Table 3. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, annual March to March Michigan 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 2,938 73,852 53,278 20,574 58,373 40,737 17,636 March 1995 3,993 76,317 54,168 22,149 61,159 43,003 18,156 March 1996 6,331 78,904 52,825 26,079 66,918 47,170 19,748 March 1997 2,679 78,892 55,654 23,238 67,185 46,626 20,559 March 1998 459 77,060 53,713 23,347 71,348 48,460 22,888 March 1999 -3,115 73,110 52,353 20,757 72,483 48,611 23,872 March 2000 6,712 79,896 53,968 25,928 67,009 47,793 19,216 March 2001 -1,480 72,474 50,213 22,261 77,766 54,025 23,741 March 2002 -1,283 70,589 47,737 22,852 80,047 55,912 24,135 March 2003 308 71,672 47,764 23,908 77,750 54,150 23,600 March 2004 488 72,867 49,533 23,334 74,048 51,202 22,846 March 2005 414 74,022 50,480 23,542 73,836 50,708 23,128 March 2006 337 72,587 49,064 23,523 75,596 52,410 23,186 March 2007 -2,362 67,743 45,968 21,775 79,320 55,183 24,137 March 2008 -3,470 67,149 45,844 21,305 77,990 53,215 24,775 March 2009 -10,299 54,067 36,754 17,313 87,618 60,006 27,612 March 2010 -1,824 60,324 39,478 20,846 74,748 52,078 22,670 March 2011 -2,193 66,571 48,201 18,370 63,411 42,848 20,563 March 2012 2,682 72,110 51,265 20,845 58,885 40,722 18,163 March 2013 8,315 74,621 49,880 24,741 60,710 44,284 16,426 March 2014 2,092 72,887 51,171 21,716 64,741 45,117 19,624 March 2015 537 73,678 52,724 20,954 65,421 45,004 20,417 March 2016 997 73,503 52,983 20,520 65,421 45,898 19,523 March 2017 1,856 71,814 51,816 19,998 66,124 47,982 18,142 March 2018 1,296 72,536 52,611 19,925 66,427 47,798 18,629 March 2019 1,740 72,165 51,021 21,144 68,366 48,962 19,404 March 2020 -6,346 72,131 48,435 23,696 80,255 50,213 30,042 March 2021 1,108 66,912 42,999 23,913 83,431 60,626 22,805 March 2022 9,855 91,995 61,877 30,118 62,889 42,626 20,263 March 2023 5,577 85,468 57,689 27,779 70,087 47,885 22,202 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.