Table 6. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, not seasonally adjusted Colorado Total private 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 948 26,625 21,635 4,990 25,852 21,810 4,042 December 1,385 28,856 23,082 5,774 25,096 20,707 4,389 1993 March -338 27,774 22,114 5,660 28,124 22,126 5,998 June 1,731 33,705 27,345 6,360 22,989 18,360 4,629 September 1,764 28,694 23,178 5,516 26,835 23,083 3,752 December 1,145 31,324 25,121 6,203 26,652 21,594 5,058 1994 March 323 29,163 23,375 5,788 29,606 24,141 5,465 June 2,691 35,504 28,766 6,738 24,126 20,079 4,047 September 1,481 30,316 24,723 5,593 29,120 25,008 4,112 December 1,578 32,207 25,986 6,221 28,532 23,889 4,643 1995 March -697 30,107 24,479 5,628 32,199 25,874 6,325 June 2,403 36,019 29,261 6,758 26,145 21,790 4,355 September 1,009 30,909 25,266 5,643 31,008 26,374 4,634 December 1,374 33,433 26,879 6,554 30,141 24,961 5,180 1996 March -1,264 31,237 25,159 6,078 34,399 27,057 7,342 June 2,358 37,558 30,244 7,314 27,391 22,435 4,956 September 939 32,040 25,955 6,085 32,296 27,150 5,146 December 1,966 34,717 27,408 7,309 31,009 25,666 5,343 1997 March -530 32,939 26,133 6,806 35,016 27,680 7,336 June 2,475 39,183 31,817 7,366 28,036 23,145 4,891 September 1,295 33,218 27,025 6,193 33,364 28,466 4,898 December 1,792 36,555 28,950 7,605 32,562 26,749 5,813 1998 March -1,845 33,440 27,107 6,333 36,996 28,818 8,178 June 2,261 40,350 32,997 7,353 28,581 23,489 5,092 September 1,786 34,543 28,245 6,298 33,688 29,176 4,512 December 579 37,103 29,761 7,342 34,083 27,320 6,763 1999 March -1,407 33,186 26,514 6,672 37,126 29,047 8,079 June 2,775 43,075 34,728 8,347 30,288 24,716 5,572 September 676 35,151 28,667 6,484 36,228 30,420 5,808 December 2,137 39,113 30,711 8,402 34,522 28,257 6,265 2000 March -1,483 36,133 28,718 7,415 39,628 30,730 8,898 June 2,908 43,837 35,104 8,733 31,294 25,469 5,825 September 845 36,618 29,442 7,176 37,899 31,568 6,331 December 2,385 40,004 31,170 8,834 35,964 29,515 6,449 2001 March -2,314 36,086 28,717 7,369 41,687 32,004 9,683 June 1,964 42,826 34,648 8,178 32,717 26,503 6,214 September 145 34,787 27,799 6,988 40,231 33,388 6,843 December 1,819 37,254 28,308 8,946 38,925 31,798 7,127 2002 March -3,102 34,342 27,073 7,269 42,913 32,542 10,371 June 2,039 42,340 33,577 8,763 32,753 26,029 6,724 September 209 34,106 27,129 6,977 39,520 32,752 6,768 December 2,518 37,328 27,967 9,361 37,901 31,058 6,843 2003 March -3,655 32,324 25,036 7,288 44,691 33,748 10,943 June 2,196 41,416 32,782 8,634 31,980 25,542 6,438 September 617 34,845 27,644 7,201 37,808 31,224 6,584 December 3,111 38,670 28,548 10,122 36,850 29,839 7,011 2004 March -3,387 34,611 27,283 7,328 42,151 31,436 10,715 June 2,792 43,392 34,280 9,112 31,582 25,262 6,320 September 695 35,790 28,633 7,157 37,597 31,135 6,462 December 3,152 40,399 30,047 10,352 36,612 29,412 7,200 2005 March -3,573 36,360 28,466 7,894 42,745 31,278 11,467 June 2,317 43,948 34,766 9,182 32,428 25,563 6,865 September 1,110 37,904 29,733 8,171 38,268 31,207 7,061 December 3,651 41,761 30,847 10,914 37,806 30,543 7,263 2006 March -4,193 37,247 29,427 7,820 43,816 31,803 12,013 June 2,823 45,886 36,406 9,480 32,678 26,021 6,657 September 718 37,683 29,580 8,103 40,256 32,871 7,385 December 3,951 42,692 31,053 11,639 39,127 31,439 7,688 2007 March -4,460 38,243 29,982 8,261 45,091 32,370 12,721 June 2,305 46,227 36,549 9,678 34,244 26,871 7,373 September 458 38,005 29,647 8,358 41,606 33,706 7,900 December 4,299 43,997 31,629 12,368 39,752 31,683 8,069 2008 March -5,568 38,076 29,692 8,384 47,216 33,264 13,952 June 1,620 44,552 34,873 9,679 36,258 28,199 8,059 September -167 36,548 28,487 8,061 42,346 34,118 8,228 December 1,952 39,168 27,593 11,575 43,541 33,918 9,623 2009 March -7,170 31,079 23,207 7,872 52,515 37,473 15,042 June 533 39,016 29,778 9,238 37,483 28,778 8,705 September -859 32,907 25,453 7,454 40,271 31,958 8,313 December 2,745 37,929 26,407 11,522 38,959 30,182 8,777 2010 March -6,222 32,988 25,230 7,758 45,618 31,638 13,980 June 2,140 42,068 32,465 9,603 31,882 24,419 7,463 September -633 34,426 26,998 7,428 37,865 29,804 8,061 December 3,540 40,002 27,909 12,093 36,381 27,828 8,553 2011 March -5,231 33,875 25,627 8,248 43,438 29,959 13,479 June 2,679 42,416 32,976 9,440 30,597 23,836 6,761 September 1,145 36,221 28,371 7,850 35,840 29,135 6,705 December 2,841 39,711 28,614 11,097 36,724 28,468 8,256 2012 March -4,869 35,457 27,487 7,970 42,411 29,572 12,839 June 2,302 44,294 34,704 9,590 31,166 23,878 7,288 September 586 35,967 28,022 7,945 37,635 30,276 7,359 December 4,634 41,976 30,132 11,844 35,063 27,853 7,210 2013 March -4,309 36,555 28,412 8,143 42,933 30,481 12,452 June 2,040 44,372 35,016 9,356 32,392 25,076 7,316 September 1,150 37,247 29,310 7,937 37,628 30,841 6,787 December 4,026 42,380 30,786 11,594 36,451 28,883 7,568 2014 March -4,288 37,717 29,482 8,235 43,115 30,592 12,523 June 2,732 46,616 36,666 9,950 32,697 25,479 7,218 September 1,734 39,270 30,697 8,573 38,496 31,657 6,839 December 3,781 44,820 33,159 11,661 37,240 29,360 7,880 2015 March -4,677 38,767 30,367 8,400 45,220 32,143 13,077 June 2,442 47,625 37,601 10,024 33,969 26,387 7,582 September 1,295 40,103 31,342 8,761 39,682 32,216 7,466 December 4,271 45,344 32,864 12,480 39,064 30,855 8,209 2016 March -4,488 40,196 31,016 9,180 46,629 32,961 13,668 June 2,855 48,183 37,005 11,178 36,563 28,240 8,323 September 2,194 41,302 31,686 9,616 41,062 33,640 7,422 December 4,246 45,163 32,518 12,645 40,712 32,313 8,399 2017 March -4,840 41,617 32,115 9,502 47,637 33,295 14,342 June 3,295 49,366 38,216 11,150 36,687 28,832 7,855 September 860 40,590 31,718 8,872 42,746 34,734 8,012 December 4,681 47,058 33,674 13,384 40,939 32,236 8,703 2018 March -4,388 42,669 32,786 9,883 48,671 34,400 14,271 June 2,601 49,978 39,119 10,859 37,402 29,144 8,258 September -246 40,892 32,009 8,883 45,204 36,075 9,129 December 5,124 48,695 34,451 14,244 41,594 32,474 9,120 2019 March -4,275 43,113 32,573 10,540 50,110 35,295 14,815 June 3,242 51,407 39,485 11,922 38,327 29,647 8,680 September 342 41,394 32,300 9,094 45,193 36,441 8,752 December 5,352 49,107 34,356 14,751 42,847 33,448 9,399 2020 March -6,975 41,353 30,816 10,537 55,041 37,529 17,512 June 1,911 43,794 30,154 13,640 53,795 42,066 11,729 September 2,069 50,166 37,496 12,670 42,681 32,080 10,601 December 5,817 50,471 34,658 15,813 43,170 33,174 9,996 2021 March -831 48,826 35,938 12,888 46,346 32,627 13,719 June 3,935 56,499 42,857 13,642 38,535 28,828 9,707 September 1,582 48,429 36,118 12,311 47,959 37,230 10,729 December 6,640 55,705 39,074 16,631 43,464 33,473 9,991 2022 March -3,517 48,852 36,089 12,763 53,378 37,098 16,280 June 5,836 57,163 42,553 14,610 41,017 32,243 8,774 September -7,301 43,116 36,663 6,453 51,851 38,097 13,754 December 8,847 57,566 36,750 20,816 46,862 34,893 11,969 2023 March -4,341 47,118 34,856 12,262 53,853 37,250 16,603 June 4,913 57,052 40,891 16,161 43,104 31,856 11,248 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.