Table 3. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, annual March to March Ohio 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 13,005 95,695 67,043 28,652 69,555 53,908 15,647 March 1995 -3,195 94,251 67,946 26,305 84,509 55,009 29,500 March 1996 3,634 91,198 65,683 25,515 81,760 59,879 21,881 March 1997 3,308 92,643 67,563 25,080 82,537 60,765 21,772 March 1998 706 92,231 68,612 23,619 84,684 61,771 22,913 March 1999 1,673 93,111 68,799 24,312 85,947 63,308 22,639 March 2000 2,602 94,748 70,174 24,574 84,078 62,106 21,972 March 2001 -824 89,463 65,689 23,774 93,719 69,121 24,598 March 2002 -1,620 85,530 61,666 23,864 97,623 72,139 25,484 March 2003 -1,571 86,037 62,966 23,071 93,418 68,776 24,642 March 2004 675 89,274 65,638 23,636 88,013 65,052 22,961 March 2005 -364 88,251 65,185 23,066 89,564 66,134 23,430 March 2006 2,061 90,671 65,904 24,767 89,354 66,648 22,706 March 2007 -2,777 84,995 63,288 21,707 94,105 69,621 24,484 March 2008 -3,921 82,976 61,373 21,603 95,355 69,831 25,524 March 2009 -6,631 73,619 53,727 19,892 102,686 76,163 26,523 March 2010 -6,245 72,016 53,478 18,538 96,530 71,747 24,783 March 2011 102 84,261 63,590 20,671 79,398 58,829 20,569 March 2012 1,381 89,413 66,984 22,429 77,678 56,630 21,048 March 2013 -1,011 83,780 63,493 20,287 82,238 60,940 21,298 March 2014 1,133 85,997 64,760 21,237 80,482 60,378 20,104 March 2015 151 88,569 67,618 20,951 80,715 59,915 20,800 March 2016 6,352 92,235 68,257 23,978 79,531 61,905 17,626 March 2017 -4,376 86,153 66,365 19,788 88,456 64,292 24,164 March 2018 177 87,827 66,389 21,438 84,895 63,634 21,261 March 2019 834 89,546 67,039 22,507 86,139 64,466 21,673 March 2020 -442 86,187 63,233 22,954 91,856 68,460 23,396 March 2021 3,321 83,855 57,406 26,449 101,881 78,753 23,128 March 2022 6,932 106,530 76,537 29,993 84,266 61,205 23,061 March 2023 2,764 104,324 74,748 29,576 90,189 63,377 26,812 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.