Table 6. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, not seasonally adjusted Management of Companies and Enterprises 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 31 7,081 6,386 695 7,421 6,757 664 December 457 7,867 6,944 923 6,589 6,123 466 1993 March 80 7,527 6,469 1,058 7,989 7,011 978 June 197 8,752 7,968 784 6,507 5,920 587 September 154 7,796 7,056 740 7,414 6,828 586 December 392 8,483 7,652 831 6,854 6,415 439 1994 March -42 8,075 7,075 1,000 8,442 7,400 1,042 June 220 9,171 8,355 816 6,818 6,222 596 September 66 8,261 7,581 680 7,880 7,266 614 December 427 8,909 7,986 923 7,219 6,723 496 1995 March 51 8,470 7,392 1,078 8,917 7,890 1,027 June 227 9,615 8,788 827 6,947 6,347 600 September 66 8,185 7,473 712 8,371 7,725 646 December 511 9,078 8,053 1,025 7,564 7,050 514 1996 March 30 8,941 7,743 1,198 9,258 8,090 1,168 June 221 9,782 8,853 929 7,633 6,925 708 September 253 8,776 7,884 892 8,704 8,065 639 December 582 9,816 8,662 1,154 7,908 7,336 572 1997 March 112 9,305 7,997 1,308 9,594 8,398 1,196 June 258 10,529 9,551 978 7,673 6,953 720 September 239 9,211 8,272 939 8,987 8,287 700 December 489 10,222 9,046 1,176 8,422 7,735 687 1998 March 58 9,679 8,334 1,345 10,015 8,728 1,287 June 380 11,119 9,922 1,197 8,233 7,416 817 September 275 9,660 8,614 1,046 9,453 8,682 771 December 409 10,660 9,426 1,234 8,676 7,851 825 1999 March -250 9,984 8,498 1,486 10,991 9,255 1,736 June 34 11,114 9,925 1,189 8,973 7,818 1,155 September -99 9,658 8,558 1,100 10,322 9,123 1,199 December 593 11,191 9,687 1,504 8,881 7,970 911 2000 March -288 10,023 8,536 1,487 11,304 9,529 1,775 June 106 11,123 9,820 1,303 8,926 7,729 1,197 September 48 9,650 8,469 1,181 10,282 9,149 1,133 December 165 10,454 9,152 1,302 9,302 8,165 1,137 2001 March -617 9,877 8,372 1,505 11,409 9,287 2,122 June -110 10,295 9,143 1,152 9,172 7,910 1,262 September -219 8,533 7,434 1,099 10,608 9,290 1,318 December -588 9,362 8,205 1,157 9,918 8,173 1,745 2002 March -491 9,051 7,718 1,333 11,272 9,448 1,824 June -141 9,882 8,859 1,023 9,159 7,995 1,164 September -82 8,538 7,627 911 9,886 8,893 993 December 440 9,806 8,441 1,365 8,921 7,996 925 2003 March -441 8,925 7,662 1,263 11,358 9,654 1,704 June 69 10,155 9,041 1,114 8,901 7,856 1,045 September 105 8,747 7,714 1,033 10,128 9,200 928 December 427 9,922 8,614 1,308 9,049 8,168 881 2004 March 599 10,784 8,497 2,287 11,238 9,550 1,688 June -72 10,923 9,780 1,143 9,119 7,904 1,215 September -53 9,470 8,337 1,133 10,507 9,321 1,186 December 498 11,021 9,507 1,514 9,154 8,138 1,016 2005 March -252 10,391 8,826 1,565 11,657 9,840 1,817 June 89 11,688 10,384 1,304 9,265 8,050 1,215 September 45 10,253 8,979 1,274 10,771 9,542 1,229 December 689 11,496 9,823 1,673 9,454 8,470 984 2006 March -249 11,222 9,490 1,732 12,040 10,059 1,981 June 137 12,572 11,084 1,488 9,635 8,284 1,351 September 60 10,548 9,146 1,402 11,479 10,137 1,342 December 575 12,150 10,367 1,783 10,180 8,972 1,208 2007 March -306 11,686 9,775 1,911 12,875 10,658 2,217 June 230 12,883 11,252 1,631 10,399 8,998 1,401 September 104 11,074 9,465 1,609 12,163 10,658 1,505 December 682 12,850 10,788 2,062 10,618 9,238 1,380 2008 March -350 12,043 9,855 2,188 13,775 11,237 2,538 June -74 12,846 11,186 1,660 11,319 9,585 1,734 September -147 10,900 9,344 1,556 13,135 11,432 1,703 December 301 11,681 9,810 1,871 12,199 10,629 1,570 2009 March -760 10,410 8,366 2,044 15,755 12,951 2,804 June -189 11,072 9,609 1,463 12,347 10,695 1,652 September -479 9,427 8,163 1,264 13,458 11,715 1,743 December -203 11,545 9,738 1,807 11,912 9,902 2,010 2010 March -470 11,081 9,190 1,891 13,915 11,554 2,361 June 531 13,109 11,093 2,016 10,577 9,092 1,485 September -158 10,558 9,220 1,338 12,147 10,651 1,496 December 600 12,555 10,651 1,904 10,425 9,121 1,304 2011 March -316 11,919 9,974 1,945 13,347 11,086 2,261 June -22 13,191 11,640 1,551 10,719 9,146 1,573 September -28 11,418 9,954 1,464 12,162 10,670 1,492 December 535 12,743 10,814 1,929 11,014 9,620 1,394 2012 March -338 12,754 10,687 2,067 13,749 11,344 2,405 June 117 13,958 12,342 1,616 10,887 9,388 1,499 September 6 11,842 10,226 1,616 13,110 11,500 1,610 December 711 13,685 11,575 2,110 11,170 9,771 1,399 2013 March -392 13,126 10,947 2,179 14,574 12,003 2,571 June 115 14,675 12,945 1,730 11,532 9,917 1,615 September 2 12,317 10,682 1,635 13,591 11,958 1,633 December 565 14,095 12,089 2,006 11,810 10,369 1,441 2014 March -529 13,168 11,129 2,039 14,819 12,251 2,568 June -37 14,994 13,298 1,696 11,606 9,873 1,733 September -242 12,510 11,016 1,494 14,010 12,274 1,736 December 469 14,588 12,553 2,035 11,686 10,120 1,566 2015 March -626 13,439 11,255 2,184 15,506 12,696 2,810 June -61 15,339 13,550 1,789 11,887 10,037 1,850 September -116 12,808 11,082 1,726 14,392 12,550 1,842 December 664 14,929 12,592 2,337 12,360 10,687 1,673 2016 March -711 13,836 11,578 2,258 15,545 12,576 2,969 June 4 15,231 13,269 1,962 12,566 10,608 1,958 September 96 13,390 11,446 1,944 14,289 12,441 1,848 December 635 14,794 12,461 2,333 12,600 10,902 1,698 2017 March -384 14,228 11,736 2,492 15,713 12,837 2,876 June -41 15,670 13,631 2,039 12,815 10,735 2,080 September -91 12,826 10,868 1,958 15,273 13,224 2,049 December 498 14,957 12,588 2,369 12,885 11,014 1,871 2018 March -323 14,562 11,860 2,702 16,233 13,208 3,025 June 143 16,180 13,921 2,259 13,049 10,933 2,116 September -34 13,433 11,297 2,136 15,695 13,525 2,170 December 931 15,807 12,962 2,845 13,082 11,168 1,914 2019 March -523 15,003 12,118 2,885 16,693 13,285 3,408 June -3 16,417 14,016 2,401 13,619 11,215 2,404 September 182 13,940 11,491 2,449 15,652 13,385 2,267 December 1,205 16,262 13,044 3,218 13,553 11,540 2,013 2020 March -1,036 14,513 11,800 2,713 17,527 13,778 3,749 June -301 12,136 9,328 2,808 20,428 17,319 3,109 September 629 16,297 12,932 3,365 15,316 12,580 2,736 December 1,901 17,907 13,805 4,102 13,036 10,835 2,201 2021 March 1,026 17,174 12,554 4,620 16,714 13,120 3,594 June 1,075 18,824 14,900 3,924 14,321 11,472 2,849 September 457 17,179 13,481 3,698 16,762 13,521 3,241 December 1,959 20,389 15,834 4,555 14,014 11,418 2,596 2022 March -164 19,082 14,657 4,425 18,168 13,579 4,589 June 724 20,521 16,625 3,896 15,022 11,850 3,172 September 324 18,677 14,994 3,683 16,923 13,564 3,359 December 1,446 19,637 15,306 4,331 15,233 12,348 2,885 2023 March -683 18,223 14,316 3,907 18,641 14,051 4,590 June 183 19,421 15,939 3,482 15,480 12,181 3,299 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.