Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, seasonally adjusted Building Material and Garden Equipment and Suppies Dealers 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 -233 22,463 19,988 2,475 21,843 19,135 2,708 December -35 21,900 19,362 2,538 21,990 19,417 2,573 1993 March -177 20,186 17,686 2,500 23,038 20,361 2,677 June -235 22,367 19,937 2,430 20,879 18,214 2,665 September -76 22,877 20,439 2,438 21,380 18,866 2,514 December 59 22,444 19,982 2,462 21,127 18,724 2,403 1994 March -257 21,534 19,197 2,337 21,760 19,166 2,594 June -205 22,487 20,057 2,430 20,959 18,324 2,635 September 97 23,840 21,303 2,537 21,128 18,688 2,440 December 29 22,844 20,269 2,575 21,978 19,432 2,546 1995 March -95 22,113 19,758 2,355 22,631 20,181 2,450 June -165 21,178 18,819 2,359 23,369 20,845 2,524 September -305 22,700 20,413 2,287 22,223 19,631 2,592 December -159 22,444 19,993 2,451 22,244 19,634 2,610 1996 March 15 21,387 18,736 2,651 23,228 20,592 2,636 June -426 22,109 19,781 2,328 22,104 19,350 2,754 September -35 23,526 21,014 2,512 21,759 19,212 2,547 December 90 23,114 20,589 2,525 21,776 19,341 2,435 1997 March -74 22,213 19,820 2,393 22,161 19,694 2,467 June -200 21,719 19,403 2,316 22,694 20,178 2,516 September -98 22,623 20,242 2,381 22,737 20,258 2,479 December -367 22,954 20,599 2,355 22,375 19,653 2,722 1998 March -130 21,719 19,279 2,440 22,687 20,117 2,570 June -18 22,260 19,795 2,465 21,784 19,301 2,483 September -150 22,545 20,254 2,291 22,250 19,809 2,441 December -121 23,636 21,351 2,285 21,383 18,977 2,406 1999 March -220 22,509 20,298 2,211 22,208 19,777 2,431 June -300 22,353 20,124 2,229 21,624 19,095 2,529 September -328 23,398 21,112 2,286 22,548 19,934 2,614 December -291 23,984 21,786 2,198 21,074 18,585 2,489 2000 March -57 22,978 20,615 2,363 21,987 19,567 2,420 June -481 20,912 18,882 2,030 24,120 21,609 2,511 September -499 20,924 18,897 2,027 23,781 21,255 2,526 December -479 21,648 19,672 1,976 22,628 20,173 2,455 2001 March -363 20,374 18,267 2,107 23,590 21,120 2,470 June -416 20,749 18,775 1,974 22,757 20,367 2,390 September -448 20,600 18,633 1,967 22,413 19,998 2,415 December -374 21,082 19,104 1,978 21,569 19,217 2,352 2002 March -105 20,621 18,612 2,009 21,340 19,226 2,114 June -149 20,956 18,941 2,015 20,713 18,549 2,164 September 21 20,824 18,698 2,126 21,371 19,266 2,105 December -56 20,628 18,600 2,028 21,547 19,463 2,084 2003 March -237 18,580 16,692 1,888 22,452 20,327 2,125 June -107 20,854 18,860 1,994 20,487 18,386 2,101 September -111 21,196 19,329 1,867 20,586 18,608 1,978 December -147 21,210 19,329 1,881 20,250 18,222 2,028 2004 March -68 20,860 18,872 1,988 20,474 18,418 2,056 June 82 20,894 18,863 2,031 19,587 17,638 1,949 September -144 21,173 19,168 2,005 20,839 18,690 2,149 December -104 21,336 19,373 1,963 20,795 18,728 2,067 2005 March -210 20,925 18,986 1,939 21,076 18,927 2,149 June 53 21,009 18,893 2,116 20,632 18,569 2,063 September -8 21,278 19,161 2,117 21,092 18,967 2,125 December -10 21,313 19,262 2,051 21,162 19,101 2,061 2006 March 10 22,541 20,508 2,033 19,951 17,928 2,023 June 7 20,376 18,348 2,028 21,985 19,964 2,021 September 8 20,582 18,485 2,097 22,225 20,136 2,089 December -71 19,401 17,334 2,067 22,971 20,833 2,138 2007 March -101 20,696 18,647 2,049 22,042 19,892 2,150 June -136 19,834 17,848 1,986 22,882 20,760 2,122 September -90 18,578 16,551 2,027 22,996 20,879 2,117 December -409 18,127 16,269 1,858 23,616 21,349 2,267 2008 March -349 18,366 16,380 1,986 23,233 20,898 2,335 June -776 18,456 16,530 1,926 24,169 21,467 2,702 September -527 16,718 14,871 1,847 23,069 20,695 2,374 December -871 15,848 13,985 1,863 24,918 22,184 2,734 2009 March -651 14,954 12,996 1,958 25,998 23,389 2,609 June -625 17,181 15,326 1,855 22,815 20,335 2,480 September -774 15,431 13,699 1,732 21,499 18,993 2,506 December -658 15,831 13,980 1,851 21,390 18,881 2,509 2010 March -531 17,259 15,405 1,854 19,684 17,299 2,385 June -61 18,501 16,446 2,055 17,966 15,850 2,116 September -418 16,104 14,322 1,782 19,933 17,733 2,200 December -431 16,484 14,627 1,857 19,998 17,710 2,288 2011 March -560 18,039 16,462 1,577 17,755 15,618 2,137 June -276 17,813 15,940 1,873 18,390 16,241 2,149 September -288 17,513 15,827 1,686 18,583 16,609 1,974 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.