Table 6. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, not seasonally adjusted Pipeline Transportation 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 -18 456 395 61 817 738 79 December 27 534 459 75 647 599 48 1993 March -76 539 441 98 834 660 174 June -6 727 676 51 498 441 57 September -19 442 392 50 801 732 69 December 21 489 421 68 665 618 47 1994 March -41 462 379 83 830 706 124 June 29 768 666 102 560 487 73 September -31 435 395 40 798 727 71 December 11 391 344 47 701 665 36 1995 March -30 414 364 50 747 667 80 June 12 716 638 78 585 519 66 September -34 425 380 45 792 713 79 December 6 408 361 47 639 598 41 1996 March -32 539 458 81 809 696 113 June 7 641 578 63 610 554 56 September -59 446 392 54 829 716 113 December 4 405 353 52 651 603 48 1997 March 16 548 458 90 621 547 74 June 0 645 588 57 594 537 57 September 15 489 433 56 740 699 41 December -20 411 375 36 710 654 56 1998 March -32 479 391 88 643 523 120 June -28 629 576 53 498 417 81 September -24 353 323 30 704 650 54 December 8 456 401 55 620 573 47 1999 March -25 451 376 75 735 635 100 June -102 549 499 50 620 468 152 September 45 420 300 120 629 554 75 December -3 417 374 43 484 438 46 2000 March -14 515 425 90 618 514 104 June -26 619 530 89 573 458 115 September -7 375 318 57 649 585 64 December 6 416 366 50 475 431 44 2001 March -79 577 475 102 645 464 181 June 1 569 491 78 512 435 77 September -47 452 403 49 516 420 96 December 13 431 372 59 396 350 46 2002 March -34 431 353 78 550 438 112 June -13 512 449 63 409 333 76 September -16 403 352 51 506 439 67 December 11 396 327 69 454 396 58 2003 March -42 362 304 58 537 437 100 June 5 425 369 56 416 365 51 September -6 331 292 39 448 403 45 December 6 337 301 36 409 379 30 2004 March -44 350 274 76 613 493 120 June -28 471 422 49 413 336 77 September -3 369 315 54 434 377 57 December 21 418 353 65 395 351 44 2005 March -10 449 402 47 411 354 57 June -44 470 430 40 373 289 84 September -2 364 326 38 418 378 40 December 3 367 323 44 339 298 41 2006 March 0 422 376 46 416 370 46 June -13 499 457 42 380 325 55 September -14 384 351 33 441 394 47 December 20 450 412 38 329 311 18 2007 March -2 455 406 49 435 384 51 June -28 566 537 29 356 299 57 September 8 431 391 40 422 390 32 December 4 469 430 39 368 333 35 2008 March 22 512 440 72 403 353 50 June -22 588 568 20 366 324 42 September 1 526 485 41 407 367 40 December -1 465 432 33 327 293 34 2009 March 18 401 349 52 377 343 34 June -3 432 394 38 450 409 41 September -6 339 314 25 470 439 31 December 19 380 341 39 334 314 20 2010 March -11 399 343 56 433 366 67 June -8 427 389 38 385 339 46 September 9 352 315 37 424 396 28 December -8 370 336 34 363 321 42 2011 March 7 460 415 45 409 371 38 June -2 507 469 38 434 394 40 September 28 468 414 54 440 414 26 December 3 481 435 46 352 309 43 2012 March -3 466 423 43 388 342 46 June 18 494 449 45 390 363 27 September 6 424 391 33 478 451 27 December 11 494 454 40 417 388 29 2013 March 24 520 406 114 571 481 90 June 29 587 511 76 400 353 47 September -2 467 416 51 470 417 53 December 20 542 496 46 349 323 26 2014 March -6 508 443 65 473 402 71 June -1 569 527 42 395 352 43 September 7 526 480 46 393 354 39 December 25 512 447 65 375 335 40 2015 March 13 582 507 75 508 446 62 June -27 587 549 38 473 408 65 September -27 432 399 33 499 439 60 December 26 481 421 60 427 393 34 2016 March 2 515 466 49 450 403 47 June -14 448 401 47 583 522 61 September -24 427 382 45 543 474 69 December 1 404 350 54 501 448 53 2017 March 13 511 441 70 521 464 57 June -29 462 420 42 581 510 71 September 47 497 415 82 510 475 35 December -23 510 458 52 471 396 75 2018 March 19 544 452 92 583 510 73 June 9 579 509 70 525 464 61 September 20 499 433 66 540 494 46 December -7 606 555 51 477 419 58 2019 March 2 591 505 86 521 437 84 June -19 598 540 58 534 457 77 September -5 531 485 46 577 526 51 December 15 549 499 50 449 414 35 2020 March 1 514 464 50 480 431 49 June -13 394 349 45 611 553 58 September 19 322 255 67 712 664 48 December 13 394 342 52 582 543 39 2021 March -10 498 422 76 673 587 86 June 14 435 369 66 619 567 52 September -1 445 393 52 587 534 53 December 7 536 463 73 514 448 66 2022 March 10 527 448 79 614 545 69 June -33 570 518 52 582 497 85 September -10 593 522 71 510 429 81 December 14 556 504 52 461 423 38 2023 March -2 529 476 53 483 428 55 June 5 596 546 50 481 436 45 September 7 518 470 48 506 465 41 December -30 630 591 39 495 426 69 2024 March -7 583 521 62 567 498 69 June -16 656 586 70 517 431 86 September -24 485 438 47 556 485 71 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.