Table 6. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, not seasonally adjusted Georgia 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 1,550 42,232 34,654 7,578 39,426 33,398 6,028 December 2,423 44,428 36,013 8,415 39,044 33,052 5,992 1993 March 300 42,930 34,231 8,699 45,807 37,408 8,399 June 1,532 49,240 41,277 7,963 37,250 30,819 6,431 September 1,948 45,993 38,242 7,751 41,522 35,719 5,803 December 2,492 47,727 39,240 8,487 41,220 35,225 5,995 1994 March -1,123 44,535 36,533 8,002 48,577 39,452 9,125 June 687 51,532 43,583 7,949 39,128 31,866 7,262 September 1,852 47,671 39,631 8,040 42,740 36,552 6,188 December 3,445 50,183 40,792 9,391 43,114 37,168 5,946 1995 March -1,389 48,267 39,668 8,599 50,472 40,484 9,988 June 1,609 53,014 43,889 9,125 41,994 34,478 7,516 September 708 47,483 40,007 7,476 44,961 38,193 6,768 December 3,392 51,205 41,202 10,003 44,882 38,271 6,611 1996 March -757 49,452 39,686 9,766 52,515 41,992 10,523 June 2,461 55,593 45,497 10,096 43,781 36,146 7,635 September -387 47,916 40,091 7,825 49,730 41,518 8,212 December 3,405 53,177 42,591 10,586 46,523 39,342 7,181 1997 March -1,855 50,770 40,976 9,794 54,644 42,995 11,649 June 2,104 54,157 44,052 10,105 45,565 37,564 8,001 September -1,726 51,214 42,656 8,558 51,011 40,727 10,284 December 6,030 57,279 43,252 14,027 47,593 39,596 7,997 1998 March -3,784 52,216 41,028 11,188 59,141 44,169 14,972 June 3,031 58,967 46,600 12,367 46,880 37,544 9,336 September -74 52,861 42,927 9,934 52,880 42,872 10,008 December 4,520 57,461 44,508 12,953 48,372 39,939 8,433 1999 March -1,698 54,061 42,371 11,690 57,932 44,544 13,388 June 3,313 59,419 47,454 11,965 46,670 38,018 8,652 September -667 52,790 42,390 10,400 54,360 43,293 11,067 December 3,196 57,719 45,172 12,547 49,838 40,487 9,351 2000 March -1,558 54,993 43,007 11,986 59,294 45,750 13,544 June 2,881 60,185 47,683 12,502 49,164 39,543 9,621 September 1,241 53,806 42,366 11,440 54,895 44,696 10,199 December 3,803 56,755 44,133 12,622 51,328 42,509 8,819 2001 March -6,182 51,868 41,686 10,182 62,247 45,883 16,364 June 2,511 56,095 44,943 11,152 49,763 41,122 8,641 September 300 51,028 39,819 11,209 56,984 46,075 10,909 December 1,912 53,483 40,365 13,118 55,543 44,337 11,206 2002 March -2,107 51,036 40,055 10,981 59,547 46,459 13,088 June 2,294 56,011 44,947 11,064 48,675 39,905 8,770 September 49 50,488 40,105 10,383 54,988 44,654 10,334 December 2,324 53,118 41,384 11,734 51,585 42,175 9,410 2003 March -3,040 51,155 40,016 11,139 61,492 47,313 14,179 June -1,168 55,151 44,670 10,481 50,899 39,250 11,649 September 1,755 51,869 42,065 9,804 51,584 43,535 8,049 December 3,184 52,967 42,464 10,503 48,288 40,969 7,319 2004 March -2,726 53,168 41,583 11,585 60,763 46,452 14,311 June 371 59,304 46,907 12,397 50,347 38,321 12,026 September -4,367 52,049 40,921 11,128 58,794 43,299 15,495 December 8,388 63,037 44,960 18,077 49,882 40,193 9,689 2005 March -5,025 55,079 41,501 13,578 64,817 46,214 18,603 June 4,134 62,811 47,894 14,917 49,903 39,120 10,783 September 498 56,792 43,732 13,060 56,643 44,081 12,562 December 4,156 60,799 45,497 15,302 53,452 42,306 11,146 2006 March -5,175 58,609 44,639 13,970 64,468 45,323 19,145 June 3,878 64,412 48,896 15,516 52,118 40,480 11,638 September -1,853 57,199 43,354 13,845 61,418 45,720 15,698 December 5,340 64,790 45,662 19,128 56,645 42,857 13,788 2007 March -3,468 60,617 44,386 16,231 67,450 47,751 19,699 June -63 62,657 47,871 14,786 57,087 42,238 14,849 September 3,363 58,722 42,798 15,924 60,598 48,037 12,561 December 3,295 62,498 45,402 17,096 59,267 45,466 13,801 2008 March -4,198 57,580 41,825 15,755 70,290 50,337 19,953 June -1 58,465 44,628 13,837 58,836 44,998 13,838 September -1,492 51,612 39,417 12,195 63,068 49,381 13,687 December 2,337 54,560 38,076 16,484 64,140 49,993 14,147 2009 March -8,734 46,926 34,592 12,334 74,274 53,206 21,068 June -1,360 52,790 39,963 12,827 57,543 43,356 14,187 September -1,693 46,598 35,321 11,277 59,070 46,100 12,970 December 3,931 54,952 38,995 15,957 53,639 41,613 12,026 2010 March -5,979 49,779 37,329 12,450 63,402 44,973 18,429 June -232 55,718 43,128 12,590 50,426 37,604 12,822 September 489 51,515 39,085 12,430 53,479 41,538 11,941 December 3,866 56,180 40,684 15,496 51,146 39,516 11,630 2011 March -5,160 52,216 39,303 12,913 60,643 42,570 18,073 June 1,269 56,525 43,879 12,646 48,799 37,422 11,377 September 316 51,208 39,423 11,785 53,652 42,183 11,469 December 3,355 55,739 40,502 15,237 51,674 39,792 11,882 2012 March -4,138 54,434 40,684 13,750 59,655 41,767 17,888 June 1,315 56,693 43,904 12,789 48,690 37,216 11,474 September -191 51,054 39,551 11,503 53,959 42,265 11,694 December 5,099 57,981 41,900 16,081 49,476 38,494 10,982 2013 March -4,324 53,662 40,735 12,927 60,620 43,369 17,251 June 1,064 57,585 45,421 12,164 48,413 37,313 11,100 September 558 52,698 41,434 11,264 52,543 41,837 10,706 December 4,647 59,178 43,608 15,570 49,523 38,600 10,923 2014 March -3,471 54,901 41,485 13,416 60,448 43,561 16,887 June 1,203 60,450 47,868 12,582 49,320 37,941 11,379 September 1,966 55,017 42,846 12,171 53,714 43,509 10,205 December 6,401 61,447 45,843 15,604 48,946 39,743 9,203 2015 March -4,167 55,406 43,471 11,935 61,637 45,535 16,102 June 982 61,379 49,698 11,681 50,291 39,592 10,699 September -7 54,396 44,117 10,279 55,028 44,742 10,286 December 6,744 63,755 47,212 16,543 51,148 41,349 9,799 2016 March -2,448 55,902 45,096 10,806 59,770 46,516 13,254 June -1,198 62,656 49,190 13,466 56,279 41,615 14,664 September 575 56,857 45,076 11,781 57,129 45,923 11,206 December 6,581 64,074 47,101 16,973 53,641 43,249 10,392 2017 March -4,155 58,801 45,527 13,274 65,569 48,140 17,429 June -643 60,851 49,430 11,421 55,130 43,066 12,064 September -855 53,712 43,131 10,581 61,044 49,608 11,436 December 7,183 66,740 49,174 17,566 52,145 41,762 10,383 2018 March -4,410 59,700 46,343 13,357 65,932 48,165 17,767 June 236 62,700 50,002 12,698 55,943 43,481 12,462 September 120 58,038 46,130 11,908 59,862 48,074 11,788 December 3,215 61,787 47,668 14,119 55,421 44,517 10,904 2019 March -370 63,349 46,517 16,832 64,974 47,772 17,202 June 621 63,496 50,474 13,022 57,053 44,652 12,401 September 3,650 60,994 45,818 15,176 60,382 48,856 11,526 December 7,780 67,692 49,157 18,535 55,042 44,287 10,755 2020 March -11,021 56,077 43,742 12,335 75,502 52,146 23,356 June 754 56,541 40,425 16,116 75,545 60,183 15,362 September 256 64,808 48,667 16,141 62,727 46,842 15,885 December 7,025 68,018 50,356 17,662 48,899 38,262 10,637 2021 March 1,868 66,956 48,514 18,442 65,081 48,507 16,574 June 4,351 72,606 55,185 17,421 56,937 43,867 13,070 September 2,796 67,199 50,240 16,959 64,593 50,430 14,163 December 10,790 79,541 56,008 23,533 56,060 43,317 12,743 2022 March -1,742 71,060 52,248 18,812 72,254 51,700 20,554 June 5,028 75,377 56,778 18,599 61,554 47,983 13,571 September -1,849 70,188 55,046 15,142 68,879 51,888 16,991 December 7,866 76,510 54,298 22,212 63,141 48,795 14,346 2023 March -3,539 70,229 51,370 18,859 76,536 54,138 22,398 June 2,458 72,288 55,352 16,936 63,117 48,639 14,478 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.