Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, seasonally adjusted Chemical Manufacturing 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 61 4,752 4,372 380 4,274 3,955 319 December 31 4,583 4,229 354 4,462 4,139 323 1993 March 32 4,779 4,343 436 4,341 3,937 404 June 41 4,806 4,402 404 4,211 3,848 363 September 27 4,905 4,542 363 4,213 3,877 336 December 16 4,525 4,198 327 4,508 4,197 311 1994 March 29 4,705 4,323 382 4,416 4,063 353 June 34 4,826 4,474 352 4,315 3,997 318 September 78 5,000 4,603 397 4,315 3,996 319 December 25 4,784 4,406 378 4,569 4,216 353 1995 March 29 4,902 4,528 374 4,364 4,019 345 June 159 4,958 4,495 463 4,426 4,122 304 September 3 4,757 4,401 356 4,664 4,311 353 December 83 4,801 4,396 405 4,611 4,289 322 1996 March 17 4,899 4,503 396 4,496 4,117 379 June 49 4,825 4,411 414 4,703 4,338 365 September 86 5,028 4,599 429 4,582 4,239 343 December -4 5,003 4,605 398 4,683 4,281 402 1997 March 12 5,056 4,666 390 4,466 4,088 378 June -32 5,034 4,668 366 4,504 4,106 398 September 50 5,110 4,691 419 4,620 4,251 369 December 31 5,167 4,741 426 4,695 4,300 395 1998 March 61 5,116 4,660 456 4,693 4,298 395 June 59 5,031 4,577 454 4,632 4,237 395 September 44 4,855 4,416 439 4,990 4,595 395 December 8 4,895 4,480 415 4,963 4,556 407 1999 March 60 4,883 4,433 450 4,897 4,507 390 June -2 4,930 4,488 442 4,960 4,516 444 September -31 4,858 4,454 404 4,910 4,475 435 December 53 5,181 4,718 463 4,833 4,423 410 2000 March 105 5,108 4,603 505 4,898 4,498 400 June 22 4,829 4,434 395 5,005 4,632 373 September -65 4,788 4,389 399 5,118 4,654 464 December -23 4,842 4,438 404 5,082 4,655 427 2001 March 2 4,712 4,263 449 5,269 4,822 447 June -52 4,416 4,011 405 5,565 5,108 457 September -136 4,501 4,099 402 5,348 4,810 538 December -79 4,360 3,952 408 5,424 4,937 487 2002 March 10 4,430 4,026 404 4,992 4,598 394 June -9 4,298 3,882 416 5,071 4,646 425 September -8 4,615 4,226 389 4,648 4,251 397 December -20 4,379 3,999 380 4,901 4,501 400 2003 March -85 4,458 4,107 351 4,777 4,341 436 June 1 4,153 3,773 380 4,961 4,582 379 September -12 4,372 4,014 358 4,673 4,303 370 December -22 4,224 3,878 346 4,829 4,461 368 2004 March 30 4,508 4,116 392 4,606 4,244 362 June -13 4,393 4,016 377 4,662 4,272 390 September -19 4,557 4,149 408 4,668 4,241 427 December 38 4,627 4,206 421 4,616 4,233 383 2005 March -50 4,416 4,049 367 4,719 4,302 417 June 15 4,518 4,108 410 4,646 4,251 395 September 50 4,492 4,089 403 4,641 4,288 353 December -27 4,497 4,109 388 4,700 4,285 415 2006 March -32 4,580 4,232 348 4,460 4,080 380 June 11 4,602 4,185 417 4,616 4,210 406 September 19 4,584 4,163 421 4,701 4,299 402 December 29 4,602 4,200 402 4,607 4,234 373 2007 March 27 4,782 4,379 403 4,540 4,164 376 June -43 4,703 4,323 380 4,700 4,277 423 September 97 4,690 4,244 446 4,684 4,335 349 December 25 4,804 4,383 421 4,628 4,232 396 2008 March -17 4,611 4,211 400 4,715 4,298 417 June 15 4,498 4,064 434 4,861 4,442 419 September -17 4,499 4,081 418 4,874 4,439 435 December -62 4,138 3,719 419 5,357 4,876 481 2009 March -91 3,407 3,044 363 5,835 5,381 454 June -114 3,568 3,191 377 5,607 5,116 491 September -91 3,972 3,602 370 4,774 4,313 461 December 61 4,407 3,939 468 4,338 3,931 407 2010 March -5 4,232 3,837 395 4,364 3,964 400 June -9 4,544 4,155 389 4,135 3,737 398 September -45 4,546 4,160 386 4,223 3,792 431 December 44 4,581 4,117 464 4,047 3,627 420 2011 March 45 4,650 4,195 455 4,170 3,760 410 June -11 4,639 4,185 454 4,168 3,703 465 September 82 4,731 4,265 466 4,160 3,776 384 December -17 4,516 4,109 407 4,313 3,889 424 2012 March 13 4,583 4,174 409 4,210 3,814 396 June 23 4,749 4,327 422 4,062 3,663 399 September -33 4,393 4,029 364 4,376 3,979 397 December 37 4,619 4,180 439 4,109 3,707 402 2013 March 61 4,582 4,107 475 4,292 3,878 414 June 80 4,672 4,239 433 4,191 3,838 353 September -4 4,530 4,136 394 4,377 3,979 398 December 62 4,754 4,299 455 4,201 3,808 393 2014 March 43 4,517 4,107 410 4,327 3,960 367 June -35 4,795 4,386 409 4,189 3,745 444 September 35 4,720 4,284 436 4,379 3,978 401 December 6 4,815 4,386 429 4,247 3,824 423 2015 March 8 4,541 4,113 428 4,516 4,096 420 June -42 4,758 4,323 435 4,404 3,927 477 September -27 4,714 4,266 448 4,563 4,088 475 December 73 4,774 4,278 496 4,469 4,046 423 2016 March -23 4,764 4,309 455 4,590 4,112 478 June -16 4,790 4,284 506 4,706 4,184 522 September 30 4,830 4,319 511 4,571 4,090 481 December 22 4,890 4,392 498 4,518 4,042 476 2017 March 132 5,014 4,431 583 4,683 4,232 451 June -24 4,991 4,504 487 4,718 4,207 511 September -19 4,949 4,438 511 4,872 4,342 530 December -18 5,206 4,731 475 4,497 4,004 493 2018 March -2 4,956 4,481 475 4,681 4,204 477 June -10 5,199 4,711 488 4,750 4,252 498 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.