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 6,487 4,941 1,546 6,067 4,835 1,232 June 65 6,534 5,191 1,343 6,080 4,802 1,278 September 476 6,727 5,286 1,441 5,962 4,997 965 December -651 6,394 5,295 1,099 6,698 4,948 1,750 2015 March -53 6,579 5,230 1,349 6,480 5,078 1,402 June -311 6,724 5,242 1,482 6,727 4,934 1,793 September 185 6,943 5,369 1,574 6,307 4,918 1,389 December 261 6,842 5,299 1,543 6,333 5,051 1,282 2016 March -85 6,504 5,106 1,398 6,630 5,147 1,483 June 179 6,770 5,205 1,565 6,600 5,214 1,386 September -29 6,729 5,253 1,476 6,670 5,165 1,505 December 243 6,524 4,944 1,580 6,728 5,391 1,337 2017 March 351 7,003 5,383 1,620 6,400 5,131 1,269 June 220 6,909 5,315 1,594 6,708 5,334 1,374 September 306 7,070 5,394 1,676 6,641 5,271 1,370 December 112 7,019 5,425 1,594 6,782 5,300 1,482 2018 March 267 7,247 5,575 1,672 6,800 5,395 1,405 June 159 7,205 5,528 1,677 7,047 5,529 1,518 September 208 7,404 5,655 1,749 7,149 5,608 1,541 December 191 7,192 5,454 1,738 7,178 5,631 1,547 2019 March 130 7,346 5,648 1,698 7,104 5,536 1,568 June 138 7,416 5,705 1,711 7,387 5,814 1,573 September 308 7,831 5,968 1,863 7,068 5,513 1,555 December 220 7,525 5,696 1,829 7,203 5,594 1,609 2020 March 81 7,191 5,407 1,784 7,659 5,956 1,703 June -922 5,326 3,688 1,638 10,802 8,242 2,560 September 764 8,062 5,699 2,363 6,524 4,925 1,599 December 212 7,038 5,033 2,005 7,372 5,579 1,793 2021 March 341 7,491 5,410 2,081 7,028 5,288 1,740 June 685 8,139 5,749 2,390 7,017 5,312 1,705 September 645 9,216 6,629 2,587 7,120 5,178 1,942 December 573 8,750 6,251 2,499 7,403 5,477 1,926 2022 March 653 8,596 6,132 2,464 7,515 5,704 1,811 June -68 8,438 5,943 2,495 8,534 5,971 2,563 September 1,294 9,742 6,620 3,122 7,276 5,448 1,828 December 31 7,969 5,744 2,225 8,211 6,017 2,194 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.