Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, seasonally adjusted Primary Metal 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 20 2,237 2,105 132 2,015 1,903 112 December -18 2,035 1,930 105 2,233 2,110 123 1993 March 8 2,260 2,122 138 2,004 1,874 130 June -38 2,284 2,191 93 1,900 1,769 131 September -9 2,294 2,186 108 1,942 1,825 117 December 13 2,276 2,161 115 1,885 1,783 102 1994 March 2 2,383 2,273 110 1,879 1,771 108 June -3 2,513 2,391 122 1,766 1,641 125 September -18 2,521 2,420 101 1,778 1,659 119 December 9 2,492 2,363 129 1,799 1,679 120 1995 March 35 2,472 2,328 144 1,858 1,749 109 June 9 2,297 2,178 119 2,042 1,932 110 September 22 2,196 2,066 130 2,154 2,046 108 December 36 2,238 2,120 118 2,046 1,964 82 1996 March -5 2,273 2,160 113 2,036 1,918 118 June 24 2,216 2,091 125 2,135 2,034 101 September 42 2,299 2,173 126 2,087 2,003 84 December 27 2,345 2,208 137 2,066 1,956 110 1997 March 22 2,437 2,308 129 1,990 1,883 107 June 18 2,374 2,242 132 2,035 1,921 114 September 31 2,479 2,327 152 2,011 1,890 121 December -6 2,479 2,344 135 1,996 1,855 141 1998 March 47 2,438 2,278 160 2,037 1,924 113 June 26 2,304 2,182 122 2,167 2,071 96 September -14 2,177 2,057 120 2,317 2,183 134 December 20 2,140 2,005 135 2,417 2,302 115 1999 March 20 2,193 2,044 149 2,349 2,220 129 June 18 2,196 2,054 142 2,322 2,198 124 September 20 2,396 2,236 160 2,221 2,081 140 December 0 2,444 2,310 134 2,111 1,977 134 2000 March 13 2,431 2,276 155 2,160 2,018 142 June 29 2,333 2,179 154 2,250 2,125 125 September -24 2,253 2,123 130 2,365 2,211 154 December -6 2,178 2,056 122 2,334 2,206 128 2001 March 13 1,865 1,722 143 2,695 2,565 130 June -8 1,794 1,665 129 2,821 2,684 137 September -9 1,888 1,740 148 2,637 2,480 157 December -37 1,713 1,583 130 2,863 2,696 167 2002 March -19 1,987 1,840 147 2,460 2,294 166 June -37 2,114 1,969 145 2,297 2,115 182 September -16 2,115 1,965 150 2,241 2,075 166 December -22 1,950 1,795 155 2,350 2,173 177 2003 March -24 1,835 1,704 131 2,433 2,278 155 June 7 1,776 1,631 145 2,469 2,331 138 September -39 1,908 1,779 129 2,260 2,092 168 December -46 2,136 2,012 124 2,048 1,878 170 2004 March 2 2,245 2,079 166 1,944 1,780 164 June 6 2,359 2,186 173 1,775 1,608 167 September -33 2,305 2,178 127 1,892 1,732 160 December 6 2,229 2,080 149 1,886 1,743 143 2005 March 5 2,071 1,927 144 2,037 1,898 139 June -4 1,987 1,867 120 2,075 1,951 124 September -8 2,050 1,920 130 2,019 1,881 138 December -4 2,238 2,104 134 1,887 1,749 138 2006 March -14 2,147 2,023 124 1,936 1,798 138 June 9 2,156 2,017 139 1,972 1,842 130 September -7 2,114 1,994 120 1,945 1,818 127 December 3 1,998 1,865 133 2,131 2,001 130 2007 March 21 2,005 1,868 137 2,054 1,938 116 June -2 2,002 1,862 140 2,124 1,982 142 September 36 1,976 1,823 153 2,063 1,946 117 December 21 2,081 1,943 138 2,053 1,936 117 2008 March -7 2,079 1,946 133 1,939 1,799 140 June -34 1,966 1,838 128 2,121 1,959 162 September 3 1,933 1,791 142 2,113 1,974 139 December -23 1,456 1,329 127 2,686 2,536 150 2009 March -49 968 840 128 3,080 2,903 177 June -77 1,235 1,109 126 2,810 2,607 203 September -61 1,799 1,658 141 2,087 1,885 202 December -18 1,796 1,644 152 1,972 1,802 170 2010 March -36 2,010 1,871 139 1,721 1,546 175 June -3 2,194 2,055 139 1,479 1,337 142 September -36 2,233 2,092 141 1,512 1,335 177 December 23 2,126 1,967 159 1,587 1,451 136 2011 March 6 2,137 2,008 129 1,499 1,376 123 June 2 2,141 2,006 135 1,490 1,357 133 September 21 2,112 1,982 130 1,548 1,439 109 December 21 2,021 1,877 144 1,610 1,487 123 2012 March -21 1,989 1,877 112 1,639 1,506 133 June -4 2,002 1,878 124 1,620 1,492 128 September 36 1,751 1,628 123 1,797 1,710 87 December -14 1,744 1,638 106 1,826 1,706 120 2013 March -21 1,765 1,669 96 1,748 1,631 117 June -1 1,799 1,671 128 1,768 1,639 129 September -8 1,725 1,604 121 1,811 1,682 129 December -3 1,786 1,670 116 1,722 1,603 119 2014 March -18 1,691 1,583 108 1,754 1,628 126 June 3 1,827 1,714 113 1,625 1,515 110 September -29 1,830 1,748 82 1,670 1,559 111 December -6 1,868 1,756 112 1,612 1,494 118 2015 March 29 1,762 1,632 130 1,756 1,655 101 June -12 1,636 1,529 107 1,862 1,743 119 September -17 1,499 1,407 92 1,918 1,809 109 December 5 1,585 1,452 133 1,903 1,775 128 2016 March -37 1,539 1,445 94 1,889 1,758 131 June -13 1,523 1,407 116 1,966 1,837 129 September -33 1,571 1,484 87 1,824 1,704 120 December 18 1,621 1,509 112 1,709 1,615 94 2017 March 17 1,749 1,628 121 1,615 1,511 104 June 0 1,799 1,703 96 1,564 1,468 96 September -18 1,775 1,680 95 1,639 1,526 113 December 9 1,941 1,823 118 1,430 1,321 109 2018 March -13 1,801 1,702 99 1,586 1,474 112 June -12 1,827 1,718 109 1,560 1,439 121 September -5 1,864 1,756 108 1,567 1,454 113 December -20 1,903 1,804 99 1,480 1,361 119 2019 March 4 1,745 1,629 116 1,613 1,501 112 June -19 1,613 1,496 117 1,810 1,674 136 September 1 1,551 1,436 115 1,801 1,687 114 December 12 1,623 1,502 121 1,789 1,680 109 2020 March -34 1,551 1,435 116 1,808 1,658 150 June -72 936 817 119 2,691 2,500 191 September 34 1,584 1,422 162 1,880 1,752 128 December 29 1,773 1,627 146 1,552 1,435 117 2021 March 34 1,829 1,673 156 1,503 1,381 122 June -4 1,657 1,514 143 1,704 1,557 147 September 29 1,921 1,755 166 1,566 1,429 137 December 27 2,075 1,917 158 1,346 1,215 131 2022 March -4 1,850 1,733 117 1,480 1,359 121 June -27 1,805 1,681 124 1,558 1,407 151 September 4 1,891 1,750 141 1,550 1,413 137 December 32 1,852 1,705 147 1,484 1,369 115 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.