Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, seasonally adjusted Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods 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 503 53,789 44,702 9,087 50,840 42,256 8,584 December 1,141 53,989 44,885 9,104 49,995 42,032 7,963 1993 March 1,743 56,427 46,725 9,702 49,203 41,244 7,959 June 668 55,583 46,808 8,775 49,534 41,427 8,107 September 2,083 57,817 48,212 9,605 48,964 41,442 7,522 December 607 56,760 48,363 8,397 49,763 41,973 7,790 1994 March 1,156 58,280 49,224 9,056 49,814 41,914 7,900 June 1,393 59,912 50,329 9,583 48,802 40,612 8,190 September 1,901 61,798 52,093 9,705 49,370 41,566 7,804 December 925 59,994 51,075 8,919 51,194 43,200 7,994 1995 March 1,864 62,387 52,976 9,411 49,783 42,236 7,547 June 933 59,475 50,382 9,093 52,489 44,329 8,160 September 1,181 60,681 51,028 9,653 53,275 44,803 8,472 December 1,024 60,301 50,766 9,535 53,987 45,476 8,511 1996 March 1,386 62,503 52,354 10,149 53,141 44,378 8,763 June 1,023 61,463 51,462 10,001 54,921 45,943 8,978 September 1,717 62,383 51,827 10,556 55,212 46,373 8,839 December 1,467 63,234 53,086 10,148 54,637 45,956 8,681 1997 March 1,917 64,631 54,128 10,503 53,800 45,214 8,586 June 528 63,555 53,625 9,930 55,779 46,377 9,402 September 816 64,418 54,445 9,973 56,029 46,872 9,157 December -323 64,505 54,653 9,852 57,373 47,198 10,175 1998 March 1,449 65,407 54,383 11,024 56,342 46,767 9,575 June 2,494 64,943 53,568 11,375 56,859 47,978 8,881 September 206 63,291 53,234 10,057 59,558 49,707 9,851 December -490 62,841 53,070 9,771 60,294 50,033 10,261 1999 March 437 64,090 53,808 10,282 58,515 48,670 9,845 June -301 63,702 53,484 10,218 60,674 50,155 10,519 September -499 64,439 54,367 10,072 60,095 49,524 10,571 December 193 65,707 55,725 9,982 57,945 48,156 9,789 2000 March 1,586 66,874 55,909 10,965 58,742 49,363 9,379 June 811 64,939 54,651 10,288 60,582 51,105 9,477 September 473 64,045 53,703 10,342 61,360 51,491 9,869 December -488 64,019 54,448 9,571 61,540 51,481 10,059 2001 March 264 62,690 52,365 10,325 62,416 52,355 10,061 June -697 59,041 48,868 10,173 67,070 56,200 10,870 September -1,269 57,153 46,971 10,182 66,553 55,102 11,451 December -1,713 54,524 45,220 9,304 67,751 56,734 11,017 2002 March -759 56,743 47,335 9,408 62,310 52,143 10,167 June -731 57,107 47,594 9,513 61,654 51,410 10,244 September -1,289 55,991 47,105 8,886 60,236 50,061 10,175 December -1,499 55,513 46,824 8,689 60,499 50,311 10,188 2003 March -1,334 54,176 45,622 8,554 59,604 49,716 9,888 June -1,390 54,019 45,837 8,182 59,313 49,741 9,572 September -1,246 55,055 46,844 8,211 56,555 47,098 9,457 December -823 56,021 47,735 8,286 55,326 46,217 9,109 2004 March -345 57,628 49,143 8,485 54,384 45,554 8,830 June -503 57,951 49,551 8,400 53,519 44,616 8,903 September -1,139 57,730 49,305 8,425 54,324 44,760 9,564 December 85 58,573 49,744 8,829 53,632 44,888 8,744 2005 March -487 57,439 48,958 8,481 54,360 45,392 8,968 June -112 58,391 49,632 8,759 53,989 45,118 8,871 September 143 58,797 50,140 8,657 53,815 45,301 8,514 December -78 58,094 49,754 8,340 54,600 46,182 8,418 2006 March -450 59,851 51,755 8,096 52,512 43,966 8,546 June 455 58,591 50,236 8,355 53,191 45,291 7,900 September -365 57,148 49,080 8,068 54,677 46,244 8,433 December -93 57,573 49,164 8,409 54,908 46,406 8,502 2007 March 87 57,781 49,290 8,491 54,847 46,443 8,404 June -496 56,723 48,715 8,008 55,687 47,183 8,504 September 203 56,139 47,573 8,566 56,009 47,646 8,363 December 299 56,920 48,292 8,628 55,686 47,357 8,329 2008 March -440 54,132 45,942 8,190 57,010 48,380 8,630 June -779 53,258 45,043 8,215 57,907 48,913 8,994 September -783 51,258 43,429 7,829 57,110 48,498 8,612 December -1,623 45,937 38,022 7,915 64,828 55,290 9,538 2009 March -2,505 39,306 31,830 7,476 69,734 59,753 9,981 June -2,112 41,057 33,559 7,498 66,369 56,759 9,610 September -2,733 42,823 35,845 6,978 56,837 47,126 9,711 December -527 45,992 37,615 8,377 54,174 45,270 8,904 2010 March -1,086 46,025 38,171 7,854 52,429 43,489 8,940 June -122 51,029 42,980 8,049 47,609 39,438 8,171 September -258 50,561 42,565 7,996 47,595 39,341 8,254 December 617 51,495 42,879 8,616 47,549 39,550 7,999 2011 March -754 50,602 42,988 7,614 47,892 39,524 8,368 June -273 53,050 44,962 8,088 46,253 37,892 8,361 September 728 53,943 45,615 8,328 46,594 38,994 7,600 December 273 51,719 43,525 8,194 47,420 39,499 7,921 2012 March -432 52,805 44,978 7,827 47,468 39,209 8,259 June 162 52,592 44,770 7,822 47,198 39,538 7,660 September -46 50,081 42,381 7,700 48,892 41,146 7,746 December 388 51,143 43,084 8,059 47,961 40,290 7,671 2013 March -934 50,758 43,427 7,331 49,236 40,971 8,265 June -81 52,004 44,427 7,577 48,171 40,513 7,658 September -75 51,439 43,837 7,602 48,181 40,504 7,677 December 40 52,213 44,366 7,847 47,868 40,061 7,807 2014 March -1,270 50,657 43,863 6,794 48,479 40,415 8,064 June -859 52,813 45,903 6,910 47,249 39,480 7,769 September -691 52,040 45,155 6,885 47,995 40,419 7,576 December -319 53,240 45,886 7,354 47,446 39,773 7,673 2015 March -756 50,163 43,016 7,147 50,877 42,974 7,903 June -557 51,282 44,199 7,083 50,114 42,474 7,640 September -789 50,105 43,121 6,984 50,927 43,154 7,773 December -102 51,828 43,833 7,995 51,393 43,296 8,097 2016 March -1,149 49,178 41,939 7,239 51,785 43,397 8,388 June -1,140 49,624 42,216 7,408 52,128 43,580 8,548 September -185 50,998 43,295 7,703 50,060 42,172 7,888 December -323 50,184 42,576 7,608 49,523 41,592 7,931 2017 March -59 51,846 44,022 7,824 48,236 40,353 7,883 June -107 52,269 44,353 7,916 50,007 41,984 8,023 September -217 52,148 44,172 7,976 50,255 42,062 8,193 December -199 53,635 45,349 8,286 48,585 40,100 8,485 2018 March 66 57,037 48,152 8,885 51,891 43,072 8,819 June -379 56,872 47,867 9,005 53,775 44,391 9,384 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.