Table 3. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, annual March to March South 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 460 8,005 5,942 2,063 6,116 4,513 1,603 March 1995 460 8,082 6,029 2,053 6,262 4,669 1,593 March 1996 200 7,732 5,722 2,010 6,964 5,154 1,810 March 1997 54 7,691 5,766 1,925 7,215 5,344 1,871 March 1998 379 8,029 5,790 2,239 7,110 5,250 1,860 March 1999 321 8,231 5,971 2,260 7,216 5,277 1,939 March 2000 246 8,370 6,138 2,232 7,301 5,315 1,986 March 2001 -62 7,842 5,720 2,122 7,886 5,702 2,184 March 2002 251 7,961 5,719 2,242 7,749 5,758 1,991 March 2003 116 7,794 5,699 2,095 7,751 5,772 1,979 March 2004 393 8,331 6,123 2,208 7,301 5,486 1,815 March 2005 492 8,616 6,271 2,345 7,479 5,626 1,853 March 2006 317 8,853 6,571 2,282 7,602 5,637 1,965 March 2007 300 8,613 6,347 2,266 8,105 6,139 1,966 March 2008 139 8,789 6,607 2,182 8,059 6,016 2,043 March 2009 354 8,132 5,813 2,319 8,583 6,618 1,965 March 2010 -569 7,793 5,738 2,055 9,131 6,507 2,624 March 2011 278 8,472 6,208 2,264 7,804 5,818 1,986 March 2012 315 9,118 6,748 2,370 7,805 5,750 2,055 March 2013 177 8,862 6,634 2,228 8,108 6,057 2,051 March 2014 278 9,147 6,774 2,373 8,093 5,998 2,095 March 2015 446 9,281 6,862 2,419 8,043 6,070 1,973 March 2016 451 9,303 6,782 2,521 8,436 6,366 2,070 March 2017 189 8,960 6,515 2,445 8,836 6,580 2,256 March 2018 296 9,256 6,642 2,614 8,951 6,633 2,318 March 2019 302 9,300 6,626 2,674 9,019 6,647 2,372 March 2020 364 9,842 6,893 2,949 8,916 6,331 2,585 March 2021 971 10,007 6,619 3,388 9,477 7,060 2,417 March 2022 1,665 12,327 8,001 4,326 8,998 6,337 2,661 March 2023 837 12,059 7,931 4,128 9,947 6,656 3,291 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.