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

District of Columbia

Total private

                                               Establishments gaining jobs              Establishments losing jobs
Year ended            Net change(1)     Total     Expanding      Opening         Total     Contracting    Closing
                                               establishments establishments            establishments establishments

March 2001                  -157        8,397         5,498        2,899         8,102          5,046       3,056
March 2002                  -140        8,165         5,352        2,813         8,165          5,212       2,953
March 2003                   130        7,916         5,142        2,774         7,885          5,241       2,644
March 2004                   102        7,902         5,153        2,749         7,781          5,134       2,647
March 2005                   187        8,259         5,398        2,861         7,857          5,183       2,674
March 2006                   360        8,443         5,529        2,914         7,778          5,224       2,554
March 2007                   119        8,661         5,806        2,855         8,032          5,296       2,736
March 2008                   -42        8,602         5,779        2,823         8,216          5,351       2,865
March 2009                  -490        7,887         5,294        2,593         8,755          5,672       3,083
March 2010                   286        7,905         5,086        2,819         8,244          5,711       2,533
March 2011                  -225        8,387         5,672        2,715         8,117          5,177       2,940
March 2012                   809        9,054         5,835        3,219         7,677          5,267       2,410
March 2013                   472        9,021         5,762        3,259         8,381          5,594       2,787
March 2014                 1,026        9,536         5,831        3,705         8,433          5,754       2,679
March 2015                  -112        9,501         6,446        3,055         8,871          5,704       3,167
March 2016                    86        9,965         6,449        3,516         9,207          5,777       3,430
March 2017                   784       10,193         6,251        3,942         9,401          6,243       3,158
March 2018                   939       10,673         6,553        4,120         9,526          6,345       3,181
March 2019                   692       10,893         6,653        4,240        10,092          6,544       3,548
March 2020                   725       11,308         6,778        4,530        10,583          6,778       3,805
March 2021                   507       10,052         5,350        4,702        12,761          8,566       4,195
March 2022                 2,275       14,283         7,880        6,403        10,289          6,161       4,128
March 2023                 1,014       13,996         7,829        6,167        12,012          6,859       5,153
 
(1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.