Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, seasonally adjusted Electronics and Appliance Stores 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 108 11,512 9,309 2,203 11,942 9,847 2,095 December 100 11,322 9,259 2,063 12,067 10,104 1,963 1993 March 599 12,976 10,377 2,599 11,151 9,151 2,000 June -19 12,190 10,100 2,090 11,242 9,133 2,109 September 204 12,086 9,970 2,116 11,232 9,320 1,912 December 119 12,130 10,125 2,005 11,731 9,845 1,886 1994 March -1 12,838 10,793 2,045 11,901 9,855 2,046 June 291 13,005 10,727 2,278 10,999 9,012 1,987 September 467 13,074 10,709 2,365 11,395 9,497 1,898 December 114 12,707 10,613 2,094 12,222 10,242 1,980 1995 March 1,113 14,743 11,679 3,064 12,001 10,050 1,951 June 92 13,558 11,302 2,256 12,316 10,152 2,164 September 518 13,895 11,267 2,628 12,816 10,706 2,110 December 340 13,912 11,462 2,450 13,163 11,053 2,110 1996 March 351 14,575 12,039 2,536 13,259 11,074 2,185 June 302 14,272 11,708 2,564 13,305 11,043 2,262 September 545 14,303 11,681 2,622 13,429 11,352 2,077 December 312 14,424 11,924 2,500 13,734 11,546 2,188 1997 March 165 16,120 13,552 2,568 12,999 10,596 2,403 June 361 15,108 12,533 2,575 13,334 11,120 2,214 September 57 14,878 12,402 2,476 13,935 11,516 2,419 December 16 14,594 11,983 2,611 14,466 11,871 2,595 1998 March 174 15,860 13,162 2,698 13,980 11,456 2,524 June 618 15,747 12,779 2,968 13,789 11,439 2,350 September 151 15,087 12,498 2,589 14,234 11,796 2,438 December -133 15,011 12,462 2,549 14,778 12,096 2,682 1999 March 26 16,307 13,728 2,579 13,989 11,436 2,553 June -79 15,753 13,225 2,528 14,402 11,795 2,607 September 19 15,971 13,318 2,653 14,476 11,842 2,634 December -84 14,668 12,190 2,478 15,246 12,684 2,562 2000 March 123 16,323 13,663 2,660 14,667 12,130 2,537 June -136 15,492 13,061 2,431 14,874 12,307 2,567 September -168 14,933 12,462 2,471 15,356 12,717 2,639 December -380 14,693 12,393 2,300 15,531 12,851 2,680 2001 March -79 14,473 12,060 2,413 15,309 12,817 2,492 June -154 13,955 11,635 2,320 15,764 13,290 2,474 September -494 13,564 11,369 2,195 16,066 13,377 2,689 December -369 13,598 11,382 2,216 15,465 12,880 2,585 2002 March -246 13,313 11,091 2,222 14,662 12,194 2,468 June -28 13,044 10,852 2,192 14,560 12,340 2,220 September -190 12,971 10,912 2,059 14,477 12,228 2,249 December -223 13,643 11,675 1,968 14,016 11,825 2,191 2003 March -268 12,097 10,149 1,948 14,396 12,180 2,216 June -319 12,295 10,506 1,789 13,253 11,145 2,108 September -106 12,524 10,624 1,900 13,077 11,071 2,006 December -152 13,257 11,341 1,916 12,670 10,602 2,068 2004 March 63 12,320 10,218 2,102 13,733 11,694 2,039 June -322 12,766 10,884 1,882 13,316 11,112 2,204 September -105 13,232 11,164 2,068 12,920 10,747 2,173 December 15 13,981 11,955 2,026 12,535 10,524 2,011 2005 March 150 12,489 10,317 2,172 14,024 12,002 2,022 June 82 13,375 11,225 2,150 13,919 11,851 2,068 September -98 14,186 12,062 2,124 13,205 10,983 2,222 December -213 14,809 12,758 2,051 12,931 10,667 2,264 2006 March -305 13,131 11,304 1,827 14,253 12,121 2,132 June -194 12,905 10,777 2,128 14,837 12,515 2,322 September -650 12,542 10,673 1,869 14,723 12,204 2,519 December -109 13,969 12,048 1,921 12,571 10,541 2,030 2007 March -169 12,591 10,667 1,924 14,438 12,345 2,093 June -225 12,658 10,829 1,829 14,507 12,453 2,054 September -150 13,350 11,239 2,111 13,925 11,664 2,261 December 0 14,150 12,068 2,082 12,898 10,816 2,082 2008 March -593 11,631 9,875 1,756 15,079 12,730 2,349 June -366 12,543 10,632 1,911 13,821 11,544 2,277 September -257 13,233 11,380 1,853 13,308 11,198 2,110 December -443 12,468 10,621 1,847 14,079 11,789 2,290 2009 March -1,009 10,817 9,061 1,756 13,644 10,879 2,765 June -716 10,157 8,372 1,785 13,164 10,663 2,501 September -738 11,242 9,528 1,714 11,596 9,144 2,452 December 141 10,581 8,574 2,007 11,803 9,937 1,866 2010 March -250 11,248 9,301 1,947 12,118 9,921 2,197 June -7 12,068 10,255 1,813 11,320 9,500 1,820 September -159 11,598 9,905 1,693 11,800 9,948 1,852 December 652 12,129 9,614 2,515 12,046 10,183 1,863 2011 March -183 12,469 10,723 1,746 12,385 10,456 1,929 June -228 12,447 10,249 2,198 12,975 10,549 2,426 September 52 11,551 9,495 2,056 13,675 11,671 2,004 December -378 11,831 9,970 1,861 13,535 11,296 2,239 2012 March -255 12,186 10,376 1,810 12,515 10,450 2,065 June -381 12,028 10,409 1,619 13,024 11,024 2,000 September -576 11,985 10,353 1,632 13,903 11,695 2,208 December -490 11,759 10,103 1,656 13,119 10,973 2,146 2013 March -417 11,778 10,327 1,451 12,390 10,522 1,868 June -1,497 11,899 10,348 1,551 13,551 10,503 3,048 September -405 11,751 10,269 1,482 12,105 10,218 1,887 December -379 11,507 9,985 1,522 12,146 10,245 1,901 2014 March -319 11,790 10,361 1,429 11,657 9,909 1,748 June -221 12,376 10,932 1,444 11,568 9,903 1,665 September -282 12,115 10,841 1,274 11,207 9,651 1,556 December -398 11,230 9,842 1,388 12,133 10,347 1,786 2015 March -1,407 11,346 9,951 1,395 12,647 9,845 2,802 June -793 10,963 9,530 1,433 12,767 10,541 2,226 September -270 12,277 10,413 1,864 11,169 9,035 2,134 December -219 10,848 9,321 1,527 11,736 9,990 1,746 2016 March -214 11,412 10,102 1,310 11,069 9,545 1,524 June -268 10,860 9,406 1,454 11,689 9,967 1,722 September -248 11,521 10,042 1,479 11,509 9,782 1,727 December -429 9,894 8,482 1,412 13,488 11,647 1,841 2017 March -307 11,201 9,821 1,380 11,248 9,561 1,687 June -1,396 9,889 8,508 1,381 13,312 10,535 2,777 September -762 10,483 9,022 1,461 12,288 10,065 2,223 December -235 9,495 8,189 1,306 11,668 10,127 1,541 2018 March -347 10,408 9,178 1,230 10,951 9,374 1,577 June -353 9,624 8,387 1,237 11,559 9,969 1,590 September -458 9,757 8,513 1,244 10,818 9,116 1,702 December -494 8,754 7,433 1,321 12,782 10,967 1,815 2019 March -424 9,803 8,680 1,123 10,058 8,511 1,547 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.