Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, seasonally adjusted Management of Companies and Enterprises 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 75 7,697 6,875 822 7,124 6,377 747 December 253 7,619 6,760 859 7,147 6,541 606 1993 March 232 7,760 6,848 912 7,051 6,371 680 June 204 8,102 7,249 853 7,198 6,549 649 September 216 8,471 7,596 875 7,103 6,444 659 December 202 8,223 7,450 773 7,424 6,853 571 1994 March 137 8,351 7,489 862 7,450 6,725 725 June 229 8,489 7,601 888 7,542 6,883 659 September 113 8,965 8,161 804 7,549 6,858 691 December 213 8,634 7,775 859 7,828 7,182 646 1995 March 215 8,754 7,825 929 7,884 7,170 714 June 237 8,894 7,994 900 7,684 7,021 663 September 115 8,887 8,045 842 8,018 7,291 727 December 285 8,794 7,840 954 8,200 7,531 669 1996 March 220 9,229 8,197 1,032 8,164 7,352 812 June 229 9,065 8,054 1,011 8,443 7,661 782 September 335 9,542 8,488 1,054 8,331 7,612 719 December 330 9,507 8,433 1,074 8,581 7,837 744 1997 March 295 9,592 8,465 1,127 8,464 7,632 832 June 268 9,753 8,689 1,064 8,488 7,692 796 September 323 10,015 8,905 1,110 8,608 7,821 787 December 200 9,901 8,807 1,094 9,157 8,263 894 1998 March 264 9,981 8,822 1,159 8,827 7,932 895 June 400 10,329 9,026 1,303 9,107 8,204 903 September 370 10,510 9,273 1,237 9,061 8,194 867 December 74 10,325 9,177 1,148 9,461 8,387 1,074 1999 March 74 10,277 8,996 1,281 9,618 8,411 1,207 June 17 10,323 9,029 1,294 9,925 8,648 1,277 September -49 10,513 9,213 1,300 9,959 8,610 1,349 December 213 10,830 9,431 1,399 9,700 8,514 1,186 2000 March 47 10,318 9,036 1,282 9,895 8,660 1,235 June 95 10,351 8,933 1,418 9,873 8,550 1,323 September 122 10,513 9,117 1,396 9,909 8,635 1,274 December -269 10,121 8,910 1,211 10,202 8,722 1,480 2001 March -179 10,159 8,862 1,297 9,916 8,440 1,476 June -141 9,571 8,317 1,254 10,145 8,750 1,395 September -183 9,302 8,003 1,299 10,250 8,768 1,482 December -1,195 9,064 7,988 1,076 11,002 8,731 2,271 2002 March -120 9,319 8,170 1,149 9,855 8,586 1,269 June -173 9,172 8,059 1,113 10,130 8,844 1,286 September -40 9,288 8,211 1,077 9,510 8,393 1,117 December 66 9,488 8,218 1,270 9,746 8,542 1,204 2003 March -97 9,199 8,111 1,088 9,958 8,773 1,185 June 57 9,437 8,225 1,212 9,846 8,691 1,155 September 177 9,526 8,305 1,221 9,727 8,683 1,044 December 70 9,603 8,386 1,217 9,873 8,726 1,147 2004 March 797 10,966 8,995 1,971 9,853 8,679 1,174 June -99 10,141 8,897 1,244 10,087 8,744 1,343 September 5 10,314 8,975 1,339 10,131 8,797 1,334 December 86 10,663 9,255 1,408 10,015 8,693 1,322 2005 March 85 10,692 9,343 1,349 10,206 8,942 1,264 June 76 10,865 9,446 1,419 10,248 8,905 1,343 September 124 11,172 9,666 1,506 10,388 9,006 1,382 December 275 11,119 9,563 1,556 10,329 9,048 1,281 2006 March 115 11,539 10,046 1,493 10,519 9,141 1,378 June 127 11,703 10,083 1,620 10,657 9,164 1,493 September 148 11,503 9,846 1,657 11,076 9,567 1,509 December 87 11,752 10,093 1,659 11,156 9,584 1,572 2007 March 105 11,995 10,348 1,647 11,228 9,686 1,542 June 227 12,011 10,236 1,775 11,502 9,954 1,548 September 209 12,092 10,190 1,902 11,752 10,059 1,693 December 122 12,421 10,503 1,918 11,665 9,869 1,796 2008 March 121 12,318 10,432 1,886 11,977 10,212 1,765 June -109 11,983 10,176 1,807 12,519 10,603 1,916 September -76 11,898 10,059 1,839 12,705 10,790 1,915 December -302 11,291 9,550 1,741 13,397 11,354 2,043 2009 March -188 10,618 8,856 1,762 13,720 11,770 1,950 June -234 10,333 8,741 1,592 13,657 11,831 1,826 September -466 10,282 8,788 1,494 13,017 11,057 1,960 December -935 11,161 9,480 1,681 13,194 10,578 2,616 2010 March -12 11,358 9,728 1,630 12,142 10,500 1,642 June 553 12,285 10,091 2,194 11,699 10,058 1,641 September -101 11,508 9,926 1,582 11,735 10,052 1,683 December 74 12,140 10,369 1,771 11,441 9,744 1,697 2011 March 104 12,240 10,562 1,678 11,653 10,079 1,574 June -48 12,272 10,582 1,690 11,874 10,136 1,738 September 51 12,456 10,727 1,729 11,722 10,044 1,678 December -20 12,314 10,522 1,792 12,096 10,284 1,812 2012 March 111 13,095 11,309 1,786 11,997 10,322 1,675 June 105 12,985 11,226 1,759 12,047 10,393 1,654 September 92 12,918 11,012 1,906 12,639 10,825 1,814 December 145 13,233 11,271 1,962 12,264 10,447 1,817 2013 March 89 13,460 11,577 1,883 12,721 10,927 1,794 June 102 13,647 11,765 1,882 12,761 10,981 1,780 September 84 13,445 11,521 1,924 13,076 11,236 1,840 December 2 13,639 11,771 1,868 12,965 11,099 1,866 2014 March -29 13,527 11,762 1,765 12,953 11,159 1,794 June -65 13,922 12,078 1,844 12,844 10,935 1,909 September -196 13,656 11,899 1,757 13,469 11,516 1,953 December -135 14,117 12,224 1,893 12,870 10,842 2,028 2015 March -73 13,785 11,895 1,890 13,527 11,564 1,963 June -92 14,252 12,306 1,946 13,155 11,117 2,038 September -42 14,000 11,970 2,030 13,847 11,775 2,072 December 7 14,436 12,262 2,174 13,616 11,449 2,167 2016 March -120 14,190 12,236 1,954 13,529 11,455 2,074 June -23 14,185 12,051 2,134 13,906 11,749 2,157 September 208 14,650 12,363 2,287 13,752 11,673 2,079 December -29 14,304 12,134 2,170 13,878 11,679 2,199 2017 March 148 14,560 12,403 2,157 13,702 11,693 2,009 June -74 14,598 12,380 2,218 14,182 11,890 2,292 September -2 14,042 11,739 2,303 14,712 12,407 2,305 December -219 14,462 12,258 2,204 14,222 11,799 2,423 2018 March 226 14,873 12,534 2,339 14,144 12,031 2,113 June 126 15,100 12,643 2,457 14,440 12,109 2,331 September 72 14,715 12,202 2,513 15,131 12,690 2,441 December 167 15,268 12,622 2,646 14,443 11,964 2,479 2019 March -155 15,038 12,724 2,314 14,516 12,047 2,469 June -165 15,122 12,678 2,444 14,990 12,381 2,609 September 148 15,025 12,356 2,669 15,019 12,498 2,521 December 263 15,491 12,634 2,857 14,877 12,283 2,594 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.