Table 6. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, not seasonally adjusted Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods 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 46 50,094 41,960 8,134 52,856 44,768 8,088 December 3,392 54,238 44,198 10,040 47,622 40,974 6,648 1993 March -673 55,415 45,566 9,849 54,578 44,056 10,522 June 1,358 60,217 51,556 8,661 44,486 37,183 7,303 September 1,511 53,853 45,255 8,598 50,992 43,905 7,087 December 2,756 56,883 47,623 9,260 47,421 40,917 6,504 1994 March -1,251 57,196 48,003 9,193 55,215 44,771 10,444 June 2,080 64,892 55,434 9,458 43,830 36,452 7,378 September 1,334 57,585 48,898 8,687 51,390 44,037 7,353 December 3,162 60,130 50,294 9,836 48,787 42,113 6,674 1995 March -424 61,215 51,662 9,553 55,092 45,115 9,977 June 1,624 64,468 55,493 8,975 47,139 39,788 7,351 September 659 56,539 47,898 8,641 55,448 47,466 7,982 December 3,409 60,504 49,989 10,515 51,438 44,332 7,106 1996 March -1,282 61,359 51,056 10,303 58,988 47,403 11,585 June 1,783 66,553 56,682 9,871 49,324 41,236 8,088 September 1,121 58,097 48,648 9,449 57,457 49,129 8,328 December 3,943 63,465 52,274 11,191 52,048 44,800 7,248 1997 March -689 63,448 52,786 10,662 59,647 48,296 11,351 June 1,331 68,866 59,065 9,801 50,096 41,626 8,470 September 299 60,032 51,105 8,927 58,286 49,658 8,628 December 2,369 64,681 53,817 10,864 54,505 46,010 8,495 1998 March -1,468 64,225 53,034 11,191 62,614 49,955 12,659 June 3,227 70,229 59,002 11,227 51,063 43,063 8,000 September -280 58,971 49,969 9,002 61,943 52,661 9,282 December 2,208 63,033 52,258 10,775 57,341 48,774 8,567 1999 March -2,578 62,912 52,474 10,438 65,004 51,988 13,016 June 609 68,994 58,909 10,085 54,493 45,017 9,476 September -944 60,048 51,032 9,016 62,428 52,468 9,960 December 2,835 65,881 54,873 11,008 55,117 46,944 8,173 2000 March -1,269 65,653 54,522 11,131 65,128 52,728 12,400 June 1,617 70,349 60,195 10,154 54,407 45,870 8,537 September -42 59,666 50,409 9,257 63,850 54,551 9,299 December 2,157 64,170 53,615 10,555 58,584 50,186 8,398 2001 March -2,820 61,547 51,066 10,481 69,225 55,924 13,301 June 248 63,865 53,825 10,040 60,235 50,443 9,792 September -1,675 53,204 44,090 9,114 69,166 58,377 10,789 December 1,062 54,788 44,528 10,260 64,505 55,307 9,198 2002 March -3,891 55,711 46,161 9,550 69,138 55,697 13,441 June 161 61,811 52,422 9,389 55,371 46,143 9,228 September -1,633 52,170 44,216 7,954 62,623 53,036 9,587 December 1,076 55,690 46,108 9,582 57,551 49,045 8,506 2003 March -4,389 53,174 44,491 8,683 66,177 53,105 13,072 June -548 58,561 50,486 8,075 53,268 44,645 8,623 September -1,560 51,321 43,971 7,350 58,807 49,897 8,910 December 1,533 56,143 47,005 9,138 52,659 45,054 7,605 2004 March -3,061 56,537 47,924 8,613 60,333 48,659 11,674 June 271 62,868 54,577 8,291 48,065 40,045 8,020 September -1,470 53,822 46,281 7,541 56,431 47,420 9,011 December 2,436 58,719 48,983 9,736 51,059 43,759 7,300 2005 March -3,247 56,353 47,744 8,609 60,342 48,486 11,856 June 654 63,311 54,666 8,645 48,487 40,496 7,991 September -273 54,813 47,064 7,749 56,016 47,994 8,022 December 2,169 58,190 48,993 9,197 52,048 45,020 7,028 2006 March -3,079 58,690 50,471 8,219 58,261 46,963 11,298 June 1,129 63,578 55,332 8,246 47,768 40,651 7,117 September -724 53,291 46,069 7,222 56,939 48,993 7,946 December 2,175 57,685 48,412 9,273 52,336 45,238 7,098 2007 March -2,491 56,688 48,068 8,620 60,720 49,609 11,111 June 243 61,560 53,656 7,904 50,010 42,349 7,661 September -212 52,323 44,655 7,668 58,358 50,478 7,880 December 2,561 57,068 47,553 9,515 53,119 46,165 6,954 2008 March -3,095 53,117 44,803 8,314 63,087 51,678 11,409 June 6 57,720 49,612 8,108 52,004 43,902 8,102 September -1,106 47,773 40,765 7,008 59,495 51,381 8,114 December 765 46,168 37,440 8,728 61,862 53,899 7,963 2009 March -5,606 38,630 31,041 7,589 77,021 63,826 13,195 June -1,257 44,363 36,963 7,400 59,601 50,944 8,657 September -2,904 39,892 33,646 6,246 59,077 49,927 9,150 December 1,804 46,278 37,040 9,238 51,565 44,131 7,434 2010 March -3,846 45,197 37,224 7,973 58,272 46,453 11,819 June 583 55,284 47,340 7,944 42,759 35,398 7,361 September -620 47,111 39,954 7,157 49,456 41,679 7,777 December 2,823 51,724 42,223 9,501 45,233 38,555 6,678 2011 March -3,341 49,591 41,856 7,735 53,272 42,196 11,076 June 455 57,529 49,551 7,978 41,509 33,986 7,523 September 290 50,238 42,794 7,444 48,488 41,334 7,154 December 2,428 51,965 42,920 9,045 45,148 38,531 6,617 2012 March -2,976 51,792 43,842 7,950 52,767 41,841 10,926 June 804 57,047 49,336 7,711 42,400 35,493 6,907 September -396 46,671 39,780 6,891 50,887 43,600 7,287 December 2,490 51,315 42,422 8,893 45,708 39,305 6,403 2013 March -3,476 49,858 42,388 7,470 54,658 43,712 10,946 June 577 56,456 48,981 7,475 43,308 36,410 6,898 September -429 47,902 41,111 6,791 50,158 42,938 7,220 December 2,127 52,280 43,639 8,641 45,544 39,030 6,514 2014 March -3,757 49,737 42,814 6,923 53,799 43,119 10,680 June -181 57,425 50,608 6,817 42,480 35,482 6,998 September -975 48,497 42,347 6,150 49,973 42,848 7,125 December 1,696 53,232 45,134 8,098 45,152 38,750 6,402 2015 March -3,184 49,270 41,987 7,283 56,316 45,849 10,467 June 106 55,717 48,729 6,988 45,055 38,173 6,882 September -1,071 46,679 40,440 6,239 53,057 45,747 7,310 December 2,048 51,918 43,114 8,804 48,938 42,182 6,756 2016 March -3,733 48,312 40,936 7,376 57,410 46,301 11,109 June -392 53,851 46,543 7,308 46,867 39,167 7,700 September -537 47,484 40,603 6,881 52,124 44,706 7,418 December 1,761 50,256 41,878 8,378 47,139 40,522 6,617 2017 March -2,468 50,941 42,969 7,972 53,493 43,053 10,440 June 582 56,708 48,899 7,809 44,959 37,732 7,227 September -580 48,550 41,425 7,125 52,294 44,589 7,705 December 2,046 53,730 44,605 9,125 46,147 39,068 7,079 2018 March -2,189 57,549 47,331 10,218 58,607 46,200 12,407 June 1,026 62,835 53,096 9,739 48,772 40,059 8,713 September -409 53,669 44,731 8,938 57,173 47,826 9,347 December 3,082 59,534 48,263 11,271 50,252 42,063 8,189 2019 March -3,102 56,601 46,243 10,358 60,688 47,228 13,460 June 435 60,996 51,081 9,915 51,296 41,816 9,480 September -339 52,041 42,815 9,226 58,696 49,131 9,565 December 2,352 56,890 45,835 11,055 52,048 43,345 8,703 2020 March -5,060 54,024 44,159 9,865 63,499 48,574 14,925 June -4,438 43,311 33,499 9,812 80,039 65,789 14,250 September 1,033 57,141 45,675 11,466 57,060 46,627 10,433 December 4,612 61,330 48,434 12,896 46,761 38,477 8,284 2021 March -417 58,421 46,498 11,923 56,696 44,356 12,340 June 1,305 64,398 53,277 11,121 49,570 39,754 9,816 September -260 60,100 48,484 11,616 58,614 46,738 11,876 December 6,276 69,566 54,616 14,950 47,970 39,296 8,674 2022 March -2,301 64,634 52,408 12,226 59,738 45,211 14,527 June 1,985 69,045 56,735 12,310 52,034 41,709 10,325 September 274 62,038 51,371 10,667 57,430 47,037 10,393 December 2,959 63,269 51,247 12,022 51,815 42,752 9,063 2023 March -4,222 58,992 48,930 10,062 61,219 46,935 14,284 June 276 63,966 53,798 10,168 52,055 42,163 9,892 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.