Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, seasonally adjusted Pipeline Transportation 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 -15 516 441 75 755 665 90 December 11 577 494 83 719 647 72 1993 March -51 539 463 76 747 620 127 June -1 605 553 52 544 491 53 September -17 498 437 61 737 659 78 December 4 529 454 75 738 667 71 1994 March -26 462 398 64 753 663 90 June 37 648 544 104 609 542 67 September -32 490 441 49 736 655 81 December -2 423 371 52 772 718 54 1995 March -19 421 382 39 684 626 58 June 18 601 522 79 639 578 61 September -35 479 424 55 732 642 90 December -10 441 389 52 707 645 62 1996 March -19 544 481 63 735 653 82 June 12 537 473 64 669 617 52 September -62 503 437 66 773 645 128 December -14 438 380 58 723 651 72 1997 March 16 551 481 70 567 513 54 June 5 539 481 58 651 598 53 September 21 551 483 68 676 629 47 December -44 444 404 40 790 706 84 1998 March -19 479 411 68 578 491 87 June -21 525 471 54 540 465 75 September -24 397 360 37 646 585 61 December -10 493 432 61 689 618 71 1999 March -15 453 395 58 669 596 73 June -89 459 408 51 661 521 140 September 62 482 335 147 584 499 85 December -21 451 403 48 542 473 69 2000 March -6 516 446 70 559 483 76 June -16 523 433 90 616 510 106 September -3 425 355 70 600 527 73 December -11 449 394 55 531 465 66 2001 March -53 578 499 79 568 436 132 June 8 480 401 79 556 485 71 September -49 509 449 60 487 378 109 December -4 466 401 65 447 378 69 2002 March -22 431 371 60 493 411 82 June -6 431 367 64 441 371 70 September -14 455 393 62 471 395 76 December -11 428 352 76 514 427 87 2003 March -28 364 319 45 483 410 73 June 10 359 302 57 454 407 47 September -3 374 326 48 414 363 51 December -5 364 324 40 454 409 45 2004 March -28 347 288 59 550 463 87 June -21 395 345 50 445 374 71 September 1 417 351 66 404 339 65 December 6 452 380 72 445 379 66 2005 March -6 458 422 36 374 332 42 June -37 393 352 41 400 322 78 September 1 410 364 46 385 340 45 December -13 397 348 49 384 322 62 2006 March 2 431 395 36 381 347 34 June -8 417 374 43 413 362 51 September -13 431 391 40 408 355 53 December 15 486 444 42 363 336 27 2007 March 1 464 426 38 397 360 37 June -24 468 439 29 386 333 53 September 13 485 436 49 387 351 36 December -10 506 463 43 412 359 53 2008 March 20 518 462 56 367 331 36 June -19 484 464 20 400 361 39 September 5 591 541 50 375 330 45 December -14 502 465 37 367 316 51 2009 March 15 407 367 40 347 322 25 June 1 361 322 39 494 456 38 September -4 381 350 31 430 395 35 December 13 410 367 43 369 339 30 2010 March -6 403 360 43 393 344 49 June -3 357 318 39 420 378 42 September 13 396 351 45 389 357 32 December -25 400 362 38 409 346 63 2011 March 7 468 433 35 378 350 28 June 2 423 384 39 473 436 37 September 37 530 464 66 403 374 29 December -14 519 468 51 398 333 65 2012 March -2 469 436 33 360 325 35 June 21 418 372 46 423 398 25 September 11 477 436 41 438 408 30 December 1 534 490 44 460 417 43 2013 March 20 506 418 88 526 458 68 June 36 506 427 79 426 383 43 September 3 524 462 62 437 378 59 December 12 582 532 50 387 349 38 2014 March -4 506 456 50 438 384 54 June 4 486 443 43 419 380 39 September 12 590 535 55 365 322 43 December 14 547 475 72 419 361 58 2015 March 10 581 523 58 477 429 48 June -20 502 463 39 498 439 59 September -26 483 443 40 463 397 66 December 17 512 446 66 473 424 49 2016 March 2 511 473 38 424 388 36 June -7 391 342 49 617 561 56 September -24 479 426 53 506 429 77 December -18 429 370 59 561 484 77 2017 March 11 505 450 55 490 446 44 June -22 402 359 43 611 546 65 September 59 560 462 98 470 431 39 December -50 538 481 57 536 429 107 2018 March 17 535 462 73 548 492 56 June 17 510 437 73 548 492 56 September 27 557 479 78 502 451 51 December -29 638 583 55 537 453 84 2019 March 3 585 517 68 486 421 65 June -11 525 465 60 556 485 71 September -2 591 537 54 537 481 56 December 5 576 521 55 498 448 50 2020 March 1 514 475 39 453 415 38 June -6 347 300 47 640 587 53 September 26 361 282 79 660 607 53 December 1 414 357 57 644 588 56 2021 March -6 492 432 60 631 565 66 June 21 387 318 69 650 602 48 September 3 496 435 61 546 488 58 December -14 564 484 80 579 485 94 2022 March 9 520 458 62 578 525 53 June -24 500 446 54 605 527 78 September -6 661 578 83 481 392 89 December 3 584 527 57 512 458 54 2023 March 0 529 487 42 454 412 42 June 11 522 470 52 504 463 41 September 11 576 520 56 470 425 45 December -55 661 618 43 559 461 98 2024 March -4 582 533 49 532 479 53 June -6 577 505 72 536 458 78 September -23 541 486 55 521 443 78 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.