Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, seasonally adjusted Web Search Portals, Libraries, Archives, and Other Information Services 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 -12 672 564 108 683 563 120 December 2 747 659 88 590 504 86 1993 March 32 684 579 105 636 563 73 June 18 710 612 98 601 521 80 September 11 696 595 101 635 545 90 December 20 701 592 109 611 522 89 1994 March 6 765 652 113 661 554 107 June 31 748 634 114 627 544 83 September 26 755 643 112 646 560 86 December 20 779 670 109 623 534 89 1995 March 23 773 657 116 643 550 93 June 6 799 695 104 677 579 98 September 33 797 664 133 679 579 100 December 30 810 674 136 708 602 106 1996 March 40 825 677 148 672 564 108 June 17 826 710 116 656 557 99 September 54 875 718 157 712 609 103 December 17 894 765 129 711 599 112 1997 March 48 912 771 141 730 637 93 June 51 948 790 158 696 589 107 September 37 908 758 150 783 670 113 December 37 996 828 168 755 624 131 1998 March 26 975 816 159 757 624 133 June 102 1,040 845 195 727 634 93 September 75 1,043 851 192 799 682 117 December 83 1,162 966 196 752 639 113 1999 March 151 1,221 959 262 814 703 111 June 234 1,376 999 377 889 746 143 September 357 1,583 1,119 464 878 771 107 December 331 1,737 1,250 487 948 792 156 2000 March 554 2,223 1,480 743 1,001 812 189 June 539 2,350 1,588 762 1,160 937 223 September 302 2,206 1,615 591 1,447 1,158 289 December 130 1,997 1,490 507 1,795 1,418 377 2001 March 46 1,832 1,339 493 1,924 1,477 447 June -143 1,688 1,193 495 2,195 1,557 638 September -205 1,539 1,113 426 1,983 1,352 631 December -147 1,492 1,058 434 1,962 1,381 581 2002 March -17 1,470 1,094 376 1,678 1,285 393 June -13 1,508 1,103 405 1,654 1,236 418 September -2 1,447 1,045 402 1,615 1,211 404 December -5 1,518 1,141 377 1,544 1,162 382 2003 March -13 1,514 1,151 363 1,489 1,113 376 June -25 1,407 1,074 333 1,495 1,137 358 September 28 1,453 1,080 373 1,462 1,117 345 December 71 1,521 1,129 392 1,433 1,112 321 2004 March 7 1,510 1,165 345 1,391 1,053 338 June 54 1,543 1,175 368 1,421 1,107 314 September 33 1,589 1,217 372 1,369 1,030 339 December 123 1,648 1,214 434 1,348 1,037 311 2005 March 69 1,604 1,194 410 1,412 1,071 341 June 91 1,708 1,293 415 1,360 1,036 324 September 159 1,766 1,275 491 1,419 1,087 332 December 160 1,766 1,280 486 1,451 1,125 326 2006 March 143 1,904 1,403 501 1,447 1,089 358 June 165 1,927 1,411 516 1,456 1,105 351 September 109 1,918 1,412 506 1,558 1,161 397 December 276 2,046 1,414 632 1,546 1,190 356 2007 March 129 2,388 1,753 635 1,917 1,411 506 June 107 2,406 1,745 661 2,018 1,464 554 September 362 2,721 1,848 873 1,987 1,476 511 December 282 2,717 1,882 835 2,053 1,500 553 2008 March 232 2,732 1,873 859 2,094 1,467 627 June 218 2,771 1,885 886 2,246 1,578 668 September 70 2,703 1,915 788 2,347 1,629 718 December 117 2,567 1,735 832 2,533 1,818 715 2009 March -43 2,287 1,536 751 2,671 1,877 794 June -16 2,280 1,531 749 2,635 1,870 765 September 58 2,338 1,574 764 2,420 1,714 706 December 187 2,561 1,692 869 2,366 1,684 682 2010 March 81 2,655 1,811 844 2,408 1,645 763 June 177 2,730 1,872 858 2,347 1,666 681 September 94 2,802 1,963 839 2,374 1,629 745 December 247 2,954 1,953 1,001 2,392 1,638 754 2011 March 250 3,081 2,075 1,006 2,435 1,679 756 June 229 3,120 2,109 1,011 2,462 1,680 782 September 327 3,406 2,286 1,120 2,449 1,656 793 December 185 3,186 2,107 1,079 2,731 1,837 894 2012 March 286 3,343 2,231 1,112 2,635 1,809 826 June 213 3,238 2,176 1,062 2,809 1,960 849 September 280 3,482 2,319 1,163 2,790 1,907 883 December 191 3,443 2,283 1,160 2,965 1,996 969 2013 March 314 3,536 2,274 1,262 2,991 2,043 948 June 260 3,619 2,382 1,237 3,042 2,065 977 September 266 3,728 2,494 1,234 2,948 1,980 968 December 139 3,608 2,433 1,175 3,132 2,096 1,036 2014 March 163 3,564 2,447 1,117 3,030 2,076 954 June 227 3,787 2,540 1,247 3,111 2,091 1,020 September 172 3,768 2,600 1,168 3,093 2,097 996 December 121 3,831 2,685 1,146 3,175 2,150 1,025 2015 March 209 3,945 2,645 1,300 3,298 2,207 1,091 June 204 4,029 2,704 1,325 3,361 2,240 1,121 September 150 4,045 2,734 1,311 3,402 2,241 1,161 December 120 4,148 2,820 1,328 3,440 2,232 1,208 2016 March 68 4,008 2,800 1,208 3,477 2,337 1,140 June 93 4,041 2,736 1,305 3,640 2,428 1,212 September 124 4,157 2,815 1,342 3,636 2,418 1,218 December 108 3,942 2,556 1,386 3,771 2,493 1,278 2017 March 239 4,218 2,811 1,407 3,594 2,426 1,168 June 112 4,146 2,803 1,343 3,745 2,514 1,231 September 96 4,242 2,826 1,416 3,808 2,488 1,320 December 60 4,169 2,758 1,411 3,817 2,466 1,351 2018 March 319 4,529 2,898 1,631 3,827 2,515 1,312 June 193 4,387 2,836 1,551 3,980 2,622 1,358 September 76 4,586 3,046 1,540 4,002 2,538 1,464 December 294 4,653 2,918 1,735 4,062 2,621 1,441 2019 March 208 4,717 3,033 1,684 4,069 2,593 1,476 June -12 4,498 2,980 1,518 4,207 2,677 1,530 September 203 4,796 3,155 1,641 4,028 2,590 1,438 December 324 4,894 3,055 1,839 4,249 2,734 1,515 2020 March -82 4,715 3,076 1,639 4,446 2,725 1,721 June 45 4,267 2,431 1,836 5,365 3,574 1,791 September 660 5,513 3,256 2,257 4,258 2,661 1,597 December 745 5,712 3,416 2,296 4,103 2,552 1,551 2021 March 1,172 6,261 3,624 2,637 4,244 2,779 1,465 June 1,018 6,744 3,985 2,759 4,601 2,860 1,741 September 854 7,387 4,560 2,827 4,879 2,906 1,973 December 771 7,425 4,627 2,798 5,216 3,189 2,027 2022 March 889 7,268 4,843 2,425 5,751 4,215 1,536 June 638 7,200 4,886 2,314 6,079 4,403 1,676 September 605 7,803 5,513 2,290 5,625 3,940 1,685 December 409 6,608 4,471 2,137 6,468 4,740 1,728 2023 March 66 5,809 4,127 1,682 6,494 4,878 1,616 June -80 5,928 4,301 1,627 6,611 4,904 1,707 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.