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

Maryland

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                 1,420       43,028        29,803       13,225        36,471         24,666      11,805
March 1995                 2,576       44,899        31,005       13,894        36,527         25,209      11,318
March 1996                   450       42,336        28,779       13,557        40,937         27,830      13,107
March 1997                 2,518       46,013        30,772       15,241        39,282         26,559      12,723
March 1998                 1,735       46,109        30,820       15,289        41,311         27,757      13,554
March 1999                 1,951       46,789        31,718       15,071        41,619         28,499      13,120
March 2000                 2,462       49,332        33,633       15,699        41,183         27,946      13,237
March 2001                -1,758       45,754        32,123       13,631        44,394         29,005      15,389
March 2002                 2,133       47,650        31,308       16,342        44,172         29,963      14,209
March 2003                   813       45,856        31,117       14,739        45,158         31,232      13,926
March 2004                   952       48,622        33,954       14,668        42,906         29,190      13,716
March 2005                 2,633       49,102        32,827       16,275        45,219         31,577      13,642
March 2006                 2,781       51,241        34,829       16,412        45,508         31,877      13,631
March 2007                   996       48,965        33,550       15,415        49,090         34,671      14,419
March 2008                  -807       47,881        33,203       14,678        50,706         35,221      15,485
March 2009                -3,552       41,919        27,743       14,176        57,746         40,018      17,728
March 2010                -2,752       43,086        29,485       13,601        52,030         35,677      16,353
March 2011                  -324       47,818        33,752       14,066        45,522         31,132      14,390
March 2012                 2,351       49,819        33,862       15,957        44,912         31,306      13,606
March 2013                   -37       48,142        33,566       14,576        47,170         32,557      14,613
March 2014                   232       48,513        34,065       14,448        46,938         32,722      14,216
March 2015                   349       49,391        34,684       14,707        46,839         32,481      14,358
March 2016                 2,147       52,502        35,967       16,535        46,506         32,118      14,388
March 2017                   679       50,761        35,182       15,579        48,366         33,466      14,900
March 2018                   411       50,827        35,518       15,309        48,761         33,863      14,898
March 2019                   503       50,607        35,342       15,265        48,919         34,157      14,762
March 2020                -2,059       48,548        33,553       14,995        52,712         35,658      17,054
March 2021                  -756       45,357        30,200       15,157        56,960         41,047      15,913
March 2022                 1,080       58,000        38,872       19,128        47,631         29,583      18,048
March 2023                 4,023       57,326        36,331       20,995        49,167         32,195      16,972
 
(1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.