Figure 4c. Gross job losses, by level of aggregation, 250 or more employees, 1992–2012 (in thousands)
Year and quarter Enterprise level Firm level Establishment level

1992

  

3

 1,331 1,409 1,079

4

 1,426 1,498 1,105

1993

  

1

 1,398 1,447 1,075

2

 1,274 1,341 1,006

3

 1,338 1,420 1,066

4

 1,408 1,486 1,098

1994

  

1

 1,425 1,485 1,056

2

 1,304 1,354 983

3

 1,327 1,423 1,074

4

 1,448 1,560 1,079

1995

  

1

 1,479 1,548 1,138

2

 1,505 1,563 1,152

3

 1,395 1,492 1,112

4

 1,641 1,727 1,211

1996

  

1

 1,664 1,745 1,254

2

 1,477 1,554 1,094

3

 1,571 1,691 1,254

4

 1,473 1,584 1,169

1997

  

1

 1,627 1,709 1,204

2

 1,507 1,589 1,152

3

 1,543 1,701 1,250

4

 1,636 1,746 1,265

1998

  

1

 1,749 1,845 1,297

2

 1,817 1,917 1,395

3

 1,583 1,708 1,190

4

 1,675 1,813 1,256

1999

  

1

 1,870 1,991 1,396

2

 1,660 1,778 1,208

3

 1,703 1,853 1,226

4

 1,605 1,756 1,184

2000

  

1

 1,752 1,881 1,307

2

 1,634 1,778 1,195

3

 1,769 1,931 1,305

4

 1,768 1,897 1,263

2001

  

1

 2,023 2,148 1,455

2

 2,230 2,346 1,494

3

 2,192 2,331 1,448

4

 2,271 2,404 1,493

2002

  

1

 1,796 1,949 1,323

2

 1,829 1,960 1,261

3

 1,730 1,853 1,243

4

 1,777 1,876 1,165

2003

  

1

 1,752 1,874 1,229

2

 1,746 1,845 1,144

3

 1,537 1,648 1,063

4

 1,495 1,616 1,002

2004

  

1

 1,482 1,592 1,083

2

 1,472 1,573 991

3

 1,529 1,661 1,071

4

 1,349 1,453 981

2005

  

1

 1,427 1,548 1,000

2

 1,464 1,573 1,018

3

 1,429 1,565 985

4

 1,396 1,509 1,000

2006

  

1

 1,353 1,446 921

2

 1,447 1,569 1,017

3

 1,506 1,619 1,018

4

 1,474 1,573 1,009

2007

  

1

 1,417 1,521 939

2

 1,524 1,640 1,043

3

 1,561 1,647 986

4

 1,483 1,571 950

2008

  

1

 1,528 1,627 1,010

2

 1,725 1,805 1,046

3

 1,883 1,943 1,106

4

 2,250 2,274 1,213

2009

  

1

 2,081 2,122 1,175

2

 2,295 2,283 1,249

3

 1,802 1,839 994

4

 1,525 1,580 935

2010

  

1

 1,278 1,368 813

2

 1,305 1,399 835

3

 1,458 1,475 840

4

 1,333 1,359 823

2011

  

1

 1,221 1,300 768

2

 1,356 1,435 843

3

 1,343 1,358 803

4

 1,353 1,417 865

2012

  

1

 1,236 1,334 796

2

 1,365 1,461 858

3

 1,409 1,491 911
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.