467 760 2,203 1,490 713 March 2009 -58 1,979 1,258 721 2,470 1,691 779 March 2010 -52 1,975 1,288 687 2,301 1,562 739 March 2011 45 2,183 1,456 727 2,064 1,382 682 March 2012 118 2,306 1,524 782 2,025 1,361 664 March 2013 93 2,278 1,535 743 2,053 1,403 650 March 2014 83 2,347 1,589 758 2,091 1,416 675 March 2015 90 2,397 1,618 779 2,126 1,437 689 March 2016 126 2,482 1,656 826 2,155 1,455 700 March 2017 97 2,468 1,638 830 2,271 1,538 733 March 2018 77 2,466 1,635 831 2,323 1,569 754 March 2019 107 2,518 1,651 867 2,349 1,589 760 March 2020 58 2,501 1,602 899 2,506 1,665 841 March 2021 163 2,473 1,463 1,010 2,793 1,946 847 March 2022 415 3,208 1,989 1,219 2,272 1,468 804 March 2023 206 3,095 1,906 1,189 2,588 1,605 983 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.