Table 9. Private sector establishment births and deaths, seasonally adjusted Wholesale trade (In thousands) Births(1) Deaths(2) Year 3 months ended Establishments Employment Establishments Employment 1992 September N/A N/A 13 50 December N/A N/A 13 51 1993 March N/A N/A 13 58 June 14 47 13 48 September 15 49 12 43 December 14 50 12 47 1994 March 15 49 13 49 June 15 49 13 50 September 15 50 12 44 December 15 47 13 51 1995 March 15 48 13 48 June 15 51 13 51 September 15 51 13 52 December 16 59 14 57 1996 March 16 51 14 53 June 16 59 14 50 September 17 59 14 56 December 17 61 14 51 1997 March 17 51 15 58 June 16 57 15 56 September 16 51 14 50 December 16 56 16 74 1998 March 17 66 15 62 June 16 66 14 63 September 15 58 15 64 December 15 54 15 61 1999 March 15 56 15 69 June 16 55 15 58 September 15 56 16 65 December 16 55 14 58 2000 March 17 61 15 62 June 16 58 14 53 September 17 60 16 63 December 17 57 16 57 2001 March 17 60 17 63 June 17 58 18 71 September 17 59 18 73 December 16 55 17 63 2002 March 16 54 16 63 June 17 58 16 63 September 16 48 16 57 December 16 48 17 57 2003 March 16 51 16 57 June 16 46 16 54 September 16 46 16 52 December 16 46 15 52 2004 March 16 45 15 49 June 16 46 15 49 September 16 46 16 54 December 17 43 15 43 2005 March 17 45 15 44 June 17 43 15 45 September 17 44 15 48 December 17 44 16 47 2006 March 17 40 15 43 June 17 44 16 47 September 17 43 16 45 December 17 43 16 44 2007 March 18 45 15 43 June 16 40 16 47 September 17 43 16 45 December 17 42 16 47 2008 March 17 41 16 46 June 16 41 18 51 September 15 36 17 46 December 15 35 19 53 2009 March 14 32 19 46 June 13 31 19 46 September 13 31 17 45 December 14 32 16 40 2010 March 14 33 15 38 June 14 32 14 38 September 15 32 14 35 December 15 35 14 36 2011 March 14 32 14 36 June 15 34 14 35 September 15 35 14 35 December 15 36 15 38 2012 March 15 34 14 36 June 14 35 14 38 September 14 35 14 36 December 14 34 14 37 2013 March 14 33 15 37 June 14 33 15 37 September 14 34 14 37 December 13 31 14 39 2014 March 12 29 14 35 June 12 27 15 39 September 12 29 14 37 December 11 29 14 36 2015 March 12 29 14 34 June 12 29 15 38 September 12 29 14 36 December 12 28 14 39 2016 March 12 26 14 38 June 12 28 15 36 September 11 27 14 35 December 11 28 14 34 2017 March 12 28 13 34 June 12 29 14 36 September 13 28 15 36 December 11 27 14 36 2018 March 13 29 14 36 June 13 30 15 37 September 13 34 15 39 December 13 31 14 36 2019 March 13 28 15 34 June 13 30 15 38 September 13 31 15 36 December 12 29 15 36 2020 March 12 26 15 35 June 11 26 19 43 September 12 27 14 33 December 13 30 13 32 2021 March 14 28 12 31 June 15 32 13 32 September 16 36 14 36 December 15 37 14 34 2022 March 14 33 14 35 June 14 35 14 39 September 14 34 15 38 December 13 33 N/A N/A 2023 March 11 27 N/A N/A June 12 29 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.