Table 3. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, annual March to March Maine 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 770 12,451 8,443 4,008 10,084 6,846 3,238 March 1995 333 12,401 8,613 3,788 10,705 7,250 3,455 March 1996 458 12,133 8,231 3,902 10,961 7,517 3,444 March 1997 -486 12,183 8,694 3,489 11,279 7,304 3,975 March 1998 2,169 14,129 8,939 5,190 10,176 7,155 3,021 March 1999 1,088 13,852 9,530 4,322 10,870 7,636 3,234 March 2000 895 14,227 9,987 4,240 11,140 7,795 3,345 March 2001 563 13,658 9,475 4,183 12,320 8,700 3,620 March 2002 -54 13,559 9,430 4,129 12,792 8,609 4,183 March 2003 444 13,297 9,351 3,946 12,120 8,618 3,502 March 2004 451 13,687 9,629 4,058 12,293 8,686 3,607 March 2005 49 13,342 9,269 4,073 13,100 9,076 4,024 March 2006 459 13,695 9,376 4,319 12,749 8,889 3,860 March 2007 188 13,078 8,994 4,084 13,353 9,457 3,896 March 2008 -246 13,092 9,005 4,087 13,887 9,554 4,333 March 2009 -938 11,271 7,334 3,937 15,608 10,733 4,875 March 2010 -226 12,127 8,244 3,883 13,406 9,297 4,109 March 2011 -283 12,503 8,822 3,681 12,568 8,604 3,964 March 2012 138 13,154 9,261 3,893 12,162 8,407 3,755 March 2013 74 12,746 8,975 3,771 12,416 8,719 3,697 March 2014 174 13,286 9,573 3,713 12,110 8,571 3,539 March 2015 407 13,426 9,600 3,826 12,240 8,821 3,419 March 2016 696 14,345 10,197 4,148 11,806 8,354 3,452 March 2017 1,267 14,787 9,845 4,942 12,618 8,943 3,675 March 2018 29 14,259 9,862 4,397 13,316 8,948 4,368 March 2019 153 14,538 10,143 4,395 13,271 9,029 4,242 March 2020 54 14,007 9,556 4,451 14,183 9,786 4,397 March 2021 1,926 15,462 9,364 6,098 15,255 11,083 4,172 March 2022 3,076 19,337 11,684 7,653 13,613 9,036 4,577 March 2023 1,556 18,575 11,548 7,027 15,310 9,839 5,471 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.