Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, seasonally adjusted Service-providing (In thousands) 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 18 1,256 1,023 233 1,208 993 215 December 15 1,231 1,007 224 1,218 1,009 209 1993 March 31 1,275 1,029 246 1,214 999 215 June 18 1,293 1,060 233 1,197 982 215 September 39 1,315 1,073 242 1,205 1,002 203 December 12 1,284 1,063 221 1,233 1,024 209 1994 March 14 1,299 1,067 232 1,246 1,028 218 June 22 1,345 1,095 250 1,245 1,017 228 September 38 1,370 1,117 253 1,248 1,033 215 December 0 1,321 1,089 232 1,297 1,065 232 1995 March 34 1,366 1,115 251 1,273 1,056 217 June 18 1,347 1,101 246 1,297 1,069 228 September 11 1,378 1,130 248 1,301 1,064 237 December 7 1,352 1,107 245 1,332 1,094 238 1996 March 31 1,394 1,128 266 1,311 1,076 235 June 18 1,380 1,124 256 1,333 1,095 238 September 19 1,407 1,142 265 1,339 1,093 246 December 30 1,422 1,150 272 1,341 1,099 242 1997 March 31 1,442 1,171 271 1,335 1,095 240 June 22 1,422 1,154 268 1,366 1,120 246 September 16 1,454 1,183 271 1,362 1,107 255 December -2 1,440 1,174 266 1,395 1,127 268 1998 March 35 1,465 1,168 297 1,382 1,120 262 June 64 1,487 1,179 308 1,367 1,123 244 September 18 1,468 1,189 279 1,398 1,137 261 December 3 1,472 1,204 268 1,394 1,129 265 1999 March 26 1,488 1,197 291 1,410 1,145 265 June 8 1,489 1,198 291 1,440 1,157 283 September 1 1,495 1,205 290 1,449 1,160 289 December 37 1,533 1,226 307 1,416 1,146 270 2000 March 38 1,529 1,219 310 1,453 1,181 272 June 22 1,516 1,221 295 1,462 1,189 273 September 16 1,532 1,225 307 1,477 1,186 291 December 4 1,503 1,213 290 1,482 1,196 286 2001 March 19 1,521 1,215 306 1,469 1,182 287 June 10 1,484 1,186 298 1,504 1,216 288 September -12 1,449 1,152 297 1,535 1,226 309 December 8 1,450 1,154 296 1,508 1,220 288 2002 March 25 1,474 1,166 308 1,461 1,178 283 June 19 1,476 1,167 309 1,482 1,192 290 September 25 1,476 1,173 303 1,460 1,182 278 December 11 1,471 1,171 300 1,485 1,196 289 2003 March 19 1,454 1,146 308 1,502 1,213 289 June 17 1,473 1,174 299 1,467 1,185 282 September 19 1,487 1,187 300 1,458 1,177 281 December 23 1,490 1,184 306 1,468 1,185 283 2004 March 23 1,516 1,205 311 1,471 1,183 288 June 14 1,515 1,208 307 1,476 1,183 293 September 15 1,518 1,199 319 1,499 1,195 304 December 33 1,555 1,229 326 1,484 1,191 293 2005 March 22 1,543 1,216 327 1,522 1,217 305 June 30 1,561 1,229 332 1,513 1,211 302 September 42 1,596 1,255 341 1,505 1,206 299 December 30 1,575 1,243 332 1,542 1,240 302 2006 March 29 1,611 1,276 335 1,522 1,216 306 June 24 1,590 1,256 334 1,565 1,255 310 September 6 1,574 1,248 326 1,574 1,254 320 December 24 1,613 1,269 344 1,565 1,245 320 2007 March 29 1,633 1,287 346 1,564 1,247 317 June 4 1,601 1,268 333 1,607 1,278 329 September 13 1,596 1,249 347 1,618 1,284 334 December 34 1,633 1,277 356 1,599 1,277 322 2008 March -5 1,587 1,248 339 1,633 1,289 344 June -13 1,558 1,217 341 1,679 1,325 354 September 4 1,532 1,190 342 1,651 1,313 338 December -19 1,492 1,148 344 1,733 1,370 363 2009 March -38 1,406 1,081 325 1,734 1,371 363 June -16 1,448 1,117 331 1,658 1,311 347 September -28 1,431 1,110 321 1,606 1,257 349 December 12 1,490 1,140 350 1,575 1,237 338 2010 March -28 1,457 1,140 317 1,571 1,226 345 June -5 1,522 1,196 326 1,514 1,183 331 September 11 1,521 1,180 341 1,525 1,195 330 December 31 1,567 1,208 359 1,514 1,186 328 2011 March 0 1,537 1,206 331 1,526 1,195 331 June 3 1,561 1,216 345 1,528 1,186 342 September 20 1,584 1,241 343 1,519 1,196 323 December 17 1,559 1,215 344 1,536 1,209 327 2012 March 74 1,657 1,272 385 1,499 1,188 311 June 37 1,585 1,249 336 1,514 1,215 299 September 12 1,549 1,232 317 1,541 1,236 305 December 57 1,601 1,260 341 1,488 1,204 284 2013 March -6 1,588 1,278 310 1,546 1,230 316 June 5 1,609 1,281 328 1,551 1,228 323 September 32 1,615 1,283 332 1,543 1,243 300 December 35 1,631 1,294 337 1,551 1,249 302 2014 March 15 1,625 1,296 329 1,578 1,264 314 June 16 1,654 1,324 330 1,575 1,261 314 September 31 1,649 1,312 337 1,581 1,275 306 December 33 1,689 1,341 348 1,571 1,256 315 2015 March 11 1,664 1,319 345 1,632 1,298 334 June 20 1,693 1,350 343 1,604 1,281 323 September 33 1,689 1,338 351 1,623 1,305 318 December 50 1,746 1,368 378 1,628 1,300 328 2016 March 19 1,707 1,354 353 1,641 1,307 334 June 8 1,686 1,331 355 1,695 1,348 347 September 34 1,734 1,367 367 1,653 1,320 333 December 25 1,727 1,352 375 1,689 1,339 350 2017 March 31 1,752 1,384 368 1,661 1,324 337 June 17 1,714 1,354 360 1,708 1,365 343 September 9 1,682 1,325 357 1,732 1,384 348 December 43 1,769 1,381 388 1,671 1,326 345 2018 March 15 1,763 1,390 373 1,704 1,346 358 June 35 1,753 1,369 384 1,748 1,399 349 September 13 1,719 1,352 367 1,749 1,395 354 December 42 1,788 1,394 394 1,697 1,345 352 2019 March 26 1,791 1,402 389 1,710 1,347 363 June 4 1,743 1,368 375 1,775 1,404 371 September 27 1,741 1,363 378 1,739 1,388 351 December 55 1,813 1,395 418 1,721 1,358 363 2020 March -24 1,732 1,330 402 1,872 1,446 426 June -244 1,360 962 398 2,767 2,125 642 September 153 2,144 1,580 564 1,618 1,207 411 December 100 1,923 1,443 480 1,642 1,262 380 2021 March 124 1,952 1,468 484 1,633 1,273 360 June 93 1,957 1,478 479 1,722 1,336 386 September 87 2,039 1,529 510 1,793 1,370 423 December 137 2,146 1,609 537 1,721 1,321 400 2022 March 106 2,077 1,556 521 1,785 1,370 415 June 57 2,004 1,495 509 1,915 1,463 452 September 38 2,045 1,570 475 1,842 1,405 437 December 56 1,985 1,492 493 1,877 1,440 437 2023 March 52 2,002 1,526 476 1,815 1,391 424 June 35 1,946 1,482 464 1,892 1,463 429 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.