Table 3. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, annual March to March Iowa 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 1,627 27,812 20,873 6,939 22,379 17,067 5,312 March 1995 214 27,923 21,386 6,537 24,003 17,680 6,323 March 1996 255 26,932 20,694 6,238 24,448 18,465 5,983 March 1997 506 27,431 20,793 6,638 25,100 18,968 6,132 March 1998 1,260 28,073 20,994 7,079 25,131 19,312 5,819 March 1999 121 28,343 21,803 6,540 25,338 18,919 6,419 March 2000 207 28,047 21,289 6,758 25,832 19,281 6,551 March 2001 -752 26,487 19,396 7,091 29,609 21,766 7,843 March 2002 -349 26,420 19,728 6,692 27,720 20,679 7,041 March 2003 294 25,828 19,052 6,776 27,169 20,687 6,482 March 2004 694 27,142 20,335 6,807 25,538 19,425 6,113 March 2005 651 27,946 20,946 7,000 25,985 19,636 6,349 March 2006 726 28,510 21,237 7,273 26,521 19,974 6,547 March 2007 277 27,664 20,777 6,887 27,402 20,792 6,610 March 2008 122 27,754 20,966 6,788 27,506 20,840 6,666 March 2009 -742 25,534 19,084 6,450 29,388 22,196 7,192 March 2010 -535 23,790 17,910 5,880 28,204 21,789 6,415 March 2011 -1,210 25,565 20,286 5,279 25,927 19,438 6,489 March 2012 1,214 28,928 21,388 7,540 24,923 18,597 6,326 March 2013 468 27,339 20,276 7,063 27,093 20,498 6,595 March 2014 1,103 28,937 21,469 7,468 25,818 19,453 6,365 March 2015 578 29,439 22,037 7,402 26,571 19,747 6,824 March 2016 1,115 29,392 21,730 7,662 27,225 20,678 6,547 March 2017 536 28,790 21,425 7,365 28,134 21,305 6,829 March 2018 637 28,908 21,351 7,557 28,587 21,667 6,920 March 2019 197 28,315 20,882 7,433 29,477 22,241 7,236 March 2020 1,001 29,956 21,232 8,724 29,630 21,907 7,723 March 2021 486 27,482 19,519 7,963 32,385 24,908 7,477 March 2022 1,988 34,096 24,376 9,720 28,216 20,484 7,732 March 2023 384 33,405 24,004 9,401 30,068 21,051 9,017 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.