Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, seasonally adjusted Broadcasting (except Internet) 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 19 3,121 2,832 289 3,291 3,021 270 December 51 3,280 2,975 305 3,254 3,000 254 1993 March 12 3,403 3,114 289 3,113 2,836 277 June 59 3,439 3,146 293 3,044 2,810 234 September 29 3,290 2,976 314 3,235 2,950 285 December 2 3,348 3,056 292 3,217 2,927 290 1994 March 30 3,485 3,195 290 3,104 2,844 260 June 40 3,687 3,330 357 3,028 2,711 317 September 75 3,462 3,098 364 3,250 2,961 289 December -49 3,439 3,150 289 3,198 2,860 338 1995 March -2 3,490 3,190 300 3,079 2,777 302 June -24 3,499 3,182 317 3,208 2,867 341 September 29 3,426 3,088 338 3,253 2,944 309 December 20 3,518 3,146 372 3,272 2,920 352 1996 March 26 3,561 3,225 336 3,198 2,888 310 June 3 3,535 3,171 364 3,257 2,896 361 September -24 3,402 2,988 414 3,359 2,921 438 December 6 3,513 3,131 382 3,306 2,930 376 1997 March -1 3,444 3,076 368 3,294 2,925 369 June -126 3,439 3,101 338 3,305 2,841 464 September -114 3,288 2,950 338 3,394 2,942 452 December -36 3,439 3,064 375 3,176 2,765 411 1998 March 43 3,395 2,995 400 3,177 2,820 357 June -9 3,361 2,999 362 3,119 2,748 371 September -35 3,229 2,838 391 3,375 2,949 426 December -10 3,377 3,022 355 3,099 2,734 365 1999 March -9 3,229 2,840 389 3,267 2,869 398 June 11 3,332 2,952 380 3,173 2,804 369 September -34 3,277 2,898 379 3,240 2,827 413 December -19 3,346 2,975 371 3,079 2,689 390 2000 March 7 3,423 3,026 397 3,067 2,677 390 June -29 3,330 2,940 390 3,132 2,713 419 September 9 3,270 2,825 445 3,246 2,810 436 December -40 3,246 2,875 371 3,124 2,713 411 2001 March -80 3,107 2,749 358 3,244 2,806 438 June -69 3,018 2,642 376 3,273 2,828 445 September -65 2,853 2,502 351 3,394 2,978 416 December -36 2,985 2,659 326 3,085 2,723 362 2002 March -11 2,885 2,521 364 3,116 2,741 375 June -54 2,936 2,605 331 3,058 2,673 385 September -3 2,932 2,617 315 3,040 2,722 318 December 3 2,876 2,575 301 2,952 2,654 298 2003 March -42 2,854 2,493 361 3,122 2,719 403 June -34 2,825 2,508 317 3,044 2,693 351 September -25 2,814 2,521 293 2,973 2,655 318 December 27 2,841 2,538 303 2,842 2,566 276 2004 March -3 2,832 2,528 304 2,834 2,527 307 June -38 2,854 2,562 292 2,927 2,597 330 September -42 2,728 2,436 292 2,984 2,650 334 December 16 2,899 2,596 303 2,738 2,451 287 2005 March -49 2,749 2,522 227 2,837 2,561 276 June -2 2,733 2,443 290 2,790 2,498 292 September 18 2,806 2,529 277 2,685 2,426 259 December 6 2,801 2,503 298 2,764 2,472 292 2006 March -1 2,874 2,569 305 2,814 2,508 306 June 16 2,902 2,588 314 2,757 2,459 298 September -22 2,854 2,579 275 2,834 2,537 297 December 29 2,812 2,468 344 2,908 2,593 315 2007 March -29 2,870 2,600 270 2,820 2,521 299 June 10 2,846 2,568 278 2,732 2,464 268 September 4 2,882 2,595 287 2,803 2,520 283 December -9 2,858 2,554 304 2,814 2,501 313 2008 March -66 2,639 2,401 238 2,979 2,675 304 June 12 2,583 2,302 281 2,928 2,659 269 September -18 2,550 2,276 274 2,992 2,700 292 December -35 2,380 2,122 258 3,177 2,884 293 2009 March -73 1,919 1,694 225 3,494 3,196 298 June -38 2,107 1,867 240 3,173 2,895 278 September -38 2,244 1,998 246 3,030 2,746 284 December 5 2,315 2,043 272 2,917 2,650 267 2010 March 18 2,412 2,116 296 2,843 2,565 278 June 19 2,465 2,202 263 2,604 2,360 244 September -6 2,597 2,357 240 2,493 2,247 246 December 30 2,601 2,305 296 2,600 2,334 266 2011 March -19 2,578 2,353 225 2,542 2,298 244 June -3 2,495 2,237 258 2,675 2,414 261 September 23 2,695 2,432 263 2,463 2,223 240 December 9 2,452 2,168 284 2,713 2,438 275 2012 March -1 2,611 2,313 298 2,560 2,261 299 June 25 2,601 2,306 295 2,627 2,357 270 September 5 2,657 2,367 290 2,624 2,339 285 December -48 2,458 2,195 263 2,664 2,353 311 2013 March 5 2,506 2,226 280 2,590 2,315 275 June 26 2,553 2,271 282 2,568 2,312 256 September 8 2,528 2,282 246 2,459 2,221 238 December -2 2,463 2,210 253 2,581 2,326 255 2014 March -50 2,452 2,201 251 2,566 2,265 301 June -64 2,351 2,149 202 2,637 2,371 266 September -9 2,525 2,262 263 2,430 2,158 272 December -70 2,420 2,200 220 2,472 2,182 290 2015 March -42 2,330 2,056 274 2,689 2,373 316 June -52 2,351 2,139 212 2,547 2,283 264 September 50 2,463 2,187 276 2,455 2,229 226 December -25 2,416 2,150 266 2,529 2,238 291 2016 March -70 2,247 2,040 207 2,528 2,251 277 June -39 2,514 2,263 251 2,413 2,123 290 September -32 2,503 2,263 240 2,454 2,182 272 December -6 2,165 1,903 262 2,610 2,342 268 2017 March -28 2,240 2,000 240 2,519 2,251 268 June -91 2,231 2,008 223 2,692 2,378 314 September -18 2,316 2,052 264 2,621 2,339 282 December -61 2,242 2,000 242 2,599 2,296 303 2018 March -50 2,235 1,973 262 2,614 2,302 312 June -75 2,201 1,975 226 2,551 2,250 301 September -28 2,195 1,929 266 2,564 2,270 294 December -49 2,147 1,900 247 2,567 2,271 296 2019 March -79 2,127 1,914 213 2,462 2,170 292 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.