Table 6. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, not seasonally adjusted Paper Manufacturing 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 -17 2,489 2,382 107 2,580 2,456 124 December 14 2,597 2,481 116 2,403 2,301 102 1993 March -8 2,511 2,357 154 2,676 2,514 162 June 15 2,857 2,748 109 2,199 2,105 94 September -13 2,540 2,438 102 2,561 2,446 115 December 26 2,668 2,525 143 2,418 2,301 117 1994 March 4 2,533 2,387 146 2,623 2,481 142 June 15 2,992 2,866 126 2,122 2,011 111 September -7 2,707 2,602 105 2,507 2,395 112 December 34 2,936 2,800 136 2,221 2,119 102 1995 March 6 2,574 2,442 132 2,631 2,505 126 June 35 2,838 2,692 146 2,411 2,300 111 September -1 2,521 2,399 122 2,716 2,593 123 December 35 2,664 2,524 140 2,547 2,442 105 1996 March -2 2,427 2,283 144 2,846 2,700 146 June 17 2,742 2,609 133 2,515 2,399 116 September -14 2,623 2,505 118 2,638 2,506 132 December 27 2,895 2,771 124 2,369 2,272 97 1997 March 20 2,606 2,449 157 2,751 2,614 137 June 1 2,886 2,770 116 2,374 2,259 115 September -2 2,604 2,489 115 2,712 2,595 117 December 11 2,804 2,694 110 2,422 2,323 99 1998 March -2 2,618 2,433 185 2,821 2,634 187 June 49 2,697 2,538 159 2,638 2,528 110 September -7 2,465 2,324 141 2,810 2,662 148 December 0 2,638 2,526 112 2,635 2,523 112 1999 March -22 2,359 2,219 140 2,943 2,781 162 June 13 2,808 2,670 138 2,485 2,360 125 September -13 2,657 2,533 124 2,656 2,519 137 December -43 2,694 2,576 118 2,543 2,382 161 2000 March 7 2,520 2,344 176 2,839 2,670 169 June 1 2,720 2,596 124 2,563 2,440 123 September -21 2,397 2,294 103 2,836 2,712 124 December -1 2,706 2,584 122 2,459 2,336 123 2001 March -58 2,154 2,007 147 3,157 2,952 205 June 15 2,246 2,093 153 2,935 2,797 138 September -54 2,018 1,914 104 3,127 2,969 158 December -33 2,267 2,159 108 2,720 2,579 141 2002 March -57 2,027 1,887 140 2,996 2,799 197 June -14 2,413 2,282 131 2,500 2,355 145 September -53 2,240 2,122 118 2,664 2,493 171 December 27 2,327 2,178 149 2,496 2,374 122 2003 March -113 1,947 1,817 130 2,983 2,740 243 June -24 2,120 1,986 134 2,671 2,513 158 September -52 2,006 1,926 80 2,693 2,561 132 December -42 2,227 2,136 91 2,404 2,271 133 2004 March -16 2,042 1,895 147 2,709 2,546 163 June -19 2,407 2,306 101 2,277 2,157 120 September -39 2,283 2,198 85 2,358 2,234 124 December -23 2,256 2,135 121 2,291 2,147 144 2005 March -61 2,111 1,985 126 2,535 2,348 187 June -16 2,214 2,111 103 2,305 2,186 119 September -37 1,973 1,887 86 2,561 2,438 123 December 22 2,260 2,145 115 2,178 2,085 93 2006 March -66 1,956 1,862 94 2,506 2,346 160 June -24 2,208 2,097 111 2,263 2,128 135 September -36 1,943 1,857 86 2,464 2,342 122 December 9 2,254 2,148 106 2,114 2,017 97 2007 March -69 1,913 1,804 109 2,556 2,378 178 June -28 2,091 1,999 92 2,236 2,116 120 September 11 1,841 1,715 126 2,516 2,401 115 December -6 2,138 2,044 94 2,113 2,013 100 2008 March -38 1,839 1,735 104 2,485 2,343 142 June -40 1,915 1,826 89 2,298 2,169 129 September -51 1,741 1,651 90 2,555 2,414 141 December 12 1,628 1,502 126 2,576 2,462 114 2009 March -88 1,184 1,059 125 3,206 2,993 213 June -70 1,543 1,439 104 2,564 2,390 174 September -74 1,762 1,686 76 2,178 2,028 150 December -5 1,850 1,735 115 1,974 1,854 120 2010 March -46 1,710 1,603 107 2,169 2,016 153 June -20 2,101 2,012 89 1,674 1,565 109 September -13 1,784 1,697 87 1,951 1,851 100 December 12 1,857 1,758 99 1,833 1,746 87 2011 March -66 1,751 1,671 80 2,008 1,862 146 June -15 1,970 1,888 82 1,752 1,655 97 September -13 1,649 1,561 88 2,084 1,983 101 December -1 1,774 1,696 78 1,815 1,736 79 2012 March -31 1,646 1,546 100 2,034 1,903 131 June -18 1,937 1,854 83 1,752 1,651 101 September -48 1,654 1,592 62 1,948 1,838 110 December 5 1,808 1,723 85 1,730 1,650 80 2013 March -64 1,768 1,695 73 1,907 1,770 137 June -22 1,956 1,881 75 1,668 1,571 97 September -27 1,564 1,501 63 1,967 1,877 90 December 10 1,874 1,789 85 1,625 1,550 75 2014 March -23 1,654 1,565 89 1,859 1,747 112 June -33 1,902 1,843 59 1,627 1,535 92 September -3 1,589 1,513 76 1,917 1,838 79 December -22 1,874 1,797 77 1,582 1,483 99 2015 March -22 1,646 1,558 88 1,864 1,754 110 June -1 1,804 1,729 75 1,697 1,621 76 September -31 1,643 1,568 75 1,910 1,804 106 December 4 1,795 1,704 91 1,639 1,552 87 2016 March -35 1,730 1,620 110 1,852 1,707 145 June -3 1,799 1,712 87 1,682 1,592 90 September -14 1,597 1,518 79 1,933 1,840 93 December 5 1,853 1,779 74 1,564 1,495 69 2017 March -50 1,681 1,596 85 1,856 1,721 135 June -13 1,804 1,724 80 1,709 1,616 93 September -43 1,522 1,449 73 1,929 1,813 116 December -15 1,918 1,827 91 1,505 1,399 106 2018 March -40 1,678 1,568 110 1,868 1,718 150 June 16 1,870 1,766 104 1,622 1,534 88 September -45 1,598 1,534 64 1,889 1,780 109 December 9 1,908 1,822 86 1,457 1,380 77 2019 March -23 1,703 1,599 104 1,782 1,655 127 June -3 1,772 1,682 90 1,644 1,551 93 September -23 1,476 1,403 73 1,899 1,803 96 December -11 1,672 1,602 70 1,621 1,540 81 2020 March -47 1,666 1,571 95 1,794 1,652 142 June -64 1,180 1,118 62 2,306 2,180 126 September -18 1,520 1,427 93 1,920 1,809 111 December 30 1,954 1,856 98 1,369 1,301 68 2021 March -15 1,727 1,613 114 1,722 1,593 129 June -20 1,754 1,668 86 1,657 1,551 106 September -35 1,650 1,569 81 1,818 1,702 116 December 31 2,143 2,022 121 1,268 1,178 90 2022 March -13 1,908 1,788 120 1,619 1,486 133 June -15 1,954 1,858 96 1,565 1,454 111 September -7 1,605 1,507 98 1,786 1,681 105 December 24 1,799 1,690 109 1,585 1,500 85 2023 March -1 1,589 1,469 120 1,814 1,693 121 June 15 1,631 1,525 106 1,834 1,743 91 September -7 1,448 1,365 83 1,924 1,834 90 December 8 1,666 1,571 95 1,589 1,502 87 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.