Table 6. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, not seasonally adjusted Washington Total private 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 1,495 41,677 32,826 8,851 37,981 30,625 7,356 December -1,781 35,789 28,261 7,528 43,638 34,329 9,309 1993 March 3,731 41,178 29,313 11,865 39,534 31,400 8,134 June 3,413 46,929 37,477 9,452 31,217 25,178 6,039 September 2,512 41,517 32,844 8,673 36,968 30,807 6,161 December -401 39,992 30,086 9,906 44,352 34,045 10,307 1994 March -347 39,200 30,147 9,053 42,320 32,920 9,400 June 3,346 48,929 38,408 10,521 33,462 26,287 7,175 September 2,604 45,641 34,499 11,142 40,930 32,392 8,538 December -2,926 40,169 30,489 9,680 48,075 35,469 12,606 1995 March 1,165 42,076 31,074 11,002 43,218 33,381 9,837 June 2,790 49,498 37,822 11,676 36,325 27,439 8,886 September 1,976 43,976 33,797 10,179 41,802 33,599 8,203 December -4,094 39,226 30,673 8,553 48,622 35,975 12,647 1996 March -251 41,620 31,489 10,131 43,901 33,519 10,382 June 3,081 51,063 39,400 11,663 35,940 27,358 8,582 September 1,567 44,822 34,957 9,865 41,213 32,915 8,298 December 34 43,469 31,647 11,822 47,364 35,576 11,788 1997 March -488 48,583 38,692 9,891 43,126 32,747 10,379 June 6,147 54,456 39,810 14,646 41,510 33,011 8,499 September 2,246 48,813 36,272 12,541 44,578 34,283 10,295 December -107 45,630 33,638 11,992 48,582 36,483 12,099 1998 March 515 45,000 32,762 12,238 48,834 37,111 11,723 June 4,892 58,411 43,497 14,914 39,043 29,021 10,022 September -738 47,743 37,708 10,035 46,950 36,177 10,773 December -105 47,053 34,194 12,859 51,316 38,352 12,964 1999 March -786 49,390 36,504 12,886 49,704 36,032 13,672 June 1,115 56,419 42,242 14,177 44,355 31,293 13,062 September 1,764 53,014 37,882 15,132 49,445 36,077 13,368 December 330 50,350 35,566 14,784 52,998 38,544 14,454 2000 March 303 49,121 34,740 14,381 52,013 37,935 14,078 June 4,729 58,895 42,882 16,013 42,488 31,204 11,284 September 85 53,236 38,842 14,394 51,534 37,225 14,309 December -2,981 48,324 35,193 13,131 55,561 39,449 16,112 2001 March 909 50,280 35,091 15,189 53,109 38,829 14,280 June 3,111 55,770 41,099 14,671 44,567 33,007 11,560 September 359 49,066 35,641 13,425 52,044 38,978 13,066 December -939 45,220 31,922 13,298 56,031 41,794 14,237 2002 March -608 44,929 31,575 13,354 52,803 38,841 13,962 June 1,920 55,307 40,751 14,556 42,750 30,114 12,636 September 1,710 51,010 37,051 13,959 48,332 36,083 12,249 December -5,174 44,706 33,789 10,917 55,472 39,381 16,091 2003 March 8,999 52,096 33,475 18,621 47,939 38,317 9,622 June 4,298 55,103 41,660 13,443 41,302 32,157 9,145 September -947 49,855 37,663 12,192 49,899 36,760 13,139 December -1,452 46,366 34,646 11,720 52,274 39,102 13,172 2004 March -1,633 47,269 35,827 11,442 50,426 37,351 13,075 June -752 55,329 44,013 11,316 43,084 31,016 12,068 September 1,302 49,410 38,379 11,031 46,768 37,039 9,729 December -153 46,534 35,953 10,581 50,295 39,561 10,734 2005 March -675 47,337 36,236 11,101 50,259 38,483 11,776 June 593 54,774 44,294 10,480 41,309 31,422 9,887 September 811 50,675 39,878 10,797 46,837 36,851 9,986 December -557 46,665 36,577 10,088 50,808 40,163 10,645 2006 March 1,105 48,178 36,929 11,249 48,904 38,760 10,144 June 1,367 56,303 45,626 10,677 41,616 32,306 9,310 September 423 50,956 39,971 10,985 49,716 39,154 10,562 December -1,703 45,615 35,879 9,736 52,513 41,074 11,439 2007 March 3,070 52,743 39,945 12,798 47,713 37,985 9,728 June 1,122 57,218 46,368 10,850 43,537 33,809 9,728 September -573 49,938 39,671 10,267 51,126 40,286 10,840 December -826 47,481 36,520 10,961 53,944 42,157 11,787 2008 March 2,613 50,388 37,254 13,134 51,180 40,659 10,521 June -580 54,210 43,664 10,546 46,112 34,986 11,126 September 2,063 49,656 37,977 11,679 50,332 40,716 9,616 December -8,427 39,261 30,659 8,602 63,875 46,846 17,029 2009 March 4,010 48,276 32,584 15,692 55,412 43,730 11,682 June 2,395 51,698 40,008 11,690 43,565 34,270 9,295 September 2,636 47,076 35,145 11,931 47,987 38,692 9,295 December 1,492 42,673 31,577 11,096 49,919 40,315 9,604 2010 March 1,954 43,898 32,048 11,850 48,496 38,600 9,896 June 967 50,820 41,119 9,701 38,836 30,102 8,734 September 295 46,638 36,392 10,246 45,404 35,453 9,951 December -446 43,327 33,518 9,809 48,331 38,076 10,255 2011 March 1,141 43,519 32,834 10,685 47,483 37,939 9,544 June -774 52,294 42,241 10,053 40,139 29,312 10,827 September 79 46,923 37,612 9,311 43,768 34,536 9,232 December -3,179 42,098 33,453 8,645 50,425 38,601 11,824 2012 March 1,811 43,496 33,467 10,029 45,655 37,437 8,218 June -1,643 52,998 43,779 9,219 39,477 28,615 10,862 September -606 46,036 36,913 9,123 45,522 35,793 9,729 December -754 43,560 34,537 9,023 47,492 37,715 9,777 2013 March 443 45,119 35,106 10,013 45,709 36,139 9,570 June 862 53,143 44,160 8,983 37,446 29,325 8,121 September 226 47,724 38,875 8,849 43,836 35,213 8,623 December 2,680 44,390 35,230 9,160 44,905 38,425 6,480 2014 March 3,730 45,368 35,227 10,141 45,135 38,724 6,411 June -5,628 52,458 44,840 7,618 43,153 29,907 13,246 September 6,624 49,031 38,923 10,108 40,489 37,005 3,484 December -72 42,963 36,622 6,341 47,818 41,405 6,413 2015 March -9,294 43,913 37,568 6,345 54,488 38,849 15,639 June -1,614 53,315 46,343 6,972 40,328 31,742 8,586 September -1,282 45,805 39,536 6,269 46,178 38,627 7,551 December 726 44,560 36,991 7,569 47,136 40,293 6,843 2016 March 2,179 47,585 38,515 9,070 44,927 38,036 6,891 June 2,799 53,213 45,596 7,617 36,800 31,982 4,818 September -1,764 46,248 40,196 6,052 46,189 38,373 7,816 December -9,767 56,018 46,667 9,351 60,528 41,410 19,118 2017 March -550 43,417 37,389 6,028 45,607 39,029 6,578 June 3,879 57,270 45,970 11,300 39,978 32,557 7,421 September 3,324 48,277 38,845 9,432 48,067 41,959 6,108 December 3,114 45,586 37,433 8,153 46,816 41,777 5,039 2018 March -1,706 54,660 43,944 10,716 52,072 39,650 12,422 June 16,065 67,447 46,156 21,291 50,028 44,802 5,226 September 1,849 48,080 39,237 8,843 48,141 41,147 6,994 December -303 43,400 37,608 5,792 48,146 42,051 6,095 2019 March -2,536 44,090 37,060 7,030 51,020 41,454 9,566 June 978 54,351 46,736 7,615 39,706 33,069 6,637 September 2,043 47,429 39,692 7,737 46,326 40,632 5,694 December 939 47,965 38,334 9,631 52,485 43,793 8,692 2020 March -893 50,989 43,468 7,521 52,277 43,863 8,414 June -7,236 38,551 32,072 6,479 68,579 54,864 13,715 September 2,704 57,723 47,742 9,981 42,310 35,033 7,277 December 2,381 48,502 40,186 8,316 47,106 41,171 5,935 2021 March 829 50,098 41,990 8,108 45,963 38,684 7,279 June 1,651 59,581 50,670 8,911 40,421 33,161 7,260 September 135 54,168 44,945 9,223 49,732 40,644 9,088 December 11,539 61,147 43,626 17,521 48,587 42,605 5,982 2022 March 7,807 59,643 45,062 14,581 47,613 40,839 6,774 June -14,162 61,225 50,634 10,591 61,735 36,982 24,753 September 4,835 52,948 44,275 8,673 45,418 41,580 3,838 December 4,844 47,907 40,373 7,534 46,613 43,923 2,690 2023 March 817 49,308 42,391 6,917 47,214 41,114 6,100 June 740 56,495 49,893 6,602 40,645 34,783 5,862 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.