Table 3. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, annual March to March North Carolina 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 3,442 63,408 47,260 16,148 48,325 35,619 12,706 March 1995 4,787 65,993 48,242 17,751 50,751 37,787 12,964 March 1996 4,190 66,620 48,257 18,363 55,155 40,982 14,173 March 1997 5,652 71,179 51,163 20,016 55,849 41,485 14,364 March 1998 230 68,941 50,318 18,623 62,872 44,479 18,393 March 1999 6,767 75,046 51,865 23,181 61,500 45,086 16,414 March 2000 3,131 74,900 52,833 22,067 65,853 46,917 18,936 March 2001 -597 71,094 50,672 20,422 70,909 49,890 21,019 March 2002 -853 66,076 45,639 20,437 74,653 53,363 21,290 March 2003 4,697 71,566 46,652 24,914 71,514 51,297 20,217 March 2004 2,344 73,747 52,093 21,654 68,431 49,121 19,310 March 2005 1,485 75,529 54,344 21,185 68,580 48,880 19,700 March 2006 3,268 78,616 55,489 23,127 69,473 49,614 19,859 March 2007 11,214 87,058 56,121 30,937 70,218 50,495 19,723 March 2008 834 79,871 54,863 25,008 80,673 56,499 24,174 March 2009 -7,106 63,829 42,435 21,394 96,368 67,868 28,500 March 2010 -5,588 65,855 44,837 21,018 85,605 58,999 26,606 March 2011 630 75,212 51,720 23,492 72,365 49,503 22,862 March 2012 2,832 77,236 53,382 23,854 70,066 49,044 21,022 March 2013 1,289 77,098 53,972 23,126 71,874 50,037 21,837 March 2014 1,549 79,005 56,562 22,443 69,971 49,077 20,894 March 2015 3,536 82,454 58,024 24,430 69,610 48,716 20,894 March 2016 4,262 86,767 60,908 25,859 70,136 48,539 21,597 March 2017 3,630 85,637 59,658 25,979 74,248 51,899 22,349 March 2018 3,324 85,768 59,560 26,208 77,104 54,220 22,884 March 2019 3,458 88,013 60,818 27,195 77,335 53,598 23,737 March 2020 1,445 86,099 59,045 27,054 82,957 57,348 25,609 March 2021 14,483 93,923 55,319 38,604 89,921 65,800 24,121 March 2022 13,035 111,899 72,350 39,549 80,415 53,901 26,514 March 2023 7,905 113,713 73,986 39,727 87,352 55,530 31,822 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.