Table 6. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, not seasonally adjusted Service-providing (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 8 1,169 963 206 1,256 1,058 198 December 43 1,269 1,030 239 1,166 970 196 1993 March -35 1,180 944 236 1,361 1,090 271 June 64 1,435 1,181 254 1,054 864 190 September 28 1,225 1,010 215 1,252 1,065 187 December 39 1,324 1,088 236 1,180 983 197 1994 March -53 1,204 980 224 1,401 1,124 277 June 71 1,488 1,220 268 1,094 897 197 September 31 1,279 1,053 226 1,293 1,098 195 December 32 1,359 1,113 246 1,239 1,025 214 1995 March -34 1,265 1,024 241 1,431 1,156 275 June 67 1,495 1,229 266 1,140 941 199 September 1 1,282 1,064 218 1,351 1,134 217 December 41 1,395 1,133 262 1,271 1,050 221 1996 March -38 1,299 1,040 259 1,474 1,177 297 June 66 1,531 1,255 276 1,173 963 210 September 8 1,310 1,076 234 1,390 1,164 226 December 65 1,461 1,175 286 1,278 1,057 221 1997 March -43 1,340 1,078 262 1,500 1,195 305 June 71 1,573 1,285 288 1,203 986 217 September 9 1,357 1,116 241 1,411 1,179 232 December 39 1,486 1,201 285 1,332 1,086 246 1998 March -53 1,359 1,075 284 1,559 1,222 337 June 113 1,642 1,313 329 1,204 988 216 September 4 1,365 1,121 244 1,450 1,210 240 December 48 1,519 1,229 290 1,328 1,086 242 1999 March -60 1,381 1,101 280 1,588 1,248 340 June 59 1,641 1,334 307 1,264 1,016 248 September -10 1,397 1,138 259 1,504 1,235 269 December 84 1,585 1,251 334 1,355 1,105 250 2000 March -52 1,422 1,123 299 1,635 1,284 351 June 69 1,666 1,355 311 1,291 1,049 242 September 9 1,427 1,151 276 1,528 1,261 267 December 51 1,550 1,238 312 1,412 1,151 261 2001 March -75 1,418 1,123 295 1,659 1,289 370 June 60 1,636 1,322 314 1,324 1,070 254 September -16 1,350 1,083 267 1,585 1,302 283 December 55 1,495 1,177 318 1,436 1,173 263 2002 March -68 1,377 1,080 297 1,648 1,283 365 June 74 1,630 1,301 329 1,308 1,053 255 September 14 1,381 1,108 273 1,522 1,263 259 December 61 1,522 1,197 325 1,417 1,153 264 2003 March -73 1,359 1,062 297 1,690 1,320 370 June 65 1,624 1,308 316 1,296 1,045 251 September 7 1,385 1,118 267 1,513 1,253 260 December 72 1,540 1,208 332 1,402 1,142 260 2004 March -68 1,418 1,116 302 1,657 1,287 370 June 64 1,668 1,345 323 1,303 1,044 259 September 6 1,416 1,131 285 1,552 1,273 279 December 82 1,606 1,255 351 1,419 1,150 269 2005 March -80 1,437 1,122 315 1,718 1,323 395 June 87 1,722 1,368 354 1,334 1,067 267 September 30 1,487 1,182 305 1,559 1,284 275 December 86 1,629 1,267 362 1,473 1,197 276 2006 March -67 1,505 1,180 325 1,715 1,323 392 June 76 1,750 1,401 349 1,378 1,105 273 September -1 1,471 1,179 292 1,628 1,335 293 December 83 1,668 1,291 377 1,496 1,202 294 2007 March -78 1,526 1,192 334 1,769 1,357 412 June 55 1,756 1,410 346 1,417 1,126 291 September 5 1,487 1,177 310 1,674 1,369 305 December 96 1,686 1,298 388 1,526 1,234 292 2008 March -113 1,482 1,155 327 1,841 1,401 440 June 47 1,715 1,356 359 1,480 1,168 312 September -1 1,430 1,122 308 1,707 1,398 309 December 48 1,548 1,171 377 1,653 1,324 329 2009 March -152 1,316 1,001 315 1,955 1,488 467 June 42 1,591 1,244 347 1,462 1,157 305 September -31 1,334 1,046 288 1,660 1,341 319 December 72 1,541 1,161 380 1,503 1,195 308 2010 March -136 1,363 1,057 306 1,771 1,329 442 June 51 1,676 1,332 344 1,340 1,047 293 September 5 1,419 1,111 308 1,579 1,276 303 December 95 1,623 1,231 392 1,444 1,147 297 2011 March -109 1,438 1,120 318 1,724 1,297 427 June 59 1,718 1,356 362 1,352 1,049 303 September 6 1,478 1,172 306 1,578 1,278 300 December 80 1,614 1,236 378 1,467 1,169 298 2012 March -31 1,551 1,179 372 1,691 1,288 403 June 84 1,741 1,393 348 1,341 1,077 264 September 2 1,448 1,164 284 1,602 1,320 282 December 116 1,656 1,282 374 1,422 1,164 258 2013 March -111 1,486 1,189 297 1,741 1,333 408 June 53 1,771 1,427 344 1,379 1,088 291 September 17 1,505 1,211 294 1,608 1,331 277 December 98 1,690 1,318 372 1,481 1,207 274 2014 March -92 1,526 1,207 319 1,777 1,366 411 June 66 1,817 1,471 346 1,399 1,119 280 September 21 1,535 1,234 301 1,642 1,362 280 December 102 1,752 1,367 385 1,497 1,214 283 2015 March -99 1,557 1,225 332 1,832 1,401 431 June 71 1,862 1,503 359 1,424 1,136 288 September 21 1,571 1,257 314 1,686 1,393 293 December 126 1,814 1,393 421 1,549 1,254 295 2016 March -90 1,598 1,258 340 1,842 1,412 430 June 58 1,845 1,479 366 1,503 1,195 308 September 21 1,613 1,286 327 1,719 1,413 306 December 99 1,792 1,375 417 1,609 1,291 318 2017 March -80 1,641 1,287 354 1,862 1,428 434 June 65 1,876 1,505 371 1,518 1,212 306 September 1 1,564 1,245 319 1,799 1,481 318 December 119 1,840 1,408 432 1,589 1,276 313 2018 March -103 1,650 1,291 359 1,908 1,446 462 June 88 1,916 1,519 397 1,550 1,241 309 September 1 1,599 1,272 327 1,817 1,491 326 December 119 1,852 1,414 438 1,614 1,295 319 2019 March -95 1,681 1,304 377 1,922 1,450 472 June 59 1,908 1,520 388 1,577 1,248 329 September 13 1,619 1,284 335 1,807 1,485 322 December 140 1,881 1,415 466 1,637 1,311 326 2020 March -158 1,627 1,239 388 2,098 1,552 546 June -154 1,473 1,065 408 2,444 1,882 562 September 127 1,992 1,489 503 1,665 1,289 376 December 187 1,999 1,470 529 1,559 1,217 342 2021 March 2 1,836 1,368 468 1,837 1,371 466 June 149 2,139 1,647 492 1,536 1,193 343 September 62 1,888 1,436 452 1,855 1,465 390 December 237 2,229 1,632 597 1,631 1,271 360 2022 March -37 1,954 1,450 504 2,010 1,469 541 June 113 2,181 1,661 520 1,707 1,300 407 September 24 1,902 1,478 424 1,906 1,506 400 December 163 2,060 1,510 550 1,776 1,389 387 2023 March -93 1,882 1,423 459 2,043 1,491 552 June 93 2,113 1,640 473 1,681 1,301 380 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.