Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, seasonally adjusted Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component 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 -10 2,668 2,466 202 2,433 2,221 212 December 34 2,582 2,375 207 2,418 2,245 173 1993 March 8 2,601 2,397 204 2,417 2,221 196 June -4 2,563 2,360 203 2,366 2,159 207 September 16 2,718 2,513 205 2,332 2,143 189 December 34 2,710 2,513 197 2,318 2,155 163 1994 March 3 2,665 2,465 200 2,378 2,181 197 June 35 2,771 2,550 221 2,241 2,055 186 September 37 2,831 2,613 218 2,274 2,093 181 December 15 2,802 2,595 207 2,299 2,107 192 1995 March 38 2,892 2,671 221 2,268 2,085 183 June -8 2,622 2,422 200 2,521 2,313 208 September 2 2,671 2,470 201 2,484 2,285 199 December 46 2,795 2,557 238 2,441 2,249 192 1996 March 11 2,656 2,458 198 2,492 2,305 187 June 7 2,570 2,376 194 2,561 2,374 187 September 29 2,742 2,532 210 2,450 2,269 181 December 32 2,779 2,564 215 2,421 2,238 183 1997 March 54 2,817 2,596 221 2,403 2,236 167 June 27 2,762 2,555 207 2,433 2,253 180 September -23 2,802 2,602 200 2,489 2,266 223 December 15 2,927 2,714 213 2,393 2,195 198 1998 March 48 2,843 2,581 262 2,543 2,329 214 June 60 2,758 2,506 252 2,578 2,386 192 September 33 2,718 2,482 236 2,699 2,496 203 December -14 2,596 2,390 206 2,738 2,518 220 1999 March -7 2,525 2,288 237 2,764 2,520 244 June -2 2,617 2,389 228 2,625 2,395 230 September 7 2,762 2,514 248 2,589 2,348 241 December -17 2,746 2,520 226 2,600 2,357 243 2000 March 6 2,807 2,574 233 2,476 2,249 227 June -36 2,709 2,503 206 2,555 2,313 242 September -39 2,653 2,449 204 2,590 2,347 243 December -21 2,594 2,375 219 2,669 2,429 240 2001 March 11 2,429 2,178 251 2,833 2,593 240 June 7 2,075 1,834 241 3,166 2,932 234 September -60 2,081 1,872 209 3,043 2,774 269 December -54 1,979 1,760 219 3,254 2,981 273 2002 March -57 2,027 1,811 216 2,879 2,606 273 June -35 2,061 1,822 239 2,856 2,582 274 September -57 2,157 1,954 203 2,676 2,416 260 December -10 2,050 1,843 207 2,758 2,541 217 2003 March -51 1,986 1,805 181 2,669 2,437 232 June -29 1,953 1,763 190 2,735 2,516 219 September -18 2,079 1,889 190 2,517 2,309 208 December -51 2,233 2,039 194 2,407 2,162 245 2004 March -42 2,346 2,151 195 2,271 2,034 237 June -10 2,364 2,159 205 2,159 1,944 215 September -38 2,292 2,115 177 2,216 2,001 215 December 7 2,281 2,078 203 2,243 2,047 196 2005 March -17 2,169 1,982 187 2,277 2,073 204 June 21 2,174 1,983 191 2,245 2,075 170 September -6 2,327 2,129 198 2,196 1,992 204 December -15 2,298 2,125 173 2,160 1,972 188 2006 March -3 2,404 2,215 189 2,082 1,890 192 June 5 2,316 2,140 176 2,083 1,912 171 September -10 2,285 2,112 173 2,173 1,990 183 December -4 2,267 2,075 192 2,209 2,013 196 2007 March -10 2,268 2,089 179 2,187 1,998 189 June -36 2,304 2,110 194 2,237 2,007 230 September 54 2,269 2,044 225 2,191 2,020 171 December 16 2,297 2,084 213 2,157 1,960 197 2008 March 31 2,293 2,076 217 2,201 2,015 186 June -24 2,234 2,038 196 2,266 2,046 220 September -10 2,122 1,930 192 2,273 2,071 202 December -22 1,865 1,662 203 2,623 2,398 225 2009 March -96 1,332 1,172 160 3,059 2,803 256 June -30 1,495 1,274 221 2,953 2,702 251 September -55 1,715 1,518 197 2,469 2,217 252 December -42 1,889 1,675 214 2,326 2,070 256 2010 March -8 1,997 1,783 214 2,145 1,923 222 June -31 2,171 1,974 197 1,903 1,675 228 September 31 2,274 2,051 223 1,864 1,672 192 December 11 2,200 1,993 207 1,834 1,638 196 2011 March 12 2,328 2,117 211 1,854 1,655 199 June -15 2,373 2,179 194 1,792 1,583 209 September 69 2,298 2,057 241 1,921 1,749 172 December -16 2,116 1,924 192 1,995 1,787 208 2012 March 18 2,231 2,032 199 1,889 1,708 181 June 1 2,187 2,003 184 1,969 1,786 183 September 20 2,051 1,845 206 2,110 1,924 186 December -4 2,004 1,801 203 2,124 1,917 207 2013 March -1 2,042 1,842 200 2,079 1,878 201 June 32 2,156 1,928 228 2,043 1,847 196 September -5 2,024 1,803 221 2,150 1,924 226 December 28 2,174 1,947 227 2,002 1,803 199 2014 March 6 2,088 1,883 205 2,001 1,802 199 June 19 2,198 1,976 222 1,963 1,760 203 September -8 2,104 1,898 206 2,078 1,864 214 December 37 2,199 1,985 214 2,016 1,839 177 2015 March -12 2,075 1,871 204 2,126 1,910 216 June -8 2,143 1,913 230 2,145 1,907 238 September -44 1,962 1,787 175 2,254 2,035 219 December 5 2,014 1,778 236 2,291 2,060 231 2016 March -8 2,090 1,881 209 2,158 1,941 217 June -19 2,047 1,803 244 2,314 2,051 263 September 55 2,052 1,773 279 2,256 2,032 224 December -22 2,052 1,841 211 2,166 1,933 233 2017 March 17 2,172 1,941 231 2,069 1,855 214 June -33 2,249 2,033 216 2,112 1,863 249 September 9 2,127 1,892 235 2,194 1,968 226 December -2 2,278 2,028 250 2,074 1,822 252 2018 March 27 2,314 2,074 240 2,016 1,803 213 June -51 2,309 2,104 205 2,055 1,799 256 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.