Table 6. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, not seasonally adjusted Couriers and Messengers 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 114 2,950 2,521 429 2,422 2,107 315 December 136 3,577 3,141 436 1,864 1,564 300 1993 March 55 2,633 2,176 457 3,120 2,718 402 June 164 3,524 3,073 451 2,217 1,930 287 September 89 3,179 2,778 401 2,348 2,036 312 December 125 4,104 3,670 434 1,866 1,557 309 1994 March 88 2,752 2,230 522 3,472 3,038 434 June 117 3,832 3,371 461 2,218 1,874 344 September 54 3,546 3,124 422 2,555 2,187 368 December 158 4,249 3,756 493 2,142 1,807 335 1995 March 83 3,053 2,528 525 3,485 3,043 442 June 97 3,591 3,082 509 2,761 2,349 412 September 11 3,760 3,331 429 2,546 2,128 418 December 102 4,447 3,953 494 2,192 1,800 392 1996 March 26 3,007 2,424 583 3,997 3,440 557 June 73 3,783 3,265 518 2,773 2,328 445 September 67 3,485 2,982 503 3,035 2,599 436 December 265 4,425 3,772 653 2,506 2,118 388 1997 March 133 3,107 2,463 644 3,899 3,388 511 June 113 3,959 3,422 537 2,939 2,515 424 September 61 3,759 3,220 539 3,195 2,717 478 December 108 4,682 4,094 588 2,591 2,111 480 1998 March 67 3,214 2,479 735 4,241 3,573 668 June 233 4,083 3,388 695 3,099 2,637 462 September 77 4,247 3,708 539 2,920 2,458 462 December 157 4,575 3,979 596 2,643 2,204 439 1999 March -15 2,908 2,336 572 4,531 3,944 587 June 52 4,205 3,641 564 3,015 2,503 512 September 10 3,949 3,386 563 3,356 2,803 553 December 171 4,401 3,735 666 3,151 2,656 495 2000 March -57 3,131 2,462 669 4,718 3,992 726 June 168 4,332 3,583 749 3,423 2,842 581 September -4 4,005 3,369 636 3,602 2,962 640 December 184 4,636 3,922 714 3,167 2,637 530 2001 March 75 3,239 2,458 781 4,933 4,227 706 June 61 3,892 3,240 652 4,053 3,462 591 September -152 3,321 2,750 571 4,531 3,808 723 December 53 4,226 3,594 632 3,582 3,003 579 2002 March -89 2,752 2,108 644 5,137 4,404 733 June -18 3,853 3,220 633 3,642 2,991 651 September 63 3,622 2,966 656 3,733 3,140 593 December 95 4,541 3,901 640 3,039 2,494 545 2003 March -39 2,873 2,241 632 4,793 4,122 671 June 43 3,616 3,017 599 3,680 3,124 556 September 23 3,779 3,185 594 3,473 2,902 571 December 87 4,578 3,960 618 3,024 2,493 531 2004 March -39 2,993 2,355 638 4,685 4,008 677 June 40 3,968 3,354 614 3,469 2,895 574 September -48 3,632 3,035 597 3,883 3,238 645 December 166 4,868 4,160 708 2,863 2,321 542 2005 March -221 3,298 2,550 748 4,786 3,817 969 June 45 3,485 2,764 721 4,248 3,572 676 September -74 3,648 3,077 571 3,597 2,952 645 December 115 4,769 4,101 668 2,999 2,446 553 2006 March -43 2,996 2,311 685 4,888 4,160 728 June 150 4,309 3,615 694 3,222 2,678 544 September -47 3,698 3,158 540 3,762 3,175 587 December 111 5,005 4,351 654 2,738 2,195 543 2007 March -43 2,935 2,234 701 5,131 4,387 744 June 81 3,965 3,263 702 3,575 2,954 621 September 43 3,778 3,100 678 3,789 3,154 635 December 235 5,200 4,397 803 2,837 2,269 568 2008 March 233 3,235 2,226 1,009 5,413 4,637 776 June 387 4,338 3,252 1,086 4,058 3,359 699 September -52 3,604 2,873 731 4,367 3,584 783 December 108 4,814 4,056 758 3,519 2,869 650 2009 March -332 2,611 1,823 788 6,332 5,212 1,120 June 17 3,199 2,439 760 4,562 3,819 743 September -223 3,025 2,435 590 4,425 3,612 813 December 90 4,829 4,051 778 3,054 2,366 688 2010 March -187 2,907 2,222 685 5,053 4,181 872 June 122 3,951 3,177 774 3,500 2,848 652 September 82 3,928 3,129 799 3,638 2,921 717 December 391 5,654 4,594 1,060 2,734 2,065 669 2011 March 636 4,029 2,489 1,540 5,279 4,375 904 June 295 4,552 3,449 1,103 3,849 3,041 808 September 43 4,161 3,325 836 4,024 3,231 793 December 91 5,724 4,916 808 2,913 2,196 717 2012 March -85 3,421 2,618 803 5,652 4,764 888 June 180 4,437 3,638 799 3,721 3,102 619 September -130 4,030 3,414 616 4,096 3,350 746 December 73 6,014 5,271 743 2,844 2,174 670 2013 March -168 3,260 2,607 653 5,743 4,922 821 June 26 4,530 3,854 676 3,712 3,062 650 September -43 4,242 3,635 607 4,015 3,365 650 December 52 6,283 5,634 649 2,845 2,248 597 2014 March -250 3,177 2,607 570 6,139 5,319 820 June 13 4,764 4,144 620 3,688 3,081 607 September -74 4,603 4,052 551 3,841 3,216 625 December 15 6,764 6,152 612 2,550 1,953 597 2015 March -168 3,107 2,476 631 6,386 5,587 799 June -24 4,644 4,025 619 4,138 3,495 643 September -149 4,473 3,928 545 4,148 3,454 694 December -50 6,754 6,123 631 2,873 2,192 681 2016 March -214 3,128 2,484 644 6,442 5,584 858 June -130 4,597 4,029 568 4,138 3,440 698 September -108 4,786 4,189 597 4,003 3,298 705 December -79 6,619 6,025 594 2,864 2,191 673 2017 March -206 2,813 2,244 569 6,708 5,933 775 June -102 4,670 4,133 537 4,115 3,476 639 September -131 4,618 4,098 520 4,161 3,510 651 December 9 6,830 6,194 636 2,717 2,090 627 2018 March -53 3,225 2,570 655 6,420 5,712 708 June -13 5,147 4,511 636 4,010 3,361 649 September -38 5,054 4,444 610 4,073 3,425 648 December 111 7,126 6,321 805 2,783 2,089 694 2019 March -87 3,311 2,593 718 6,698 5,893 805 June 27 5,225 4,449 776 4,427 3,678 749 September 223 5,641 4,763 878 4,093 3,438 655 December 256 7,577 6,666 911 2,908 2,253 655 2020 March -142 3,457 2,700 757 7,286 6,387 899 June -88 7,131 6,294 837 4,207 3,282 925 September 485 7,166 5,990 1,176 4,025 3,334 691 December 680 9,122 7,795 1,327 2,779 2,132 647 2021 March 191 4,131 3,102 1,029 8,178 7,340 838 June 217 5,596 4,648 948 6,436 5,705 731 September 243 6,651 5,583 1,068 5,645 4,820 825 December 515 9,681 8,419 1,262 3,395 2,648 747 2022 March -160 4,044 3,184 860 9,183 8,163 1,020 June 80 4,946 4,002 944 7,765 6,901 864 September 16 6,327 5,421 906 6,264 5,374 890 December 110 8,827 7,835 992 4,094 3,212 882 2023 March -171 3,672 2,870 802 9,448 8,475 973 June -163 5,327 4,575 752 7,057 6,142 915 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.