Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, seasonally adjusted Mining (except Oil and Gas) 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 -71 2,861 2,466 395 3,064 2,598 466 December -1 2,803 2,410 393 3,037 2,643 394 1993 March -25 2,722 2,345 377 3,033 2,631 402 June -139 2,760 2,444 316 3,004 2,549 455 September -53 3,096 2,738 358 2,842 2,431 411 December -19 2,933 2,583 350 2,843 2,474 369 1994 March -46 2,824 2,495 329 2,883 2,508 375 June -62 2,838 2,518 320 2,758 2,376 382 September -24 2,946 2,579 367 2,818 2,427 391 December -5 2,739 2,393 346 2,823 2,472 351 1995 March -27 2,906 2,582 324 2,670 2,319 351 June -91 2,625 2,333 292 2,944 2,561 383 September 26 2,823 2,465 358 2,834 2,502 332 December -28 2,798 2,475 323 2,785 2,434 351 1996 March -69 2,750 2,471 279 2,741 2,393 348 June -52 2,679 2,387 292 2,732 2,388 344 September 60 2,818 2,450 368 2,741 2,433 308 December -9 2,748 2,435 313 2,783 2,461 322 1997 March -6 2,883 2,561 322 2,633 2,305 328 June -40 2,668 2,385 283 2,620 2,297 323 September 11 2,807 2,483 324 2,734 2,421 313 December -34 2,733 2,437 296 2,718 2,388 330 1998 March -2 2,580 2,271 309 2,748 2,437 311 June -40 2,599 2,322 277 2,726 2,409 317 September -42 2,654 2,384 270 2,712 2,400 312 December -6 2,751 2,474 277 2,578 2,295 283 1999 March -32 2,576 2,300 276 2,755 2,447 308 June -71 2,481 2,215 266 2,829 2,492 337 September -53 2,515 2,199 316 2,825 2,456 369 December 52 2,683 2,360 323 2,611 2,340 271 2000 March -13 2,553 2,257 296 2,685 2,376 309 June -54 2,381 2,118 263 2,863 2,546 317 September -63 2,393 2,122 271 2,754 2,420 334 December -33 2,363 2,092 271 2,729 2,425 304 2001 March -3 2,672 2,357 315 2,461 2,143 318 June -30 2,432 2,158 274 2,597 2,293 304 September 6 2,466 2,165 301 2,607 2,312 295 December -27 2,458 2,203 255 2,542 2,260 282 2002 March -41 2,232 1,978 254 2,541 2,246 295 June -22 2,223 1,967 256 2,684 2,406 278 September -48 2,259 2,000 259 2,523 2,216 307 December -75 2,141 1,915 226 2,530 2,229 301 2003 March -86 2,069 1,845 224 2,591 2,281 310 June 19 2,355 2,098 257 2,279 2,041 238 September -48 2,294 2,065 229 2,344 2,067 277 December -6 2,217 1,987 230 2,322 2,086 236 2004 March -20 2,253 2,009 244 2,353 2,089 264 June 17 2,389 2,144 245 2,173 1,945 228 September -33 2,377 2,159 218 2,241 1,990 251 December 38 2,534 2,304 230 2,175 1,983 192 2005 March 5 2,420 2,147 273 2,412 2,144 268 June 22 2,477 2,251 226 2,024 1,820 204 September 18 2,337 2,108 229 2,291 2,080 211 December -11 2,565 2,354 211 2,274 2,052 222 2006 March 30 2,558 2,308 250 2,225 2,005 220 June 9 2,389 2,163 226 2,393 2,176 217 September -23 2,330 2,090 240 2,589 2,326 263 December 47 2,484 2,195 289 2,400 2,158 242 2007 March 3 2,506 2,235 271 2,459 2,191 268 June -29 2,315 2,060 255 2,612 2,328 284 September 8 2,235 1,986 249 2,569 2,328 241 December 1 2,302 2,051 251 2,525 2,275 250 2008 March -39 2,299 2,054 245 2,550 2,266 284 June 4 2,307 2,038 269 2,542 2,277 265 September -35 2,275 2,006 269 2,603 2,299 304 December -78 2,180 1,942 238 2,698 2,382 316 2009 March -91 1,827 1,610 217 2,904 2,596 308 June -20 2,036 1,772 264 2,899 2,615 284 September -80 2,066 1,834 232 2,505 2,193 312 December -37 1,915 1,678 237 2,533 2,259 274 2010 March -68 2,112 1,894 218 2,420 2,134 286 June -4 2,370 2,093 277 1,997 1,716 281 September -48 2,146 1,939 207 2,260 2,005 255 December -13 2,159 1,897 262 2,266 1,991 275 2011 March -35 2,287 2,052 235 2,223 1,953 270 June 64 2,375 2,080 295 1,963 1,732 231 September 9 2,300 2,076 224 2,082 1,867 215 December -39 2,213 1,982 231 2,250 1,980 270 2012 March 7 2,410 2,165 245 2,155 1,917 238 June -45 2,145 1,908 237 2,415 2,133 282 September -83 1,975 1,776 199 2,428 2,146 282 December -42 2,022 1,781 241 2,373 2,090 283 2013 March -6 2,126 1,884 242 2,269 2,021 248 June -35 2,169 1,927 242 2,251 1,974 277 September -55 2,041 1,844 197 2,180 1,928 252 December -68 2,018 1,782 236 2,320 2,016 304 2014 March -28 2,020 1,794 226 2,240 1,986 254 June -37 2,194 1,961 233 2,118 1,848 270 September 25 2,162 1,911 251 2,057 1,831 226 December -98 1,996 1,820 176 2,256 1,982 274 2015 March 12 2,037 1,815 222 2,235 2,025 210 June -34 2,075 1,881 194 2,147 1,919 228 September -38 1,875 1,677 198 2,163 1,927 236 December -77 1,755 1,594 161 2,222 1,984 238 2016 March -33 1,894 1,714 180 2,171 1,958 213 June -49 1,903 1,722 181 2,198 1,968 230 September -61 1,852 1,674 178 2,104 1,865 239 December 36 2,029 1,798 231 1,974 1,779 195 2017 March 19 2,166 1,952 214 1,872 1,677 195 June -24 2,042 1,854 188 1,973 1,761 212 September -26 1,968 1,785 183 1,998 1,789 209 December -58 2,013 1,831 182 2,022 1,782 240 2018 March -1 2,117 1,929 188 1,973 1,784 189 June -59 2,066 1,883 183 2,024 1,782 242 September -27 1,987 1,793 194 2,097 1,876 221 December 14 2,048 1,846 202 2,021 1,833 188 2019 March 14 2,058 1,840 218 1,973 1,769 204 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.