Table 3. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, annual March to March Hawaii 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 -19 10,013 6,945 3,068 10,925 7,838 3,087 March 1995 450 10,419 6,977 3,442 10,678 7,686 2,992 March 1996 15 9,835 6,915 2,920 10,868 7,963 2,905 March 1997 -186 10,042 7,189 2,853 10,543 7,504 3,039 March 1998 -441 9,994 7,166 2,828 10,616 7,347 3,269 March 1999 68 10,076 7,137 2,939 10,084 7,213 2,871 March 2000 291 10,843 7,776 3,067 9,630 6,854 2,776 March 2001 -19 10,710 7,794 2,916 9,882 6,947 2,935 March 2002 318 10,178 6,996 3,182 10,718 7,854 2,864 March 2003 221 11,086 8,231 2,855 9,473 6,839 2,634 March 2004 423 11,264 8,280 2,984 9,608 7,047 2,561 March 2005 479 11,579 8,595 2,984 9,708 7,203 2,505 March 2006 509 11,636 8,493 3,143 10,175 7,541 2,634 March 2007 396 11,624 8,489 3,135 10,653 7,914 2,739 March 2008 -23 11,466 8,396 3,070 11,462 8,369 3,093 March 2009 -783 9,295 6,522 2,773 13,709 10,153 3,556 March 2010 -615 9,741 6,933 2,808 12,218 8,795 3,423 March 2011 -247 10,474 7,658 2,816 10,848 7,785 3,063 March 2012 120 11,047 8,116 2,931 10,090 7,279 2,811 March 2013 326 11,571 8,450 3,121 10,130 7,335 2,795 March 2014 7 11,339 8,367 2,972 10,601 7,636 2,965 March 2015 378 11,549 8,380 3,169 10,599 7,808 2,791 March 2016 261 11,692 8,481 3,211 10,965 8,015 2,950 March 2017 307 11,735 8,344 3,391 11,565 8,481 3,084 March 2018 463 12,316 8,695 3,621 11,841 8,683 3,158 March 2019 245 12,066 8,348 3,718 12,592 9,119 3,473 March 2020 -874 12,087 8,517 3,570 13,908 9,464 4,444 March 2021 108 11,915 6,895 5,020 16,260 11,348 4,912 March 2022 2,322 16,343 10,334 6,009 11,464 7,777 3,687 March 2023 1,628 15,452 9,882 5,570 12,714 8,772 3,942 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.