Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, seasonally adjusted Forestry and Logging 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 -149 3,773 2,922 851 4,059 3,059 1,000 December -42 3,944 3,031 913 3,958 3,003 955 1993 March -5 4,162 3,155 1,007 3,855 2,843 1,012 June 281 4,428 3,315 1,113 3,557 2,725 832 September 83 4,236 3,237 999 3,821 2,905 916 December 32 4,231 3,230 1,001 4,071 3,102 969 1994 March 125 4,279 3,196 1,083 4,042 3,084 958 June 132 4,153 3,095 1,058 4,141 3,215 926 September -134 4,153 3,222 931 4,183 3,118 1,065 December -151 4,021 3,047 974 4,345 3,220 1,125 1995 March 159 4,375 3,333 1,042 3,758 2,875 883 June 18 4,311 3,282 1,029 4,025 3,014 1,011 September -21 4,246 3,247 999 4,116 3,096 1,020 December 33 4,054 3,083 971 4,244 3,306 938 1996 March -99 4,019 3,069 950 4,305 3,256 1,049 June 6 3,995 3,005 990 4,241 3,257 984 September 20 4,240 3,228 1,012 3,989 2,997 992 December -179 4,055 3,183 872 4,161 3,110 1,051 1997 March 50 4,260 3,246 1,014 3,920 2,956 964 June 96 4,085 3,110 975 3,884 3,005 879 September 41 4,331 3,318 1,013 3,808 2,836 972 December -81 3,954 2,973 981 4,269 3,207 1,062 1998 March -163 3,813 2,880 933 4,224 3,128 1,096 June 308 4,319 3,203 1,116 3,626 2,818 808 September -97 3,940 3,041 899 4,085 3,089 996 December -70 3,914 3,003 911 4,029 3,048 981 1999 March -194 3,604 2,792 812 4,193 3,187 1,006 June -58 3,900 2,961 939 3,933 2,936 997 September -20 3,879 2,991 888 3,791 2,883 908 December -108 3,943 3,072 871 3,791 2,812 979 2000 March -96 3,755 2,886 869 3,971 3,006 965 June 60 3,819 2,921 898 3,695 2,857 838 September -268 3,433 2,669 764 4,017 2,985 1,032 December -165 3,527 2,725 802 3,769 2,802 967 2001 March -271 3,171 2,432 739 3,837 2,827 1,010 June -129 3,360 2,585 775 3,504 2,600 904 September -174 3,261 2,494 767 3,627 2,686 941 December -164 3,145 2,449 696 3,379 2,519 860 2002 March -102 3,312 2,574 738 3,247 2,407 840 June 30 3,219 2,464 755 3,154 2,429 725 September -49 3,080 2,395 685 3,213 2,479 734 December -156 3,005 2,371 634 3,242 2,452 790 2003 March -49 3,067 2,370 697 3,151 2,405 746 June -26 3,211 2,545 666 2,962 2,270 692 September -81 3,071 2,432 639 3,056 2,336 720 December 101 3,239 2,524 715 2,895 2,281 614 2004 March 18 3,185 2,554 631 2,914 2,301 613 June -20 2,952 2,324 628 3,074 2,426 648 September -83 3,087 2,480 607 2,892 2,202 690 December 9 3,038 2,393 645 2,987 2,351 636 2005 March 24 2,979 2,324 655 2,977 2,346 631 June -83 2,996 2,432 564 2,833 2,186 647 September -122 2,829 2,251 578 3,059 2,359 700 December 15 2,897 2,273 624 2,866 2,257 609 2006 March -1 2,878 2,317 561 2,814 2,252 562 June -115 2,717 2,176 541 3,014 2,358 656 September -173 2,606 2,057 549 3,103 2,381 722 December -112 2,677 2,100 577 2,863 2,174 689 2007 March 1 2,800 2,201 599 2,710 2,112 598 June -125 2,654 2,092 562 2,865 2,178 687 September -111 2,491 1,946 545 2,899 2,243 656 December -167 2,588 2,056 532 2,757 2,058 699 2008 March -134 2,386 1,845 541 2,786 2,111 675 June -213 2,322 1,816 506 2,851 2,132 719 September -95 2,520 1,980 540 2,532 1,897 635 December -158 2,376 1,856 520 2,657 1,979 678 2009 March -325 1,941 1,472 469 3,027 2,233 794 June -292 2,143 1,652 491 2,649 1,866 783 September 49 2,551 1,887 664 2,134 1,519 615 December -80 2,272 1,729 543 2,344 1,721 623 2010 March 57 2,531 1,938 593 2,128 1,592 536 June 59 2,498 1,944 554 2,027 1,532 495 September 12 2,328 1,810 518 2,177 1,671 506 December -112 2,135 1,679 456 2,324 1,756 568 2011 March 0 2,269 1,751 518 2,251 1,733 518 June -155 2,088 1,619 469 2,436 1,812 624 September 24 2,391 1,820 571 2,122 1,575 547 December 19 2,252 1,742 510 2,132 1,641 491 2012 March -28 2,171 1,686 485 2,245 1,732 513 June -14 2,217 1,728 489 2,166 1,663 503 September -48 2,146 1,712 434 2,163 1,681 482 December 28 2,255 1,774 481 2,026 1,573 453 2013 March 10 2,223 1,746 477 2,038 1,571 467 June -62 2,140 1,712 428 2,197 1,707 490 September 100 2,213 1,703 510 2,067 1,657 410 December 48 2,318 1,824 494 2,051 1,605 446 2014 March -33 2,242 1,810 432 2,068 1,603 465 June -91 2,178 1,745 433 2,210 1,686 524 September 30 2,238 1,770 468 2,100 1,662 438 December 60 2,337 1,871 466 2,012 1,606 406 2015 March 37 2,162 1,720 442 2,140 1,735 405 June 20 2,215 1,780 435 2,169 1,754 415 September 9 2,153 1,694 459 2,150 1,700 450 December 8 2,195 1,755 440 2,117 1,685 432 2016 March -14 2,157 1,742 415 2,200 1,771 429 June 4 2,194 1,771 423 2,199 1,780 419 September -57 2,038 1,621 417 2,257 1,783 474 December -40 2,052 1,646 406 2,121 1,675 446 2017 March -99 1,951 1,596 355 2,338 1,884 454 June -61 2,042 1,633 409 2,297 1,827 470 September -36 1,999 1,568 431 2,225 1,758 467 December 69 2,333 1,867 466 1,914 1,517 397 2018 March 7 2,172 1,766 406 2,059 1,660 399 June -80 2,069 1,690 379 2,251 1,792 459 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.