Table 6. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, not seasonally adjusted Broadcasting (except Internet) 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 6 3,200 2,941 259 3,194 2,941 253 December 101 3,394 3,083 311 3,079 2,869 210 1993 March -37 3,177 2,855 322 3,444 3,085 359 June 63 3,455 3,172 283 2,980 2,760 220 September 15 3,372 3,090 282 3,139 2,872 267 December 58 3,465 3,167 298 3,039 2,799 240 1994 March -13 3,254 2,930 324 3,431 3,094 337 June 47 3,703 3,358 345 2,960 2,662 298 September 56 3,544 3,217 327 3,154 2,883 271 December 16 3,559 3,264 295 3,014 2,735 279 1995 March -57 3,260 2,925 335 3,413 3,021 392 June -13 3,516 3,209 307 3,136 2,816 320 September 14 3,510 3,207 303 3,155 2,866 289 December 88 3,639 3,260 379 3,084 2,793 291 1996 March -27 3,332 2,957 375 3,544 3,142 402 June 13 3,549 3,197 352 3,183 2,844 339 September -38 3,475 3,103 372 3,254 2,844 410 December 79 3,634 3,244 390 3,113 2,802 311 1997 March -67 3,232 2,821 411 3,660 3,182 478 June -109 3,454 3,127 327 3,226 2,790 436 September -120 3,367 3,064 303 3,287 2,864 423 December 42 3,557 3,175 382 2,984 2,644 340 1998 March -17 3,192 2,746 446 3,531 3,068 463 June 1 3,374 3,024 350 3,048 2,699 349 September -48 3,298 2,947 351 3,270 2,871 399 December 60 3,493 3,131 362 2,917 2,615 302 1999 March -82 3,038 2,604 434 3,637 3,121 516 June 20 3,344 2,977 367 3,101 2,754 347 September -47 3,349 3,009 340 3,139 2,752 387 December 56 3,461 3,083 378 2,894 2,572 322 2000 March -63 3,218 2,775 443 3,418 2,912 506 June -17 3,342 2,965 377 3,058 2,664 394 September -9 3,333 2,934 399 3,144 2,736 408 December 38 3,357 2,979 378 2,935 2,595 340 2001 March -169 2,920 2,521 399 3,621 3,053 568 June -54 3,028 2,664 364 3,195 2,777 418 September -75 2,913 2,598 315 3,289 2,899 390 December 34 3,088 2,755 333 2,903 2,604 299 2002 March -81 2,718 2,312 406 3,469 2,982 487 June -42 2,947 2,627 320 2,987 2,625 362 September -15 3,001 2,718 283 2,948 2,650 298 December 61 2,975 2,668 307 2,784 2,538 246 2003 March -120 2,689 2,286 403 3,481 2,958 523 June -23 2,836 2,529 307 2,975 2,645 330 September -35 2,881 2,618 263 2,883 2,585 298 December 81 2,939 2,630 309 2,682 2,454 228 2004 March -59 2,657 2,318 339 3,147 2,749 398 June -28 2,865 2,583 282 2,860 2,550 310 September -51 2,792 2,530 262 2,893 2,580 313 December 72 2,999 2,690 309 2,581 2,344 237 2005 March -105 2,566 2,313 253 3,144 2,786 358 June 6 2,743 2,463 280 2,727 2,453 274 September 6 2,875 2,626 249 2,605 2,362 243 December 63 2,898 2,594 304 2,605 2,364 241 2006 March -57 2,696 2,356 340 3,126 2,729 397 June 24 2,914 2,610 304 2,695 2,415 280 September -31 2,925 2,678 247 2,748 2,470 278 December 91 2,908 2,557 351 2,740 2,480 260 2007 March -87 2,685 2,384 301 3,131 2,743 388 June 17 2,858 2,589 269 2,672 2,420 252 September -7 2,953 2,695 258 2,718 2,453 265 December 51 2,957 2,647 310 2,651 2,392 259 2008 March -128 2,468 2,202 266 3,304 2,910 394 June 19 2,593 2,321 272 2,864 2,611 253 September -28 2,610 2,364 246 2,903 2,629 274 December 21 2,462 2,199 263 3,000 2,758 242 2009 March -136 1,804 1,553 251 3,864 3,477 387 June -29 2,115 1,883 232 3,104 2,843 261 September -45 2,296 2,075 221 2,939 2,673 266 December 56 2,394 2,117 277 2,755 2,534 221 2010 March -31 2,270 1,940 330 3,152 2,791 361 June 25 2,474 2,220 254 2,547 2,318 229 September -15 2,663 2,448 215 2,418 2,188 230 December 82 2,691 2,389 302 2,452 2,232 220 2011 March -70 2,402 2,154 248 2,818 2,500 318 June 2 2,503 2,256 247 2,613 2,368 245 September 15 2,767 2,528 239 2,389 2,165 224 December 64 2,540 2,248 292 2,562 2,334 228 2012 March -61 2,443 2,115 328 2,852 2,463 389 June 29 2,615 2,332 283 2,560 2,306 254 September -2 2,730 2,466 264 2,541 2,275 266 December 14 2,537 2,266 271 2,516 2,259 257 2013 March -49 2,341 2,033 308 2,877 2,520 357 June 27 2,564 2,295 269 2,508 2,266 242 September 4 2,605 2,380 225 2,381 2,160 221 December 50 2,545 2,284 261 2,441 2,230 211 2014 March -114 2,289 2,012 277 2,856 2,465 391 June -59 2,366 2,174 192 2,572 2,321 251 September -11 2,597 2,356 241 2,351 2,099 252 December -13 2,498 2,271 227 2,335 2,095 240 2015 March -108 2,182 1,880 302 2,992 2,582 410 June -49 2,365 2,164 201 2,485 2,235 250 September 43 2,531 2,278 253 2,378 2,168 210 December 33 2,493 2,219 274 2,390 2,149 241 2016 March -132 2,093 1,865 228 2,809 2,449 360 June -36 2,527 2,289 238 2,352 2,078 274 September -32 2,577 2,357 220 2,375 2,123 252 December 48 2,235 1,965 270 2,471 2,249 222 2017 March -84 2,093 1,829 264 2,797 2,449 348 June -85 2,243 2,031 212 2,625 2,328 297 September -20 2,380 2,138 242 2,537 2,275 262 December -2 2,314 2,065 249 2,455 2,204 251 2018 March -116 2,093 1,804 289 2,910 2,505 405 June -70 2,213 1,998 215 2,488 2,203 285 September -29 2,254 2,010 244 2,481 2,208 273 December 10 2,216 1,961 255 2,425 2,180 245 2019 March -146 2,006 1,760 246 2,758 2,366 392 June -58 2,234 1,966 268 2,545 2,219 326 September -26 2,288 2,024 264 2,408 2,118 290 December 41 2,246 1,957 289 2,334 2,086 248 2020 March -259 1,933 1,700 233 2,942 2,450 492 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.