Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, seasonally adjusted Social Assistance 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 804 36,001 23,581 12,420 31,092 19,476 11,616 December 1,737 34,973 23,062 11,911 30,415 20,241 10,174 1993 March -1,176 36,448 23,896 12,552 32,928 19,200 13,728 June 170 35,270 23,313 11,957 31,839 20,052 11,787 September 4,247 38,478 24,257 14,221 30,405 20,431 9,974 December 4,563 38,678 23,751 14,927 31,549 21,185 10,364 1994 March -2,729 35,989 24,775 11,214 35,263 21,320 13,943 June 2,272 38,947 25,433 13,514 32,373 21,131 11,242 September 5,995 42,248 25,591 16,657 33,010 22,348 10,662 December 1,242 41,218 25,780 15,438 37,250 23,054 14,196 1995 March 4,435 40,996 26,451 14,545 33,000 22,890 10,110 June -2,901 35,369 26,148 9,221 35,546 23,424 12,122 September 1,081 41,206 25,973 15,233 38,811 24,659 14,152 December 388 40,176 26,164 14,012 38,537 24,913 13,624 1996 March 11,974 47,344 26,817 20,527 33,029 24,476 8,553 June 704 40,182 28,688 11,494 35,185 24,395 10,790 September -7,453 38,200 26,092 12,108 46,510 26,949 19,561 December 11,854 51,078 27,970 23,108 36,007 24,753 11,254 1997 March 411 48,275 33,865 14,410 38,203 24,204 13,999 June 6,238 49,205 28,600 20,605 44,535 30,168 14,367 September 5,286 48,823 28,937 19,886 40,336 25,736 14,600 December 228 43,755 29,808 13,947 40,075 26,356 13,719 1998 March 9,355 54,602 30,414 24,188 42,448 27,615 14,833 June 13,074 60,247 32,263 27,984 40,399 25,489 14,910 September 2,536 49,750 30,554 19,196 44,832 28,172 16,660 December 8,526 54,912 31,318 23,594 42,943 27,875 15,068 1999 March 2,506 53,271 31,989 21,282 47,643 28,867 18,776 June -4,020 53,307 32,371 20,936 53,801 28,845 24,956 September -7,453 52,323 31,987 20,336 57,078 29,289 27,789 December 33,894 81,984 32,931 49,053 44,353 29,194 15,159 2000 March -1,401 55,019 31,885 23,134 57,370 32,835 24,535 June 1,079 57,265 32,880 24,385 51,131 27,825 23,306 September 6,742 61,595 32,016 29,579 52,767 29,930 22,837 December 4,339 62,337 33,239 29,098 54,487 29,728 24,759 2001 March 5,369 66,013 34,336 31,677 56,122 29,814 26,308 June 6,010 64,461 33,565 30,896 55,165 30,279 24,886 September 5,250 63,839 31,813 32,026 58,277 31,501 26,776 December 9,901 68,233 33,384 34,849 55,734 30,786 24,948 2002 March 5,124 65,428 31,934 33,494 60,173 31,803 28,370 June 5,219 68,040 32,783 35,257 60,112 30,074 30,038 September 9,990 69,751 32,262 37,489 59,225 31,726 27,499 December 5,938 70,508 33,446 37,062 63,277 32,153 31,124 2003 March 8,033 73,167 33,310 39,857 65,036 33,212 31,824 June 11,465 73,241 33,174 40,067 62,028 33,426 28,602 September 3,520 70,457 32,947 37,510 67,286 33,296 33,990 December 7,747 73,621 33,666 39,955 65,317 33,109 32,208 2004 March 2,737 70,641 33,857 36,784 66,857 32,810 34,047 June -94 70,454 34,781 35,673 67,942 32,175 35,767 September 5,350 73,490 34,175 39,315 66,609 32,644 33,965 December 1,095 75,979 35,155 40,824 72,614 32,885 39,729 2005 March 8,826 80,597 34,727 45,870 71,200 34,156 37,044 June 5,946 78,655 35,230 43,425 70,854 33,375 37,479 September 10,481 80,884 36,655 44,229 66,846 33,098 33,748 December 1,257 76,346 36,567 39,779 72,934 34,412 38,522 2006 March 12,762 84,688 37,158 47,530 69,064 34,296 34,768 June 2,392 76,953 36,809 40,144 73,071 35,319 37,752 September 2,052 79,165 37,384 41,781 74,481 34,752 39,729 December -1,550 80,208 38,056 42,152 78,278 34,576 43,702 2007 March 13,801 90,936 39,734 51,202 72,436 35,035 37,401 June 6,228 85,192 39,059 46,133 76,343 36,438 39,905 September -2,025 83,188 38,533 44,655 82,410 35,730 46,680 December 15,109 94,788 39,425 55,363 75,992 35,738 40,254 2008 March 3,192 90,110 39,947 50,163 83,268 36,297 46,971 June 10,167 93,068 39,263 53,805 81,011 37,373 43,638 September 13,737 94,668 39,439 55,229 79,383 37,891 41,492 December 6,903 92,652 39,194 53,458 85,302 38,747 46,555 2009 March 14,533 95,793 37,734 58,059 82,899 39,373 43,526 June 12,037 92,922 38,198 54,724 81,422 38,735 42,687 September 12,189 91,602 38,100 53,502 80,911 39,598 41,313 December -4,603 87,023 39,639 47,384 90,269 38,282 51,987 2010 March -4,199 85,125 39,071 46,054 89,134 38,881 50,253 June -9,935 87,855 40,348 47,507 95,323 37,881 57,442 September 12,499 101,861 41,594 60,267 85,652 37,884 47,768 December 2,279 95,056 42,349 52,707 89,570 39,142 50,428 2011 March -327 90,833 39,936 50,897 92,564 41,340 51,224 June 6,931 98,038 39,661 58,377 92,434 40,988 51,446 September -7,156 86,643 42,746 43,897 90,345 39,292 51,053 December 2,112 87,498 41,694 45,804 84,824 41,132 43,692 2012 March 63,952 135,336 45,063 90,273 67,260 40,939 26,321 June 18,805 91,875 45,475 46,400 74,149 46,554 27,595 September 1,872 75,402 45,641 29,761 72,910 45,021 27,889 December 21,115 79,765 44,982 34,783 56,056 42,388 13,668 2013 March 135 78,739 54,973 23,766 67,785 44,154 23,631 June -6,447 94,460 52,092 42,368 97,542 48,727 48,815 September 4,079 93,051 59,095 33,956 76,964 47,087 29,877 December 8,407 94,108 59,346 34,762 79,399 53,044 26,355 2014 March -5,255 82,447 59,065 23,382 82,445 53,808 28,637 June 2,892 91,356 58,188 33,168 85,138 54,862 30,276 September 10,175 98,588 60,095 38,493 81,082 52,764 28,318 December 8,393 94,649 57,218 37,431 84,061 55,023 29,038 2015 March -1,163 95,559 57,721 37,838 94,669 55,668 39,001 June 4,882 100,300 60,637 39,663 89,701 54,920 34,781 September 9,094 104,121 61,876 42,245 87,360 54,209 33,151 December 9,609 103,995 61,248 42,747 89,435 56,297 33,138 2016 March 15,173 107,905 61,610 46,295 89,135 58,013 31,122 June 8,676 105,411 62,435 42,976 93,068 58,768 34,300 September -12,671 91,630 66,486 25,144 94,314 56,499 37,815 December 1,389 121,954 72,914 49,040 108,014 60,363 47,651 2017 March 9,271 108,877 65,098 43,779 95,127 60,619 34,508 June 6,856 111,797 64,564 47,233 102,635 62,258 40,377 September 6,759 110,157 65,099 45,058 99,992 61,693 38,299 December 10,231 111,502 65,219 46,283 97,174 61,122 36,052 2018 March -300 110,174 67,921 42,253 104,472 61,919 42,553 June 19,737 122,993 65,062 57,931 112,597 74,403 38,194 September 3,482 111,130 65,852 45,278 102,248 60,452 41,796 December 6,469 109,761 65,688 44,073 98,675 61,071 37,604 2019 March 11,961 116,519 65,636 50,883 102,254 63,332 38,922 June 5,799 113,272 67,199 46,073 104,024 63,750 40,274 September 7,097 117,240 70,555 46,685 100,160 60,572 39,588 December 11,595 121,548 68,139 53,409 108,799 66,985 41,814 2020 March 38,416 155,071 74,601 80,470 110,398 68,344 42,054 June -18,125 83,637 42,626 41,011 163,420 104,284 59,136 September 10,888 130,892 76,232 54,660 98,634 54,862 43,772 December 8,792 121,975 71,044 50,931 102,906 60,767 42,139 2021 March 7,720 120,070 66,284 53,786 115,308 69,242 46,066 June 5,134 123,327 70,087 53,240 111,188 63,082 48,106 September 6,477 122,565 70,981 51,584 107,546 62,439 45,107 December 22,507 150,448 77,525 72,923 113,890 63,474 50,416 2022 March 42,412 180,114 100,081 80,033 101,427 63,806 37,621 June -32,940 131,023 73,878 57,145 184,971 94,886 90,085 September -6,168 126,110 78,973 47,137 113,965 60,660 53,305 December 9,052 136,674 74,130 62,544 121,209 67,717 53,492 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.