Table 3. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, annual March to March Mississippi 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 1,113 20,985 15,137 5,848 16,439 11,704 4,735 March 1995 316 20,452 15,140 5,312 17,383 12,387 4,996 March 1996 1,017 20,518 14,448 6,070 18,360 13,307 5,053 March 1997 936 20,648 14,817 5,831 18,567 13,672 4,895 March 1998 551 20,945 15,016 5,929 19,226 13,848 5,378 March 1999 738 21,736 15,249 6,487 19,709 13,960 5,749 March 2000 450 21,604 15,643 5,961 19,626 14,115 5,511 March 2001 -201 19,933 14,136 5,797 21,318 15,320 5,998 March 2002 22 19,633 13,980 5,653 21,016 15,385 5,631 March 2003 145 20,126 14,392 5,734 20,664 15,075 5,589 March 2004 603 20,725 14,893 5,832 19,920 14,691 5,229 March 2005 364 21,035 15,086 5,949 20,572 14,987 5,585 March 2006 -176 22,091 15,915 6,176 21,222 14,870 6,352 March 2007 978 22,669 16,068 6,601 20,794 15,171 5,623 March 2008 60 21,120 15,034 6,086 22,565 16,539 6,026 March 2009 -1,543 18,302 12,988 5,314 24,884 18,027 6,857 March 2010 -1,094 18,423 13,376 5,047 22,692 16,551 6,141 March 2011 -44 20,326 14,905 5,421 20,118 14,653 5,465 March 2012 267 19,894 14,434 5,460 20,078 14,885 5,193 March 2013 -498 19,583 14,519 5,064 20,411 14,849 5,562 March 2014 32 20,036 14,868 5,168 19,655 14,519 5,136 March 2015 1 20,139 14,889 5,250 19,905 14,656 5,249 March 2016 -67 20,559 15,200 5,359 19,770 14,344 5,426 March 2017 347 20,463 15,020 5,443 20,227 15,131 5,096 March 2018 41 20,182 14,810 5,372 20,717 15,386 5,331 March 2019 66 20,562 15,237 5,325 20,460 15,201 5,259 March 2020 -341 19,763 14,636 5,127 21,350 15,882 5,468 March 2021 629 20,381 14,318 6,063 22,319 16,885 5,434 March 2022 1,937 24,222 16,770 7,452 20,662 15,147 5,515 March 2023 1,563 25,245 17,246 7,999 21,681 15,245 6,436 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.