Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, seasonally adjusted Animal Production and Aquaculture 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 105 4,587 3,851 736 4,748 4,117 631 December 46 4,720 4,043 677 4,587 3,956 631 1993 March 173 4,980 4,220 760 4,487 3,900 587 June 202 4,861 4,147 714 4,596 4,084 512 September 260 4,878 4,106 772 4,692 4,180 512 December -106 4,668 4,127 541 4,860 4,213 647 1994 March 75 4,941 4,276 665 4,659 4,069 590 June 160 4,926 4,156 770 4,892 4,282 610 September 119 4,773 4,022 751 4,969 4,337 632 December 26 4,827 4,134 693 4,970 4,303 667 1995 March 97 5,095 4,384 711 4,768 4,154 614 June 117 5,018 4,267 751 5,090 4,456 634 September 10 4,967 4,287 680 5,062 4,392 670 December -13 4,936 4,251 685 5,233 4,535 698 1996 March 26 5,123 4,411 712 4,988 4,302 686 June 113 4,946 4,194 752 5,202 4,563 639 September 114 5,134 4,391 743 4,940 4,311 629 December 81 5,312 4,591 721 4,862 4,222 640 1997 March 168 5,602 4,833 769 4,807 4,206 601 June 165 5,189 4,420 769 5,287 4,683 604 September 171 5,495 4,603 892 5,295 4,574 721 December -10 5,416 4,653 763 5,379 4,606 773 1998 March 117 5,500 4,675 825 5,249 4,541 708 June 179 5,512 4,602 910 5,395 4,664 731 September 354 5,731 4,716 1,015 5,352 4,691 661 December -34 5,374 4,732 642 5,395 4,719 676 1999 March 121 5,515 4,718 797 5,493 4,817 676 June 134 5,555 4,750 805 5,445 4,774 671 September 146 5,698 4,855 843 5,420 4,723 697 December 37 5,772 5,044 728 5,450 4,759 691 2000 March 94 5,765 5,006 759 5,502 4,837 665 June -32 5,550 4,880 670 5,716 5,014 702 September 123 5,562 4,772 790 5,633 4,966 667 December 2 5,483 4,791 692 5,580 4,890 690 2001 March 70 5,866 5,116 750 5,399 4,719 680 June 125 5,655 4,897 758 5,550 4,917 633 September 69 5,608 4,855 753 5,675 4,991 684 December 3 5,776 5,038 738 5,522 4,787 735 2002 March 82 5,614 4,912 702 5,557 4,937 620 June 134 5,417 4,672 745 5,642 5,031 611 September -43 5,322 4,616 706 5,771 5,022 749 December 41 5,559 4,825 734 5,498 4,805 693 2003 March 48 5,363 4,640 723 5,575 4,900 675 June 54 5,330 4,623 707 5,586 4,933 653 September -22 5,386 4,760 626 5,532 4,884 648 December 57 5,430 4,738 692 5,348 4,713 635 2004 March 39 5,465 4,790 675 5,419 4,783 636 June 65 5,561 4,880 681 5,294 4,678 616 September -4 5,403 4,792 611 5,338 4,723 615 December 135 5,673 4,966 707 5,285 4,713 572 2005 March 53 5,521 4,814 707 5,621 4,967 654 June 64 5,610 4,882 728 5,494 4,830 664 September 54 5,726 5,059 667 5,334 4,721 613 December 69 5,595 4,886 709 5,582 4,942 640 2006 March 91 5,468 4,802 666 5,609 5,034 575 June 108 5,643 4,930 713 5,555 4,950 605 September -30 5,432 4,773 659 5,749 5,060 689 December 85 5,694 4,955 739 5,521 4,867 654 2007 March 94 5,821 5,085 736 5,517 4,875 642 June 15 5,735 5,083 652 5,567 4,930 637 September 48 6,075 5,381 694 5,367 4,721 646 December 149 5,913 5,179 734 5,444 4,859 585 2008 March 119 5,889 5,166 723 5,621 5,017 604 June 8 5,650 4,934 716 5,739 5,031 708 September 3 5,704 5,046 658 5,623 4,968 655 December 133 5,648 4,914 734 5,775 5,174 601 2009 March -55 4,981 4,367 614 6,235 5,566 669 June -44 5,377 4,744 633 5,741 5,064 677 September -15 5,204 4,545 659 5,700 5,026 674 December 95 5,459 4,720 739 5,545 4,901 644 2010 March -74 5,281 4,633 648 5,660 4,938 722 June 47 5,581 4,960 621 5,203 4,629 574 September 52 5,788 5,126 662 5,159 4,549 610 December 172 5,535 4,790 745 5,590 5,017 573 2011 March 36 5,458 4,780 678 5,583 4,941 642 June 7 5,785 5,135 650 5,241 4,598 643 September 87 5,975 5,250 725 5,486 4,848 638 December 123 5,667 4,934 733 5,511 4,901 610 2012 March 83 5,608 4,886 722 5,619 4,980 639 June 41 5,745 5,039 706 5,559 4,894 665 September 116 5,652 4,945 707 5,604 5,013 591 December 109 5,631 4,893 738 5,683 5,054 629 2013 March 123 5,672 4,888 784 5,687 5,026 661 June 47 5,992 5,280 712 5,581 4,916 665 September 96 5,733 5,016 717 5,612 4,991 621 December 104 5,785 5,058 727 5,770 5,147 623 2014 March 43 5,976 5,285 691 5,602 4,954 648 June 46 6,271 5,566 705 5,437 4,778 659 September 151 6,128 5,434 694 5,602 5,059 543 December 102 6,181 5,465 716 5,617 5,003 614 2015 March 116 6,170 5,412 758 5,907 5,265 642 June 74 6,255 5,542 713 5,763 5,124 639 September 143 6,183 5,437 746 5,977 5,374 603 December 104 6,040 5,312 728 5,965 5,341 624 2016 March 77 6,199 5,475 724 5,982 5,335 647 June -22 6,074 5,398 676 6,137 5,439 698 September 30 6,114 5,409 705 6,116 5,441 675 December 48 6,074 5,365 709 6,199 5,538 661 2017 March 87 6,331 5,573 758 6,048 5,377 671 June -54 6,291 5,612 679 6,218 5,485 733 September 41 5,934 5,212 722 6,459 5,778 681 December 33 6,356 5,622 734 6,194 5,493 701 2018 March 101 6,247 5,455 792 6,226 5,535 691 June -4 6,310 5,530 780 6,408 5,624 784 September 6 5,897 5,187 710 6,737 6,033 704 December 24 6,292 5,556 736 6,249 5,537 712 2019 March -26 6,231 5,501 730 6,277 5,521 756 June -27 6,268 5,541 727 6,428 5,674 754 September -2 6,143 5,428 715 6,350 5,633 717 December 78 6,497 5,674 823 6,156 5,411 745 2020 March 47 6,424 5,602 822 6,265 5,490 775 June -14 6,218 5,362 856 6,532 5,662 870 September 116 5,963 5,073 890 6,572 5,798 774 December 55 6,099 5,314 785 6,230 5,500 730 2021 March 101 6,074 5,234 840 6,442 5,703 739 June -40 6,067 5,268 799 6,857 6,018 839 September -21 6,222 5,352 870 6,585 5,694 891 December 86 6,370 5,466 904 6,283 5,465 818 2022 March 24 6,393 5,541 852 6,400 5,572 828 June -35 6,397 5,526 871 6,312 5,406 906 September 25 6,337 5,465 872 6,301 5,454 847 December 114 6,358 5,437 921 6,255 5,448 807 2023 March -17 6,264 5,456 808 6,189 5,364 825 June -50 6,304 5,471 833 6,144 5,261 883 September -65 6,067 5,186 881 6,325 5,379 946 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.