Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, seasonally adjusted Construction of Buildings 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 1,704 52,436 35,512 16,924 50,105 34,885 15,220 December -1,006 49,957 34,573 15,384 52,436 36,046 16,390 1993 March 1,102 50,760 34,140 16,620 51,679 36,161 15,518 June 1,654 53,685 36,658 17,027 49,029 33,656 15,373 September 2,478 54,381 37,268 17,113 49,743 35,108 14,635 December 589 53,457 37,692 15,765 51,116 35,940 15,176 1994 March 578 53,258 37,198 16,060 51,856 36,374 15,482 June 3,268 57,604 39,264 18,340 49,952 34,880 15,072 September 2,356 57,000 39,473 17,527 52,604 37,433 15,171 December -580 53,383 37,928 15,455 55,301 39,266 16,035 1995 March 839 53,811 37,596 16,215 54,490 39,114 15,376 June 1,066 54,554 37,768 16,786 54,127 38,407 15,720 September 535 54,824 38,238 16,586 55,171 39,120 16,051 December -545 54,309 38,287 16,022 55,211 38,644 16,567 1996 March 1,509 56,414 39,344 17,070 53,380 37,819 15,561 June 2,337 58,637 40,795 17,842 52,927 37,422 15,505 September 2,214 57,465 39,838 17,627 55,392 39,979 15,413 December -171 55,971 39,661 16,310 56,580 40,099 16,481 1997 March 1,855 58,857 41,403 17,454 54,438 38,839 15,599 June 1,047 57,957 40,809 17,148 55,575 39,474 16,101 September 348 57,233 40,214 17,019 57,191 40,520 16,671 December -992 56,447 40,251 16,196 57,365 40,177 17,188 1998 March 1,703 58,608 40,919 17,689 54,896 38,910 15,986 June 3,504 60,809 42,223 18,586 52,967 37,885 15,082 September 1,358 59,341 42,324 17,017 56,336 40,677 15,659 December 868 59,964 44,002 15,962 54,653 39,559 15,094 1999 March 2,041 60,988 43,827 17,161 55,421 40,301 15,120 June 312 60,131 43,424 16,707 56,955 40,560 16,395 September 635 59,421 42,545 16,876 58,981 42,740 16,241 December 625 60,000 43,860 16,140 56,387 40,872 15,515 2000 March 2,238 62,760 45,140 17,620 56,753 41,371 15,382 June 296 58,721 42,686 16,035 59,305 43,566 15,739 September -240 57,964 41,198 16,766 61,049 44,043 17,006 December 449 57,880 41,666 16,214 58,382 42,617 15,765 2001 March 1,682 60,797 44,027 16,770 55,688 40,600 15,088 June 801 58,462 42,725 15,737 56,729 41,793 14,936 September -798 56,070 40,516 15,554 60,324 43,972 16,352 December 846 57,148 41,384 15,764 57,168 42,250 14,918 2002 March 1,304 58,921 42,532 16,389 56,805 41,720 15,085 June 1,401 58,440 42,072 16,368 57,483 42,516 14,967 September 675 57,620 41,498 16,122 58,223 42,776 15,447 December 1,256 58,377 41,861 16,516 57,665 42,405 15,260 2003 March 863 58,043 41,500 16,543 58,309 42,629 15,680 June 918 59,625 43,275 16,350 56,148 40,716 15,432 September 1,554 60,024 43,405 16,619 56,459 41,394 15,065 December 2,463 61,516 44,420 17,096 55,765 41,132 14,633 2004 March 2,888 63,136 44,926 18,210 57,474 42,152 15,322 June 1,616 61,824 44,619 17,205 57,655 42,066 15,589 September 1,680 61,958 44,415 17,543 58,886 43,023 15,863 December 3,598 64,307 45,793 18,514 57,710 42,794 14,916 2005 March 1,733 64,632 45,929 18,703 61,024 44,054 16,970 June 2,109 64,122 45,725 18,397 60,178 43,890 16,288 September 2,769 65,720 46,652 19,068 60,463 44,164 16,299 December 3,815 66,468 46,966 19,502 61,052 45,365 15,687 2006 March 2,956 69,262 49,428 19,834 61,333 44,455 16,878 June -200 63,073 45,615 17,458 65,919 48,261 17,658 September -971 61,100 43,461 17,639 67,015 48,405 18,610 December 1,283 63,620 44,370 19,250 64,831 46,864 17,967 2007 March 576 65,105 45,895 19,210 64,894 46,260 18,634 June -1,658 61,136 43,310 17,826 68,247 48,763 19,484 September -1,288 59,681 41,475 18,206 68,126 48,632 19,494 December -1,156 60,916 42,347 18,569 66,927 47,202 19,725 2008 March -2,847 57,925 40,259 17,666 67,729 47,216 20,513 June -5,016 55,077 37,884 17,193 71,502 49,293 22,209 September -4,942 53,480 36,865 16,615 67,703 46,146 21,557 December -6,841 49,354 32,251 17,103 72,284 48,340 23,944 2009 March -8,094 44,303 28,767 15,536 70,760 47,130 23,630 June -6,387 46,931 30,280 16,651 67,804 44,766 23,038 September -5,891 47,841 31,475 16,366 60,077 37,820 22,257 December -1,302 49,860 31,541 18,319 56,424 36,803 19,621 2010 March -3,619 45,954 29,718 16,236 56,578 36,723 19,855 June -465 49,373 31,823 17,550 52,713 34,698 18,015 September -1,089 49,388 32,412 16,976 51,346 33,281 18,065 December -356 49,624 31,817 17,807 51,700 33,537 18,163 2011 March -1,966 46,374 30,539 15,835 51,821 34,020 17,801 June -365 48,371 31,744 16,627 49,083 32,091 16,992 September 1,027 50,987 34,129 16,858 47,064 31,233 15,831 December 16 49,155 32,389 16,766 49,736 32,986 16,750 2012 March -308 48,374 32,324 16,050 49,360 33,002 16,358 June -570 47,653 32,261 15,392 48,546 32,584 15,962 September 693 49,341 33,179 16,162 47,035 31,566 15,469 December 1,904 50,919 34,310 16,609 45,711 31,006 14,705 2013 March -100 49,684 34,191 15,493 47,896 32,303 15,593 June 1,027 49,316 33,758 15,558 47,000 32,469 14,531 September 1,488 51,440 35,742 15,698 45,383 31,173 14,210 December 1,331 50,642 35,005 15,637 46,805 32,499 14,306 2014 March -569 49,693 35,494 14,199 47,423 32,655 14,768 June 356 50,676 35,838 14,838 47,291 32,809 14,482 September 1,188 50,903 36,322 14,581 45,780 32,387 13,393 December 1,047 51,210 36,343 14,867 47,205 33,385 13,820 2015 March 616 50,931 35,803 15,128 48,924 34,412 14,512 June 820 51,164 36,580 14,584 47,695 33,931 13,764 September 481 50,792 36,677 14,115 47,688 34,054 13,634 December 2,046 53,656 38,038 15,618 47,054 33,482 13,572 2016 March 595 52,264 37,688 14,576 48,631 34,650 13,981 June -862 49,973 36,094 13,879 51,228 36,487 14,741 September 169 51,844 37,281 14,563 49,335 34,941 14,394 December 1,364 52,377 36,873 15,504 49,455 35,315 14,140 2017 March 1,331 55,078 39,423 15,655 48,930 34,606 14,324 June 443 52,624 37,686 14,938 51,577 37,082 14,495 September -195 52,021 37,065 14,956 52,095 36,944 15,151 December 1,711 55,884 39,666 16,218 50,026 35,519 14,507 2018 March 1,499 55,704 40,372 15,332 49,555 35,722 13,833 June 265 52,572 37,879 14,693 53,105 38,677 14,428 September -754 52,271 37,824 14,447 52,964 37,763 15,201 December 1,508 55,931 39,539 16,392 51,392 36,508 14,884 2019 March 1,475 57,738 40,647 17,091 52,633 37,017 15,616 June -912 53,512 38,107 15,405 56,440 40,123 16,317 September 513 54,341 38,562 15,779 53,488 38,222 15,266 December 1,332 57,121 39,798 17,323 53,198 37,207 15,991 2020 March -887 58,078 41,361 16,717 54,843 37,239 17,604 June -9,166 49,452 33,937 15,515 72,879 48,198 24,681 September 5,262 60,052 38,536 21,516 55,247 38,993 16,254 December 3,587 60,089 41,711 18,378 49,959 35,168 14,791 2021 March 5,246 63,151 43,567 19,584 50,223 35,885 14,338 June -1 54,529 38,447 16,082 57,805 41,722 16,083 September 604 57,109 39,456 17,653 56,622 39,573 17,049 December 3,625 62,683 44,017 18,666 51,103 36,062 15,041 2022 March 2,118 62,571 45,459 17,112 51,745 36,751 14,994 June -2,944 53,264 38,970 14,294 59,621 42,383 17,238 September -2,091 53,288 39,387 13,901 55,713 39,721 15,992 December 237 55,752 39,919 15,833 54,761 39,165 15,596 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.