Table 3. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, annual March to March

Washington

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                 5,191       57,886        37,386       20,500        47,307         31,998      15,309
March 1995                 4,202       59,655        37,507       22,148        51,291         33,345      17,946
March 1996                   418       57,084        36,567       20,517        54,822         34,723      20,099
March 1997                 4,215       67,399        44,336       23,063        51,881         33,033      18,848
March 1998                 8,854       68,133        39,899       28,234        58,155         38,775      19,380
March 1999                 3,277       71,001        43,934       27,067        58,781         34,991      23,790
March 2000                 3,575       70,311        41,967       28,344        62,332         37,563      24,769
March 2001                 2,834       71,017        41,738       29,279        64,919         38,474      26,445
March 2002                 1,954       65,177        36,553       28,624        70,551         43,881      26,670
March 2003                 7,466       73,345        41,384       31,961        63,840         39,345      24,495
March 2004                   275       71,569        43,745       27,824        67,277         39,728      27,549
March 2005                  -145       71,407        45,605       25,802        65,628         39,681      25,947
March 2006                 2,158       72,576        46,665       25,911        64,170         40,417      23,753
March 2007                 3,368       75,292        49,118       26,174        63,867         41,061      22,806
March 2008                 2,448       72,274        46,708       25,566        68,720         45,602      23,118
March 2009                -2,726       62,780        38,471       24,309        80,018         52,983      27,035
March 2010                 8,749       70,395        39,058       31,337        70,025         47,437      22,588
March 2011                 2,287       69,258        42,727       26,531        66,760         42,516      24,244
March 2012                -1,745       69,670        44,856       24,814        66,850         40,291      26,559
March 2013                -2,374       70,478        46,544       23,934        64,995         38,687      26,308
March 2014                 7,590       73,223        48,585       24,638        57,255         40,207      17,048
March 2015                -8,296       69,136        48,561       20,575        70,042         41,171      28,871
March 2016                    64       71,500        49,659       21,841        62,898         41,121      21,777
March 2017                -9,224       80,978        59,436       21,542        73,216         42,450      30,766
March 2018                 8,668       80,946        48,834       32,112        68,398         44,954      23,444
March 2019                15,176       80,445        47,190       33,255        74,845         56,766      18,079
March 2020                 3,257       78,219        53,614       24,605        69,777         48,429      21,348
March 2021                -1,146       66,257        44,733       21,524        80,130         57,460      22,670
March 2022                21,205      101,583        59,923       41,660        64,551         44,096      20,455
March 2023                -4,923       83,373        55,650       27,723        81,157         48,511      32,646
 
(1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.