Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, seasonally adjusted Support Activities for Agriculture and Forestry 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 105 4,872 3,535 1,337 4,869 3,637 1,232 December -158 4,856 3,681 1,175 4,916 3,583 1,333 1993 March 184 4,915 3,553 1,362 4,860 3,682 1,178 June 149 4,985 3,611 1,374 4,933 3,708 1,225 September 58 5,024 3,684 1,340 4,939 3,657 1,282 December -113 4,927 3,721 1,206 4,936 3,617 1,319 1994 March 139 4,886 3,554 1,332 4,953 3,760 1,193 June 184 4,993 3,595 1,398 5,032 3,818 1,214 September 61 5,224 3,842 1,382 5,136 3,815 1,321 December -133 5,077 3,874 1,203 5,117 3,781 1,336 1995 March 185 5,141 3,826 1,315 5,048 3,918 1,130 June 4 5,022 3,659 1,363 5,309 3,950 1,359 September -46 5,095 3,807 1,288 5,090 3,756 1,334 December 0 5,106 3,800 1,306 5,197 3,891 1,306 1996 March 43 4,935 3,628 1,307 5,240 3,976 1,264 June 90 5,063 3,640 1,423 5,311 3,978 1,333 September -85 5,120 3,827 1,293 5,241 3,863 1,378 December 10 5,134 3,821 1,313 5,129 3,826 1,303 1997 March 138 5,291 3,948 1,343 5,066 3,861 1,205 June 96 5,090 3,715 1,375 5,357 4,078 1,279 September -32 5,115 3,799 1,316 5,309 3,961 1,348 December -127 5,210 3,951 1,259 5,255 3,869 1,386 1998 March 129 5,216 3,835 1,381 5,107 3,855 1,252 June 164 5,129 3,694 1,435 5,270 3,999 1,271 September 81 5,139 3,795 1,344 5,269 4,006 1,263 December -121 5,081 3,929 1,152 5,250 3,977 1,273 1999 March 93 5,220 3,897 1,323 5,158 3,928 1,230 June -52 5,037 3,730 1,307 5,279 3,920 1,359 September -97 5,073 3,849 1,224 5,169 3,848 1,321 December 1 4,963 3,714 1,249 5,129 3,881 1,248 2000 March 126 5,314 4,013 1,301 4,972 3,797 1,175 June 69 5,020 3,767 1,253 5,183 3,999 1,184 September -92 5,107 3,822 1,285 5,300 3,923 1,377 December -89 4,783 3,646 1,137 5,167 3,941 1,226 2001 March 138 5,098 3,777 1,321 5,024 3,841 1,183 June 48 4,973 3,748 1,225 5,107 3,930 1,177 September -153 4,790 3,636 1,154 5,264 3,957 1,307 December -27 4,882 3,664 1,218 5,052 3,807 1,245 2002 March 78 4,911 3,664 1,247 4,861 3,692 1,169 June -5 4,911 3,726 1,185 4,896 3,706 1,190 September 8 4,835 3,624 1,211 5,017 3,814 1,203 December 11 4,798 3,629 1,169 4,921 3,763 1,158 2003 March -33 4,743 3,596 1,147 4,956 3,776 1,180 June -70 4,820 3,696 1,124 4,871 3,677 1,194 September 34 4,715 3,502 1,213 5,031 3,852 1,179 December 21 4,834 3,689 1,145 4,924 3,800 1,124 2004 March 88 4,914 3,722 1,192 4,828 3,724 1,104 June -50 4,745 3,681 1,064 4,920 3,806 1,114 September -38 4,749 3,612 1,137 4,863 3,688 1,175 December 90 4,880 3,723 1,157 4,774 3,707 1,067 2005 March 3 4,959 3,811 1,148 4,939 3,794 1,145 June 37 4,749 3,634 1,115 5,060 3,982 1,078 September 49 4,795 3,653 1,142 4,848 3,755 1,093 December 78 4,906 3,743 1,163 4,879 3,794 1,085 2006 March 15 4,763 3,658 1,105 4,958 3,868 1,090 June -12 4,740 3,694 1,046 5,003 3,945 1,058 September -4 4,760 3,670 1,090 4,859 3,765 1,094 December 37 4,816 3,715 1,101 4,821 3,757 1,064 2007 March -27 4,879 3,773 1,106 4,947 3,814 1,133 June 43 4,787 3,678 1,109 4,926 3,860 1,066 September 93 4,798 3,638 1,160 4,867 3,800 1,067 December 103 4,800 3,636 1,164 4,859 3,798 1,061 2008 March -11 4,942 3,801 1,141 4,810 3,658 1,152 June -119 4,727 3,677 1,050 5,008 3,839 1,169 September 17 4,682 3,618 1,064 4,844 3,797 1,047 December -2 4,562 3,480 1,082 5,010 3,926 1,084 2009 March -197 4,338 3,325 1,013 5,116 3,906 1,210 June -9 4,676 3,595 1,081 4,740 3,650 1,090 September -106 4,323 3,350 973 4,808 3,729 1,079 December 159 4,826 3,618 1,208 4,645 3,596 1,049 2010 March -173 4,377 3,369 1,008 4,934 3,753 1,181 June 119 4,744 3,679 1,065 4,347 3,401 946 September -19 4,616 3,596 1,020 4,668 3,629 1,039 December 84 4,584 3,437 1,147 4,755 3,692 1,063 2011 March -49 4,498 3,454 1,044 4,792 3,699 1,093 June -42 4,651 3,569 1,082 4,651 3,527 1,124 September 121 4,894 3,755 1,139 4,596 3,578 1,018 December 83 4,684 3,579 1,105 4,762 3,740 1,022 2012 March -46 4,599 3,515 1,084 4,899 3,769 1,130 June -12 4,747 3,674 1,073 4,642 3,557 1,085 September 88 4,735 3,593 1,142 4,814 3,760 1,054 December 139 4,727 3,547 1,180 4,861 3,820 1,041 2013 March -90 4,737 3,715 1,022 4,818 3,706 1,112 June 88 4,833 3,762 1,071 4,666 3,683 983 September 70 4,757 3,701 1,056 4,688 3,702 986 December 124 4,834 3,647 1,187 4,819 3,756 1,063 2014 March -98 4,768 3,752 1,016 4,904 3,790 1,114 June -70 4,892 3,878 1,014 4,817 3,733 1,084 September 106 4,758 3,736 1,022 4,762 3,846 916 December -9 4,752 3,714 1,038 4,958 3,911 1,047 2015 March 0 4,956 3,886 1,070 4,919 3,849 1,070 June 13 4,881 3,871 1,010 4,857 3,860 997 September 99 4,776 3,748 1,028 4,814 3,885 929 December -10 4,732 3,688 1,044 4,998 3,944 1,054 2016 March 21 4,939 3,890 1,049 4,926 3,898 1,028 June -124 4,908 3,930 978 5,013 3,911 1,102 September 84 4,889 3,836 1,053 4,919 3,950 969 December 29 4,822 3,741 1,081 5,157 4,105 1,052 2017 March 24 5,146 4,042 1,104 4,989 3,909 1,080 June -35 5,073 3,980 1,093 5,212 4,084 1,128 September 80 4,902 3,837 1,065 5,165 4,180 985 December -8 5,148 4,063 1,085 5,188 4,095 1,093 2018 March -25 4,965 3,937 1,028 5,167 4,114 1,053 June 3 5,109 4,043 1,066 5,060 3,997 1,063 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.