Figure 3d. Quits levels of firm-based size classes, by number of employees, seasonally adjusted, December 2000 to December 2017
| Month and year |
Size class 1 (1–49 employees) |
Size class 2 (49–449 employees) |
Size class 3 (500+ employees) |
|
Dec 2000
|
688,491 |
858,796 |
1,372,443 |
|
Jan 2001
|
675,894 |
926,283 |
1,529,917 |
|
Feb 2001
|
712,799 |
919,470 |
1,459,975 |
|
Mar 2001
|
696,614 |
967,790 |
1,383,867 |
|
Apr 2001
|
806,220 |
895,794 |
1,508,921 |
|
May 2001
|
701,094 |
857,741 |
1,449,119 |
|
Jun 2001
|
733,549 |
815,695 |
1,331,864 |
|
Jul 2001
|
719,171 |
806,145 |
1,281,777 |
|
Aug 2001
|
710,459 |
772,728 |
1,236,713 |
|
Sep 2001
|
740,207 |
775,051 |
1,104,059 |
|
Oct 2001
|
640,730 |
781,065 |
1,295,891 |
|
Nov 2001
|
666,793 |
683,972 |
1,130,349 |
|
Dec 2001
|
686,227 |
689,962 |
1,073,741 |
|
Jan 2002
|
634,797 |
793,121 |
1,221,691 |
|
Feb 2002
|
649,990 |
747,294 |
1,131,048 |
|
Mar 2002
|
646,552 |
693,719 |
1,090,011 |
|
Apr 2002
|
674,154 |
738,685 |
1,170,638 |
|
May 2002
|
666,989 |
771,302 |
1,125,675 |
|
Jun 2002
|
653,095 |
740,848 |
1,112,433 |
|
Jul 2002
|
713,048 |
723,466 |
1,093,317 |
|
Aug 2002
|
765,623 |
672,167 |
1,018,474 |
|
Sep 2002
|
755,326 |
637,328 |
1,070,291 |
|
Oct 2002
|
710,392 |
661,742 |
1,047,456 |
|
Nov 2002
|
661,364 |
656,499 |
1,024,216 |
|
Dec 2002
|
731,875 |
677,682 |
1,044,808 |
|
Jan 2003
|
705,989 |
661,567 |
947,833 |
|
Feb 2003
|
739,256 |
616,407 |
1,028,342 |
|
Mar 2003
|
670,236 |
645,578 |
980,550 |
|
Apr 2003
|
635,076 |
650,170 |
952,741 |
|
May 2003
|
621,849 |
629,647 |
951,636 |
|
Jun 2003
|
703,351 |
590,765 |
943,416 |
|
Jul 2003
|
615,282 |
640,980 |
932,590 |
|
Aug 2003
|
622,410 |
664,756 |
927,271 |
|
Sep 2003
|
680,538 |
674,160 |
922,624 |
|
Oct 2003
|
699,139 |
669,168 |
983,598 |
|
Nov 2003
|
713,769 |
674,046 |
982,160 |
|
Dec 2003
|
732,209 |
684,591 |
994,712 |
|
Jan 2004
|
690,277 |
620,047 |
973,272 |
|
Feb 2004
|
740,860 |
684,658 |
890,489 |
|
Mar 2004
|
810,244 |
654,597 |
1,000,868 |
|
Apr 2004
|
812,862 |
662,541 |
1,050,836 |
|
May 2004
|
704,569 |
643,003 |
980,542 |
|
Jun 2004
|
753,688 |
729,022 |
1,007,214 |
|
Jul 2004
|
773,023 |
702,164 |
1,008,262 |
|
Aug 2004
|
738,229 |
729,282 |
1,072,867 |
|
Sep 2004
|
667,113 |
725,853 |
1,055,330 |
|
Oct 2004
|
791,255 |
711,022 |
1,011,608 |
|
Nov 2004
|
830,327 |
724,264 |
1,040,618 |
|
Dec 2004
|
791,552 |
750,415 |
1,067,580 |
|
Jan 2005
|
834,883 |
750,942 |
1,127,105 |
|
Feb 2005
|
771,039 |
733,241 |
1,070,329 |
|
Mar 2005
|
830,484 |
768,323 |
1,122,726 |
|
Apr 2005
|
807,615 |
761,500 |
1,086,193 |
|
May 2005
|
837,558 |
797,039 |
1,093,937 |
|
Jun 2005
|
779,941 |
747,548 |
1,112,881 |
|
Jul 2005
|
760,143 |
763,530 |
1,141,093 |
|
Aug 2005
|
880,076 |
752,292 |
1,140,897 |
|
Sep 2005
|
906,454 |
825,651 |
1,154,204 |
|
Oct 2005
|
813,872 |
779,161 |
1,151,119 |
|
Nov 2005
|
772,856 |
782,354 |
1,156,844 |
|
Dec 2005
|
803,855 |
757,443 |
1,105,770 |
|
Jan 2006
|
778,852 |
772,633 |
1,181,913 |
|
Feb 2006
|
794,389 |
834,619 |
1,220,237 |
|
Mar 2006
|
797,119 |
828,915 |
1,249,143 |
|
Apr 2006
|
782,612 |
713,431 |
1,123,852 |
|
May 2006
|
848,053 |
759,579 |
1,236,026 |
|
Jun 2006
|
846,056 |
780,470 |
1,195,953 |
|
Jul 2006
|
846,574 |
760,212 |
1,148,865 |
|
Aug 2006
|
814,817 |
780,704 |
1,221,635 |
|
Sep 2006
|
755,881 |
777,263 |
1,246,682 |
|
Oct 2006
|
762,990 |
741,483 |
1,207,098 |
|
Nov 2006
|
770,442 |
784,045 |
1,308,519 |
|
Dec 2006
|
814,792 |
789,636 |
1,251,376 |
|
Jan 2007
|
749,681 |
781,557 |
1,255,535 |
|
Feb 2007
|
779,627 |
795,966 |
1,284,998 |
|
Mar 2007
|
778,216 |
749,166 |
1,314,218 |
|
Apr 2007
|
723,858 |
793,072 |
1,217,480 |
|
May 2007
|
773,747 |
760,656 |
1,277,818 |
|
Jun 2007
|
716,696 |
721,330 |
1,211,935 |
|
Jul 2007
|
778,689 |
783,758 |
1,188,841 |
|
Aug 2007
|
749,433 |
817,046 |
1,213,798 |
|
Sep 2007
|
662,615 |
678,745 |
1,173,726 |
|
Oct 2007
|
748,481 |
760,128 |
1,218,366 |
|
Nov 2007
|
693,780 |
736,875 |
1,198,611 |
|
Dec 2007
|
736,626 |
707,605 |
1,217,316 |
|
Jan 2008
|
735,993 |
720,214 |
1,198,290 |
|
Feb 2008
|
664,102 |
762,150 |
1,188,977 |
|
Mar 2008
|
680,049 |
707,956 |
1,041,678 |
|
Apr 2008
|
823,832 |
765,830 |
1,133,732 |
|
May 2008
|
665,564 |
694,358 |
1,096,485 |
|
Jun 2008
|
677,059 |
718,861 |
1,085,310 |
|
Jul 2008
|
653,783 |
648,919 |
1,071,306 |
|
Aug 2008
|
583,043 |
616,715 |
1,078,048 |
|
Sep 2008
|
634,282 |
633,546 |
1,035,774 |
|
Oct 2008
|
677,387 |
603,297 |
998,961 |
|
Nov 2008
|
577,538 |
540,861 |
923,779 |
|
Dec 2008
|
537,089 |
515,618 |
969,261 |
|
Jan 2009
|
529,922 |
536,147 |
864,229 |
|
Feb 2009
|
558,192 |
471,274 |
792,017 |
|
Mar 2009
|
471,418 |
426,686 |
754,137 |
|
Apr 2009
|
428,698 |
410,975 |
763,187 |
|
May 2009
|
473,246 |
408,252 |
744,456 |
|
Jun 2009
|
487,222 |
411,828 |
722,398 |
|
Jul 2009
|
419,835 |
397,357 |
708,741 |
|
Aug 2009
|
468,283 |
382,238 |
652,236 |
|
Sep 2009
|
504,105 |
381,325 |
645,607 |
|
Oct 2009
|
442,745 |
408,392 |
692,159 |
|
Nov 2009
|
516,353 |
450,275 |
776,069 |
|
Dec 2009
|
515,686 |
405,169 |
730,918 |
|
Jan 2010
|
510,660 |
363,589 |
699,744 |
|
Feb 2010
|
490,018 |
425,744 |
707,679 |
|
Mar 2010
|
479,440 |
442,164 |
766,726 |
|
Apr 2010
|
512,106 |
459,460 |
810,107 |
|
May 2010
|
447,570 |
447,550 |
776,520 |
|
Jun 2010
|
508,851 |
483,438 |
795,632 |
|
Jul 2010
|
452,044 |
440,697 |
789,923 |
|
Aug 2010
|
527,736 |
433,737 |
768,399 |
|
Sep 2010
|
519,033 |
478,350 |
808,018 |
|
Oct 2010
|
515,147 |
449,122 |
805,140 |
|
Nov 2010
|
486,585 |
454,395 |
776,167 |
|
Dec 2010
|
562,546 |
498,837 |
827,706 |
|
Jan 2011
|
441,775 |
467,275 |
788,344 |
|
Feb 2011
|
503,549 |
461,080 |
813,066 |
|
Mar 2011
|
486,034 |
478,908 |
905,772 |
|
Apr 2011
|
504,913 |
501,133 |
803,350 |
|
May 2011
|
524,983 |
496,052 |
844,414 |
|
Jun 2011
|
530,524 |
453,016 |
862,843 |
|
Jul 2011
|
509,213 |
479,946 |
852,246 |
|
Aug 2011
|
518,567 |
531,024 |
834,725 |
|
Sep 2011
|
563,764 |
523,082 |
839,462 |
|
Oct 2011
|
552,970 |
471,729 |
800,512 |
|
Nov 2011
|
514,430 |
496,021 |
854,266 |
|
Dec 2011
|
532,999 |
489,462 |
833,249 |
|
Jan 2012
|
496,350 |
480,182 |
828,739 |
|
Feb 2012
|
537,483 |
504,777 |
874,486 |
|
Mar 2012
|
615,403 |
554,335 |
901,094 |
|
Apr 2012
|
538,230 |
487,042 |
955,671 |
|
May 2012
|
586,695 |
507,503 |
925,597 |
|
Jun 2012
|
538,579 |
582,971 |
908,371 |
|
Jul 2012
|
617,266 |
538,992 |
798,236 |
|
Aug 2012
|
549,497 |
511,637 |
916,865 |
|
Sep 2012
|
532,176 |
481,138 |
873,316 |
|
Oct 2012
|
541,474 |
492,973 |
841,616 |
|
Nov 2012
|
517,091 |
488,220 |
916,786 |
|
Dec 2012
|
538,521 |
528,846 |
947,152 |
|
Jan 2013
|
641,914 |
599,650 |
886,064 |
|
Feb 2013
|
616,038 |
552,770 |
954,026 |
|
Mar 2013
|
563,995 |
527,986 |
909,623 |
|
Apr 2013
|
594,817 |
639,625 |
938,067 |
|
May 2013
|
537,270 |
548,924 |
979,363 |
|
Jun 2013
|
552,747 |
539,393 |
1,065,158 |
|
Jul 2013
|
575,549 |
536,802 |
1,108,112 |
|
Aug 2013
|
611,113 |
570,211 |
1,036,618 |
|
Sep 2013
|
564,013 |
584,579 |
1,094,011 |
|
Oct 2013
|
545,642 |
608,216 |
1,090,695 |
|
Nov 2013
|
598,797 |
581,110 |
1,057,277 |
|
Dec 2013
|
555,867 |
592,936 |
1,043,523 |
|
Jan 2014
|
561,083 |
569,990 |
1,056,072 |
|
Feb 2014
|
557,795 |
603,183 |
1,114,061 |
|
Mar 2014
|
588,290 |
562,360 |
1,198,287 |
|
Apr 2014
|
584,348 |
602,122 |
1,080,025 |
|
May 2014
|
531,962 |
605,466 |
1,181,105 |
|
Jun 2014
|
579,398 |
610,158 |
1,123,361 |
|
Jul 2014
|
612,775 |
638,518 |
1,190,595 |
|
Aug 2014
|
605,302 |
614,386 |
1,151,745 |
|
Sep 2014
|
679,025 |
672,822 |
1,213,999 |
|
Oct 2014
|
656,597 |
685,583 |
1,204,146 |
|
Nov 2014
|
698,541 |
658,364 |
1,217,300 |
|
Dec 2014
|
652,908 |
670,571 |
1,145,353 |
|
Jan 2015
|
682,257 |
641,622 |
1,248,300 |
|
Feb 2015
|
703,105 |
705,330 |
1,165,934 |
|
Mar 2015
|
657,153 |
726,826 |
1,191,678 |
|
Apr 2015
|
662,379 |
649,981 |
1,243,195 |
|
May 2015
|
683,919 |
704,750 |
1,171,702 |
|
Jun 2015
|
695,634 |
674,766 |
1,256,794 |
|
Jul 2015
|
741,111 |
672,581 |
1,202,325 |
|
Aug 2015
|
731,430 |
691,217 |
1,293,546 |
|
Sep 2015
|
690,411 |
665,784 |
1,267,458 |
|
Oct 2015
|
678,818 |
696,557 |
1,275,999 |
|
Nov 2015
|
781,036 |
742,500 |
1,269,694 |
|
Dec 2015
|
773,499 |
723,515 |
1,401,683 |
|
Jan 2016
|
659,917 |
697,513 |
1,335,301 |
|
Feb 2016
|
744,907 |
736,721 |
1,369,392 |
|
Mar 2016
|
748,421 |
694,130 |
1,350,055 |
|
Apr 2016
|
790,915 |
718,902 |
1,337,506 |
|
May 2016
|
748,150 |
743,559 |
1,347,950 |
|
Jun 2016
|
776,617 |
761,130 |
1,345,420 |
|
Jul 2016
|
743,490 |
751,138 |
1,448,226 |
|
Aug 2016
|
715,038 |
771,008 |
1,409,628 |
|
Sep 2016
|
714,856 |
743,576 |
1,411,210 |
|
Oct 2016
|
762,842 |
757,951 |
1,424,395 |
|
Nov 2016
|
732,341 |
775,424 |
1,410,256 |
|
Dec 2016
|
740,962 |
762,998 |
1,315,700 |
|
Jan 2017
|
785,238 |
782,711 |
1,347,555 |
|
Feb 2017
|
714,025 |
739,900 |
1,406,537 |
|
Mar 2017
|
828,569 |
775,197 |
1,361,357 |
|
Apr 2017
|
740,748 |
779,568 |
1,416,203 |
|
May 2017
|
782,666 |
809,898 |
1,434,895 |
|
Jun 2017
|
769,145 |
789,987 |
1,416,374 |
|
Jul 2017
|
834,805 |
768,160 |
1,413,325 |
|
Aug 2017
|
797,150 |
786,455 |
1,375,121 |
|
Sep 2017
|
810,272 |
825,306 |
1,380,385 |
|
Oct 2017
|
782,833 |
787,579 |
1,474,511 |
|
Nov 2017
|
746,862 |
790,871 |
1,487,336 |
|
Dec 2017
|
778,601 |
806,449 |
1,619,427 |