Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, seasonally adjusted Retail trade (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 1 277 239 38 280 243 37 December -1 274 237 37 286 248 38 1993 March 4 282 240 42 281 243 38 June -2 289 252 37 280 241 39 September 2 290 252 38 280 244 36 December 0 286 250 36 285 249 36 1994 March -2 288 252 36 286 248 38 June -2 295 257 38 283 243 40 September 3 300 261 39 280 244 36 December -1 293 256 37 289 251 38 1995 March 3 296 257 39 291 255 36 June -1 291 254 37 293 255 38 September 0 299 262 37 288 251 37 December 0 292 254 38 296 258 38 1996 March -1 295 256 39 296 256 40 June -2 294 257 37 292 253 39 September 1 299 260 39 291 253 38 December 1 298 259 39 293 255 38 1997 March 1 299 259 40 295 256 39 June -2 290 254 36 299 261 38 September -2 298 261 37 294 255 39 December -3 299 260 39 298 256 42 1998 March -1 294 254 40 301 260 41 June 4 299 258 41 292 255 37 September 0 298 260 38 295 257 38 December -3 299 263 36 292 253 39 1999 March -1 303 265 38 294 255 39 June -2 298 261 37 295 256 39 September -4 298 261 37 297 256 41 December -2 301 264 37 291 252 39 2000 March 2 303 264 39 297 260 37 June -3 292 258 34 298 261 37 September -4 291 257 34 300 262 38 December -6 287 255 32 301 263 38 2001 March -8 284 254 30 298 260 38 June -6 280 248 32 303 265 38 September -6 274 242 32 304 266 38 December -4 275 242 33 301 264 37 2002 March -4 276 245 31 288 253 35 June -3 275 243 32 289 254 35 September -1 274 242 32 289 256 33 December -5 273 242 31 295 259 36 2003 March -5 264 234 30 293 258 35 June -4 271 241 30 282 248 34 September -4 273 244 29 281 248 33 December -4 275 245 30 283 249 34 2004 March -3 275 244 31 283 249 34 June -5 276 246 30 280 245 35 September -6 266 236 30 291 255 36 December -3 281 250 31 280 246 34 2005 March -5 272 242 30 289 254 35 June -3 277 246 31 288 254 34 September -5 278 247 31 287 251 36 December -3 281 250 31 289 255 34 2006 March -4 281 251 30 287 253 34 June -4 278 247 31 295 260 35 September -6 273 243 30 296 260 36 December -4 280 249 31 288 253 35 2007 March -4 283 253 30 289 255 34 June -5 277 248 29 293 259 34 September -3 274 243 31 296 262 34 December -4 278 248 30 293 259 34 2008 March -5 266 236 30 298 263 35 June -7 260 230 30 311 274 37 September -7 258 229 29 304 268 36 December -10 249 220 29 323 284 39 2009 March -11 235 206 29 311 271 40 June -8 251 223 28 287 251 36 September -7 247 219 28 281 246 35 December -5 252 223 29 279 245 34 2010 March -6 245 217 28 276 242 34 June -2 266 237 29 258 227 31 September -4 249 221 28 274 242 32 December -2 266 236 30 263 231 32 2011 March -5 252 226 26 268 237 31 June -4 263 235 28 260 228 32 September -2 262 234 28 268 238 30 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.