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In the first quarter of 2015, 2.0 million private business establishments gained jobs and 1.9 million establishments lost jobs.
Quarter | Establishments with job gains | Establishments with expansions | Establishments with openings | Establishments with job losses | Establishments with contractions | Establishments with closings |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Q1 2005 |
1,911,000 | 1,513,000 | 398,000 | 1,884,000 | 1,510,000 | 374,000 |
Q2 2005 |
1,932,000 | 1,530,000 | 402,000 | 1,870,000 | 1,501,000 | 369,000 |
Q3 2005 |
1,973,000 | 1,560,000 | 413,000 | 1,860,000 | 1,495,000 | 365,000 |
Q4 2005 |
1,953,000 | 1,548,000 | 405,000 | 1,901,000 | 1,535,000 | 366,000 |
Q1 2006 |
2,003,000 | 1,594,000 | 409,000 | 1,874,000 | 1,502,000 | 372,000 |
Q2 2006 |
1,958,000 | 1,557,000 | 401,000 | 1,937,000 | 1,559,000 | 378,000 |
Q3 2006 |
1,933,000 | 1,539,000 | 394,000 | 1,955,000 | 1,563,000 | 392,000 |
Q4 2006 |
1,979,000 | 1,563,000 | 416,000 | 1,939,000 | 1,550,000 | 389,000 |
Q1 2007 |
2,005,000 | 1,587,000 | 418,000 | 1,935,000 | 1,547,000 | 388,000 |
Q2 2007 |
1,959,000 | 1,559,000 | 400,000 | 1,994,000 | 1,590,000 | 404,000 |
Q3 2007 |
1,948,000 | 1,531,000 | 417,000 | 2,005,000 | 1,597,000 | 408,000 |
Q4 2007 |
1,990,000 | 1,563,000 | 427,000 | 1,980,000 | 1,583,000 | 397,000 |
Q1 2008 |
1,931,000 | 1,523,000 | 408,000 | 2,019,000 | 1,599,000 | 420,000 |
Q2 2008 |
1,892,000 | 1,484,000 | 408,000 | 2,087,000 | 1,647,000 | 440,000 |
Q3 2008 |
1,856,000 | 1,450,000 | 406,000 | 2,042,000 | 1,623,000 | 419,000 |
Q4 2008 |
1,789,000 | 1,378,000 | 411,000 | 2,153,000 | 1,701,000 | 452,000 |
Q1 2009 |
1,665,000 | 1,278,000 | 387,000 | 2,166,000 | 1,713,000 | 453,000 |
Q2 2009 |
1,733,000 | 1,336,000 | 397,000 | 2,071,000 | 1,634,000 | 437,000 |
Q3 2009 |
1,727,000 | 1,341,000 | 386,000 | 1,968,000 | 1,532,000 | 436,000 |
Q4 2009 |
1,795,000 | 1,373,000 | 422,000 | 1,920,000 | 1,504,000 | 416,000 |
Q1 2010 |
1,750,000 | 1,368,000 | 382,000 | 1,913,000 | 1,490,000 | 423,000 |
Q2 2010 |
1,843,000 | 1,448,000 | 395,000 | 1,826,000 | 1,423,000 | 403,000 |
Q3 2010 |
1,838,000 | 1,429,000 | 409,000 | 1,838,000 | 1,435,000 | 403,000 |
Q4 2010 |
1,883,000 | 1,453,000 | 430,000 | 1,830,000 | 1,430,000 | 400,000 |
Q1 2011 |
1,842,000 | 1,446,000 | 396,000 | 1,843,000 | 1,441,000 | 402,000 |
Q2 2011 |
1,878,000 | 1,466,000 | 412,000 | 1,830,000 | 1,418,000 | 412,000 |
Q3 2011 |
1,908,000 | 1,497,000 | 411,000 | 1,818,000 | 1,431,000 | 387,000 |
Q4 2011 |
1,877,000 | 1,463,000 | 414,000 | 1,842,000 | 1,449,000 | 393,000 |
Q1 2012 |
1,974,000 | 1,522,000 | 452,000 | 1,802,000 | 1,426,000 | 376,000 |
Q2 2012 |
1,893,000 | 1,498,000 | 395,000 | 1,817,000 | 1,453,000 | 364,000 |
Q3 2012 |
1,859,000 | 1,478,000 | 381,000 | 1,846,000 | 1,477,000 | 369,000 |
Q4 2012 |
1,923,000 | 1,512,000 | 411,000 | 1,785,000 | 1,440,000 | 345,000 |
Q1 2013 |
1,906,000 | 1,533,000 | 373,000 | 1,849,000 | 1,469,000 | 380,000 |
Q2 2013 |
1,924,000 | 1,535,000 | 389,000 | 1,852,000 | 1,469,000 | 383,000 |
Q3 2013 |
1,930,000 | 1,535,000 | 395,000 | 1,841,000 | 1,482,000 | 359,000 |
Q4 2013 |
1,955,000 | 1,552,000 | 403,000 | 1,848,000 | 1,486,000 | 362,000 |
Q1 2014 |
1,945,000 | 1,557,000 | 388,000 | 1,881,000 | 1,504,000 | 377,000 |
Q2 2014 |
1,976,000 | 1,587,000 | 389,000 | 1,877,000 | 1,503,000 | 374,000 |
Q3 2014 |
1,961,000 | 1,566,000 | 395,000 | 1,878,000 | 1,519,000 | 359,000 |
Q4 2014 |
2,018,000 | 1,609,000 | 409,000 | 1,864,000 | 1,492,000 | 372,000 |
Q1 2015 |
1,966,000 | 1,569,000 | 397,000 | 1,919,000 | 1,541,000 | 378,000 |
Of the 2.0 million establishments with job gains, 1.6 million expanded and 400,000 were new establishments. Of the 1.9 million establishments with job losses, 1.5 million were getting smaller and 400,000 establishments closed.
These data are from the Business Employment Dynamics program. To learn more, see "Business Employment Dynamics — First Quarter 2015" (HTML) (PDF) and the Business Employment Dynamics database.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Establishments gaining and losing jobs in the first quarter of 2015 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2015/establishments-gaining-and-losing-jobs-in-the-first-quarter-of-2015.htm (visited December 10, 2024).