Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, seasonally adjusted Wholesale Trade Agents and Brokers 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 -821 24,320 16,833 7,487 26,554 18,246 8,308 December 660 24,630 16,758 7,872 25,244 18,032 7,212 1993 March 554 24,823 17,094 7,729 24,349 17,174 7,175 June 86 24,640 17,434 7,206 24,199 17,079 7,120 September 691 24,549 17,140 7,409 24,243 17,525 6,718 December 65 24,334 17,225 7,109 24,464 17,420 7,044 1994 March -165 23,875 16,594 7,281 24,458 17,012 7,446 June 337 25,185 17,441 7,744 24,178 16,771 7,407 September 546 25,358 17,578 7,780 24,220 16,986 7,234 December 119 24,880 17,259 7,621 24,375 16,873 7,502 1995 March 124 24,697 17,212 7,485 24,010 16,649 7,361 June 189 24,757 17,104 7,653 23,890 16,426 7,464 September 33 24,316 16,672 7,644 24,399 16,788 7,611 December 449 24,589 16,605 7,984 24,556 17,021 7,535 1996 March -216 24,338 16,489 7,849 24,622 16,557 8,065 June 24 24,633 16,601 8,032 24,679 16,671 8,008 September 723 24,679 16,174 8,505 24,436 16,654 7,782 December 989 25,589 16,897 8,692 24,248 16,545 7,703 1997 March 389 25,083 16,775 8,308 24,091 16,172 7,919 June -217 24,909 16,808 8,101 24,313 15,995 8,318 September 91 24,953 16,590 8,363 24,398 16,126 8,272 December -545 24,726 16,369 8,357 25,371 16,469 8,902 1998 March 142 24,466 15,858 8,608 24,090 15,624 8,466 June 650 24,515 15,758 8,757 23,645 15,538 8,107 September -350 23,738 15,495 8,243 24,369 15,776 8,593 December -399 23,649 15,505 8,144 24,012 15,469 8,543 1999 March 103 23,296 15,029 8,267 23,584 15,420 8,164 June -505 23,556 15,234 8,322 24,156 15,329 8,827 September -405 23,405 14,864 8,541 24,050 15,104 8,946 December 400 24,132 15,432 8,700 23,110 14,810 8,300 2000 March 881 24,285 14,925 9,360 23,371 14,892 8,479 June 708 24,482 15,422 9,060 23,147 14,795 8,352 September 931 25,557 15,434 10,123 23,978 14,786 9,192 December 1,103 25,461 15,210 10,251 24,117 14,969 9,148 2001 March 831 25,231 15,269 9,962 23,774 14,643 9,131 June 775 24,688 14,777 9,911 24,059 14,923 9,136 September 293 24,130 14,318 9,812 24,561 15,042 9,519 December 401 23,797 13,898 9,899 25,058 15,560 9,498 2002 March 1,198 24,991 14,513 10,478 23,871 14,591 9,280 June 2,134 25,780 14,665 11,115 23,514 14,533 8,981 September 1,303 25,282 14,915 10,367 23,892 14,828 9,064 December 995 25,600 15,079 10,521 24,487 14,961 9,526 2003 March 1,761 26,822 15,379 11,443 24,606 14,924 9,682 June 1,828 26,591 15,475 11,116 24,289 15,001 9,288 September 1,418 27,139 16,071 11,068 24,666 15,016 9,650 December 1,285 27,224 16,248 10,976 24,737 15,046 9,691 2004 March 1,671 28,876 17,283 11,593 25,193 15,271 9,922 June 1,612 28,979 17,464 11,515 25,125 15,222 9,903 September 1,008 29,432 17,580 11,852 26,494 15,650 10,844 December 2,101 30,017 17,748 12,269 26,101 15,933 10,168 2005 March 2,095 30,710 17,885 12,825 27,171 16,441 10,730 June 2,536 31,759 18,350 13,409 27,194 16,321 10,873 September 3,253 33,558 19,627 13,931 27,036 16,358 10,678 December 1,367 31,899 19,123 12,776 28,478 17,069 11,409 2006 March 2,203 33,182 19,862 13,320 28,355 17,238 11,117 June 1,790 33,250 19,812 13,438 29,058 17,410 11,648 September 716 32,885 19,876 13,009 29,524 17,231 12,293 December 1,033 33,326 19,906 13,420 30,126 17,739 12,387 2007 March 2,850 35,539 20,866 14,673 29,325 17,502 11,823 June 551 33,532 20,296 13,236 31,317 18,632 12,685 September 1,866 34,175 20,348 13,827 30,163 18,202 11,961 December 708 33,652 20,793 12,859 30,337 18,186 12,151 2008 March 823 33,443 20,420 13,023 30,399 18,199 12,200 June -444 32,054 19,614 12,440 31,829 18,945 12,884 September -573 30,781 19,114 11,667 30,946 18,706 12,240 December -1,598 29,592 17,752 11,840 33,394 19,956 13,438 2009 March -2,682 26,874 15,987 10,887 34,297 20,728 13,569 June -2,406 26,330 15,432 10,898 33,026 19,722 13,304 September -2,538 26,543 15,901 10,642 30,950 17,770 13,180 December -47 28,439 16,725 11,714 28,683 16,922 11,761 2010 March -603 28,538 17,261 11,277 28,634 16,754 11,880 June 307 28,978 17,801 11,177 26,904 16,034 10,870 September -88 29,637 18,041 11,596 27,776 16,092 11,684 December 1,226 30,864 18,460 12,404 27,136 15,958 11,178 2011 March 190 30,384 18,983 11,401 27,294 16,083 11,211 June 462 30,468 18,577 11,891 28,238 16,809 11,429 September 1,439 31,790 19,424 12,366 27,342 16,415 10,927 December -93 30,366 18,920 11,446 27,893 16,354 11,539 2012 March 282 30,840 19,420 11,420 27,696 16,558 11,138 June 232 30,456 19,257 11,199 27,780 16,813 10,967 September 66 30,452 19,265 11,187 28,543 17,422 11,121 December 512 30,741 19,343 11,398 27,679 16,793 10,886 2013 March -132 30,342 19,120 11,222 28,511 17,157 11,354 June -444 29,621 19,061 10,560 28,054 17,050 11,004 September -278 29,629 19,238 10,391 27,848 17,179 10,669 December -679 29,280 19,412 9,868 27,208 16,661 10,547 2014 March -1,294 28,703 19,225 9,478 27,838 17,066 10,772 June -1,250 28,900 19,387 9,513 27,811 17,048 10,763 September -906 28,609 19,369 9,240 27,186 17,040 10,146 December -829 28,822 19,375 9,447 26,983 16,707 10,276 2015 March -1,029 28,219 19,199 9,020 27,219 17,170 10,049 June -1,272 28,519 19,508 9,011 27,476 17,193 10,283 September -1,496 28,546 19,502 9,044 27,642 17,102 10,540 December -762 28,512 19,091 9,421 27,637 17,454 10,183 2016 March -1,513 27,228 18,504 8,724 26,957 16,720 10,237 June -2,156 27,092 18,250 8,842 28,206 17,208 10,998 September -1,003 27,743 18,806 8,937 26,650 16,710 9,940 December -1,275 26,162 17,767 8,395 26,269 16,599 9,670 2017 March -506 26,949 18,226 8,723 25,535 16,306 9,229 June -1,248 26,644 18,282 8,362 26,059 16,449 9,610 September -1,623 26,331 18,143 8,188 26,649 16,838 9,811 December -2,084 25,325 17,819 7,506 26,027 16,437 9,590 2018 March -2,113 19,060 13,147 5,913 20,210 12,184 8,026 June -1,991 18,630 13,206 5,424 19,530 12,115 7,415 September -1,889 18,280 12,978 5,302 19,212 12,021 7,191 December -1,265 18,984 12,915 6,069 18,711 11,377 7,334 2019 March -2,204 17,734 12,547 5,187 18,612 11,221 7,391 June -1,818 17,248 12,164 5,084 18,384 11,482 6,902 September -1,256 17,178 11,897 5,281 17,982 11,445 6,537 December -669 17,709 11,974 5,735 17,596 11,192 6,404 2020 March -3,102 15,829 11,382 4,447 18,599 11,050 7,549 June -3,558 14,272 9,090 5,182 23,390 14,650 8,740 September -760 17,674 11,575 6,099 17,280 10,421 6,859 December 412 18,044 12,036 6,008 14,874 9,278 5,596 2021 March -547 16,871 11,752 5,119 15,006 9,340 5,666 June -740 17,529 12,533 4,996 15,509 9,773 5,736 September -1,071 18,304 12,832 5,472 16,920 10,377 6,543 December 800 19,687 13,444 6,243 15,148 9,705 5,443 2022 March -1,586 17,529 13,116 4,413 15,883 9,884 5,999 June -617 18,020 13,152 4,868 15,944 10,459 5,485 September -604 17,957 13,383 4,574 15,424 10,246 5,178 December -416 16,559 11,989 4,570 15,347 10,361 4,986 2023 March -1,701 15,100 11,483 3,617 15,264 9,946 5,318 June -1,178 15,069 11,436 3,633 14,818 10,007 4,811 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.