Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, seasonally adjusted North Dakota Total private Establishments gaining jobs Establishments losing jobs Year 3 months ended Net change(1) Total Expanding Opening Total Contracting Closing establishments establishments establishments establishments 1992 September 49 4,942 4,144 798 4,748 3,999 749 December -102 4,790 4,113 677 4,830 4,051 779 1993 March 163 4,994 4,146 848 4,822 4,137 685 June 89 5,152 4,360 792 4,686 3,983 703 September -20 4,965 4,235 730 4,840 4,090 750 December -9 5,151 4,428 723 4,889 4,157 732 1994 March 117 5,232 4,430 802 4,934 4,249 685 June 47 5,283 4,484 799 4,945 4,193 752 September 40 5,317 4,526 791 5,074 4,323 751 December -16 5,236 4,477 759 5,099 4,324 775 1995 March 93 5,340 4,531 809 5,108 4,392 716 June 17 5,225 4,411 814 5,295 4,498 797 September 60 5,310 4,507 803 5,056 4,313 743 December -34 5,350 4,529 821 5,171 4,316 855 1996 March 141 5,268 4,402 866 5,232 4,507 725 June -62 5,369 4,567 802 5,336 4,472 864 September -16 5,344 4,538 806 5,315 4,493 822 December -58 5,210 4,398 812 5,393 4,523 870 1997 March -16 5,205 4,399 806 5,240 4,418 822 June -28 5,494 4,627 867 5,277 4,382 895 September -49 5,487 4,620 867 5,463 4,547 916 December 43 5,448 4,578 870 5,330 4,503 827 1998 March -199 4,990 4,340 650 5,506 4,657 849 June 112 5,259 4,268 991 5,569 4,690 879 September 166 5,527 4,480 1,047 5,530 4,649 881 December -90 5,247 4,517 730 5,476 4,656 820 1999 March -92 5,196 4,454 742 5,496 4,662 834 June -49 5,333 4,450 883 5,471 4,539 932 September -10 5,308 4,480 828 5,395 4,557 838 December 31 5,488 4,592 896 5,322 4,457 865 2000 March 30 5,278 4,416 862 5,484 4,652 832 June -64 5,218 4,413 805 5,409 4,540 869 September -75 5,075 4,294 781 5,439 4,583 856 December -126 5,059 4,270 789 5,456 4,541 915 2001 March 73 5,360 4,435 925 5,218 4,366 852 June 4 5,252 4,414 838 5,357 4,523 834 September -88 4,946 4,198 748 5,491 4,655 836 December 0 5,103 4,320 783 5,190 4,407 783 2002 March -64 4,942 4,200 742 5,273 4,467 806 June 164 5,283 4,396 887 5,090 4,367 723 September -66 5,031 4,291 740 5,389 4,583 806 December -6 5,105 4,292 813 5,170 4,351 819 2003 March 30 4,985 4,151 834 5,324 4,520 804 June 66 5,378 4,488 890 5,018 4,194 824 September 82 5,189 4,346 843 5,193 4,432 761 December 38 5,153 4,305 848 5,216 4,406 810 2004 March 60 5,334 4,445 889 5,095 4,266 829 June 25 5,537 4,624 913 5,214 4,326 888 September 83 5,227 4,335 892 5,396 4,587 809 December 61 5,460 4,619 841 5,215 4,435 780 2005 March 131 5,410 4,425 985 5,464 4,610 854 June 107 5,440 4,494 946 5,433 4,594 839 September 94 5,600 4,682 918 5,346 4,522 824 December 131 5,559 4,569 990 5,553 4,694 859 2006 March 92 5,854 4,878 976 5,489 4,605 884 June 80 5,646 4,696 950 5,634 4,764 870 September 11 5,505 4,596 909 5,676 4,778 898 December 165 5,734 4,735 999 5,503 4,669 834 2007 March 104 5,793 4,826 967 5,558 4,695 863 June 48 5,761 4,832 929 5,628 4,747 881 September 108 5,556 4,598 958 5,652 4,802 850 December 120 5,925 4,931 994 5,630 4,756 874 2008 March 61 5,967 4,989 978 5,675 4,758 917 June -5 5,764 4,833 931 5,975 5,039 936 September 133 5,978 4,994 984 5,604 4,753 851 December 8 5,861 4,897 964 5,832 4,876 956 2009 March -222 5,354 4,483 871 6,222 5,129 1,093 June 127 5,713 4,777 936 5,627 4,818 809 September 6 5,551 4,645 906 5,718 4,818 900 December 149 5,832 4,783 1,049 5,711 4,811 900 2010 March -80 5,679 4,789 890 5,920 4,950 970 June 179 5,999 4,957 1,042 5,611 4,748 863 September 142 6,176 5,060 1,116 5,668 4,694 974 December 297 6,366 5,121 1,245 5,891 4,943 948 2011 March 89 6,343 5,256 1,087 5,860 4,862 998 June 222 6,433 5,243 1,190 5,985 5,017 968 September 516 7,409 5,878 1,531 5,707 4,692 1,015 December 414 7,285 5,833 1,452 6,153 5,115 1,038 2012 March 680 8,042 6,334 1,708 6,090 5,062 1,028 June 286 7,197 5,808 1,389 6,522 5,419 1,103 September 275 7,439 5,903 1,536 6,859 5,598 1,261 December 302 7,522 5,957 1,565 6,993 5,730 1,263 2013 March 348 7,866 6,260 1,606 6,882 5,624 1,258 June 157 7,377 6,008 1,369 7,199 5,987 1,212 September 284 7,863 6,276 1,587 7,120 5,817 1,303 December 171 7,591 6,047 1,544 7,421 6,048 1,373 2014 March 74 7,877 6,405 1,472 7,348 5,950 1,398 June 134 7,653 6,212 1,441 7,411 6,104 1,307 September 148 8,032 6,493 1,539 7,434 6,043 1,391 December 162 7,986 6,479 1,507 7,576 6,231 1,345 2015 March 125 7,777 6,238 1,539 7,848 6,434 1,414 June -246 7,063 5,698 1,365 8,876 7,265 1,611 September -91 7,199 5,727 1,472 8,051 6,488 1,563 December -121 7,040 5,691 1,349 8,223 6,753 1,470 2016 March -123 6,815 5,443 1,372 8,095 6,600 1,495 June -249 6,589 5,313 1,276 8,375 6,850 1,525 September -95 7,195 5,802 1,393 7,413 5,925 1,488 December 27 6,747 5,317 1,430 7,744 6,341 1,403 2017 March 67 7,229 5,849 1,380 7,145 5,832 1,313 June -111 7,014 5,732 1,282 7,405 6,012 1,393 September -57 6,818 5,520 1,298 7,302 5,947 1,355 December 188 7,135 5,723 1,412 7,156 5,932 1,224 2018 March 110 7,092 5,735 1,357 7,101 5,854 1,247 June 23 7,158 5,883 1,275 7,176 5,924 1,252 September -37 6,945 5,693 1,252 7,240 5,951 1,289 December 57 7,041 5,769 1,272 7,220 6,005 1,215 2019 March 69 7,160 5,837 1,323 7,139 5,885 1,254 June 82 7,135 5,928 1,207 7,035 5,910 1,125 September 86 7,044 5,681 1,363 7,294 6,017 1,277 December 89 7,157 5,784 1,373 7,207 5,923 1,284 2020 March 28 7,031 5,772 1,259 7,386 6,155 1,231 June -647 5,698 4,445 1,253 10,284 8,384 1,900 September 264 7,751 6,113 1,638 6,887 5,513 1,374 December 179 7,062 5,621 1,441 7,143 5,881 1,262 2021 March 292 7,755 6,260 1,495 6,547 5,344 1,203 June 174 7,148 5,723 1,425 7,415 6,164 1,251 September 63 7,533 6,022 1,511 7,299 5,851 1,448 December 203 7,618 6,093 1,525 7,145 5,823 1,322 2022 March 234 7,756 6,193 1,563 7,144 5,815 1,329 June 397 7,498 5,921 1,577 7,444 6,264 1,180 September 466 8,045 6,370 1,675 7,073 5,864 1,209 December 148 7,159 5,773 1,386 7,545 6,307 1,238 2023 March 110 8,154 6,645 1,509 6,922 5,523 1,399 June 82 7,674 6,198 1,476 7,443 6,049 1,394 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.