Table 5: Difference between revised and previously published Business
Employment Dynamics data series, number of private sector establishments
by direction of employment change, seasonally adjusted
(In thousands)
                                                Establishments gaining jobs               Establishments losing jobs
                                                
 Year 3 months ended      Net change(1)      Total       Expanding       Opening        Total      Contracting     Closing
                                                     establishments establishments             establishments establishments

 1992    September               4             5             4             1            -2             1            -3
         December               -1            -4            -1            -3             1             3            -2

 1993    March                  -1            -6            -3            -3            -3            -1            -2
         June                    0             0             0             0             1             1             0
         September               3             7             4             3            -1            -1             0
         December               -7            -4             0            -4             4             1             3

 1994    March                   4            -3            -6             3             1             2            -1
         June                   -3            -4            -2            -2             0            -1             1
         September               1             6             4             2             2             1             1
         December               -7            -5            -2            -3             6             2             4

 1995    March                   2             0            -2             2             0             0             0
         June                    0             1             1             0             0             0             0
         September               1             4             3             1             1             1             0
         December               -5            -3             0            -3             4             2             2

 1996    March                   5            -3            -5             2            -4            -1            -3
         June                    2             2             0             2             0             0             0
         September               3             5             4             1            -3            -1            -2
         December               -4            -2             0            -2             5             3             2

 1997    March                   6            -4            -6             2            -3             1            -4
         June                   -3            -3            -1            -2             1             0             1
         September               4             9             6             3            -5            -4            -1
         December               -7            -4            -1            -3             6             2             4

 1998    March                   4            -3            -5             2            -6            -4            -2
         June                    4             3            -1             4            -4            -4             0
         September               1             6             5             1             1             1             0
         December                2             1            -1             2             5             5             0

 1999    March                   9             5            -1             6             5             8            -3
         June                    6             2             1             1             0             5            -5
         September               5            10             9             1            -2             2            -4
         December              -22           -21             0           -21             3             2             1

 2000    March                  14             6             1             5            -4             5            -9
         June                  -11           -11             6           -17            -5             1            -6
         September               7             4             6            -2            -5             4            -9
         December              -12           -15            -1           -14             1             3            -2

 2001    March                   0            -1             0            -1            -1             0            -1
         June                   -6            -2             3            -5             3             2             1
         September              12             4             3             1            -7             4           -11
         December              -12           -11             1           -12             5             5             0

 2002    March                   7             3            -2             5             3             5            -2
         June                    4            -3             1            -4            -8             0            -8
         September               1             3             6            -3             0             4            -4
         December               -6            -2             4            -6             4             4             0

 2003    March                   0             0            -1             1             3             2             1
         June                    1            -1             2            -3            -4             0            -4
         September               6            10             7             3             5             8            -3
         December                2            10            11            -1             4             7            -3

 2004    March                  -5            -6            -2            -4             4             3             1
         June                    0             2             3            -1             1             2            -1
         September               3             1             4            -3             3             9            -6
         December               -7            -8             0            -8             0             1            -1

 2005    March                   3             5             0             5            13            11             2
         June                    2             0             3            -3            -4             1            -5
         September               3             1             4            -3             0             6            -6
         December                2             7             2             5            11             8             3

 2006    March                   6            12             1            11            13             8             5
         June                    0             5             1             4            15            11             4
         September              13            26            11            15            18            16             2
         December                6            15             4            11             8             3             5


 (1)  Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.

 Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
 
 November 16, 2007