Table 3. Number of private sector establishments by direction and size of employment change, seasonally adjusted 1 to 4 Jobs (In thousands) 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 15 1,311 1,074 237 1,274 1,052 222 December 0 1,295 1,068 227 1,283 1,056 227 1993 March 21 1,318 1,074 244 1,279 1,056 223 June 25 1,356 1,109 247 1,259 1,037 222 September 37 1,372 1,124 248 1,269 1,058 211 December 2 1,349 1,123 226 1,297 1,073 224 1994 March 9 1,347 1,112 235 1,312 1,086 226 June 32 1,406 1,146 260 1,296 1,068 228 September 33 1,422 1,167 255 1,310 1,088 222 December -8 1,380 1,146 234 1,355 1,113 242 1995 March 27 1,409 1,158 251 1,336 1,112 224 June 23 1,402 1,148 254 1,356 1,125 231 September 9 1,422 1,172 250 1,367 1,126 241 December 0 1,407 1,160 247 1,383 1,136 247 1996 March 28 1,437 1,170 267 1,366 1,127 239 June 25 1,440 1,175 265 1,379 1,139 240 September 17 1,451 1,186 265 1,396 1,148 248 December 18 1,463 1,196 267 1,396 1,147 249 1997 March 29 1,487 1,215 272 1,385 1,142 243 June 29 1,481 1,204 277 1,420 1,172 248 September 21 1,498 1,224 274 1,416 1,163 253 December -10 1,478 1,216 262 1,446 1,174 272 1998 March 32 1,499 1,208 291 1,425 1,166 259 June 66 1,527 1,221 306 1,407 1,167 240 September 15 1,503 1,227 276 1,453 1,192 261 December 7 1,515 1,247 268 1,440 1,179 261 1999 March 18 1,509 1,230 279 1,450 1,189 261 June 0 1,516 1,231 285 1,484 1,199 285 September -6 1,525 1,240 285 1,494 1,203 291 December 38 1,570 1,263 307 1,457 1,188 269 2000 March 32 1,554 1,252 302 1,485 1,215 270 June 13 1,539 1,249 290 1,511 1,234 277 September 13 1,551 1,247 304 1,522 1,231 291 December 2 1,534 1,244 290 1,523 1,235 288 2001 March 18 1,546 1,244 302 1,500 1,216 284 June 5 1,514 1,223 291 1,536 1,250 286 September -15 1,484 1,191 293 1,572 1,264 308 December 6 1,484 1,192 292 1,539 1,253 286 2002 March 13 1,502 1,204 298 1,507 1,222 285 June 16 1,516 1,212 304 1,526 1,238 288 September 20 1,523 1,219 304 1,516 1,232 284 December 8 1,514 1,214 300 1,534 1,242 292 2003 March 13 1,492 1,187 305 1,546 1,254 292 June 17 1,523 1,222 301 1,515 1,231 284 September 14 1,538 1,235 303 1,518 1,229 289 December 21 1,543 1,236 307 1,516 1,230 286 2004 March 23 1,566 1,253 313 1,518 1,228 290 June 12 1,562 1,257 305 1,526 1,233 293 September 13 1,566 1,249 317 1,546 1,242 304 December 33 1,599 1,272 327 1,538 1,244 294 2005 March 18 1,585 1,258 327 1,577 1,268 309 June 30 1,609 1,276 333 1,563 1,260 303 September 40 1,638 1,297 341 1,556 1,255 301 December 32 1,626 1,288 338 1,598 1,292 306 2006 March 30 1,661 1,321 340 1,577 1,267 310 June 14 1,630 1,301 329 1,619 1,304 315 September -1 1,618 1,288 330 1,639 1,308 331 December 22 1,650 1,299 351 1,636 1,307 329 2007 March 24 1,675 1,323 352 1,628 1,300 328 June -8 1,633 1,301 332 1,674 1,334 340 September 5 1,634 1,284 350 1,683 1,338 345 December 24 1,664 1,304 360 1,670 1,334 336 2008 March -11 1,623 1,279 344 1,698 1,343 355 June -31 1,589 1,249 340 1,747 1,376 371 September -9 1,569 1,222 347 1,711 1,355 356 December -37 1,510 1,161 349 1,792 1,406 386 2009 March -53 1,421 1,088 333 1,793 1,407 386 June -35 1,472 1,135 337 1,730 1,358 372 September -40 1,472 1,139 333 1,664 1,291 373 December 0 1,523 1,163 360 1,634 1,274 360 2010 March -36 1,485 1,157 328 1,634 1,270 364 June -9 1,559 1,220 339 1,568 1,220 348 September 11 1,564 1,208 356 1,572 1,227 345 December 21 1,595 1,229 366 1,569 1,224 345 2011 March -5 1,567 1,226 341 1,584 1,238 346 June -5 1,589 1,237 352 1,574 1,217 357 September 12 1,614 1,266 348 1,558 1,222 336 December 12 1,590 1,239 351 1,581 1,242 339 2012 March 68 1,679 1,285 394 1,550 1,224 326 June 29 1,606 1,269 337 1,552 1,244 308 September 5 1,578 1,257 321 1,576 1,260 316 December 57 1,627 1,279 348 1,526 1,235 291 2013 March -12 1,610 1,296 314 1,581 1,255 326 June 3 1,632 1,299 333 1,586 1,256 330 September 26 1,643 1,310 333 1,572 1,265 307 December 36 1,655 1,312 343 1,584 1,277 307 2014 March 7 1,652 1,321 331 1,611 1,287 324 June 9 1,667 1,338 329 1,608 1,288 320 September 34 1,673 1,333 340 1,600 1,294 306 December 35 1,705 1,356 349 1,602 1,288 314 2015 March 7 1,685 1,339 346 1,661 1,322 339 June 14 1,700 1,358 342 1,640 1,312 328 September 29 1,702 1,352 350 1,647 1,326 321 December 53 1,756 1,377 379 1,651 1,325 326 2016 March 16 1,721 1,370 351 1,665 1,330 335 June -3 1,689 1,344 345 1,724 1,376 348 September 23 1,739 1,377 362 1,681 1,342 339 December 27 1,748 1,371 377 1,713 1,363 350 2017 March 32 1,776 1,405 371 1,683 1,344 339 June 8 1,727 1,371 356 1,737 1,389 348 September 6 1,704 1,344 360 1,755 1,401 354 December 47 1,793 1,401 392 1,698 1,353 345 2018 March 16 1,795 1,417 378 1,733 1,371 362 June 31 1,770 1,387 383 1,770 1,418 352 September 12 1,743 1,371 372 1,771 1,411 360 December 42 1,808 1,410 398 1,731 1,375 356 2019 March 26 1,821 1,426 395 1,745 1,376 369 June -1 1,759 1,385 374 1,804 1,429 375 September 29 1,767 1,384 383 1,764 1,410 354 December 56 1,830 1,407 423 1,765 1,398 367 2020 March -14 1,772 1,362 410 1,873 1,449 424 June -203 1,427 1,027 400 2,421 1,818 603 September 141 2,040 1,485 555 1,666 1,252 414 December 103 1,927 1,447 480 1,664 1,287 377 2021 March 129 1,971 1,477 494 1,680 1,315 365 June 77 1,939 1,465 474 1,772 1,375 397 September 86 2,021 1,511 510 1,820 1,396 424 December 128 2,126 1,594 532 1,763 1,359 404 2022 March 118 2,104 1,570 534 1,817 1,401 416 June 33 1,993 1,499 494 1,950 1,489 461 September 31 2,026 1,556 470 1,875 1,436 439 December 59 1,993 1,500 493 1,907 1,473 434 2023 March 60 2,025 1,544 481 1,845 1,424 421 June 15 1,945 1,495 450 1,924 1,489 435 September 8 1,856 1,410 446 1,936 1,498 438 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.