Table 3. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, annual March to March New Mexico 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 1,224 15,527 10,567 4,960 11,793 8,057 3,736 March 1995 3,657 17,012 10,740 6,272 11,790 9,175 2,615 March 1996 -1,915 15,076 10,590 4,486 15,988 9,587 6,401 March 1997 413 15,458 10,360 5,098 14,371 9,686 4,685 March 1998 504 15,599 10,483 5,116 14,314 9,702 4,612 March 1999 266 15,499 10,509 4,990 14,648 9,924 4,724 March 2000 75 15,599 10,763 4,836 14,506 9,745 4,761 March 2001 272 15,642 10,538 5,104 14,962 10,130 4,832 March 2002 12 15,215 10,299 4,916 15,074 10,170 4,904 March 2003 237 15,457 10,584 4,873 14,750 10,114 4,636 March 2004 640 16,232 11,080 5,152 14,351 9,839 4,512 March 2005 261 16,608 11,412 5,196 14,982 10,047 4,935 March 2006 1,201 17,456 11,726 5,730 14,845 10,316 4,529 March 2007 617 17,461 11,843 5,618 15,685 10,684 5,001 March 2008 514 17,061 11,453 5,608 16,558 11,464 5,094 March 2009 -1,074 14,422 9,495 4,927 19,273 13,272 6,001 March 2010 -625 14,056 9,359 4,697 17,511 12,189 5,322 March 2011 -210 15,344 10,588 4,756 15,681 10,715 4,966 March 2012 71 15,870 10,926 4,944 15,282 10,409 4,873 March 2013 166 16,617 11,831 4,786 14,771 10,151 4,620 March 2014 -119 16,164 11,105 5,059 16,078 10,900 5,178 March 2015 837 17,404 11,671 5,733 15,354 10,458 4,896 March 2016 449 16,488 11,215 5,273 15,925 11,101 4,824 March 2017 247 16,525 11,382 5,143 16,068 11,172 4,896 March 2018 433 16,870 11,533 5,337 15,969 11,065 4,904 March 2019 183 16,815 11,575 5,240 16,257 11,200 5,057 March 2020 542 17,273 11,428 5,845 16,930 11,627 5,303 March 2021 -109 16,165 10,340 5,825 19,652 13,718 5,934 March 2022 1,619 20,820 13,560 7,260 15,894 10,253 5,641 March 2023 634 20,349 12,938 7,411 17,679 10,902 6,777 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.