Table 9. Private sector establishment births and deaths, seasonally adjusted Retail trade (In thousands) Births(1) Deaths(2) Year 3 months ended Establishments Employment Establishments Employment 1992 September N/A N/A 25 144 December N/A N/A 25 128 1993 March N/A N/A 27 188 June 24 166 26 130 September 25 166 24 124 December 25 179 23 122 1994 March 24 164 25 149 June 24 176 26 137 September 25 169 24 115 December 25 182 25 128 1995 March 26 181 24 131 June 24 174 25 136 September 24 154 24 124 December 25 175 25 130 1996 March 25 189 27 155 June 24 167 26 128 September 25 156 25 139 December 26 189 25 132 1997 March 26 210 26 163 June 24 167 25 119 September 24 156 24 124 December 25 182 26 147 1998 March 25 184 26 150 June 25 180 24 141 September 24 177 25 142 December 23 171 25 135 1999 March 24 182 26 158 June 24 191 25 164 September 24 181 26 150 December 24 183 25 148 2000 March 26 187 24 151 June 23 165 24 134 September 23 163 25 149 December 22 159 25 140 2001 March 22 157 26 148 June 22 155 25 156 September 22 152 26 155 December 22 159 25 140 2002 March 22 169 23 127 June 23 166 23 127 September 22 164 22 118 December 22 135 24 135 2003 March 21 133 23 116 June 21 127 22 119 September 20 130 21 101 December 22 143 22 108 2004 March 22 138 22 113 June 21 136 23 106 September 23 157 23 134 December 21 135 22 104 2005 March 22 128 22 96 June 22 128 21 95 September 22 137 23 112 December 21 137 23 103 2006 March 21 122 22 98 June 22 144 22 108 September 21 135 24 115 December 22 137 22 101 2007 March 21 121 21 101 June 20 115 22 94 September 21 141 22 98 December 20 120 22 95 2008 March 20 120 22 91 June 20 119 24 104 September 19 120 24 103 December 18 98 26 111 2009 March 18 99 26 139 June 17 94 23 100 September 17 92 22 98 December 17 78 21 83 2010 March 17 83 20 76 June 17 88 19 70 September 18 89 19 73 December 19 94 19 75 2011 March 18 82 19 72 June 18 91 20 79 September 19 95 19 73 December 18 89 19 81 2012 March 18 92 18 68 June 18 100 18 68 September 18 101 19 75 December 18 99 18 75 2013 March 18 89 18 69 June 18 94 19 70 September 18 93 18 67 December 17 94 18 72 2014 March 16 85 17 68 June 16 94 19 78 September 16 90 19 77 December 15 88 18 74 2015 March 17 91 19 80 June 17 92 19 79 September 17 96 19 76 December 16 92 18 93 2016 March 16 88 18 74 June 16 90 18 70 September 16 94 19 87 December 15 85 18 77 2017 March 16 88 18 74 June 16 88 20 92 September 16 90 20 89 December 15 79 18 74 2018 March 16 80 18 73 June 17 96 19 85 September 16 86 20 111 December 16 73 19 84 2019 March 16 80 19 78 June 16 84 22 102 September 16 78 20 87 December 17 79 19 80 2020 March 15 69 19 78 June 13 56 29 106 September 17 69 18 68 December 17 71 19 91 2021 March 19 84 16 63 June 21 87 16 64 September 21 86 17 68 December 20 79 17 68 2022 March 18 78 17 62 June 18 84 18 71 September 18 82 19 73 December 17 80 N/A N/A 2023 March 15 72 N/A N/A June 16 80 N/A N/A (1) Values for births are not available for the first three quarters of the time series by definition. (2) Values for deaths are not available for the most recent three quarters by definition.