Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, seasonally adjusted Support Activities for Mining 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 -184 2,765 2,242 523 3,009 2,302 707 December -56 3,026 2,459 567 2,653 2,030 623 1993 March 19 2,662 2,118 544 2,749 2,224 525 June -50 2,808 2,318 490 2,686 2,146 540 September 0 2,972 2,462 510 2,557 2,047 510 December -123 2,855 2,419 436 2,593 2,034 559 1994 March -82 2,320 1,905 415 2,942 2,445 497 June -45 2,577 2,107 470 2,725 2,210 515 September -11 2,762 2,274 488 2,568 2,069 499 December -72 2,628 2,174 454 2,608 2,082 526 1995 March -1 2,430 1,956 474 2,772 2,297 475 June -30 2,523 2,062 461 2,762 2,271 491 September -70 2,672 2,217 455 2,586 2,061 525 December -104 2,523 2,119 404 2,589 2,081 508 1996 March -56 2,508 2,121 387 2,451 2,008 443 June -17 2,707 2,249 458 2,424 1,949 475 September -29 2,685 2,236 449 2,485 2,007 478 December -5 2,905 2,440 465 2,279 1,809 470 1997 March 129 2,934 2,383 551 2,240 1,818 422 June 15 2,895 2,428 467 2,265 1,813 452 September 59 2,923 2,406 517 2,337 1,879 458 December 24 2,916 2,438 478 2,382 1,928 454 1998 March -5 2,688 2,230 458 2,509 2,046 463 June 35 2,412 1,894 518 2,846 2,363 483 September -107 2,137 1,673 464 3,228 2,657 571 December -175 2,057 1,653 404 3,101 2,522 579 1999 March -248 1,769 1,371 398 3,348 2,702 646 June -193 2,187 1,772 415 2,872 2,264 608 September 24 2,636 2,168 468 2,188 1,744 444 December 32 2,803 2,354 449 1,997 1,580 417 2000 March 31 2,719 2,255 464 2,083 1,650 433 June -2 2,712 2,290 422 2,010 1,586 424 September 95 2,844 2,367 477 2,044 1,662 382 December 79 2,930 2,467 463 1,990 1,606 384 2001 March 117 3,068 2,548 520 1,998 1,595 403 June 196 3,230 2,635 595 1,939 1,540 399 September 85 2,844 2,335 509 2,418 1,994 424 December 46 2,379 1,886 493 2,784 2,337 447 2002 March 19 2,270 1,830 440 2,758 2,337 421 June 33 2,477 2,013 464 2,693 2,262 431 September 30 2,467 2,006 461 2,625 2,194 431 December 9 2,456 1,954 502 2,702 2,209 493 2003 March -11 2,714 2,299 415 2,402 1,976 426 June 137 2,861 2,346 515 2,201 1,823 378 September 96 2,831 2,333 498 2,312 1,910 402 December 59 2,723 2,265 458 2,412 2,013 399 2004 March 115 2,940 2,439 501 2,331 1,945 386 June 83 3,081 2,595 486 2,172 1,769 403 September 95 3,071 2,600 471 2,390 2,014 376 December 154 3,317 2,783 534 2,389 2,009 380 2005 March 181 3,439 2,870 569 2,281 1,893 388 June 131 3,518 2,974 544 2,264 1,851 413 September 183 3,677 3,091 586 2,351 1,948 403 December 238 3,735 3,081 654 2,506 2,090 416 2006 March 326 4,205 3,478 727 2,350 1,949 401 June 297 4,137 3,431 706 2,443 2,034 409 September 192 4,009 3,352 657 2,825 2,360 465 December 251 4,110 3,395 715 2,911 2,447 464 2007 March 212 4,224 3,493 731 2,954 2,435 519 June 105 3,981 3,329 652 3,126 2,579 547 September 159 4,009 3,375 634 3,225 2,750 475 December 216 4,113 3,402 711 3,252 2,757 495 2008 March 206 4,441 3,679 762 3,099 2,543 556 June 266 4,586 3,814 772 3,094 2,588 506 September 212 4,684 3,897 787 3,260 2,685 575 December 140 4,238 3,461 777 3,817 3,180 637 2009 March -105 2,554 1,908 646 5,295 4,544 751 June -384 2,603 2,013 590 5,831 4,857 974 September -127 3,193 2,546 647 4,391 3,617 774 December 79 3,851 3,081 770 3,534 2,843 691 2010 March 108 4,322 3,591 731 3,154 2,531 623 June 181 4,673 3,880 793 3,127 2,515 612 September 43 4,531 3,810 721 3,358 2,680 678 December 238 4,729 3,881 848 3,247 2,637 610 2011 March 158 4,872 4,029 843 3,325 2,640 685 June 212 4,868 4,030 838 3,345 2,719 626 September 282 5,360 4,457 903 3,277 2,656 621 December 247 5,192 4,272 920 3,531 2,858 673 2012 March 274 5,438 4,466 972 3,537 2,839 698 June 307 4,935 3,989 946 4,139 3,500 639 September 66 4,392 3,564 828 4,515 3,753 762 December 121 4,786 3,901 885 4,391 3,627 764 2013 March 178 5,109 4,131 978 4,236 3,436 800 June 14 4,848 4,050 798 4,458 3,674 784 September 197 4,867 3,928 939 4,558 3,816 742 December 126 4,975 4,068 907 4,544 3,763 781 2014 March 229 5,516 4,527 989 4,233 3,473 760 June 131 5,524 4,592 932 4,352 3,551 801 September 180 5,651 4,648 1,003 4,413 3,590 823 December 158 5,580 4,564 1,016 4,667 3,809 858 2015 March -154 3,360 2,450 910 6,876 5,812 1,064 June -539 3,268 2,515 753 7,565 6,273 1,292 September -361 3,641 2,814 827 6,383 5,195 1,188 December -475 3,285 2,488 797 6,516 5,244 1,272 2016 March -506 2,602 1,898 704 6,590 5,380 1,210 June -523 3,106 2,395 711 6,110 4,876 1,234 September -201 4,066 3,205 861 4,613 3,551 1,062 December -10 4,493 3,596 897 3,916 3,009 907 2017 March 138 5,235 4,262 973 3,454 2,619 835 June 101 4,845 3,914 931 3,906 3,076 830 September 43 4,678 3,789 889 4,045 3,199 846 December 86 4,901 3,952 949 3,921 3,058 863 2018 March 101 5,099 4,222 877 3,638 2,862 776 June 19 4,892 4,040 852 4,055 3,222 833 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.