Table 3. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, annual March to March Alaska 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 399 5,891 4,013 1,878 4,759 3,280 1,479 March 1995 364 5,922 4,013 1,909 5,085 3,540 1,545 March 1996 146 5,778 3,992 1,786 5,340 3,700 1,640 March 1997 235 6,007 4,115 1,892 5,391 3,734 1,657 March 1998 140 6,246 4,346 1,900 5,339 3,579 1,760 March 1999 38 6,029 4,261 1,768 5,529 3,799 1,730 March 2000 81 6,215 4,421 1,794 5,508 3,795 1,713 March 2001 -106 6,009 4,297 1,712 5,710 3,892 1,818 March 2002 254 6,254 4,310 1,944 5,585 3,895 1,690 March 2003 217 6,314 4,517 1,797 5,597 4,017 1,580 March 2004 291 6,376 4,504 1,872 5,689 4,108 1,581 March 2005 68 6,434 4,635 1,799 5,936 4,205 1,731 March 2006 36 6,326 4,599 1,727 6,078 4,387 1,691 March 2007 -80 6,206 4,506 1,700 6,256 4,476 1,780 March 2008 -8 6,201 4,487 1,714 6,072 4,350 1,722 March 2009 -84 5,868 4,156 1,712 6,415 4,619 1,796 March 2010 -82 5,893 4,228 1,665 6,164 4,417 1,747 March 2011 163 6,271 4,659 1,612 5,469 4,020 1,449 March 2012 165 6,279 4,573 1,706 5,742 4,201 1,541 March 2013 187 6,494 4,714 1,780 5,867 4,274 1,593 March 2014 -51 6,263 4,659 1,604 6,084 4,429 1,655 March 2015 154 6,484 4,741 1,743 5,935 4,346 1,589 March 2016 -16 6,221 4,589 1,632 6,309 4,661 1,648 March 2017 55 6,133 4,349 1,784 6,465 4,736 1,729 March 2018 84 6,234 4,498 1,736 6,316 4,664 1,652 March 2019 78 6,510 4,859 1,651 6,023 4,450 1,573 March 2020 108 6,181 4,396 1,785 6,409 4,732 1,677 March 2021 552 6,475 4,279 2,196 6,917 5,273 1,644 March 2022 689 7,968 5,464 2,504 6,122 4,307 1,815 March 2023 431 7,778 5,282 2,496 6,688 4,623 2,065 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.