Table 9. Private sector establishment births and deaths, seasonally adjusted Goods-producing (In thousands) Births(1) Deaths(2) Year 3 months ended Establishments Employment Establishments Employment 1992 September N/A N/A 32 215 December N/A N/A 35 228 1993 March N/A N/A 33 238 June 37 219 32 202 September 39 223 30 197 December 36 221 32 195 1994 March 35 212 33 211 June 41 250 33 213 September 41 227 31 182 December 37 218 35 208 1995 March 37 222 32 196 June 38 238 34 193 September 37 222 34 209 December 36 215 35 207 1996 March 37 225 33 205 June 38 229 32 191 September 39 220 32 202 December 39 225 34 203 1997 March 38 216 33 211 June 38 231 33 203 September 38 244 33 219 December 36 251 36 236 1998 March 37 248 32 220 June 39 234 31 230 September 38 206 32 205 December 33 181 33 192 1999 March 36 219 33 242 June 36 233 32 207 September 36 212 33 213 December 34 208 33 207 2000 March 37 200 33 227 June 35 193 33 218 September 35 183 36 232 December 34 180 36 211 2001 March 36 201 38 237 June 35 178 36 228 September 35 187 37 230 December 33 180 35 219 2002 March 34 175 34 224 June 36 189 33 218 September 34 168 34 206 December 34 166 34 197 2003 March 34 172 34 218 June 34 157 34 199 September 34 161 33 176 December 35 156 32 177 2004 March 39 169 32 180 June 37 157 33 175 September 37 160 32 175 December 37 159 31 173 2005 March 39 167 33 177 June 38 151 32 158 September 39 162 33 159 December 39 160 32 153 2006 March 40 166 32 140 June 38 152 36 160 September 36 144 37 158 December 37 149 36 147 2007 March 37 146 36 150 June 35 143 39 160 September 35 134 38 153 December 33 130 40 153 2008 March 33 134 41 159 June 31 124 45 169 September 29 117 44 164 December 28 110 49 180 2009 March 25 97 49 167 June 25 95 45 164 September 24 90 43 152 December 27 100 39 138 2010 March 27 97 38 130 June 27 101 34 115 September 28 102 34 123 December 30 106 34 121 2011 March 27 98 33 106 June 28 103 32 114 September 29 108 31 110 December 30 111 32 114 2012 March 28 103 30 104 June 28 107 29 108 September 28 107 29 107 December 29 105 28 105 2013 March 28 103 28 96 June 28 102 27 104 September 29 111 26 100 December 28 101 25 97 2014 March 26 98 26 93 June 27 95 28 100 September 26 98 27 95 December 26 94 25 95 2015 March 27 98 26 93 June 27 98 27 100 September 27 95 27 100 December 28 101 27 100 2016 March 27 97 27 94 June 27 95 28 101 September 27 103 28 104 December 27 97 27 95 2017 March 28 98 27 91 June 28 104 28 101 September 28 96 28 99 December 28 100 27 93 2018 March 32 106 28 91 June 32 109 29 105 September 30 105 29 103 December 31 107 28 100 2019 March 31 103 29 96 June 31 105 31 108 September 30 101 29 99 December 31 105 30 104 2020 March 29 100 31 100 June 25 88 38 120 September 29 98 27 90 December 30 98 26 83 2021 March 34 106 26 87 June 35 108 28 89 September 35 113 30 99 December 35 113 30 99 2022 March 36 116 31 97 June 34 114 33 114 September 33 110 32 116 December 33 116 N/A N/A 2023 March 31 104 N/A N/A June 31 103 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.