Table 3. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, annual March to March New York 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 1,430 151,972 101,604 50,368 142,785 93,847 48,938 March 1995 6,586 161,963 107,287 54,676 139,695 91,605 48,090 March 1996 2,483 156,218 102,221 53,997 149,606 98,092 51,514 March 1997 4,461 166,052 107,347 58,705 147,777 93,533 54,244 March 1998 4,635 168,536 109,049 59,487 149,134 94,282 54,852 March 1999 11,373 184,627 117,594 67,033 151,442 95,782 55,660 March 2000 -1,334 181,289 117,847 63,442 168,015 103,239 64,776 March 2001 4,379 175,832 114,187 61,645 161,250 103,984 57,266 March 2002 -7,389 163,635 105,504 58,131 178,078 112,558 65,520 March 2003 92 160,323 106,029 54,294 161,382 107,180 54,202 March 2004 260 161,624 109,577 52,047 154,870 103,083 51,787 March 2005 3,614 164,314 109,032 55,282 156,252 104,584 51,668 March 2006 5,296 168,035 111,456 56,579 156,891 105,608 51,283 March 2007 5,514 168,719 111,828 56,891 159,185 107,808 51,377 March 2008 3,406 170,784 115,193 55,591 158,942 106,757 52,185 March 2009 -5,876 149,544 98,438 51,106 181,160 124,178 56,982 March 2010 -1,900 152,390 99,606 52,784 168,505 113,821 54,684 March 2011 8,628 169,485 110,596 58,889 151,865 101,604 50,261 March 2012 3,548 176,851 119,518 57,333 152,729 98,944 53,785 March 2013 2,223 170,065 113,689 56,376 160,555 106,402 54,153 March 2014 5,423 175,947 117,690 58,257 158,668 105,834 52,834 March 2015 6,293 178,822 119,878 58,944 161,353 108,702 52,651 March 2016 4,905 183,379 124,038 59,341 163,123 108,687 54,436 March 2017 2,438 176,267 119,575 56,692 169,160 114,906 54,254 March 2018 1,363 177,536 120,034 57,502 171,047 114,908 56,139 March 2019 779 176,879 119,520 57,359 172,965 116,385 56,580 March 2020 -16,165 164,076 110,153 53,923 193,636 123,548 70,088 March 2021 -3,615 156,352 91,496 64,856 221,976 153,505 68,471 March 2022 22,602 219,694 142,267 77,427 153,676 98,851 54,825 March 2023 16,466 206,279 128,464 77,815 173,244 111,895 61,349 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.