Table 3. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, annual March to March Florida Total private Establishments gaining jobs Establishments losing jobs Year ended Net change(1) Total Expanding Opening Total Contracting Closing establishments establishments establishments establishments March 1994 7,762 140,869 92,935 47,934 116,422 76,250 40,172 March 1995 8,597 143,345 93,204 50,141 121,168 79,624 41,544 March 1996 10,811 147,836 92,919 54,917 126,393 82,287 44,106 March 1997 4,413 152,186 97,159 55,027 132,948 82,334 50,614 March 1998 -8,793 145,636 98,278 47,358 138,567 82,416 56,151 March 1999 18,140 153,241 95,191 58,050 124,208 84,298 39,910 March 2000 -1,611 154,828 97,490 57,338 140,890 81,941 58,949 March 2001 13,285 166,242 98,734 67,508 141,914 87,691 54,223 March 2002 5,041 155,036 94,304 60,732 150,698 95,007 55,691 March 2003 12,103 165,228 97,505 67,723 149,563 93,943 55,620 March 2004 16,754 177,194 104,590 72,604 147,977 92,127 55,850 March 2005 13,037 183,524 108,851 74,673 155,019 93,383 61,636 March 2006 25,518 201,277 115,617 85,660 158,460 98,318 60,142 March 2007 3,918 186,741 111,157 75,584 184,946 113,280 71,666 March 2008 1,594 175,408 99,292 76,116 200,238 125,716 74,522 March 2009 -38,213 144,580 81,627 62,953 240,697 139,531 101,166 March 2010 -8,877 154,495 89,495 65,000 193,928 120,051 73,877 March 2011 1,094 173,244 104,865 68,379 168,101 100,816 67,285 March 2012 8,825 183,039 111,582 71,457 161,518 98,886 62,632 March 2013 5,467 186,447 115,184 71,263 165,841 100,045 65,796 March 2014 10,266 195,168 122,168 73,000 162,960 100,226 62,734 March 2015 12,620 200,847 126,726 74,121 162,021 100,520 61,501 March 2016 16,761 206,889 128,661 78,228 167,518 106,051 61,467 March 2017 8,220 204,241 128,473 75,768 180,484 112,936 67,548 March 2018 10,696 205,498 128,656 76,842 183,883 117,737 66,146 March 2019 11,379 211,890 129,475 82,415 190,829 119,793 71,036 March 2020 7,440 212,555 125,370 87,185 205,860 126,115 79,745 March 2021 29,970 228,756 124,905 103,851 215,786 141,905 73,881 March 2022 39,014 273,807 155,791 118,016 198,199 119,197 79,002 March 2023 20,478 269,283 157,356 111,927 216,275 124,826 91,449 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.