Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, seasonally adjusted Information (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 0 27 22 5 26 21 5 December 1 27 22 5 25 21 4 1993 March 0 27 22 5 27 22 5 June 1 28 23 5 24 20 4 September 1 28 23 5 25 21 4 December 1 28 23 5 26 22 4 1994 March 1 29 23 6 27 22 5 June 1 30 24 6 26 21 5 September 1 31 25 6 27 22 5 December 0 30 25 5 28 23 5 1995 March 1 31 25 6 28 23 5 June 1 32 26 6 28 23 5 September 1 31 25 6 29 24 5 December 0 31 25 6 31 25 6 1996 March 1 33 26 7 30 24 6 June 1 33 26 7 30 24 6 September 1 34 27 7 30 24 6 December 1 34 27 7 30 24 6 1997 March 1 35 28 7 30 24 6 June 1 35 28 7 30 24 6 September 0 35 28 7 32 25 7 December 0 34 27 7 32 25 7 1998 March 1 36 28 8 31 24 7 June 2 36 28 8 30 24 6 September 0 35 28 7 32 25 7 December 0 36 29 7 32 25 7 1999 March 1 37 29 8 33 26 7 June 2 39 30 9 32 25 7 September 2 39 30 9 33 26 7 December 0 38 30 8 34 26 8 2000 March 4 43 32 11 34 27 7 June 2 43 33 10 35 27 8 September 2 44 33 11 37 28 9 December 0 40 31 9 39 30 9 2001 March 1 41 31 10 39 30 9 June -2 36 27 9 44 33 11 September -2 34 25 9 43 32 11 December -2 33 25 8 43 33 10 2002 March 1 34 25 9 39 31 8 June -1 32 24 8 41 32 9 September -1 31 24 7 38 30 8 December -1 32 25 7 37 29 8 2003 March 0 31 24 7 37 30 7 June -1 31 24 7 37 29 8 September 0 32 25 7 34 27 7 December 0 32 25 7 34 27 7 2004 March 0 33 26 7 35 28 7 June 0 32 25 7 35 28 7 September -1 32 25 7 35 27 8 December 0 33 26 7 33 26 7 2005 March 0 33 26 7 33 26 7 June 0 33 26 7 33 26 7 September 1 33 26 7 32 26 6 December 0 33 26 7 34 27 7 2006 March 0 34 27 7 33 26 7 June 0 34 27 7 34 27 7 September 0 33 26 7 34 27 7 December 0 34 27 7 33 26 7 2007 March 0 33 26 7 33 26 7 June 0 34 27 7 33 26 7 September 0 33 26 7 34 27 7 December 0 33 26 7 34 27 7 2008 March 0 33 26 7 33 26 7 June 0 32 25 7 35 28 7 September 0 31 24 7 35 28 7 December -1 30 23 7 37 29 8 2009 March -1 27 20 7 38 30 8 June -1 26 20 6 37 30 7 September -2 26 20 6 35 27 8 December 0 28 21 7 33 26 7 2010 March -1 27 21 6 33 26 7 June 0 28 22 6 31 25 6 September -1 28 22 6 32 25 7 December 0 30 23 7 31 24 7 2011 March -1 29 23 6 31 24 7 June 0 30 23 7 31 24 7 September 1 30 23 7 30 24 6 December 0 29 22 7 32 25 7 2012 March 0 30 23 7 31 24 7 June 1 30 23 7 30 24 6 September 0 30 23 7 32 25 7 December 1 30 23 7 30 24 6 2013 March 0 30 23 7 31 24 7 June 0 30 23 7 31 24 7 September 1 30 23 7 30 24 6 December 0 31 24 7 31 24 7 2014 March 0 30 23 7 32 25 7 June 0 31 24 7 31 24 7 September 0 31 24 7 31 24 7 December -1 31 24 7 32 24 8 2015 March -2 31 24 7 33 24 9 June 0 31 24 7 31 24 7 September 0 32 24 8 32 24 8 December 0 32 24 8 32 24 8 2016 March -1 31 24 7 32 24 8 June 0 32 24 8 32 24 8 September 0 32 24 8 33 25 8 December 0 31 23 8 33 25 8 2017 March 0 32 24 8 33 25 8 June 0 32 24 8 34 26 8 September 1 32 23 9 34 26 8 December 0 33 24 9 34 25 9 2018 March 1 35 25 10 35 26 9 June 1 34 24 10 35 26 9 September 1 34 24 10 36 27 9 December 2 35 24 11 35 26 9 2019 March 1 37 26 11 35 25 10 June 1 36 25 11 37 27 10 September 1 36 25 11 37 27 10 December 2 38 26 12 36 26 10 2020 March 0 37 26 11 38 27 11 June -2 30 18 12 50 36 14 September 4 42 26 16 38 26 12 December 3 40 25 15 38 26 12 2021 March 6 47 30 17 35 24 11 June 7 50 31 19 38 26 12 September 6 56 36 20 40 26 14 December 5 54 35 19 42 28 14 2022 March 7 57 37 20 41 28 13 June 6 56 36 20 44 30 14 September 4 56 37 19 46 31 15 December 0 47 31 16 50 34 16 2023 March 1 45 30 15 47 33 14 June 1 46 30 16 48 33 15 September -2 42 28 14 49 33 16 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.