Table 3. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, annual March to March North Dakota 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 214 6,730 5,220 1,510 5,285 3,989 1,296 March 1995 190 6,736 5,165 1,571 5,510 4,129 1,381 March 1996 203 6,673 5,082 1,591 5,926 4,538 1,388 March 1997 -121 6,515 5,010 1,505 6,235 4,609 1,626 March 1998 -147 6,580 5,107 1,473 6,108 4,488 1,620 March 1999 192 6,513 4,789 1,724 6,418 4,886 1,532 March 2000 78 6,650 4,932 1,718 6,375 4,735 1,640 March 2001 -189 6,285 4,766 1,519 6,532 4,824 1,708 March 2002 -109 6,162 4,732 1,430 6,316 4,777 1,539 March 2003 164 6,336 4,802 1,534 6,072 4,702 1,370 March 2004 266 6,731 5,017 1,714 5,835 4,387 1,448 March 2005 293 6,927 5,191 1,736 6,040 4,597 1,443 March 2006 377 7,205 5,303 1,902 6,283 4,758 1,525 March 2007 361 7,208 5,319 1,889 6,492 4,964 1,528 March 2008 328 7,390 5,520 1,870 6,393 4,851 1,542 March 2009 -105 6,886 5,182 1,704 7,164 5,355 1,809 March 2010 172 7,195 5,494 1,701 6,592 5,063 1,529 March 2011 655 8,115 5,902 2,213 6,468 4,910 1,558 March 2012 1,608 10,013 6,785 3,228 6,326 4,706 1,620 March 2013 1,060 9,975 6,754 3,221 7,715 5,554 2,161 March 2014 540 9,902 6,932 2,970 8,461 6,031 2,430 March 2015 475 9,938 6,947 2,991 8,869 6,353 2,516 March 2016 -554 8,415 5,890 2,525 10,584 7,505 3,079 March 2017 -200 8,409 5,985 2,424 9,681 7,057 2,624 March 2018 187 8,798 6,259 2,539 8,891 6,539 2,352 March 2019 137 8,871 6,443 2,428 8,822 6,531 2,291 March 2020 197 8,975 6,445 2,530 8,883 6,550 2,333 March 2021 158 8,639 5,813 2,826 9,978 7,310 2,668 March 2022 680 10,042 6,856 3,186 8,772 6,266 2,506 March 2023 1,023 10,740 7,186 3,554 8,748 6,217 2,531 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.