Table 3. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, annual March to March Kansas 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 1,168 25,606 18,235 7,371 21,511 15,308 6,203 March 1995 785 25,879 18,654 7,225 22,251 15,811 6,440 March 1996 233 25,515 18,639 6,876 22,840 16,197 6,643 March 1997 541 25,831 18,439 7,392 23,267 16,416 6,851 March 1998 884 25,932 18,200 7,732 23,782 16,934 6,848 March 1999 934 26,251 18,526 7,725 23,798 17,007 6,791 March 2000 -488 26,070 18,171 7,899 25,060 16,673 8,387 March 2001 1,690 25,911 17,092 8,819 25,559 18,430 7,129 March 2002 -291 24,767 17,534 7,233 25,488 17,964 7,524 March 2003 -1,425 24,057 16,537 7,520 27,424 18,479 8,945 March 2004 505 24,880 17,461 7,419 24,240 17,326 6,914 March 2005 162 25,024 17,832 7,192 24,246 17,216 7,030 March 2006 -61 25,049 17,967 7,082 24,163 17,020 7,143 March 2007 -36 25,482 18,155 7,327 24,399 17,036 7,363 March 2008 498 25,250 17,691 7,559 24,879 17,818 7,061 March 2009 -437 23,222 16,097 7,125 27,009 19,447 7,562 March 2010 -633 21,865 15,308 6,557 26,604 19,414 7,190 March 2011 -145 23,912 17,210 6,702 23,770 16,923 6,847 March 2012 521 25,245 17,966 7,279 23,166 16,408 6,758 March 2013 -181 24,502 17,671 6,831 24,101 17,089 7,012 March 2014 684 25,591 18,174 7,417 23,446 16,713 6,733 March 2015 348 25,538 18,482 7,056 23,913 17,205 6,708 March 2016 2,115 27,728 18,373 9,355 24,891 17,651 7,240 March 2017 -207 25,581 17,891 7,690 26,088 18,191 7,897 March 2018 -623 24,921 17,836 7,085 25,832 18,124 7,708 March 2019 -375 25,013 17,673 7,340 26,060 18,345 7,715 March 2020 -125 25,700 17,851 7,849 26,090 18,116 7,974 March 2021 964 25,734 16,859 8,875 27,894 19,983 7,911 March 2022 2,565 30,761 20,223 10,538 25,290 17,317 7,973 March 2023 3,430 32,835 20,522 12,313 26,204 17,321 8,883 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.