Table 3. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, annual March to March Vermont 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 277 7,106 5,179 1,927 5,602 3,952 1,650 March 1995 289 7,143 5,252 1,891 5,782 4,180 1,602 March 1996 150 6,884 4,989 1,895 6,304 4,559 1,745 March 1997 366 7,019 5,002 2,017 6,272 4,621 1,651 March 1998 183 7,298 5,332 1,966 6,148 4,365 1,783 March 1999 203 7,508 5,585 1,923 6,105 4,385 1,720 March 2000 425 7,741 5,681 2,060 6,147 4,512 1,635 March 2001 -83 7,077 5,333 1,744 6,707 4,880 1,827 March 2002 -138 6,903 5,183 1,720 6,764 4,906 1,858 March 2003 198 6,804 4,872 1,932 6,785 5,051 1,734 March 2004 302 7,246 5,269 1,977 6,446 4,771 1,675 March 2005 72 7,106 5,302 1,804 6,566 4,834 1,732 March 2006 302 7,284 5,323 1,961 6,700 5,041 1,659 March 2007 -161 6,923 5,179 1,744 7,049 5,144 1,905 March 2008 -134 6,955 4,933 2,022 7,272 5,116 2,156 March 2009 -556 5,799 4,117 1,682 8,053 5,815 2,238 March 2010 -364 6,091 4,405 1,686 6,983 4,933 2,050 March 2011 -26 6,722 4,847 1,875 6,357 4,456 1,901 March 2012 84 7,139 5,154 1,985 6,252 4,351 1,901 March 2013 1 6,604 4,722 1,882 6,626 4,745 1,881 March 2014 148 6,869 4,896 1,973 6,545 4,720 1,825 March 2015 286 7,318 5,255 2,063 6,279 4,502 1,777 March 2016 -19 7,056 5,111 1,945 6,662 4,698 1,964 March 2017 243 7,053 4,934 2,119 6,699 4,823 1,876 March 2018 88 7,141 5,047 2,094 6,673 4,667 2,006 March 2019 192 7,333 5,097 2,236 6,814 4,770 2,044 March 2020 -258 6,648 4,612 2,036 7,460 5,166 2,294 March 2021 -76 6,707 4,296 2,411 8,103 5,616 2,487 March 2022 1,986 9,942 5,717 4,225 6,518 4,279 2,239 March 2023 1,374 9,640 5,527 4,113 7,451 4,712 2,739 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.