Table 3. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, annual March to March Illinois 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 4,227 96,225 66,916 29,309 81,955 56,873 25,082 March 1995 6,353 101,226 69,814 31,412 82,883 57,824 25,059 March 1996 1,113 95,956 66,942 29,014 90,237 62,336 27,901 March 1997 1,724 95,138 68,413 26,725 86,797 61,796 25,001 March 1998 4,110 98,139 68,559 29,580 89,082 63,612 25,470 March 1999 2,559 99,262 70,434 28,828 89,586 63,317 26,269 March 2000 2,061 100,347 71,452 28,895 90,191 63,357 26,834 March 2001 811 96,295 67,609 28,686 95,388 67,513 27,875 March 2002 -1,929 91,810 63,654 28,156 101,229 71,144 30,085 March 2003 1,201 92,533 63,751 28,782 96,769 69,188 27,581 March 2004 2,086 95,057 65,235 29,822 95,265 67,529 27,736 March 2005 -759 97,452 67,471 29,981 95,949 65,209 30,740 March 2006 6,364 103,035 67,988 35,047 94,285 65,602 28,683 March 2007 2,111 99,641 68,624 31,017 96,458 67,552 28,906 March 2008 -2,695 95,420 67,105 28,315 100,859 69,849 31,010 March 2009 -5,722 82,881 54,832 28,049 112,871 79,100 33,771 March 2010 -3,132 83,640 54,685 28,955 106,605 74,518 32,087 March 2011 60 94,226 64,878 29,348 91,868 62,580 29,288 March 2012 1,493 97,674 67,255 30,419 90,585 61,659 28,926 March 2013 -3,172 92,859 65,619 27,240 93,503 63,091 30,412 March 2014 3,748 98,803 66,737 32,066 90,417 62,099 28,318 March 2015 224 101,332 69,100 32,232 94,453 62,445 32,008 March 2016 4,049 103,722 68,768 34,954 93,658 62,753 30,905 March 2017 1,999 102,576 67,218 35,358 101,081 67,722 33,359 March 2018 2,151 100,144 66,835 33,309 98,321 67,163 31,158 March 2019 188 97,439 65,656 31,783 99,018 67,423 31,595 March 2020 -2,283 96,038 64,197 31,841 104,199 70,075 34,124 March 2021 7,865 98,822 59,479 39,343 111,524 80,046 31,478 March 2022 8,942 119,829 79,106 40,723 92,845 61,064 31,781 March 2023 2,533 113,193 75,273 37,920 99,600 64,213 35,387 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.