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Number of establishments with job gains and job losses, first quarter 2005 – first quarter 2015, seasonally adjusted
Quarter
Establishments with job gains
Establishments with expansions
Establishments with openings
Establishments with job losses
Establishments with contractions
Establishments with closings
Q1 2005
1,911,000
1,513,000
398,000
1,884,000
1,510,000
374,000
Q2 2005
1,932,000
1,530,000
402,000
1,870,000
1,501,000
369,000
Q3 2005
1,973,000
1,560,000
413,000
1,860,000
1,495,000
365,000
Q4 2005
1,953,000
1,548,000
405,000
1,901,000
1,535,000
366,000
Q1 2006
2,003,000
1,594,000
409,000
1,874,000
1,502,000
372,000
Q2 2006
1,958,000
1,557,000
401,000
1,937,000
1,559,000
378,000
Q3 2006
1,933,000
1,539,000
394,000
1,955,000
1,563,000
392,000
Q4 2006
1,979,000
1,563,000
416,000
1,939,000
1,550,000
389,000
Q1 2007
2,005,000
1,587,000
418,000
1,935,000
1,547,000
388,000
Q2 2007
1,959,000
1,559,000
400,000
1,994,000
1,590,000
404,000
Q3 2007
1,948,000
1,531,000
417,000
2,005,000
1,597,000
408,000
Q4 2007
1,990,000
1,563,000
427,000
1,980,000
1,583,000
397,000
Q1 2008
1,931,000
1,523,000
408,000
2,019,000
1,599,000
420,000
Q2 2008
1,892,000
1,484,000
408,000
2,087,000
1,647,000
440,000
Q3 2008
1,856,000
1,450,000
406,000
2,042,000
1,623,000
419,000
Q4 2008
1,789,000
1,378,000
411,000
2,153,000
1,701,000
452,000
Q1 2009
1,665,000
1,278,000
387,000
2,166,000
1,713,000
453,000
Q2 2009
1,733,000
1,336,000
397,000
2,071,000
1,634,000
437,000
Q3 2009
1,727,000
1,341,000
386,000
1,968,000
1,532,000
436,000
Q4 2009
1,795,000
1,373,000
422,000
1,920,000
1,504,000
416,000
Q1 2010
1,750,000
1,368,000
382,000
1,913,000
1,490,000
423,000
Q2 2010
1,843,000
1,448,000
395,000
1,826,000
1,423,000
403,000
Q3 2010
1,838,000
1,429,000
409,000
1,838,000
1,435,000
403,000
Q4 2010
1,883,000
1,453,000
430,000
1,830,000
1,430,000
400,000
Q1 2011
1,842,000
1,446,000
396,000
1,843,000
1,441,000
402,000
Q2 2011
1,878,000
1,466,000
412,000
1,830,000
1,418,000
412,000
Q3 2011
1,908,000
1,497,000
411,000
1,818,000
1,431,000
387,000
Q4 2011
1,877,000
1,463,000
414,000
1,842,000
1,449,000
393,000
Q1 2012
1,974,000
1,522,000
452,000
1,802,000
1,426,000
376,000
Q2 2012
1,893,000
1,498,000
395,000
1,817,000
1,453,000
364,000
Q3 2012
1,859,000
1,478,000
381,000
1,846,000
1,477,000
369,000
Q4 2012
1,923,000
1,512,000
411,000
1,785,000
1,440,000
345,000
Q1 2013
1,906,000
1,533,000
373,000
1,849,000
1,469,000
380,000
Q2 2013
1,924,000
1,535,000
389,000
1,852,000
1,469,000
383,000
Q3 2013
1,930,000
1,535,000
395,000
1,841,000
1,482,000
359,000
Q4 2013
1,955,000
1,552,000
403,000
1,848,000
1,486,000
362,000
Q1 2014
1,945,000
1,557,000
388,000
1,881,000
1,504,000
377,000
Q2 2014
1,976,000
1,587,000
389,000
1,877,000
1,503,000
374,000
Q3 2014
1,961,000
1,566,000
395,000
1,878,000
1,519,000
359,000
Q4 2014
2,018,000
1,609,000
409,000
1,864,000
1,492,000
372,000
Q1 2015
1,966,000
1,569,000
397,000
1,919,000
1,541,000
378,000
Of the 2.0 million establishments with job gains, 1.6 million expanded and 400,000 were new establishments. Of the 1.9 million establishments with job losses, 1.5 million were getting smaller and 400,000 establishments closed.
These data are from the Business Employment Dynamics program. To learn more, see "Business Employment Dynamics — First Quarter 2015" (HTML) (PDF) and the Business Employment Dynamics database.
United States Department of Labor
