Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, seasonally adjusted General Merchandise 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 101 13,752 12,642 1,110 13,875 12,866 1,009 December 138 13,960 12,888 1,072 13,651 12,717 934 1993 March 325 11,715 10,166 1,549 14,938 13,714 1,224 June -100 14,122 13,068 1,054 14,817 13,663 1,154 September 76 14,604 13,495 1,109 14,262 13,229 1,033 December 67 14,516 13,419 1,097 14,833 13,803 1,030 1994 March -154 11,731 10,775 956 15,658 14,548 1,110 June -403 14,662 13,625 1,037 14,680 13,240 1,440 September 116 16,235 15,160 1,075 12,476 11,517 959 December -48 14,517 13,506 1,011 13,636 12,577 1,059 1995 March 96 11,605 10,456 1,149 15,640 14,587 1,053 June 86 14,772 13,709 1,063 14,306 13,329 977 September 148 15,263 14,288 975 13,860 13,033 827 December -13 14,404 13,416 988 15,150 14,149 1,001 1996 March -15 11,837 10,643 1,194 15,695 14,486 1,209 June -98 14,100 13,063 1,037 15,124 13,989 1,135 September -61 14,889 13,807 1,082 14,346 13,203 1,143 December 186 15,115 13,954 1,161 13,546 12,571 975 1997 March 30 12,901 11,583 1,318 15,568 14,280 1,288 June 258 14,177 13,007 1,170 15,393 14,481 912 September -182 15,371 14,143 1,228 14,624 13,214 1,410 December -531 15,407 14,187 1,220 13,741 11,990 1,751 1998 March 139 11,921 10,602 1,319 15,757 14,577 1,180 June 231 14,923 13,801 1,122 14,065 13,174 891 September 123 16,318 15,291 1,027 13,213 12,309 904 December 154 15,118 14,062 1,056 13,896 12,994 902 1999 March 14 15,445 14,346 1,099 15,072 13,987 1,085 June 105 14,818 13,672 1,146 14,879 13,838 1,041 September 273 14,560 13,441 1,119 14,348 13,502 846 December 346 15,626 14,398 1,228 12,353 11,471 882 2000 March 368 15,919 14,604 1,315 14,858 13,911 947 June 374 16,067 14,983 1,084 14,042 13,332 710 September 146 16,364 15,346 1,018 13,514 12,642 872 December 211 15,446 14,426 1,020 13,147 12,338 809 2001 March 25 14,878 13,840 1,038 16,332 15,319 1,013 June 478 16,364 14,593 1,771 16,110 14,817 1,293 September 48 15,121 14,094 1,027 16,038 15,059 979 December 973 15,862 13,908 1,954 18,377 17,396 981 2002 March 300 15,509 14,329 1,180 16,360 15,480 880 June 169 15,772 14,398 1,374 17,162 15,957 1,205 September 286 14,398 13,071 1,327 18,443 17,402 1,041 December -121 16,352 15,207 1,145 16,040 14,774 1,266 2003 March 342 14,621 13,462 1,159 16,625 15,808 817 June 231 15,528 14,347 1,181 16,507 15,557 950 September 389 15,574 14,373 1,201 16,659 15,847 812 December 162 16,800 15,524 1,276 15,765 14,651 1,114 2004 March 376 15,060 13,820 1,240 16,927 16,063 864 June 374 16,048 14,845 1,203 16,358 15,529 829 September 214 14,847 13,501 1,346 18,622 17,490 1,132 December 412 17,070 15,784 1,286 16,392 15,518 874 2005 March 331 17,571 16,386 1,185 16,707 15,853 854 June 276 15,155 13,966 1,189 18,894 17,981 913 September 272 16,716 15,471 1,245 17,735 16,762 973 December 329 17,041 15,734 1,307 18,407 17,429 978 2006 March 258 19,169 17,883 1,286 17,040 16,012 1,028 June 339 15,928 14,624 1,304 19,612 18,647 965 September 171 16,486 15,364 1,122 18,594 17,643 951 December 204 16,107 14,959 1,148 17,212 16,268 944 2007 March 40 25,032 23,959 1,073 16,337 15,304 1,033 June 45 15,875 14,822 1,053 18,987 17,979 1,008 September 62 17,741 16,686 1,055 18,678 17,685 993 December 174 17,413 16,406 1,007 19,823 18,990 833 2008 March 143 21,378 20,337 1,041 17,212 16,314 898 June 16 15,511 14,605 906 20,218 19,328 890 September -63 18,343 17,479 864 18,261 17,334 927 December 1 16,729 15,835 894 22,046 21,153 893 2009 March -246 17,768 16,868 900 18,136 16,990 1,146 June 215 17,943 16,950 993 17,683 16,905 778 September 18 18,231 17,312 919 18,311 17,410 901 December 242 16,025 15,071 954 23,830 23,118 712 2010 March 115 22,969 22,114 855 16,625 15,885 740 June 336 18,506 17,535 971 17,561 16,926 635 September 305 16,928 15,914 1,014 19,535 18,826 709 December 330 17,493 16,455 1,038 21,498 20,790 708 2011 March 263 20,613 19,622 991 18,564 17,836 728 June 344 19,218 18,204 1,014 18,615 17,945 670 September 294 18,378 17,308 1,070 20,317 19,541 776 December 271 19,121 18,066 1,055 20,733 19,949 784 2012 March 228 19,445 18,477 968 19,708 18,968 740 June 450 20,154 19,082 1,072 18,805 18,183 622 September 370 18,272 17,169 1,103 21,875 21,142 733 December 358 19,852 18,695 1,157 21,634 20,835 799 2013 March 356 19,137 18,091 1,046 20,848 20,158 690 June 28 22,540 21,416 1,124 18,638 17,542 1,096 September 795 19,765 18,326 1,439 21,370 20,726 644 December 344 20,771 19,695 1,076 22,093 21,361 732 2014 March 231 20,212 19,305 907 21,900 21,224 676 June 446 22,434 21,289 1,145 20,696 19,997 699 September 50 20,724 19,577 1,147 22,824 21,727 1,097 December 212 21,523 20,581 942 22,957 22,227 730 2015 March 350 23,851 22,774 1,077 21,519 20,792 727 June 65 23,274 22,244 1,030 20,151 19,186 965 September 215 21,622 20,635 987 23,132 22,360 772 December 158 21,232 20,172 1,060 25,732 24,830 902 2016 March 377 25,595 24,586 1,009 21,345 20,713 632 June 24 21,431 20,659 772 23,136 22,388 748 September 185 23,196 22,144 1,052 22,896 22,029 867 December 182 22,458 21,438 1,020 24,241 23,403 838 2017 March 459 23,546 22,340 1,206 22,328 21,581 747 June -30 21,920 21,025 895 22,929 22,004 925 September -47 23,361 22,411 950 21,555 20,558 997 December 203 21,118 20,109 1,009 28,216 27,410 806 2018 March 131 26,337 25,397 940 22,048 21,239 809 June 379 22,808 21,679 1,129 22,606 21,856 750 September 76 24,564 23,445 1,119 23,077 22,034 1,043 December -88 21,458 20,534 924 28,932 27,920 1,012 2019 March 208 29,957 28,752 1,205 22,433 21,436 997 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.