Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, seasonally adjusted Building Material and Garden Equipment and Supplies 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 -226 22,675 20,164 2,511 21,656 18,919 2,737 December -22 21,982 19,461 2,521 21,817 19,274 2,543 1993 March -168 20,036 17,534 2,502 23,347 20,677 2,670 June -265 22,322 19,901 2,421 21,089 18,403 2,686 September -68 23,093 20,620 2,473 21,198 18,657 2,541 December 70 22,531 20,086 2,445 20,963 18,588 2,375 1994 March -250 21,369 19,033 2,336 22,049 19,463 2,586 June -234 22,443 20,021 2,422 21,165 18,509 2,656 September 106 24,068 21,496 2,572 20,945 18,479 2,466 December 42 22,932 20,373 2,559 21,807 19,290 2,517 1995 March -88 21,944 19,589 2,355 22,937 20,494 2,443 June -195 21,135 18,785 2,350 23,602 21,057 2,545 September -297 22,916 20,594 2,322 22,033 19,414 2,619 December -146 22,534 20,099 2,435 22,073 19,492 2,581 1996 March 24 21,230 18,578 2,652 23,541 20,913 2,628 June -457 22,066 19,747 2,319 22,323 19,547 2,776 September -27 23,747 21,200 2,547 21,572 18,998 2,574 December 104 23,206 20,695 2,511 21,607 19,200 2,407 1997 March -64 22,049 19,653 2,396 22,460 20,000 2,460 June -231 21,677 19,370 2,307 22,927 20,389 2,538 September -90 22,843 20,426 2,417 22,539 20,032 2,507 December -352 23,046 20,705 2,341 22,206 19,513 2,693 1998 March -118 21,562 19,116 2,446 22,993 20,429 2,564 June -44 22,224 19,763 2,461 22,006 19,501 2,505 September -136 22,768 20,437 2,331 22,057 19,590 2,467 December -103 23,747 21,469 2,278 21,225 18,844 2,381 1999 March -194 22,364 20,131 2,233 22,516 20,089 2,427 June -312 22,339 20,099 2,240 21,853 19,301 2,552 September -286 23,670 21,307 2,363 22,374 19,725 2,649 December -225 24,163 21,920 2,243 20,928 18,460 2,468 2000 March 10 22,893 20,458 2,435 22,318 19,893 2,425 June -461 20,977 18,890 2,087 24,409 21,861 2,548 September -410 21,284 19,121 2,163 23,639 21,066 2,573 December -347 21,953 19,846 2,107 22,539 20,085 2,454 2001 March -180 20,501 18,183 2,318 24,008 21,510 2,498 June -354 20,866 18,789 2,077 23,050 20,619 2,431 September -343 20,979 18,856 2,123 22,280 19,814 2,466 December -264 21,315 19,231 2,084 21,456 19,108 2,348 2002 March 17 20,625 18,486 2,139 21,658 19,536 2,122 June -104 21,020 18,929 2,091 20,970 18,775 2,195 September 171 21,215 18,899 2,316 21,222 19,077 2,145 December 79 20,888 18,731 2,157 21,417 19,339 2,078 2003 March -49 18,695 16,600 2,095 22,819 20,675 2,144 June -24 20,957 18,848 2,109 20,762 18,629 2,133 September 46 21,639 19,563 2,076 20,457 18,427 2,030 December 45 21,562 19,486 2,076 20,155 18,124 2,031 2004 March 107 20,960 18,774 2,186 20,814 18,735 2,079 June 169 21,018 18,857 2,161 19,847 17,855 1,992 September 145 21,739 19,398 2,341 20,703 18,507 2,196 December 86 21,701 19,547 2,154 20,693 18,625 2,068 2005 March 53 21,089 18,862 2,227 21,434 19,260 2,174 June 201 21,233 18,916 2,317 20,929 18,813 2,116 September 287 21,901 19,421 2,480 20,994 18,801 2,193 December 189 21,697 19,431 2,266 21,097 19,020 2,077 2006 March 180 22,590 20,343 2,247 20,249 18,182 2,067 June 141 20,660 18,468 2,192 22,284 20,233 2,051 September 236 21,022 18,650 2,372 22,116 19,980 2,136 December 142 19,699 17,407 2,292 22,912 20,762 2,150 2007 March 89 20,793 18,517 2,276 22,335 20,148 2,187 June -18 20,097 17,958 2,139 23,205 21,048 2,157 September 75 18,917 16,671 2,246 22,881 20,710 2,171 December -227 18,393 16,335 2,058 23,548 21,263 2,285 2008 March -232 18,400 16,256 2,144 23,530 21,154 2,376 June -702 18,676 16,627 2,049 24,480 21,729 2,751 September -422 16,993 14,985 2,008 22,944 20,514 2,430 December -769 16,007 14,034 1,973 24,835 22,093 2,742 2009 March -584 14,929 12,884 2,045 26,294 23,665 2,629 June -547 17,377 15,411 1,966 23,093 20,580 2,513 September -686 15,675 13,807 1,868 21,379 18,825 2,554 December -536 15,991 14,015 1,976 21,309 18,797 2,512 2010 March -443 17,231 15,269 1,962 19,915 17,510 2,405 June -29 18,637 16,524 2,113 18,170 16,028 2,142 September -287 16,360 14,411 1,949 19,806 17,570 2,236 December -319 16,642 14,674 1,968 19,903 17,616 2,287 2011 March -441 18,161 16,398 1,763 18,274 16,070 2,204 June -192 18,077 16,035 2,042 18,661 16,427 2,234 September -63 18,053 16,114 1,939 18,527 16,525 2,002 December -351 16,536 14,629 1,907 19,534 17,276 2,258 2012 March -183 19,603 17,741 1,862 16,760 14,715 2,045 June -169 17,325 15,439 1,886 19,737 17,682 2,055 September -231 16,921 15,201 1,720 18,586 16,635 1,951 December -182 17,094 15,255 1,839 18,344 16,323 2,021 2013 March -67 19,556 17,659 1,897 16,749 14,785 1,964 June 83 18,830 16,982 1,848 16,880 15,115 1,765 September -107 18,250 16,663 1,587 17,782 16,088 1,694 December -120 18,357 16,670 1,687 17,911 16,104 1,807 2014 March -213 18,746 17,148 1,598 17,077 15,266 1,811 June -104 18,450 16,826 1,624 17,157 15,429 1,728 September -188 17,930 16,430 1,500 18,264 16,576 1,688 December -86 18,771 17,124 1,647 17,828 16,095 1,733 2015 March -128 18,872 17,322 1,550 17,442 15,764 1,678 June -44 18,623 17,033 1,590 17,422 15,788 1,634 September -265 17,416 15,980 1,436 18,869 17,168 1,701 December -124 19,529 17,978 1,551 17,488 15,813 1,675 2016 March 82 20,073 18,374 1,699 16,719 15,102 1,617 June -199 18,187 16,689 1,498 18,884 17,187 1,697 September -162 17,636 16,178 1,458 19,089 17,469 1,620 December -265 18,138 16,629 1,509 18,469 16,695 1,774 2017 March -185 19,284 17,856 1,428 17,220 15,607 1,613 June 15 18,302 16,696 1,606 18,112 16,521 1,591 September -267 17,446 16,013 1,433 18,774 17,074 1,700 December -197 18,642 17,160 1,482 17,182 15,503 1,679 2018 March 102 19,707 18,087 1,620 17,275 15,757 1,518 June 40 17,998 16,326 1,672 19,663 18,031 1,632 September -183 16,682 15,222 1,460 19,728 18,085 1,643 December -281 17,559 16,100 1,459 18,468 16,728 1,740 2019 March -221 18,380 17,013 1,367 17,476 15,888 1,588 June -320 17,536 16,047 1,489 19,595 17,786 1,809 September -96 16,871 15,338 1,533 19,040 17,411 1,629 December -32 19,149 17,598 1,551 17,377 15,794 1,583 2020 March -305 18,698 17,310 1,388 17,248 15,555 1,693 June -1,079 16,483 15,096 1,387 24,593 22,127 2,466 September -13 22,313 20,446 1,867 16,442 14,562 1,880 December 192 21,297 19,585 1,712 16,376 14,856 1,520 2021 March 212 18,917 17,260 1,657 17,544 16,099 1,445 June -154 18,238 16,788 1,450 18,318 16,714 1,604 September 6 17,604 15,869 1,735 20,052 18,323 1,729 December 279 21,462 19,650 1,812 16,872 15,339 1,533 2022 March -43 21,085 19,367 1,718 17,807 16,046 1,761 June -90 17,284 15,712 1,572 22,379 20,717 1,662 September -178 20,336 18,770 1,566 19,080 17,336 1,744 December 167 20,345 18,537 1,808 18,674 17,033 1,641 2023 March 32 19,749 18,040 1,709 19,042 17,365 1,677 June -240 17,004 15,432 1,572 23,565 21,753 1,812 September -143 18,511 16,917 1,594 19,489 17,752 1,737 December 189 18,977 17,173 1,804 19,036 17,421 1,615 2024 March -227 18,854 17,421 1,433 18,767 17,107 1,660 June -420 16,816 15,476 1,340 21,503 19,743 1,760 September -392 17,101 15,647 1,454 20,135 18,289 1,846 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.