Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, seasonally adjusted Minnesota 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 1,303 33,063 25,503 7,560 30,485 24,228 6,257 December -344 30,578 25,813 4,765 30,025 24,916 5,109 1993 March 615 31,590 26,299 5,291 29,389 24,713 4,676 June 77 30,709 25,697 5,012 30,007 25,072 4,935 September 511 32,411 27,322 5,089 28,709 24,131 4,578 December 912 31,967 26,347 5,620 30,062 25,354 4,708 1994 March 2,073 33,567 26,693 6,874 29,810 25,009 4,801 June 150 32,594 26,932 5,662 31,258 25,746 5,512 September -151 33,610 28,277 5,333 30,555 25,071 5,484 December 474 33,666 27,343 6,323 32,276 26,427 5,849 1995 March 1,147 35,128 28,499 6,629 31,455 25,973 5,482 June 675 32,980 26,848 6,132 32,681 27,224 5,457 September -1,484 33,749 27,759 5,990 33,466 25,992 7,474 December 3,238 35,632 27,124 8,508 32,025 26,755 5,270 1996 March -360 35,515 29,138 6,377 32,942 26,205 6,737 June 610 33,745 27,346 6,399 33,306 27,517 5,789 September 664 35,264 28,781 6,483 33,246 27,427 5,819 December -537 35,497 29,018 6,479 34,314 27,298 7,016 1997 March -719 35,066 28,759 6,307 33,991 26,965 7,026 June 928 35,461 27,972 7,489 34,500 27,939 6,561 September 2,262 37,888 29,190 8,698 34,142 27,706 6,436 December 1,951 37,407 29,558 7,849 33,481 27,583 5,898 1998 March -203 36,597 30,232 6,365 33,987 27,419 6,568 June 835 36,614 29,025 7,589 35,225 28,471 6,754 September -144 35,797 29,723 6,074 34,945 28,727 6,218 December -795 35,864 30,170 5,694 34,382 27,893 6,489 1999 March 47 36,191 29,923 6,268 34,477 28,256 6,221 June 613 36,118 29,442 6,676 34,674 28,611 6,063 September -71 35,092 29,583 5,509 34,152 28,572 5,580 December -756 36,482 30,353 6,129 34,632 27,747 6,885 2000 March 772 37,707 30,854 6,853 34,421 28,340 6,081 June 668 35,576 29,235 6,341 35,241 29,568 5,673 September -280 36,856 29,354 7,502 37,001 29,219 7,782 December 1,367 37,094 29,165 7,929 35,696 29,134 6,562 2001 March 664 37,835 30,926 6,909 34,819 28,574 6,245 June -1,123 34,201 28,812 5,389 36,972 30,460 6,512 September -2,843 33,243 27,795 5,448 38,541 30,250 8,291 December 170 35,792 27,616 8,176 37,073 29,067 8,006 2002 March 2,052 37,281 28,592 8,689 37,147 30,510 6,637 June 1,179 36,477 28,533 7,944 36,344 29,579 6,765 September 996 35,742 29,048 6,694 34,889 29,191 5,698 December -7 35,252 29,056 6,196 36,016 29,813 6,203 2003 March -103 34,021 27,869 6,152 36,307 30,052 6,255 June 1,179 35,654 28,032 7,622 36,613 30,170 6,443 September -502 35,734 29,024 6,710 36,614 29,402 7,212 December -1,806 34,525 28,383 6,142 37,648 29,700 7,948 2004 March 92 36,011 29,079 6,932 36,012 29,172 6,840 June 2,005 37,811 29,771 8,040 34,152 28,117 6,035 September -2,761 35,620 28,154 7,466 39,817 29,590 10,227 December 829 36,328 29,546 6,782 35,320 29,367 5,953 2005 March -1,916 32,448 27,362 5,086 39,788 32,786 7,002 June 3,160 35,648 28,093 7,555 35,937 31,542 4,395 September 2,205 38,726 31,839 6,887 32,575 27,893 4,682 December 3,818 36,177 29,795 6,382 36,093 33,529 2,564 2006 March 1,928 35,093 29,894 5,199 33,965 30,694 3,271 June -3,572 35,257 31,232 4,025 38,475 30,878 7,597 September -6,299 32,781 28,176 4,605 40,970 30,066 10,904 December 212 34,511 28,471 6,040 35,392 29,564 5,828 2007 March 1,897 33,846 27,805 6,041 33,662 29,518 4,144 June -7,086 34,180 29,503 4,677 40,938 29,175 11,763 September 7,010 39,914 27,419 12,495 35,200 29,715 5,485 December 392 36,176 28,815 7,361 36,166 29,197 6,969 2008 March 1,043 34,825 27,748 7,077 36,045 30,011 6,034 June -6,269 34,018 28,180 5,838 42,192 30,085 12,107 September -2,133 32,146 26,927 5,219 37,070 29,718 7,352 December 164 32,727 25,278 7,449 38,214 30,929 7,285 2009 March -2,828 29,111 23,815 5,296 39,846 31,722 8,124 June -243 31,462 24,998 6,464 37,489 30,782 6,707 September 519 31,619 24,757 6,862 35,200 28,857 6,343 December -22 31,465 25,791 5,674 34,022 28,326 5,696 2010 March -731 31,872 25,184 6,688 35,407 27,988 7,419 June 301 33,457 27,470 5,987 31,915 26,229 5,686 September -1,188 32,281 26,760 5,521 33,458 26,749 6,709 December 619 34,020 27,141 6,879 33,060 26,800 6,260 2011 March 1,013 34,225 26,974 7,251 33,190 26,952 6,238 June 635 35,728 28,045 7,683 33,566 26,518 7,048 September 2,850 37,413 29,148 8,265 32,562 27,147 5,415 December -18 33,923 27,946 5,977 34,131 28,136 5,995 2012 March 34 35,197 28,385 6,812 34,551 27,773 6,778 June -561 34,291 28,756 5,535 33,520 27,424 6,096 September 819 35,345 27,912 7,433 35,248 28,634 6,614 December 575 35,533 28,927 6,606 33,771 27,740 6,031 2013 March -69 35,568 29,288 6,280 34,259 27,910 6,349 June 373 35,864 29,304 6,560 34,144 27,957 6,187 September 314 35,491 29,396 6,095 34,894 29,113 5,781 December -874 34,757 29,179 5,578 35,041 28,589 6,452 2014 March -1,861 33,438 28,719 4,719 35,211 28,631 6,580 June 2,420 37,819 29,646 8,173 33,685 27,932 5,753 September 290 35,123 28,765 6,358 36,100 30,032 6,068 December -701 35,810 29,867 5,943 35,014 28,370 6,644 2015 March 409 36,614 30,117 6,497 34,625 28,537 6,088 June 1,678 37,442 30,168 7,274 34,267 28,671 5,596 September 79 34,784 28,867 5,917 36,319 30,481 5,838 December -967 36,367 29,918 6,449 36,909 29,493 7,416 2016 March 29 36,594 30,026 6,568 35,522 28,983 6,539 June -284 35,999 29,320 6,679 37,275 30,312 6,963 September 852 36,557 29,699 6,858 35,686 29,680 6,006 December -362 35,638 29,290 6,348 36,391 29,681 6,710 2017 March 3,863 38,981 31,047 7,934 33,038 28,967 4,071 June -3,181 36,588 31,120 5,468 38,679 30,030 8,649 September -433 34,798 28,580 6,218 38,324 31,673 6,651 December -265 36,625 30,180 6,445 36,199 29,489 6,710 2018 March -37 37,067 30,341 6,726 36,356 29,593 6,763 June 1,425 37,503 30,286 7,217 35,825 30,033 5,792 September -209 35,404 29,033 6,371 38,172 31,592 6,580 December -172 36,913 30,338 6,575 36,293 29,546 6,747 2019 March -356 36,143 29,763 6,380 36,777 30,041 6,736 June 1,290 38,155 30,357 7,798 36,705 30,197 6,508 September 186 35,726 28,867 6,859 38,361 31,688 6,673 December -259 37,486 30,593 6,893 37,183 30,031 7,152 2020 March -53 35,926 28,942 6,984 38,598 31,561 7,037 June -3,791 27,678 20,749 6,929 59,223 48,503 10,720 September 1,958 44,979 35,862 9,117 33,008 25,849 7,159 December 805 37,494 29,391 8,103 36,526 29,228 7,298 2021 March 2,988 42,865 33,164 9,701 33,387 26,674 6,713 June 639 39,269 31,227 8,042 35,960 28,557 7,403 September -565 40,214 31,116 9,098 40,115 30,452 9,663 December 2,398 42,480 32,552 9,928 36,205 28,675 7,530 2022 March 595 39,664 32,323 7,341 36,298 29,552 6,746 June -1,189 40,848 31,983 8,865 40,124 30,070 10,054 September 2,209 41,611 31,132 10,479 39,327 31,057 8,270 December -532 39,151 31,067 8,084 38,556 29,940 8,616 2023 March 3,744 40,509 32,151 8,358 34,152 29,538 4,614 June -2,009 39,705 31,989 7,716 40,524 30,799 9,725 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.