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

Louisiana

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                 2,058       34,507        24,661        9,846        28,038         20,250       7,788
March 1995                 1,513       34,871        24,822       10,049        30,124         21,588       8,536
March 1996                   482       35,077        26,051        9,026        30,147         21,603       8,544
March 1997                 1,764       35,423        25,408       10,015        31,435         23,184       8,251
March 1998                 2,058       37,132        26,446       10,686        32,226         23,598       8,628
March 1999                   865       37,744        27,085       10,659        33,958         24,164       9,794
March 2000                   931       37,436        26,705       10,731        35,062         25,262       9,800
March 2001                -1,058       37,154        26,874       10,280        37,138         25,800      11,338
March 2002                  -158       35,532        25,283       10,249        36,675         26,268      10,407
March 2003                    30       35,221        25,397        9,824        36,104         26,310       9,794
March 2004                   964       37,155        26,789       10,366        34,979         25,577       9,402
March 2005                 1,061       35,790        25,440       10,350        37,554         28,265       9,289
March 2006                -3,554       35,383        25,081       10,302        41,191         27,335      13,856
March 2007                 2,298       43,706        31,637       12,069        32,587         22,816       9,771
March 2008                 1,461       36,935        25,648       11,287        39,074         29,248       9,826
March 2009                  -704       34,781        24,649       10,132        39,472         28,636      10,836
March 2010                -1,821       32,444        23,141        9,303        39,869         28,745      11,124
March 2011                   408       38,251        27,826       10,425        34,683         24,666      10,017
March 2012                   619       36,419        25,942       10,477        36,791         26,933       9,858
March 2013                   568       37,023        26,679       10,344        34,935         25,159       9,776
March 2014                   719       37,145        27,134       10,011        34,702         25,410       9,292
March 2015                   -68       36,828        27,065        9,763        35,699         25,868       9,831
March 2016                   321       36,464        26,593        9,871        36,851         27,301       9,550
March 2017                   -37       35,580        25,925        9,655        37,438         27,746       9,692
March 2018                   199       35,891        25,985        9,906        37,261         27,554       9,707
March 2019                   524       36,330        26,179       10,151        36,972         27,345       9,627
March 2020                  -819       34,894        25,422        9,472        38,377         28,086      10,291
March 2021                   657       35,253        24,209       11,044        41,288         30,901      10,387
March 2022                 1,704       41,747        29,043       12,704        36,874         25,874      11,000
March 2023                 1,975       42,391        29,219       13,172        36,764         25,567      11,197
 
(1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.