Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, seasonally adjusted Animal Production 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 112 4,592 3,859 733 4,719 4,098 621 December 55 4,686 4,006 680 4,588 3,963 625 1993 March 177 4,944 4,179 765 4,504 3,916 588 June 181 4,871 4,171 700 4,548 4,029 519 September 265 4,878 4,108 770 4,666 4,161 505 December -99 4,632 4,089 543 4,860 4,218 642 1994 March 85 4,908 4,231 677 4,678 4,086 592 June 135 4,935 4,181 754 4,840 4,221 619 September 122 4,770 4,024 746 4,941 4,317 624 December 37 4,787 4,089 698 4,969 4,308 661 1995 March 110 5,056 4,331 725 4,788 4,173 615 June 94 5,032 4,295 737 5,034 4,391 643 September 18 4,971 4,293 678 5,033 4,373 660 December -3 4,897 4,210 687 5,234 4,544 690 1996 March 45 5,101 4,366 735 5,008 4,318 690 June 92 4,962 4,223 739 5,153 4,506 647 September 122 5,145 4,402 743 4,914 4,293 621 December 90 5,271 4,547 724 4,868 4,234 634 1997 March 183 5,570 4,783 787 4,832 4,228 604 June 145 5,213 4,456 757 5,235 4,623 612 September 179 5,502 4,613 889 5,273 4,563 710 December 2 5,383 4,615 768 5,384 4,618 766 1998 March 122 5,466 4,631 835 5,282 4,569 713 June 153 5,531 4,637 894 5,345 4,604 741 September 357 5,739 4,729 1,010 5,329 4,676 653 December -25 5,336 4,693 643 5,399 4,731 668 1999 March 123 5,476 4,674 802 5,525 4,846 679 June 107 5,571 4,785 786 5,389 4,710 679 September 144 5,702 4,872 830 5,392 4,706 686 December 31 5,710 4,997 713 5,453 4,771 682 2000 March 84 5,702 4,951 751 5,526 4,859 667 June -68 5,548 4,909 639 5,643 4,936 707 September 99 5,527 4,773 754 5,598 4,943 655 December -14 5,399 4,741 658 5,562 4,890 672 2001 March 2 5,709 5,030 679 5,410 4,733 677 June 69 5,628 4,926 702 5,472 4,839 633 September 39 5,566 4,858 708 5,636 4,967 669 December -25 5,680 4,987 693 5,513 4,795 718 2002 March 50 5,529 4,859 670 5,581 4,961 620 June 78 5,394 4,701 693 5,578 4,963 615 September -75 5,275 4,616 659 5,734 5,000 734 December 6 5,459 4,774 685 5,492 4,813 679 2003 March -3 5,260 4,589 671 5,591 4,917 674 June -3 5,307 4,653 654 5,515 4,858 657 September -48 5,346 4,761 585 5,491 4,858 633 December 21 5,335 4,690 645 5,343 4,719 624 2004 March -24 5,343 4,734 609 5,435 4,802 633 June -1 5,532 4,909 623 5,228 4,604 624 September -47 5,355 4,797 558 5,302 4,697 605 December 74 5,550 4,916 634 5,279 4,719 560 2005 March -8 5,398 4,756 642 5,632 4,982 650 June 13 5,573 4,898 675 5,423 4,761 662 September 2 5,662 5,060 602 5,289 4,689 600 December 23 5,471 4,829 642 5,558 4,939 619 2006 March 53 5,382 4,761 621 5,583 5,015 568 June 35 5,584 4,941 643 5,498 4,890 608 September -74 5,352 4,753 599 5,725 5,052 673 December 15 5,562 4,905 657 5,506 4,864 642 2007 March 26 5,706 5,044 662 5,500 4,864 636 June -44 5,689 5,099 590 5,508 4,874 634 September 8 6,013 5,376 637 5,344 4,715 629 December 91 5,806 5,140 666 5,440 4,865 575 2008 March 72 5,791 5,128 663 5,602 5,011 591 June -64 5,586 4,949 637 5,669 4,968 701 September -29 5,643 5,039 604 5,593 4,960 633 December 117 5,576 4,872 704 5,765 5,178 587 2009 March -92 4,904 4,336 568 6,229 5,569 660 June -95 5,337 4,764 573 5,676 5,008 668 September -51 5,138 4,538 600 5,675 5,024 651 December 61 5,378 4,686 692 5,525 4,894 631 2010 March -115 5,197 4,600 597 5,647 4,935 712 June 13 5,567 4,984 583 5,145 4,575 570 September 13 5,722 5,115 607 5,144 4,550 594 December 140 5,453 4,755 698 5,579 5,021 558 2011 March -21 5,303 4,710 593 5,535 4,921 614 June -61 5,709 5,135 574 5,174 4,539 635 September -40 5,815 5,215 600 5,457 4,817 640 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.