Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, seasonally adjusted District of Columbia Total private Establishments gaining jobs Establishments losing jobs Year 3 months ended Net change(1) Total Expanding Opening Total Contracting Closing establishments establishments establishments establishments 2000 March 425 6,042 4,614 1,428 5,518 4,515 1,003 June -116 5,952 4,718 1,234 5,663 4,313 1,350 September -111 6,016 4,875 1,141 5,499 4,247 1,252 December -60 5,959 4,826 1,133 5,533 4,340 1,193 2001 March 110 5,889 4,687 1,202 5,595 4,503 1,092 June -58 5,760 4,660 1,100 5,776 4,618 1,158 September -165 5,560 4,508 1,052 5,695 4,478 1,217 December 38 5,503 4,357 1,146 5,617 4,509 1,108 2002 March 37 5,590 4,463 1,127 5,527 4,437 1,090 June -37 5,301 4,273 1,028 5,474 4,409 1,065 September -28 5,281 4,281 1,000 5,379 4,351 1,028 December 39 5,389 4,303 1,086 5,454 4,407 1,047 2003 March 139 5,424 4,234 1,190 5,526 4,475 1,051 June -116 5,238 4,279 959 5,486 4,411 1,075 September 117 5,477 4,378 1,099 5,441 4,459 982 December 75 5,512 4,366 1,146 5,432 4,361 1,071 2004 March 28 5,659 4,580 1,079 5,456 4,405 1,051 June -106 5,478 4,443 1,035 5,599 4,458 1,141 September 28 5,602 4,458 1,144 5,466 4,350 1,116 December 221 5,659 4,499 1,160 5,334 4,395 939 2005 March 38 5,752 4,629 1,123 5,549 4,464 1,085 June -36 5,682 4,564 1,118 5,647 4,493 1,154 September 157 5,748 4,547 1,201 5,573 4,529 1,044 December 160 5,736 4,642 1,094 5,461 4,527 934 2006 March 67 5,360 4,276 1,084 5,326 4,309 1,017 June -127 5,847 4,739 1,108 5,943 4,708 1,235 September -9 5,839 4,665 1,174 5,826 4,643 1,183 December 81 5,882 4,706 1,176 5,618 4,523 1,095 2007 March 143 6,150 4,830 1,320 5,647 4,470 1,177 June -51 5,926 4,738 1,188 5,856 4,617 1,239 September -59 5,886 4,705 1,181 5,975 4,735 1,240 December 74 6,134 4,867 1,267 5,579 4,386 1,193 2008 March -21 5,854 4,703 1,151 5,795 4,623 1,172 June -142 5,646 4,636 1,010 5,790 4,638 1,152 September 133 5,957 4,674 1,283 5,740 4,590 1,150 December -338 5,477 4,393 1,084 6,281 4,859 1,422 2009 March -147 5,259 4,133 1,126 6,139 4,866 1,273 June -93 5,258 4,143 1,115 6,017 4,809 1,208 September 93 5,440 4,253 1,187 5,754 4,660 1,094 December 243 5,765 4,494 1,271 5,416 4,388 1,028 2010 March 9 5,299 4,195 1,104 5,658 4,563 1,095 June -78 5,675 4,603 1,072 5,641 4,491 1,150 September -387 5,615 4,535 1,080 5,904 4,437 1,467 December 220 5,953 4,608 1,345 5,527 4,402 1,125 2011 March 27 5,946 4,663 1,283 5,585 4,329 1,256 June 142 5,904 4,609 1,295 5,692 4,539 1,153 September 221 6,027 4,728 1,299 5,536 4,458 1,078 December 277 5,872 4,560 1,312 5,586 4,551 1,035 2012 March 164 6,200 4,931 1,269 5,626 4,521 1,105 June 89 5,986 4,734 1,252 5,804 4,641 1,163 September -63 6,060 4,720 1,340 6,031 4,628 1,403 December 168 6,021 4,595 1,426 5,815 4,557 1,258 2013 March 298 6,260 4,803 1,457 5,899 4,740 1,159 June 185 6,193 4,828 1,365 5,978 4,798 1,180 September 330 6,328 4,893 1,435 5,960 4,855 1,105 December 177 6,231 4,795 1,436 6,225 4,966 1,259 2014 March 314 6,490 4,945 1,545 6,060 4,829 1,231 June 47 6,521 5,185 1,336 6,090 4,801 1,289 September 480 6,737 5,294 1,443 5,962 4,999 963 December -630 6,390 5,286 1,104 6,685 4,951 1,734 2015 March -62 6,571 5,221 1,350 6,494 5,082 1,412 June -338 6,721 5,243 1,478 6,753 4,937 1,816 September 197 6,964 5,389 1,575 6,293 4,915 1,378 December 284 6,838 5,288 1,550 6,316 5,050 1,266 2016 March -94 6,496 5,101 1,395 6,632 5,143 1,489 June 160 6,763 5,203 1,560 6,628 5,228 1,400 September -22 6,760 5,280 1,480 6,647 5,145 1,502 December 268 6,515 4,928 1,587 6,720 5,401 1,319 2017 March 343 6,984 5,369 1,615 6,406 5,134 1,272 June 210 6,905 5,313 1,592 6,736 5,354 1,382 September 318 7,117 5,430 1,687 6,613 5,244 1,369 December 135 7,008 5,406 1,602 6,782 5,315 1,467 2018 March 299 7,231 5,562 1,669 6,773 5,403 1,370 June 146 7,195 5,528 1,667 7,074 5,553 1,521 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.