Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, seasonally adjusted Couriers and Messengers 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 157 3,097 2,620 477 2,481 2,161 320 December 93 2,870 2,441 429 2,456 2,120 336 1993 March 94 3,443 3,009 434 2,342 2,002 340 June 132 3,426 2,989 437 2,382 2,077 305 September 129 3,333 2,887 446 2,406 2,089 317 December 80 3,279 2,852 427 2,457 2,110 347 1994 March 129 3,580 3,084 496 2,604 2,237 367 June 81 3,725 3,279 446 2,381 2,016 365 September 95 3,716 3,247 469 2,617 2,243 374 December 109 3,404 2,919 485 2,825 2,449 376 1995 March 125 3,995 3,496 499 2,615 2,241 374 June 56 3,491 2,998 493 2,964 2,527 437 September 53 3,939 3,462 477 2,607 2,183 424 December 46 3,558 3,072 486 2,880 2,440 440 1996 March 82 3,906 3,352 554 3,005 2,533 472 June 30 3,678 3,176 502 2,977 2,505 472 September 116 3,658 3,099 559 3,109 2,666 443 December 208 3,575 2,932 643 3,305 2,870 435 1997 March 179 4,018 3,406 612 2,928 2,495 433 June 70 3,849 3,329 520 3,156 2,706 450 September 114 3,945 3,346 599 3,272 2,787 485 December 41 3,761 3,182 579 3,399 2,861 538 1998 March 133 4,127 3,428 699 3,197 2,631 566 June 183 3,969 3,296 673 3,327 2,837 490 September 130 4,453 3,854 599 2,990 2,521 469 December 95 3,680 3,093 587 3,479 2,987 492 1999 March 47 3,774 3,230 544 3,401 2,904 497 June 3 4,088 3,542 546 3,236 2,693 543 September 65 4,145 3,519 626 3,436 2,875 561 December 100 3,558 2,903 655 4,155 3,600 555 2000 March 21 4,040 3,404 636 3,555 2,940 615 June 108 4,211 3,486 725 3,675 3,058 617 September 57 4,208 3,501 707 3,688 3,038 650 December 109 3,751 3,048 703 4,168 3,574 594 2001 March 145 4,142 3,399 743 3,711 3,113 598 June 4 3,783 3,152 631 4,352 3,725 627 September -99 3,493 2,858 635 4,640 3,906 734 December -27 3,415 2,793 622 4,719 4,070 649 2002 March -9 3,527 2,915 612 3,864 3,243 621 June -78 3,745 3,132 613 3,909 3,218 691 September 128 3,812 3,082 730 3,823 3,221 602 December 19 3,662 3,032 630 3,991 3,380 611 2003 March 33 3,700 3,099 601 3,604 3,036 568 June -10 3,515 2,935 580 3,951 3,361 590 September 81 3,971 3,310 661 3,557 2,977 580 December 13 3,686 3,078 608 3,974 3,379 595 2004 March 34 3,863 3,256 607 3,525 2,952 573 June -14 3,858 3,263 595 3,724 3,115 609 September 9 3,818 3,154 664 3,977 3,322 655 December 89 3,930 3,233 697 3,754 3,146 608 2005 March -110 4,237 3,526 711 3,632 2,811 821 June -19 3,387 2,689 698 4,560 3,843 717 September -20 3,833 3,198 635 3,683 3,028 655 December 37 3,844 3,187 657 3,935 3,315 620 2006 March 35 3,847 3,196 651 3,680 3,064 616 June 95 4,189 3,517 672 3,458 2,881 577 September 5 3,883 3,282 601 3,853 3,257 596 December 35 4,026 3,382 644 3,584 2,975 609 2007 March 36 3,755 3,089 666 3,861 3,231 630 June 21 3,854 3,174 680 3,837 3,178 659 September 109 3,976 3,222 754 3,880 3,235 645 December 153 4,207 3,417 790 3,712 3,075 637 2008 March 302 4,037 3,078 959 4,072 3,415 657 June 310 4,216 3,164 1,052 4,356 3,614 742 September 18 3,799 2,986 813 4,471 3,676 795 December 17 3,898 3,152 746 4,617 3,888 729 2009 March -199 3,270 2,521 749 4,786 3,838 948 June -52 3,109 2,373 736 4,897 4,109 788 September -169 3,187 2,531 656 4,530 3,705 825 December -6 3,915 3,149 766 3,979 3,207 772 2010 March -87 3,724 3,073 651 3,817 3,079 738 June 57 3,840 3,091 749 3,756 3,064 692 September 161 4,141 3,252 889 3,724 2,996 728 December 293 4,614 3,571 1,043 3,549 2,799 750 2011 March 697 4,939 3,476 1,463 3,968 3,202 766 June 212 4,435 3,366 1,069 4,123 3,266 857 September 125 4,383 3,453 930 4,128 3,323 805 December -8 4,587 3,792 795 3,811 3,008 803 2012 March 11 4,463 3,699 764 4,215 3,462 753 June 118 4,341 3,566 775 3,984 3,327 657 September -75 4,215 3,532 683 4,217 3,459 758 December -19 4,769 4,038 731 3,757 3,007 750 2013 March -77 4,331 3,709 622 4,253 3,554 699 June -31 4,438 3,780 658 3,975 3,286 689 September 12 4,430 3,757 673 4,140 3,479 661 December -29 4,937 4,301 636 3,803 3,138 665 2014 March -155 4,252 3,709 543 4,539 3,841 698 June -40 4,667 4,064 603 3,950 3,307 643 September -24 4,799 4,188 611 3,960 3,325 635 December -65 5,296 4,696 600 3,391 2,726 665 2015 March -79 4,124 3,523 601 4,715 4,035 680 June -80 4,549 3,947 602 4,433 3,751 682 September -101 4,664 4,060 604 4,277 3,572 705 December -141 5,292 4,674 618 3,819 3,060 759 2016 March -117 4,147 3,534 613 4,762 4,032 730 June -187 4,504 3,951 553 4,432 3,692 740 September -55 4,992 4,330 662 4,127 3,410 717 December -168 5,181 4,599 582 3,808 3,058 750 2017 March -117 3,735 3,193 542 4,943 4,284 659 June -155 4,575 4,053 522 4,408 3,731 677 September -85 4,813 4,236 577 4,291 3,629 662 December -75 5,351 4,728 623 3,615 2,917 698 2018 March -30 4,145 3,604 541 4,684 4,113 571 June -84 4,944 4,378 566 4,254 3,604 650 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.