Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, seasonally adjusted Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods 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 503 53,789 44,702 9,087 50,840 42,256 8,584 December 1,141 53,989 44,885 9,104 49,995 42,032 7,963 1993 March 1,743 56,427 46,725 9,702 49,203 41,244 7,959 June 668 55,583 46,808 8,775 49,534 41,427 8,107 September 2,083 57,817 48,212 9,605 48,964 41,442 7,522 December 607 56,760 48,363 8,397 49,763 41,973 7,790 1994 March 1,156 58,280 49,224 9,056 49,814 41,914 7,900 June 1,393 59,912 50,329 9,583 48,802 40,612 8,190 September 1,901 61,798 52,093 9,705 49,370 41,566 7,804 December 925 59,994 51,075 8,919 51,194 43,200 7,994 1995 March 1,864 62,387 52,976 9,411 49,783 42,236 7,547 June 933 59,475 50,382 9,093 52,489 44,329 8,160 September 1,181 60,681 51,028 9,653 53,275 44,803 8,472 December 1,024 60,301 50,766 9,535 53,987 45,476 8,511 1996 March 1,386 62,503 52,354 10,149 53,141 44,378 8,763 June 1,023 61,463 51,462 10,001 54,921 45,943 8,978 September 1,717 62,383 51,827 10,556 55,212 46,373 8,839 December 1,467 63,234 53,086 10,148 54,637 45,956 8,681 1997 March 1,917 64,631 54,128 10,503 53,800 45,214 8,586 June 528 63,555 53,625 9,930 55,779 46,377 9,402 September 816 64,418 54,445 9,973 56,029 46,872 9,157 December -323 64,505 54,653 9,852 57,373 47,198 10,175 1998 March 1,449 65,407 54,383 11,024 56,342 46,767 9,575 June 2,494 64,943 53,568 11,375 56,859 47,978 8,881 September 206 63,291 53,234 10,057 59,558 49,707 9,851 December -490 62,841 53,070 9,771 60,294 50,033 10,261 1999 March 437 64,090 53,808 10,282 58,515 48,670 9,845 June -301 63,702 53,484 10,218 60,674 50,155 10,519 September -499 64,439 54,367 10,072 60,095 49,524 10,571 December 193 65,707 55,725 9,982 57,945 48,156 9,789 2000 March 1,586 66,874 55,909 10,965 58,742 49,363 9,379 June 811 64,939 54,651 10,288 60,582 51,105 9,477 September 473 64,045 53,703 10,342 61,360 51,491 9,869 December -488 64,019 54,448 9,571 61,540 51,481 10,059 2001 March 264 62,690 52,365 10,325 62,416 52,355 10,061 June -697 59,041 48,868 10,173 67,070 56,200 10,870 September -1,269 57,153 46,971 10,182 66,553 55,102 11,451 December -1,713 54,524 45,220 9,304 67,751 56,734 11,017 2002 March -759 56,743 47,335 9,408 62,310 52,143 10,167 June -731 57,107 47,594 9,513 61,654 51,410 10,244 September -1,289 55,991 47,105 8,886 60,236 50,061 10,175 December -1,499 55,513 46,824 8,689 60,499 50,311 10,188 2003 March -1,334 54,176 45,622 8,554 59,604 49,716 9,888 June -1,390 54,019 45,837 8,182 59,313 49,741 9,572 September -1,246 55,055 46,844 8,211 56,555 47,098 9,457 December -823 56,021 47,735 8,286 55,326 46,217 9,109 2004 March -345 57,628 49,143 8,485 54,384 45,554 8,830 June -503 57,951 49,551 8,400 53,519 44,616 8,903 September -1,139 57,730 49,305 8,425 54,324 44,760 9,564 December 85 58,573 49,744 8,829 53,632 44,888 8,744 2005 March -487 57,439 48,958 8,481 54,360 45,392 8,968 June -112 58,391 49,632 8,759 53,989 45,118 8,871 September 143 58,797 50,140 8,657 53,815 45,301 8,514 December -78 58,094 49,754 8,340 54,600 46,182 8,418 2006 March -450 59,851 51,755 8,096 52,512 43,966 8,546 June 455 58,591 50,236 8,355 53,191 45,291 7,900 September -365 57,148 49,080 8,068 54,677 46,244 8,433 December -93 57,573 49,164 8,409 54,908 46,406 8,502 2007 March 87 57,781 49,290 8,491 54,847 46,443 8,404 June -496 56,723 48,715 8,008 55,687 47,183 8,504 September 203 56,139 47,573 8,566 56,009 47,646 8,363 December 299 56,920 48,292 8,628 55,686 47,357 8,329 2008 March -440 54,132 45,942 8,190 57,010 48,380 8,630 June -779 53,258 45,043 8,215 57,907 48,913 8,994 September -783 51,258 43,429 7,829 57,110 48,498 8,612 December -1,623 45,937 38,022 7,915 64,828 55,290 9,538 2009 March -2,505 39,306 31,830 7,476 69,734 59,753 9,981 June -2,112 41,057 33,559 7,498 66,369 56,759 9,610 September -2,733 42,823 35,845 6,978 56,837 47,126 9,711 December -527 45,992 37,615 8,377 54,174 45,270 8,904 2010 March -1,086 46,025 38,171 7,854 52,429 43,489 8,940 June -122 51,029 42,980 8,049 47,609 39,438 8,171 September -258 50,561 42,565 7,996 47,595 39,341 8,254 December 617 51,495 42,879 8,616 47,549 39,550 7,999 2011 March -754 50,602 42,988 7,614 47,892 39,524 8,368 June -273 53,050 44,962 8,088 46,253 37,892 8,361 September 728 53,943 45,615 8,328 46,594 38,994 7,600 December 273 51,719 43,525 8,194 47,420 39,499 7,921 2012 March -432 52,805 44,978 7,827 47,468 39,209 8,259 June 162 52,592 44,770 7,822 47,198 39,538 7,660 September -46 50,081 42,381 7,700 48,892 41,146 7,746 December 388 51,143 43,084 8,059 47,961 40,290 7,671 2013 March -934 50,758 43,427 7,331 49,236 40,971 8,265 June -81 52,004 44,427 7,577 48,171 40,513 7,658 September -75 51,439 43,837 7,602 48,181 40,504 7,677 December 40 52,213 44,366 7,847 47,868 40,061 7,807 2014 March -1,258 50,669 43,862 6,807 48,498 40,433 8,065 June -858 52,837 45,933 6,904 47,224 39,462 7,762 September -689 52,060 45,179 6,881 47,941 40,371 7,570 December -333 53,182 45,831 7,351 47,506 39,822 7,684 2015 March -738 50,183 43,021 7,162 50,928 43,028 7,900 June -538 51,321 44,237 7,084 50,019 42,397 7,622 September -803 50,136 43,162 6,974 50,840 43,063 7,777 December -129 51,735 43,746 7,989 51,527 43,409 8,118 2016 March -1,138 49,257 42,000 7,257 51,834 43,439 8,395 June -1,107 49,674 42,257 7,417 51,988 43,464 8,524 September -186 50,991 43,301 7,690 49,939 42,063 7,876 December -364 50,056 42,463 7,593 49,727 41,770 7,957 2017 March -51 51,959 44,116 7,843 48,318 40,424 7,894 June -22 52,408 44,443 7,965 49,781 41,794 7,987 September -250 52,086 44,157 7,929 50,083 41,904 8,179 December -261 53,426 45,164 8,262 48,879 40,356 8,523 2018 March 707 58,687 48,605 10,082 52,783 43,408 9,375 June 287 58,186 48,282 9,904 53,912 44,295 9,617 September 15 57,607 47,662 9,945 54,873 44,943 9,930 December 331 59,056 48,850 10,206 53,366 43,491 9,875 2019 March 50 57,708 47,488 10,220 54,544 44,374 10,170 June -380 56,533 46,450 10,083 56,701 46,238 10,463 September 103 55,885 45,620 10,265 56,331 46,169 10,162 December -485 56,402 46,392 10,010 55,312 44,817 10,495 2020 March -1,543 55,082 45,348 9,734 56,915 45,638 11,277 June -5,750 40,440 30,462 9,978 88,474 72,746 15,728 September 1,674 61,425 48,667 12,758 54,900 43,816 11,084 December 1,687 60,700 49,023 11,677 49,773 39,783 9,990 2021 March 2,441 59,515 47,750 11,765 50,999 41,675 9,324 June 475 59,755 48,446 11,309 54,792 43,958 10,834 September 307 64,584 51,660 12,924 56,537 43,920 12,617 December 3,077 68,817 55,280 13,537 51,090 40,630 10,460 2022 March 1,088 65,883 53,819 12,064 53,455 42,479 10,976 June 1,122 64,109 51,591 12,518 57,516 46,120 11,396 September 827 66,606 54,737 11,869 55,243 44,201 11,042 December -43 62,756 51,870 10,886 55,133 44,204 10,929 2023 March -865 60,175 50,247 9,928 54,892 44,099 10,793 June -584 59,276 48,939 10,337 57,501 46,580 10,921 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.