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 2,036 1,814 222 2,236 2,026 210 June -33 2,076 1,882 194 2,144 1,917 227 September -39 1,875 1,677 198 2,164 1,927 237 December -76 1,755 1,594 161 2,222 1,985 237 2016 March -33 1,892 1,712 180 2,172 1,959 213 June -49 1,905 1,724 181 2,196 1,966 230 September -62 1,852 1,674 178 2,105 1,865 240 December 36 2,027 1,797 230 1,974 1,780 194 2017 March 19 2,164 1,950 214 1,873 1,678 195 June -24 2,044 1,856 188 1,971 1,759 212 September -28 1,968 1,785 183 1,999 1,788 211 December -57 2,012 1,830 182 2,022 1,783 239 2018 March -1 2,115 1,927 188 1,974 1,785 189 June -58 2,068 1,885 183 2,022 1,781 241 September -28 1,987 1,793 194 2,098 1,876 222 December 15 2,047 1,845 202 2,021 1,834 187 2019 March 13 2,075 1,849 226 1,983 1,770 213 June -27 1,979 1,787 192 2,110 1,891 219 September 11 1,997 1,791 206 2,060 1,865 195 December -9 2,037 1,825 212 2,071 1,850 221 2020 March -45 1,845 1,688 157 2,049 1,847 202 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.