Table 3. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, annual March to March California 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 1,449 285,044 181,638 103,406 280,235 178,278 101,957 March 1995 11,000 291,401 186,878 104,523 267,968 174,445 93,523 March 1996 7,265 309,412 196,374 113,038 269,189 163,416 105,773 March 1997 7,418 314,874 199,053 115,821 275,599 167,196 108,403 March 1998 12,857 321,675 200,243 121,432 276,339 167,764 108,575 March 1999 36,676 345,912 204,115 141,797 273,707 168,586 105,121 March 2000 28,723 345,993 208,402 137,591 286,183 177,315 108,868 March 2001 22,636 352,225 211,308 140,917 300,235 181,954 118,281 March 2002 21,320 343,267 195,533 147,734 327,487 201,073 126,414 March 2003 29,716 352,307 196,081 156,226 327,073 200,563 126,510 March 2004 28,317 359,548 202,129 157,419 323,808 194,706 129,102 March 2005 23,673 365,871 206,382 159,489 332,158 196,342 135,816 March 2006 34,299 382,429 213,479 168,950 332,146 197,495 134,651 March 2007 14,697 377,649 215,636 162,013 350,941 203,625 147,316 March 2008 10,348 369,075 203,731 165,344 372,351 217,355 154,996 March 2009 8,347 330,290 163,191 167,099 409,928 251,176 158,752 March 2010 -31,587 313,546 169,359 144,187 394,920 219,146 175,774 March 2011 7,939 357,309 195,843 161,466 342,479 188,952 153,527 March 2012 40,843 391,705 209,180 182,525 320,197 178,515 141,682 March 2013 48,874 379,356 224,430 154,926 288,808 182,756 106,052 March 2014 19,863 401,494 243,335 158,159 329,463 191,167 138,296 March 2015 20,677 394,468 237,369 157,099 341,398 204,976 136,422 March 2016 31,300 409,657 239,752 169,905 348,158 209,553 138,605 March 2017 38,872 418,278 241,094 177,184 356,950 218,638 138,312 March 2018 26,445 416,892 242,739 174,153 375,822 228,114 147,708 March 2019 25,098 420,656 244,876 175,780 383,112 232,430 150,682 March 2020 22,171 421,842 239,649 182,193 405,785 245,763 160,022 March 2021 9,522 387,913 207,217 180,696 466,939 295,765 171,174 March 2022 84,896 506,400 295,399 211,001 335,162 209,057 126,105 March 2023 13,627 471,240 259,299 211,941 443,799 245,485 198,314 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.