Table 3. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, annual March to March Texas 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 -154 144,725 104,224 40,501 127,992 87,337 40,655 March 1995 13,762 157,374 106,131 51,243 128,446 90,965 37,481 March 1996 3,220 152,247 109,199 43,048 137,112 97,284 39,828 March 1997 23,292 172,240 111,708 60,532 137,811 100,571 37,240 March 1998 5,776 171,981 121,758 50,223 146,692 102,245 44,447 March 1999 5,843 171,066 121,961 49,105 149,318 106,056 43,262 March 2000 5,760 172,179 120,907 51,272 155,082 109,570 45,512 March 2001 2,518 170,345 121,485 48,860 159,503 113,161 46,342 March 2002 2,270 165,222 113,365 51,857 169,423 119,836 49,587 March 2003 206 163,148 111,962 51,186 171,592 120,612 50,980 March 2004 4,639 169,185 116,597 52,588 163,997 116,048 47,949 March 2005 5,605 175,419 123,347 52,072 160,571 114,104 46,467 March 2006 8,084 185,217 131,225 53,992 157,628 111,720 45,908 March 2007 9,729 190,733 134,122 56,611 163,989 117,107 46,882 March 2008 5,145 191,766 136,094 55,672 169,927 119,400 50,527 March 2009 1,058 170,738 116,953 53,785 193,465 140,738 52,727 March 2010 584 163,103 113,128 49,975 191,227 141,836 49,391 March 2011 4,824 185,239 132,581 52,658 169,616 121,782 47,834 March 2012 9,841 195,061 139,132 55,929 167,289 121,201 46,088 March 2013 9,542 202,335 146,004 56,331 168,521 121,732 46,789 March 2014 9,624 206,184 148,493 57,691 173,194 125,127 48,067 March 2015 9,919 211,747 151,511 60,236 179,358 129,041 50,317 March 2016 8,008 212,800 149,354 63,446 190,582 135,144 55,438 March 2017 11,997 216,310 147,978 68,332 199,325 142,990 56,335 March 2018 11,071 221,667 152,193 69,474 202,761 144,358 58,403 March 2019 12,205 229,455 157,695 71,760 204,646 145,091 59,555 March 2020 7,573 225,805 153,636 72,169 218,370 153,774 64,596 March 2021 15,645 222,694 142,076 80,618 244,159 179,186 64,973 March 2022 26,229 283,136 188,810 94,326 205,486 137,389 68,097 March 2023 20,551 280,597 185,776 94,821 222,950 148,680 74,270 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.