Table 3. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, annual March to March Oklahoma 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 1,478 28,337 19,545 8,792 22,972 15,658 7,314 March 1995 752 27,820 19,291 8,529 24,624 16,847 7,777 March 1996 459 28,175 19,774 8,401 24,971 17,029 7,942 March 1997 768 28,274 19,024 9,250 26,064 17,582 8,482 March 1998 3,742 30,271 20,130 10,141 24,196 17,797 6,399 March 1999 -24 29,020 20,205 8,815 27,176 18,337 8,839 March 2000 -2,574 28,445 20,119 8,326 29,380 18,480 10,900 March 2001 193 28,220 19,672 8,548 27,455 19,100 8,355 March 2002 231 28,009 18,813 9,196 28,597 19,632 8,965 March 2003 -346 26,399 18,097 8,302 28,575 19,927 8,648 March 2004 1,071 28,665 19,810 8,855 26,919 19,135 7,784 March 2005 688 29,277 20,488 8,789 27,312 19,211 8,101 March 2006 2,035 31,358 21,685 9,673 26,711 19,073 7,638 March 2007 724 30,940 21,798 9,142 28,175 19,757 8,418 March 2008 739 30,891 21,690 9,201 29,075 20,613 8,462 March 2009 28 28,899 19,686 9,213 31,625 22,440 9,185 March 2010 -960 26,018 17,858 8,160 32,773 23,653 9,120 March 2011 -239 29,556 21,059 8,497 28,205 19,469 8,736 March 2012 755 30,512 21,870 8,642 27,437 19,550 7,887 March 2013 787 30,564 21,722 8,842 28,457 20,402 8,055 March 2014 1,044 31,114 21,847 9,267 29,090 20,867 8,223 March 2015 2,067 31,865 22,149 9,716 29,331 21,682 7,649 March 2016 -534 30,725 21,775 8,950 31,944 22,460 9,484 March 2017 -812 30,290 20,921 9,369 32,799 22,618 10,181 March 2018 1,253 31,443 21,496 9,947 30,994 22,300 8,694 March 2019 73 31,645 21,865 9,780 31,843 22,136 9,707 March 2020 -151 31,051 21,260 9,791 32,944 23,002 9,942 March 2021 843 31,444 20,531 10,913 34,914 24,844 10,070 March 2022 2,006 37,598 24,660 12,938 31,328 20,396 10,932 March 2023 5,055 40,134 25,049 15,085 31,252 21,222 10,030 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.