Table 11. Private sector establishment births and deaths, not seasonally adjusted Professional and business services (In thousands) Births(1) Deaths(2) Year 3 months ended Establishments Employment Establishments Employment 1992 September N/A N/A 22 108 December N/A N/A 21 110 1993 March N/A N/A 33 190 June 32 165 21 129 September 31 149 21 116 December 31 135 21 126 1994 March 36 231 33 234 June 35 182 23 127 September 31 162 23 113 December 34 144 23 111 1995 March 39 252 33 217 June 37 176 24 133 September 33 157 25 135 December 38 154 24 114 1996 March 42 268 37 258 June 39 220 24 143 September 36 194 26 144 December 41 187 26 135 1997 March 46 310 40 287 June 40 209 27 158 September 37 173 28 146 December 41 171 29 145 1998 March 48 325 41 319 June 45 234 26 172 September 39 195 30 167 December 42 204 29 143 1999 March 45 334 45 368 June 44 219 32 164 September 39 181 34 187 December 43 179 31 149 2000 March 49 302 46 308 June 46 217 33 183 September 42 194 36 193 December 46 186 34 162 2001 March 51 311 52 387 June 45 220 36 206 September 40 183 42 225 December 44 168 37 173 2002 March 54 325 52 341 June 45 218 36 196 September 40 169 38 185 December 46 161 35 157 2003 March 47 250 50 317 June 41 180 37 175 September 38 139 36 160 December 45 163 34 145 2004 March 50 238 48 291 June 44 181 33 160 September 42 156 36 167 December 48 160 31 135 2005 March 50 206 49 234 June 46 167 32 133 September 43 152 35 157 December 51 147 34 117 2006 March 54 212 49 194 June 48 177 35 136 September 43 135 39 132 December 52 145 35 108 2007 March 53 199 52 214 June 46 151 38 153 September 45 145 40 139 December 51 151 36 115 2008 March 54 209 57 224 June 47 155 43 162 September 41 129 44 147 December 47 128 44 143 2009 March 48 166 66 221 June 42 135 46 150 September 37 112 45 129 December 46 118 38 111 2010 March 48 170 57 175 June 44 141 37 119 September 42 122 41 118 December 52 132 37 107 2011 March 51 168 55 175 June 48 139 39 125 September 45 133 40 118 December 52 132 38 105 2012 March 55 187 55 168 June 48 150 40 124 September 44 128 42 125 December 51 132 37 104 2013 March 54 176 58 184 June 47 141 41 124 September 44 128 43 126 December 49 127 39 101 2014 March 47 166 57 182 June 44 137 42 127 September 40 123 44 132 December 45 128 40 118 2015 March 53 176 59 183 June 48 148 46 148 September 45 143 45 126 December 51 144 42 113 2016 March 52 164 62 184 June 46 136 46 137 September 43 128 47 133 December 48 125 41 113 2017 March 54 163 60 189 June 49 141 45 129 September 46 128 48 137 December 50 124 43 117 2018 March 60 181 64 185 June 55 153 50 141 September 52 142 51 133 December 59 143 45 119 2019 March 63 182 68 190 June 58 154 52 138 September 53 136 52 135 December 63 144 48 122 2020 March 61 177 70 196 June 58 146 62 174 September 64 158 53 127 December 74 169 43 109 2021 March 86 214 64 180 June 87 200 53 135 September 86 192 62 145 December 94 194 58 137 2022 March 97 246 84 224 June 89 215 65 169 September 80 184 73 178 December 87 182 N/A N/A 2023 March 80 216 N/A N/A June 76 178 N/A N/A (1) Values for births are not available for the first three quarters of the time series by definition. (2) Values for deaths are not available for the most recent three quarters by definition.