Table 3. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, annual March to March Missouri 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 2,119 50,540 36,586 13,954 39,823 27,988 11,835 March 1995 1,911 49,968 35,862 14,106 42,481 30,286 12,195 March 1996 -379 48,221 34,890 13,331 45,338 31,628 13,710 March 1997 5,135 51,768 35,210 16,558 43,823 32,400 11,423 March 1998 1,662 50,941 36,594 14,347 46,722 34,037 12,685 March 1999 1,287 52,683 38,311 14,372 46,211 33,126 13,085 March 2000 727 52,137 38,113 14,024 47,449 34,152 13,297 March 2001 -1,086 49,338 36,035 13,303 50,378 35,989 14,389 March 2002 -371 47,598 33,670 13,928 50,953 36,654 14,299 March 2003 1,169 48,371 33,945 14,426 49,229 35,972 13,257 March 2004 432 50,094 36,113 13,981 47,442 33,893 13,549 March 2005 1,394 51,571 36,756 14,815 47,516 34,095 13,421 March 2006 1,746 51,385 36,081 15,304 48,769 35,211 13,558 March 2007 2,827 52,230 36,256 15,974 48,929 35,782 13,147 March 2008 931 49,078 34,474 14,604 52,037 38,364 13,673 March 2009 -2,169 44,085 30,218 13,867 57,619 41,583 16,036 March 2010 -657 44,077 30,755 13,322 53,011 39,032 13,979 March 2011 710 49,690 34,311 15,379 48,778 34,109 14,669 March 2012 3,425 52,311 36,351 15,960 45,322 32,787 12,535 March 2013 1,795 52,257 35,205 17,052 49,830 34,573 15,257 March 2014 1,328 52,460 36,637 15,823 48,119 33,624 14,495 March 2015 3,797 56,510 37,747 18,763 48,152 33,186 14,966 March 2016 2,605 57,968 38,896 19,072 50,293 33,826 16,467 March 2017 9,227 61,258 37,670 23,588 50,358 35,997 14,361 March 2018 -5,391 57,899 36,915 20,984 62,708 36,333 26,375 March 2019 1,334 59,084 36,073 23,011 58,830 37,153 21,677 March 2020 2,642 60,968 36,726 24,242 58,909 37,309 21,600 March 2021 6,025 62,466 35,239 27,227 63,104 41,902 21,202 March 2022 5,239 72,578 42,756 29,822 59,736 35,153 24,583 March 2023 5,850 72,836 42,684 30,152 61,165 36,863 24,302 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.