Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, seasonally adjusted Couriers and Messengers 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 157 3,097 2,620 477 2,481 2,161 320 December 93 2,870 2,441 429 2,456 2,120 336 1993 March 94 3,443 3,009 434 2,342 2,002 340 June 132 3,426 2,989 437 2,382 2,077 305 September 129 3,333 2,887 446 2,406 2,089 317 December 80 3,279 2,852 427 2,457 2,110 347 1994 March 129 3,580 3,084 496 2,604 2,237 367 June 81 3,725 3,279 446 2,381 2,016 365 September 95 3,716 3,247 469 2,617 2,243 374 December 109 3,404 2,919 485 2,825 2,449 376 1995 March 125 3,995 3,496 499 2,615 2,241 374 June 56 3,491 2,998 493 2,964 2,527 437 September 53 3,939 3,462 477 2,607 2,183 424 December 46 3,558 3,072 486 2,880 2,440 440 1996 March 82 3,906 3,352 554 3,005 2,533 472 June 30 3,678 3,176 502 2,977 2,505 472 September 116 3,658 3,099 559 3,109 2,666 443 December 208 3,575 2,932 643 3,305 2,870 435 1997 March 179 4,018 3,406 612 2,928 2,495 433 June 70 3,849 3,329 520 3,156 2,706 450 September 114 3,945 3,346 599 3,272 2,787 485 December 41 3,761 3,182 579 3,399 2,861 538 1998 March 133 4,127 3,428 699 3,197 2,631 566 June 183 3,969 3,296 673 3,327 2,837 490 September 130 4,453 3,854 599 2,990 2,521 469 December 95 3,680 3,093 587 3,479 2,987 492 1999 March 47 3,774 3,230 544 3,401 2,904 497 June 3 4,088 3,542 546 3,236 2,693 543 September 65 4,145 3,519 626 3,436 2,875 561 December 100 3,558 2,903 655 4,155 3,600 555 2000 March 21 4,040 3,404 636 3,555 2,940 615 June 108 4,211 3,486 725 3,675 3,058 617 September 57 4,208 3,501 707 3,688 3,038 650 December 109 3,751 3,048 703 4,168 3,574 594 2001 March 145 4,142 3,399 743 3,711 3,113 598 June 4 3,783 3,152 631 4,352 3,725 627 September -99 3,493 2,858 635 4,640 3,906 734 December -27 3,415 2,793 622 4,719 4,070 649 2002 March -9 3,527 2,915 612 3,864 3,243 621 June -78 3,745 3,132 613 3,909 3,218 691 September 128 3,812 3,082 730 3,823 3,221 602 December 19 3,662 3,032 630 3,991 3,380 611 2003 March 33 3,700 3,099 601 3,604 3,036 568 June -10 3,515 2,935 580 3,951 3,361 590 September 81 3,971 3,310 661 3,557 2,977 580 December 13 3,686 3,078 608 3,974 3,379 595 2004 March 34 3,863 3,256 607 3,525 2,952 573 June -14 3,858 3,263 595 3,724 3,115 609 September 9 3,818 3,154 664 3,977 3,322 655 December 89 3,930 3,233 697 3,754 3,146 608 2005 March -110 4,237 3,526 711 3,632 2,811 821 June -19 3,387 2,689 698 4,560 3,843 717 September -20 3,833 3,198 635 3,683 3,028 655 December 37 3,844 3,187 657 3,935 3,315 620 2006 March 35 3,847 3,196 651 3,680 3,064 616 June 95 4,189 3,517 672 3,458 2,881 577 September 5 3,883 3,282 601 3,853 3,257 596 December 35 4,026 3,382 644 3,584 2,975 609 2007 March 36 3,755 3,089 666 3,861 3,231 630 June 21 3,854 3,174 680 3,837 3,178 659 September 109 3,976 3,222 754 3,880 3,235 645 December 153 4,207 3,417 790 3,712 3,075 637 2008 March 302 4,037 3,078 959 4,072 3,415 657 June 310 4,216 3,164 1,052 4,356 3,614 742 September 18 3,799 2,986 813 4,471 3,676 795 December 17 3,898 3,152 746 4,617 3,888 729 2009 March -199 3,270 2,521 749 4,786 3,838 948 June -52 3,109 2,373 736 4,897 4,109 788 September -169 3,187 2,531 656 4,530 3,705 825 December -6 3,915 3,149 766 3,979 3,207 772 2010 March -87 3,724 3,073 651 3,817 3,079 738 June 57 3,840 3,091 749 3,756 3,064 692 September 161 4,141 3,252 889 3,724 2,996 728 December 293 4,614 3,571 1,043 3,549 2,799 750 2011 March 697 4,939 3,476 1,463 3,968 3,202 766 June 212 4,435 3,366 1,069 4,123 3,266 857 September 125 4,383 3,453 930 4,128 3,323 805 December -8 4,587 3,792 795 3,811 3,008 803 2012 March 11 4,463 3,699 764 4,215 3,462 753 June 118 4,341 3,566 775 3,984 3,327 657 September -75 4,215 3,532 683 4,217 3,459 758 December -19 4,769 4,038 731 3,757 3,007 750 2013 March -77 4,331 3,709 622 4,253 3,554 699 June -31 4,438 3,780 658 3,975 3,286 689 September 12 4,430 3,757 673 4,140 3,479 661 December -29 4,937 4,301 636 3,803 3,138 665 2014 March -162 4,284 3,742 542 4,520 3,816 704 June -36 4,666 4,062 604 3,951 3,311 640 September -22 4,792 4,181 611 3,966 3,333 633 December -64 5,281 4,682 599 3,412 2,749 663 2015 March -80 4,184 3,579 605 4,676 3,991 685 June -69 4,562 3,956 606 4,419 3,744 675 September -108 4,639 4,040 599 4,298 3,591 707 December -142 5,259 4,644 615 3,866 3,109 757 2016 March -109 4,222 3,599 623 4,690 3,958 732 June -175 4,502 3,942 560 4,433 3,698 735 September -72 4,952 4,301 651 4,164 3,441 723 December -171 5,159 4,585 574 3,873 3,128 745 2017 March -111 3,845 3,291 554 4,845 4,180 665 June -139 4,645 4,112 533 4,415 3,743 672 September -98 4,743 4,179 564 4,319 3,657 662 December -87 5,258 4,649 609 3,715 3,019 696 2018 March 31 4,422 3,784 638 4,664 4,057 607 June -52 5,167 4,536 631 4,211 3,528 683 September -2 5,178 4,517 661 4,249 3,586 663 December 5 5,480 4,708 772 3,820 3,053 767 2019 March 7 4,545 3,846 699 4,862 4,170 692 June -14 5,263 4,493 770 4,627 3,843 784 September 286 5,781 4,827 954 4,277 3,609 668 December 145 5,814 4,942 872 4,053 3,326 727 2020 March -36 4,742 4,005 737 5,293 4,520 773 June -138 7,186 6,356 830 4,398 3,430 968 September 573 7,349 6,071 1,278 4,205 3,500 705 December 553 7,050 5,779 1,271 3,866 3,148 718 2021 March 282 5,603 4,601 1,002 5,914 5,194 720 June 176 5,635 4,694 941 6,727 5,962 765 September 319 6,818 5,658 1,160 5,901 5,060 841 December 379 7,449 6,241 1,208 4,738 3,909 829 2022 March -40 5,560 4,723 837 6,654 5,777 877 June 33 4,978 4,041 937 8,115 7,211 904 September 76 6,478 5,494 984 6,549 5,641 908 December -29 6,758 5,808 950 5,721 4,742 979 2023 March 11 5,187 4,305 882 6,874 6,003 871 June -149 5,476 4,659 817 7,401 6,435 966 September -146 6,458 5,694 764 6,150 5,240 910 December -100 6,755 5,942 813 5,143 4,230 913 2024 March -136 4,448 3,806 642 6,820 6,042 778 June -318 5,376 4,720 656 6,819 5,845 974 September -118 6,359 5,612 747 5,813 4,948 865 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.