Table 3. Number of private sector establishments by direction and size of employment change, seasonally adjusted 1 to 4 Jobs (In thousands) 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 15 1,311 1,074 237 1,274 1,052 222 December 0 1,295 1,068 227 1,283 1,056 227 1993 March 21 1,318 1,074 244 1,279 1,056 223 June 25 1,356 1,109 247 1,259 1,037 222 September 37 1,372 1,124 248 1,269 1,058 211 December 2 1,349 1,123 226 1,297 1,073 224 1994 March 9 1,347 1,112 235 1,312 1,086 226 June 32 1,406 1,146 260 1,296 1,068 228 September 33 1,422 1,167 255 1,310 1,088 222 December -8 1,380 1,146 234 1,355 1,113 242 1995 March 27 1,409 1,158 251 1,336 1,112 224 June 23 1,402 1,148 254 1,356 1,125 231 September 9 1,422 1,172 250 1,367 1,126 241 December 0 1,407 1,160 247 1,383 1,136 247 1996 March 28 1,437 1,170 267 1,366 1,127 239 June 25 1,440 1,175 265 1,379 1,139 240 September 17 1,451 1,186 265 1,396 1,148 248 December 18 1,463 1,196 267 1,396 1,147 249 1997 March 29 1,487 1,215 272 1,385 1,142 243 June 29 1,481 1,204 277 1,420 1,172 248 September 21 1,498 1,224 274 1,416 1,163 253 December -10 1,478 1,216 262 1,446 1,174 272 1998 March 32 1,499 1,208 291 1,425 1,166 259 June 66 1,527 1,221 306 1,407 1,167 240 September 15 1,503 1,227 276 1,453 1,192 261 December 7 1,515 1,247 268 1,440 1,179 261 1999 March 18 1,509 1,230 279 1,450 1,189 261 June 0 1,516 1,231 285 1,484 1,199 285 September -6 1,525 1,240 285 1,494 1,203 291 December 38 1,570 1,263 307 1,457 1,188 269 2000 March 32 1,554 1,252 302 1,485 1,215 270 June 13 1,539 1,249 290 1,511 1,234 277 September 13 1,551 1,247 304 1,522 1,231 291 December 2 1,534 1,244 290 1,523 1,235 288 2001 March 18 1,546 1,244 302 1,500 1,216 284 June 5 1,514 1,223 291 1,536 1,250 286 September -15 1,484 1,191 293 1,572 1,264 308 December 6 1,484 1,192 292 1,539 1,253 286 2002 March 13 1,502 1,204 298 1,507 1,222 285 June 16 1,516 1,212 304 1,526 1,238 288 September 20 1,523 1,219 304 1,516 1,232 284 December 8 1,514 1,214 300 1,534 1,242 292 2003 March 13 1,492 1,187 305 1,546 1,254 292 June 17 1,523 1,222 301 1,515 1,231 284 September 14 1,538 1,235 303 1,518 1,229 289 December 21 1,543 1,236 307 1,516 1,230 286 2004 March 23 1,566 1,253 313 1,518 1,228 290 June 12 1,562 1,257 305 1,526 1,233 293 September 13 1,566 1,249 317 1,546 1,242 304 December 33 1,599 1,272 327 1,538 1,244 294 2005 March 18 1,585 1,258 327 1,577 1,268 309 June 30 1,609 1,276 333 1,563 1,260 303 September 40 1,638 1,297 341 1,556 1,255 301 December 32 1,626 1,288 338 1,598 1,292 306 2006 March 30 1,661 1,321 340 1,577 1,267 310 June 14 1,630 1,301 329 1,619 1,304 315 September -1 1,618 1,288 330 1,639 1,308 331 December 22 1,650 1,299 351 1,636 1,307 329 2007 March 24 1,675 1,323 352 1,628 1,300 328 June -8 1,633 1,301 332 1,674 1,334 340 September 5 1,634 1,284 350 1,683 1,338 345 December 24 1,664 1,304 360 1,670 1,334 336 2008 March -11 1,623 1,279 344 1,698 1,343 355 June -31 1,589 1,249 340 1,747 1,376 371 September -9 1,569 1,222 347 1,711 1,355 356 December -37 1,510 1,161 349 1,792 1,406 386 2009 March -53 1,421 1,088 333 1,793 1,407 386 June -35 1,472 1,135 337 1,730 1,358 372 September -40 1,472 1,139 333 1,664 1,291 373 December 0 1,523 1,163 360 1,634 1,274 360 2010 March -36 1,485 1,157 328 1,634 1,270 364 June -9 1,559 1,220 339 1,568 1,220 348 September 11 1,564 1,208 356 1,572 1,227 345 December 21 1,595 1,229 366 1,569 1,224 345 2011 March -5 1,567 1,226 341 1,584 1,238 346 June -5 1,589 1,237 352 1,574 1,217 357 September 12 1,614 1,266 348 1,558 1,222 336 December 12 1,590 1,239 351 1,581 1,242 339 2012 March 68 1,679 1,285 394 1,550 1,224 326 June 29 1,606 1,269 337 1,552 1,244 308 September 5 1,578 1,257 321 1,576 1,260 316 December 57 1,627 1,279 348 1,526 1,235 291 2013 March -12 1,610 1,296 314 1,581 1,255 326 June 3 1,632 1,299 333 1,586 1,256 330 September 26 1,643 1,310 333 1,572 1,265 307 December 36 1,655 1,312 343 1,584 1,277 307 2014 March 7 1,653 1,322 331 1,609 1,285 324 June 9 1,666 1,337 329 1,609 1,289 320 September 33 1,672 1,333 339 1,602 1,296 306 December 36 1,707 1,357 350 1,601 1,287 314 2015 March 8 1,687 1,340 347 1,659 1,320 339 June 13 1,696 1,355 341 1,645 1,317 328 September 28 1,699 1,350 349 1,647 1,326 321 December 56 1,758 1,377 381 1,649 1,324 325 2016 March 19 1,727 1,372 355 1,664 1,328 336 June -5 1,685 1,342 343 1,728 1,380 348 September 21 1,734 1,374 360 1,680 1,341 339 December 33 1,755 1,374 381 1,709 1,361 348 2017 March 33 1,780 1,408 372 1,682 1,343 339 June 6 1,723 1,368 355 1,743 1,394 349 September 4 1,701 1,342 359 1,759 1,404 355 December 52 1,800 1,405 395 1,692 1,349 343 2018 March 32 1,791 1,414 377 1,708 1,363 345 June 30 1,756 1,379 377 1,767 1,420 347 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.