Table 6. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, not seasonally adjusted Social Assistance 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 1,664 35,546 22,499 13,047 33,541 22,158 11,383 December 1,321 35,077 23,567 11,510 29,631 19,442 10,189 1993 March -1,000 36,182 23,536 12,646 31,808 18,162 13,646 June -411 35,890 24,224 11,666 31,243 19,166 12,077 September 5,165 38,083 23,144 14,939 33,018 23,244 9,774 December 4,045 38,695 24,271 14,424 30,728 20,349 10,379 1994 March -2,562 35,700 24,402 11,298 34,028 20,168 13,860 June 1,667 39,612 26,427 13,185 31,715 20,197 11,518 September 7,050 41,915 24,417 17,498 35,873 25,425 10,448 December 701 41,262 26,344 14,918 36,361 22,144 14,217 1995 March 4,604 40,707 26,053 14,654 31,703 21,653 10,050 June -3,423 36,166 27,169 8,997 34,809 22,389 12,420 September 2,134 40,783 24,781 16,002 41,922 28,054 13,868 December -104 40,276 26,736 13,540 37,574 23,930 13,644 1996 March 12,179 47,094 26,413 20,681 31,655 23,153 8,502 June 160 41,024 29,809 11,215 34,372 23,317 11,055 September -6,448 37,615 24,895 12,720 49,828 30,660 19,168 December 11,060 50,912 28,582 22,330 35,046 23,776 11,270 1997 March 602 47,873 33,355 14,518 36,812 22,896 13,916 June 5,384 49,821 29,717 20,104 43,555 28,835 14,720 September 6,583 48,499 27,609 20,890 43,587 29,280 14,307 December -262 43,937 30,460 13,477 39,055 25,316 13,739 1998 March 9,624 54,325 29,956 24,369 40,867 26,122 14,745 June 12,027 60,827 33,523 27,304 39,640 24,363 15,277 September 3,841 49,318 29,152 20,166 48,376 32,051 16,325 December 7,709 54,802 32,003 22,799 41,865 26,775 15,090 1999 March 2,777 52,948 31,507 21,441 45,971 27,307 18,664 June -5,143 54,063 33,636 20,427 53,140 27,570 25,570 September -5,868 51,882 30,519 21,363 60,553 33,322 27,231 December 32,220 81,052 33,651 47,401 43,223 28,042 15,181 2000 March -1,082 54,712 31,405 23,307 55,449 31,060 24,389 June -87 57,957 34,165 23,792 50,474 26,595 23,879 September 8,695 61,620 30,547 31,073 56,429 34,051 22,378 December 3,323 62,084 33,966 28,118 53,350 28,555 24,795 2001 March 5,763 65,733 33,819 31,914 54,354 28,203 26,151 June 4,647 65,021 34,876 30,145 54,439 28,941 25,498 September 7,406 63,997 30,353 33,644 62,077 35,839 26,238 December 8,691 67,789 34,114 33,675 54,555 29,571 24,984 2002 March 5,544 65,198 31,453 33,745 58,285 30,084 28,201 June 3,623 68,464 34,064 34,400 59,522 28,745 30,777 September 12,437 70,165 30,782 39,383 63,040 36,094 26,946 December 4,644 69,991 34,178 35,813 62,053 30,884 31,169 2003 March 8,522 72,964 32,808 40,156 63,051 31,417 31,634 June 9,788 73,563 34,470 39,093 61,254 31,949 29,305 September 6,098 70,840 31,435 39,405 71,188 37,881 33,307 December 6,354 73,012 34,403 38,609 64,058 31,803 32,255 2004 March 3,216 70,407 33,347 37,060 64,881 31,037 33,844 June -1,841 70,946 36,140 34,806 67,400 30,753 36,647 September 8,018 73,908 32,607 41,301 70,422 37,139 33,283 December -338 75,373 35,924 39,449 71,374 31,587 39,787 2005 March 9,391 80,418 34,204 46,214 69,133 32,310 36,823 June 3,968 78,975 36,606 42,369 70,301 31,900 38,401 September 13,393 81,436 34,973 46,463 70,725 37,655 33,070 December -139 75,806 37,367 38,439 71,632 33,054 38,578 2006 March 13,325 84,484 36,598 47,886 67,003 32,442 34,561 June 488 77,415 38,247 39,168 72,438 33,758 38,680 September 4,960 79,560 35,669 43,891 78,468 39,537 38,931 December -3,034 79,621 38,889 40,732 76,978 33,212 43,766 2007 March 14,408 90,721 39,135 51,586 70,319 33,141 37,178 June 4,125 85,596 40,585 45,011 75,714 34,828 40,886 September 1,169 83,676 36,765 46,911 86,392 40,650 45,742 December 13,185 93,786 40,288 53,498 74,641 34,328 40,313 2008 March 3,848 89,884 39,345 50,539 81,026 34,335 46,691 June 7,786 93,294 40,797 52,497 80,433 35,722 44,711 September 17,361 95,649 37,630 58,019 83,766 43,108 40,658 December 5,034 91,708 40,051 51,657 83,841 37,218 46,623 2009 March 15,227 95,660 37,166 58,494 80,512 37,245 43,267 June 9,656 93,083 39,690 53,393 80,760 37,023 43,737 September 15,721 92,556 36,352 56,204 85,533 45,050 40,483 December -6,275 86,294 40,506 45,788 88,834 36,771 52,063 2010 March -3,555 84,881 38,482 46,399 86,734 36,780 49,954 June -12,503 88,276 41,924 46,352 95,062 36,207 58,855 September 16,503 102,997 39,686 63,311 89,909 43,101 46,808 December 430 94,206 43,275 50,931 88,098 37,597 50,501 2011 March 397 90,566 39,296 51,270 90,089 39,216 50,873 June 4,058 98,173 41,246 56,927 92,017 39,148 52,869 September -3,945 86,989 40,806 46,183 94,759 44,631 50,128 December 646 86,810 42,589 44,221 83,078 39,503 43,575 2012 March 64,832 135,209 44,309 90,900 64,928 38,860 26,068 June 16,814 92,376 47,248 45,128 72,820 44,506 28,314 September 3,894 74,947 43,661 31,286 78,429 51,037 27,392 December 20,026 79,645 45,932 33,713 54,428 40,741 13,687 2013 March 264 77,999 54,138 23,861 65,488 41,891 23,597 June -8,891 95,400 54,127 41,273 96,771 46,607 50,164 September 6,419 92,173 56,472 35,701 82,726 53,444 29,282 December 7,545 94,299 60,564 33,735 77,099 50,909 26,190 2014 March -4,940 81,750 58,146 23,604 79,653 51,109 28,544 June 1,315 92,758 60,366 32,392 83,585 52,508 31,077 September 12,479 97,814 57,502 40,312 87,652 59,819 27,833 December 7,320 94,618 58,436 36,182 81,649 52,787 28,862 2015 March -612 95,006 56,746 38,260 91,794 52,922 38,872 June 2,909 101,569 62,931 38,638 88,287 52,558 35,729 September 11,587 103,413 59,282 44,131 93,929 61,385 32,544 December 8,515 103,999 62,533 41,466 86,993 54,042 32,951 2016 March 15,634 107,150 60,406 46,744 86,386 55,276 31,110 June 6,323 106,494 64,764 41,730 91,680 56,273 35,407 September -10,663 90,221 63,862 26,359 100,899 63,877 37,022 December 486 122,113 74,496 47,617 105,022 57,891 47,131 2017 March 10,309 108,480 64,009 44,471 91,970 57,808 34,162 June 3,903 112,638 66,973 45,665 101,304 59,542 41,762 September 9,441 109,330 62,357 46,973 107,253 69,721 37,532 December 9,222 111,745 66,624 45,121 94,567 58,668 35,899 2018 March -125 111,167 67,098 44,069 103,395 59,201 44,194 June 17,044 124,700 67,813 56,887 111,140 71,297 39,843 September 7,141 111,013 63,381 47,632 109,017 68,526 40,491 December 6,025 110,756 67,256 43,500 96,504 59,029 37,475 2019 March 13,156 116,225 64,538 51,687 98,926 60,395 38,531 June 2,887 114,249 69,706 44,543 102,625 60,969 41,656 September 9,874 116,252 67,583 48,669 107,250 68,455 38,795 December 10,431 121,675 69,607 52,068 105,933 64,296 41,637 2020 March 40,110 155,095 73,353 81,742 106,807 65,175 41,632 June -21,516 83,865 44,216 39,649 160,900 99,735 61,165 September 14,088 130,004 73,021 56,983 104,897 62,002 42,895 December 7,692 122,228 72,575 49,653 100,289 58,328 41,961 2021 March 9,033 119,811 65,175 54,636 111,634 66,031 45,603 June 1,716 124,174 72,702 51,472 110,086 60,330 49,756 September 9,573 121,767 67,991 53,776 114,767 70,564 44,203 December 20,890 150,289 79,196 71,093 111,129 60,926 50,203 2022 March 38,370 147,459 67,955 79,504 102,484 61,350 41,134 June -29,148 137,578 80,046 57,532 150,154 63,474 86,680 September -3,552 126,191 76,963 49,228 121,762 68,982 52,780 December 8,081 137,289 76,139 61,150 118,448 65,379 53,069 2023 March 17,376 137,106 75,613 61,493 108,031 63,914 44,117 June 8,821 150,052 95,654 54,398 109,528 63,951 45,577 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.