Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, seasonally adjusted Kentucky Total private 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 255 20,778 17,832 2,946 19,564 16,873 2,691 December -24 20,228 17,447 2,781 20,074 17,269 2,805 1993 March 395 21,400 18,087 3,313 20,311 17,393 2,918 June 589 22,404 18,882 3,522 19,507 16,574 2,933 September 604 22,177 18,959 3,218 19,850 17,236 2,614 December -178 21,514 18,722 2,792 20,550 17,580 2,970 1994 March 393 21,899 18,618 3,281 20,981 18,093 2,888 June 253 23,066 19,750 3,316 20,065 17,002 3,063 September 350 22,796 19,543 3,253 21,067 18,164 2,903 December 279 22,246 19,080 3,166 21,433 18,546 2,887 1995 March 371 22,991 19,546 3,445 21,600 18,526 3,074 June 599 23,039 19,526 3,513 21,711 18,797 2,914 September 403 22,966 19,536 3,430 22,190 19,163 3,027 December -99 22,417 19,393 3,024 22,541 19,418 3,123 1996 March 147 23,034 19,588 3,446 22,340 19,041 3,299 June -282 23,523 19,882 3,641 22,649 18,726 3,923 September 1,251 23,884 19,886 3,998 22,066 19,319 2,747 December 219 23,148 19,752 3,396 22,659 19,482 3,177 1997 March 252 23,835 20,321 3,514 22,415 19,153 3,262 June 152 23,860 20,278 3,582 23,066 19,636 3,430 September 369 24,513 20,670 3,843 23,498 20,024 3,474 December -22 24,086 20,625 3,461 23,055 19,572 3,483 1998 March 270 24,003 20,358 3,645 23,233 19,858 3,375 June 326 24,589 20,482 4,107 23,839 20,058 3,781 September 680 24,574 20,654 3,920 23,582 20,342 3,240 December 225 24,336 21,059 3,277 23,189 20,137 3,052 1999 March 152 24,476 20,786 3,690 23,743 20,205 3,538 June 256 25,345 21,406 3,939 23,777 20,094 3,683 September -456 24,912 21,160 3,752 24,742 20,534 4,208 December 83 24,469 20,878 3,591 24,096 20,588 3,508 2000 March 1,956 26,528 22,216 4,312 22,539 20,183 2,356 June -315 21,714 18,892 2,822 24,983 21,846 3,137 September -1,141 25,579 22,037 3,542 24,388 19,705 4,683 December -161 23,476 20,331 3,145 24,927 21,621 3,306 2001 March -609 23,310 19,462 3,848 25,674 21,217 4,457 June -760 24,838 20,956 3,882 25,623 20,981 4,642 September -766 22,864 19,161 3,703 25,559 21,090 4,469 December 44 23,357 19,110 4,247 24,856 20,653 4,203 2002 March 218 23,904 19,825 4,079 23,655 19,794 3,861 June 246 23,622 19,635 3,987 24,202 20,461 3,741 September -344 23,381 19,831 3,550 23,819 19,925 3,894 December 183 23,393 19,491 3,902 24,010 20,291 3,719 2003 March -254 22,966 19,407 3,559 23,761 19,948 3,813 June 94 23,456 19,657 3,799 23,515 19,810 3,705 September 161 23,826 20,077 3,749 22,923 19,335 3,588 December 9 23,687 19,956 3,731 23,758 20,036 3,722 2004 March 184 23,881 19,942 3,939 23,474 19,719 3,755 June 365 23,821 19,897 3,924 23,734 20,175 3,559 September -54 23,768 19,849 3,919 23,849 19,876 3,973 December 497 24,604 20,205 4,399 23,745 19,843 3,902 2005 March 128 24,025 19,940 4,085 24,006 20,049 3,957 June 94 23,975 19,911 4,064 24,130 20,160 3,970 September 32 24,338 20,082 4,256 24,092 19,868 4,224 December -64 24,154 19,718 4,436 25,010 20,510 4,500 2006 March 887 26,146 21,476 4,670 22,941 19,158 3,783 June -949 22,251 19,403 2,848 24,335 20,538 3,797 September -940 24,303 20,029 4,274 25,729 20,515 5,214 December 1,757 26,523 20,857 5,666 24,314 20,405 3,909 2007 March 12 24,928 20,916 4,012 24,140 20,140 4,000 June 290 24,068 19,969 4,099 24,685 20,876 3,809 September -230 23,897 19,950 3,947 24,666 20,489 4,177 December 565 24,732 20,246 4,486 24,604 20,683 3,921 2008 March -451 23,462 19,792 3,670 24,853 20,732 4,121 June 304 23,674 19,552 4,122 24,916 21,098 3,818 September -183 22,840 18,924 3,916 25,171 21,072 4,099 December -491 22,298 18,371 3,927 26,219 21,801 4,418 2009 March -1,039 20,626 17,055 3,571 26,960 22,350 4,610 June -640 21,482 17,831 3,651 25,676 21,385 4,291 September -319 21,704 17,946 3,758 24,251 20,174 4,077 December -29 22,638 18,511 4,127 23,705 19,549 4,156 2010 March -368 21,750 18,091 3,659 23,913 19,886 4,027 June -411 22,907 19,065 3,842 23,084 18,831 4,253 September 57 22,901 19,086 3,815 22,878 19,120 3,758 December 177 23,017 18,980 4,037 23,131 19,271 3,860 2011 March -763 23,073 19,460 3,613 23,391 19,015 4,376 June -259 23,162 18,853 4,309 23,786 19,218 4,568 September 853 23,713 19,182 4,531 22,730 19,052 3,678 December 373 23,115 18,775 4,340 23,261 19,294 3,967 2012 March -54 23,679 19,817 3,862 22,710 18,794 3,916 June -300 22,927 19,094 3,833 23,824 19,691 4,133 September 5 22,917 18,735 4,182 23,652 19,475 4,177 December 373 24,540 19,697 4,843 23,364 18,894 4,470 2013 March 913 24,205 19,273 4,932 23,515 19,496 4,019 June 530 23,814 19,324 4,490 23,426 19,466 3,960 September 720 23,963 19,363 4,600 23,130 19,250 3,880 December 206 23,988 19,549 4,439 23,752 19,519 4,233 2014 March 183 23,797 19,417 4,380 23,942 19,745 4,197 June 639 24,600 19,874 4,726 23,373 19,286 4,087 September 671 24,261 19,629 4,632 23,589 19,628 3,961 December -568 25,205 20,761 4,444 23,921 18,909 5,012 2015 March 589 24,112 19,263 4,849 24,647 20,387 4,260 June -342 25,148 20,706 4,442 24,049 19,265 4,784 September 642 25,020 19,835 5,185 24,664 20,121 4,543 December -382 25,799 21,123 4,676 24,150 19,092 5,058 2016 March 594 24,575 19,834 4,741 24,354 20,207 4,147 June 543 25,153 20,096 5,057 25,240 20,726 4,514 September -50 25,830 20,876 4,954 25,258 20,254 5,004 December -26 25,382 20,624 4,758 24,926 20,142 4,784 2017 March -174 25,290 20,807 4,483 24,482 19,825 4,657 June 1,224 25,486 19,817 5,669 25,342 20,897 4,445 September -1,094 24,475 19,953 4,522 26,100 20,484 5,616 December -137 25,843 20,878 4,965 25,159 20,057 5,102 2018 March 429 25,876 20,263 5,613 25,298 20,114 5,184 June 1,587 26,258 20,225 6,033 25,107 20,661 4,446 September -685 24,454 20,016 4,438 25,658 20,535 5,123 December 442 26,379 20,952 5,427 24,945 19,960 4,985 2019 March 506 25,793 20,498 5,295 25,003 20,214 4,789 June 280 25,297 19,997 5,300 26,180 21,160 5,020 September 745 25,827 20,527 5,300 25,384 20,829 4,555 December -517 25,387 20,547 4,840 25,859 20,502 5,357 2020 March 1,321 25,910 19,549 6,361 26,469 21,429 5,040 June -3,331 19,221 14,315 4,906 39,992 31,755 8,237 September 1,920 30,453 23,478 6,975 23,164 18,109 5,055 December -1,513 27,283 21,493 5,790 26,432 19,129 7,303 2021 March 2,852 29,031 22,118 6,913 22,712 18,651 4,061 June 1,358 27,292 21,152 6,140 25,363 20,581 4,782 September -32 27,470 21,366 6,104 27,459 21,323 6,136 December 2,336 31,269 24,163 7,106 23,853 19,083 4,770 2022 March -1,246 29,355 23,288 6,067 27,353 20,040 7,313 June 3,208 28,427 21,069 7,358 26,108 21,958 4,150 September 808 28,901 23,066 5,835 25,357 20,330 5,027 December 1,299 28,172 22,300 5,872 25,316 20,743 4,573 2023 March 1,608 28,622 22,820 5,802 24,383 20,189 4,194 June 267 26,250 20,935 5,315 27,403 22,355 5,048 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.