Table 5.  Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, seasonally adjusted

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(In thousands)

                                            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              0          27         22             5           26         21               5
      December               1          27         22             5           25         21               4
  
1993  March                  0          27         22             5           27         22               5
      June                   1          28         23             5           24         20               4
      September              2          29         23             6           25         21               4
      December               1          28         23             5           26         22               4
  
1994  March                  1          29         23             6           27         22               5
      June                   1          30         24             6           26         21               5
      September              1          31         25             6           27         22               5
      December               0          30         25             5           28         23               5
  
1995  March                  1          31         25             6           28         23               5
      June                   1          32         26             6           28         23               5
      September              1          31         25             6           29         24               5
      December               0          31         25             6           31         25               6
  
1996  March                  1          33         26             7           30         24               6
      June                   1          33         26             7           30         24               6
      September              1          34         27             7           30         24               6
      December               1          34         27             7           30         24               6
  
1997  March                  1          35         28             7           30         24               6
      June                   1          35         28             7           30         24               6
      September              1          35         28             7           31         25               6
      December               0          34         27             7           32         25               7
  
1998  March                  1          36         28             8           31         24               7
      June                   2          36         28             8           30         24               6
      September              0          35         28             7           32         25               7
      December               0          36         29             7           32         25               7
  
1999  March                  1          37         29             8           33         26               7
      June                   1          38         30             8           32         25               7
      September              2          39         30             9           33         26               7
      December               0          38         30             8           34         26               8
  
2000  March                  3          42         32            10           34         27               7
      June                   2          43         33            10           35         27               8
      September              1          42         32            10           37         28               9
      December              -1          39         31             8           38         29               9
  
2001  March                 -1          38         30             8           39         30               9
      June                  -1          36         27             9           43         33              10
      September             -3          33         25             8           43         32              11
      December              -3          32         25             7           42         32              10
  
2002  March                  0          33         25             8           39         31               8
      June                  -1          31         24             7           40         32               8
      September             -1          31         24             7           38         30               8
      December              -2          31         25             6           37         29               8
  
2003  March                 -1          30         24             6           37         30               7
      June                  -2          30         24             6           37         29               8
      September             -1          31         25             6           34         27               7
      December              -1          31         25             6           34         27               7
  
2004  March                 -1          31         25             6           35         28               7
      June                  -1          31         25             6           35         28               7
      September             -1          31         25             6           34         27               7
      December              -1          32         26             6           33         26               7
  
2005  March                 -1          32         26             6           33         26               7
      June                  -1          32         26             6           33         26               7
      September              0          32         26             6           32         26               6
      December               0          32         26             6           32         26               6
  
2006  March                 -1          32         26             6           33         26               7
      June                   0          32         26             6           33         27               6
      September             -1          32         26             6           34         27               7
      December               0          34         27             7           33         26               7
  
2007  March                 -1          32         26             6           33         26               7
      June                   0          32         26             6           32         26               6
      September              0          32         26             6           33         27               6
      December               0          33         26             7           34         27               7
  
2008  March                 -1          31         25             6           33         26               7
      June                  -1          30         24             6           35         28               7
      September             -1          30         24             6           35         28               7
      December               0          30         23             7           36         29               7
  
2009  March                 -2          26         20             6           38         30               8
      June                  -1          26         20             6           37         30               7
      September             -2          25         20             5           34         27               7
      December              -1          27         21             6           33         26               7
  
2010  March                 -2          26         21             5           33         26               7
      June                   0          28         22             6           31         25               6
      September              0          28         22             6           31         25               6
      December               0          29         23             6           30         24               6
  
2011  March                 -2          28         23             5           31         24               7
      June                  -1          29         23             6           31         24               7
      September              0          29         23             6           30         24               6

(1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.