Table 6. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, not seasonally adjusted Total private (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 16 1,507 1,237 270 1,589 1,335 254 December 35 1,584 1,283 301 1,524 1,258 266 1993 March -65 1,489 1,190 299 1,747 1,383 364 June 103 1,866 1,523 343 1,313 1,073 240 September 39 1,575 1,296 279 1,580 1,340 240 December 38 1,655 1,355 300 1,535 1,273 262 1994 March -83 1,522 1,237 285 1,787 1,419 368 June 113 1,939 1,576 363 1,357 1,107 250 September 41 1,643 1,351 292 1,631 1,380 251 December 27 1,697 1,386 311 1,607 1,323 284 1995 March -57 1,598 1,293 305 1,820 1,458 362 June 106 1,932 1,576 356 1,423 1,173 250 September 6 1,638 1,356 282 1,706 1,430 276 December 37 1,732 1,404 328 1,648 1,357 291 1996 March -65 1,628 1,305 323 1,870 1,482 388 June 111 1,987 1,616 371 1,452 1,192 260 September 19 1,671 1,371 300 1,746 1,465 281 December 61 1,807 1,453 354 1,660 1,367 293 1997 March -66 1,686 1,358 328 1,894 1,500 394 June 112 2,032 1,652 380 1,487 1,219 268 September 14 1,723 1,417 306 1,773 1,481 292 December 30 1,834 1,483 351 1,718 1,397 321 1998 March -76 1,703 1,350 353 1,963 1,534 429 June 163 2,108 1,681 427 1,484 1,220 264 September 12 1,730 1,419 311 1,823 1,524 299 December 43 1,872 1,519 353 1,711 1,401 310 1999 March -86 1,720 1,377 343 2,002 1,573 429 June 94 2,103 1,705 398 1,562 1,258 304 September -7 1,762 1,440 322 1,877 1,548 329 December 84 1,944 1,545 399 1,732 1,417 315 2000 March -73 1,778 1,412 366 2,045 1,606 439 June 103 2,124 1,727 397 1,590 1,296 294 September 8 1,785 1,448 337 1,914 1,585 329 December 45 1,892 1,515 377 1,812 1,480 332 2001 March -102 1,751 1,392 359 2,080 1,619 461 June 93 2,072 1,673 399 1,632 1,326 306 September -22 1,684 1,360 324 1,983 1,637 346 December 50 1,810 1,430 380 1,842 1,512 330 2002 March -97 1,692 1,334 358 2,067 1,612 455 June 108 2,061 1,647 414 1,600 1,294 306 September 16 1,718 1,387 331 1,888 1,573 315 December 57 1,840 1,452 388 1,806 1,475 331 2003 March -106 1,663 1,306 357 2,110 1,647 463 June 100 2,058 1,656 402 1,582 1,280 302 September 12 1,728 1,402 326 1,867 1,553 314 December 72 1,873 1,478 395 1,770 1,447 323 2004 March -95 1,746 1,383 363 2,054 1,596 458 June 97 2,118 1,709 409 1,580 1,268 312 September 9 1,768 1,422 346 1,907 1,570 337 December 90 1,950 1,529 421 1,787 1,456 331 2005 March -107 1,766 1,388 378 2,129 1,644 485 June 125 2,176 1,733 443 1,615 1,297 318 September 37 1,850 1,481 369 1,918 1,586 332 December 92 1,976 1,544 432 1,856 1,516 340 2006 March -92 1,852 1,463 389 2,117 1,636 481 June 110 2,204 1,767 437 1,673 1,346 327 September -3 1,815 1,463 352 2,009 1,654 355 December 85 2,005 1,559 446 1,891 1,530 361 2007 March -109 1,857 1,459 398 2,190 1,683 507 June 85 2,200 1,765 435 1,723 1,373 350 September 3 1,824 1,452 372 2,063 1,694 369 December 87 2,015 1,560 455 1,930 1,562 368 2008 March -158 1,790 1,401 389 2,286 1,739 547 June 63 2,123 1,681 442 1,803 1,424 379 September -15 1,740 1,375 365 2,100 1,720 380 December 20 1,817 1,379 438 2,095 1,677 418 2009 March -221 1,547 1,178 369 2,452 1,862 590 June 56 1,945 1,512 433 1,792 1,415 377 September -48 1,620 1,273 347 2,020 1,625 395 December 63 1,823 1,374 449 1,867 1,481 386 2010 March -188 1,622 1,259 363 2,168 1,617 551 June 85 2,074 1,640 434 1,586 1,237 349 September 2 1,723 1,355 368 1,891 1,525 366 December 88 1,912 1,454 458 1,780 1,410 370 2011 March -147 1,709 1,333 376 2,089 1,566 523 June 88 2,106 1,659 447 1,592 1,233 359 September 14 1,790 1,422 368 1,874 1,520 354 December 76 1,904 1,462 442 1,794 1,428 366 2012 March -63 1,833 1,404 429 2,042 1,550 492 June 114 2,123 1,694 429 1,580 1,265 315 September 3 1,742 1,403 339 1,906 1,570 336 December 117 1,948 1,510 438 1,739 1,418 321 2013 March -142 1,766 1,412 354 2,089 1,593 496 June 88 2,160 1,737 423 1,612 1,277 335 September 24 1,808 1,458 350 1,903 1,577 326 December 98 1,984 1,551 433 1,801 1,466 335 2014 March -121 1,805 1,435 370 2,121 1,630 491 June 96 2,216 1,794 422 1,633 1,307 326 September 26 1,841 1,487 354 1,942 1,614 328 December 101 2,050 1,608 442 1,813 1,472 341 2015 March -125 1,838 1,451 387 2,189 1,677 512 June 101 2,253 1,820 433 1,668 1,336 332 September 23 1,870 1,506 364 1,999 1,658 341 December 127 2,113 1,634 479 1,872 1,520 352 2016 March -118 1,878 1,487 391 2,200 1,691 509 June 81 2,227 1,791 436 1,760 1,405 355 September 21 1,916 1,537 379 2,035 1,677 358 December 100 2,086 1,612 474 1,937 1,563 374 2017 March -100 1,942 1,530 412 2,207 1,695 512 June 93 2,273 1,827 446 1,772 1,419 353 September -3 1,865 1,494 371 2,132 1,758 374 December 122 2,153 1,660 493 1,913 1,542 371 2018 March -126 1,959 1,542 417 2,266 1,723 543 June 116 2,322 1,848 474 1,809 1,451 358 September 0 1,908 1,527 381 2,151 1,770 381 December 120 2,168 1,667 501 1,949 1,568 381 2019 March -121 1,983 1,549 434 2,284 1,729 555 June 85 2,309 1,843 466 1,847 1,466 381 September 17 1,927 1,536 391 2,140 1,766 374 December 140 2,190 1,660 530 1,982 1,592 390 2020 March -194 1,919 1,475 444 2,477 1,839 638 June -154 1,817 1,332 485 2,804 2,165 639 September 143 2,322 1,747 575 1,999 1,567 432 December 199 2,328 1,728 600 1,877 1,476 401 2021 March -11 2,152 1,620 532 2,185 1,642 543 June 178 2,539 1,967 572 1,806 1,412 394 September 67 2,214 1,700 514 2,192 1,745 447 December 249 2,573 1,905 668 1,953 1,534 419 2022 March -57 2,282 1,714 568 2,369 1,744 625 June 144 2,588 1,988 600 1,982 1,526 456 September 21 2,224 1,746 478 2,242 1,785 457 December 163 2,377 1,762 615 2,124 1,672 452 2023 March -117 2,193 1,676 517 2,404 1,770 634 June 114 2,513 1,965 548 1,957 1,523 434 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.