Table 6. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, not seasonally adjusted Forestry and Logging 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 152 4,132 3,229 903 3,611 2,860 751 December -167 3,511 2,750 761 4,209 3,281 928 1993 March -591 3,674 2,857 817 4,462 3,054 1,408 June 703 5,027 3,587 1,440 3,184 2,447 737 September 372 4,637 3,577 1,060 3,404 2,716 688 December -107 3,766 2,931 835 4,331 3,389 942 1994 March -453 3,773 2,894 879 4,645 3,313 1,332 June 548 4,718 3,349 1,369 3,708 2,887 821 September 188 4,549 3,561 988 3,715 2,915 800 December -281 3,577 2,765 812 4,612 3,519 1,093 1995 March -382 3,864 3,018 846 4,316 3,088 1,228 June 435 4,882 3,551 1,331 3,603 2,707 896 September 294 4,648 3,588 1,060 3,661 2,895 766 December -102 3,607 2,797 810 4,524 3,612 912 1996 March -688 3,550 2,779 771 4,957 3,498 1,459 June 409 4,532 3,251 1,281 3,797 2,925 872 September 329 4,641 3,567 1,074 3,547 2,802 745 December -294 3,615 2,888 727 4,419 3,398 1,021 1997 March -517 3,763 2,940 823 4,515 3,175 1,340 June 482 4,626 3,365 1,261 3,478 2,699 779 September 345 4,742 3,667 1,075 3,382 2,652 730 December -214 3,515 2,697 818 4,536 3,504 1,032 1998 March -767 3,365 2,608 757 4,884 3,360 1,524 June 727 4,909 3,466 1,443 3,247 2,531 716 September 206 4,315 3,361 954 3,636 2,888 748 December -193 3,485 2,725 760 4,284 3,331 953 1999 March -740 3,187 2,528 659 4,823 3,424 1,399 June 330 4,418 3,204 1,214 3,521 2,637 884 September 260 4,247 3,305 942 3,378 2,696 682 December -225 3,513 2,787 726 4,024 3,073 951 2000 March -637 3,319 2,614 705 4,571 3,229 1,342 June 419 4,323 3,161 1,162 3,309 2,566 743 September 36 3,760 2,949 811 3,566 2,791 775 December -271 3,141 2,472 669 4,002 3,062 940 2001 March -804 2,802 2,202 600 4,441 3,037 1,404 June 202 3,800 2,797 1,003 3,136 2,335 801 September 107 3,570 2,756 814 3,218 2,511 707 December -256 2,802 2,222 580 3,588 2,752 836 2002 March -569 2,930 2,331 599 3,754 2,586 1,168 June 333 3,642 2,666 976 2,824 2,181 643 September 176 3,374 2,647 727 2,869 2,318 551 December -239 2,680 2,151 529 3,447 2,679 768 2003 March -472 2,712 2,146 566 3,622 2,584 1,038 June 249 3,616 2,754 862 2,652 2,039 613 September 137 3,366 2,688 678 2,725 2,184 541 December -1 2,886 2,290 596 3,089 2,492 597 2004 March -341 2,825 2,313 512 3,325 2,472 853 June 238 3,327 2,515 812 2,753 2,179 574 September 126 3,385 2,741 644 2,577 2,059 518 December -80 2,709 2,171 538 3,187 2,569 618 2005 March -346 2,637 2,105 532 3,398 2,520 878 June 157 3,361 2,631 730 2,536 1,963 573 September 87 3,100 2,487 613 2,732 2,206 526 December -72 2,582 2,062 520 3,058 2,466 592 2006 March -327 2,553 2,098 455 3,201 2,419 782 June 119 3,055 2,355 700 2,699 2,118 581 September 41 2,856 2,273 583 2,768 2,226 542 December -189 2,386 1,905 481 3,046 2,376 670 2007 March -345 2,479 1,993 486 3,100 2,269 831 June 118 2,991 2,264 727 2,565 1,956 609 September 85 2,729 2,151 578 2,590 2,097 493 December -235 2,309 1,865 444 2,928 2,249 679 2008 March -500 2,110 1,671 439 3,207 2,268 939 June 17 2,619 1,965 654 2,552 1,915 637 September 96 2,761 2,188 573 2,251 1,774 477 December -225 2,118 1,684 434 2,821 2,162 659 2009 March -723 1,714 1,333 381 3,503 2,399 1,104 June -59 2,422 1,787 635 2,370 1,676 694 September 243 2,790 2,085 705 1,882 1,420 462 December -152 2,022 1,569 453 2,486 1,881 605 2010 March -264 2,236 1,755 481 2,455 1,710 745 June 277 2,819 2,103 716 1,815 1,376 439 September 170 2,550 2,000 550 1,942 1,562 380 December -172 1,903 1,523 380 2,471 1,919 552 2011 March -302 2,007 1,588 419 2,583 1,862 721 June 56 2,359 1,753 606 2,180 1,630 550 September 194 2,615 2,008 607 1,884 1,471 413 December -52 2,006 1,580 426 2,270 1,792 478 2012 March -321 1,920 1,528 392 2,587 1,874 713 June 191 2,507 1,874 633 1,937 1,495 442 September 96 2,346 1,885 461 1,930 1,565 365 December -38 2,013 1,611 402 2,152 1,712 440 2013 March -264 1,968 1,583 385 2,350 1,701 649 June 121 2,409 1,856 553 1,969 1,537 432 September 231 2,416 1,873 543 1,855 1,543 312 December -19 2,071 1,658 413 2,174 1,742 432 2014 March -297 1,990 1,641 349 2,382 1,736 646 June 98 2,452 1,892 560 1,980 1,518 462 September 165 2,445 1,947 498 1,881 1,548 333 December -3 2,091 1,701 390 2,136 1,743 393 2015 March -206 1,917 1,560 357 2,442 1,879 563 June 196 2,492 1,930 562 1,945 1,579 366 September 146 2,351 1,863 488 1,925 1,583 342 December -51 1,963 1,595 368 2,248 1,829 419 2016 March -261 1,915 1,580 335 2,514 1,918 596 June 178 2,467 1,920 547 1,972 1,603 369 September 84 2,227 1,783 444 2,021 1,661 360 December -92 1,836 1,496 340 2,250 1,818 432 2017 March -344 1,734 1,447 287 2,671 2,040 631 June 115 2,300 1,771 529 2,059 1,645 414 September 103 2,183 1,725 458 1,992 1,637 355 December 5 2,087 1,697 390 2,031 1,646 385 2018 March -235 1,941 1,603 338 2,398 1,825 573 June 70 2,364 1,855 509 2,058 1,619 439 September 15 2,086 1,690 396 2,029 1,648 381 December -36 1,964 1,570 394 2,203 1,773 430 2019 March -248 1,911 1,572 339 2,375 1,788 587 June 64 2,280 1,799 481 2,014 1,597 417 September 147 2,207 1,751 456 1,853 1,544 309 December -42 1,843 1,438 405 2,189 1,742 447 2020 March -368 1,688 1,399 289 2,406 1,749 657 June -69 2,198 1,734 464 1,976 1,443 533 September 189 2,115 1,575 540 2,018 1,667 351 December 75 1,983 1,551 432 1,925 1,568 357 2021 March -167 1,727 1,369 358 2,379 1,854 525 June 135 2,244 1,763 481 1,877 1,531 346 September -33 1,925 1,566 359 2,074 1,682 392 December 11 1,938 1,554 384 1,985 1,612 373 2022 March -189 1,800 1,462 338 2,253 1,726 527 June 70 2,126 1,689 437 1,822 1,455 367 September 27 1,941 1,570 371 1,868 1,524 344 December -59 1,677 1,331 346 2,045 1,640 405 2023 March -269 1,596 1,322 274 2,190 1,647 543 June 50 2,099 1,682 417 1,776 1,409 367 September -47 1,796 1,466 330 1,857 1,480 377 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.