Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, seasonally adjusted Tennessee Total private 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 -13 27,886 23,274 4,612 26,525 21,900 4,625 December 1,987 28,265 23,387 4,878 25,350 22,459 2,891 1993 March 764 28,392 24,031 4,361 26,236 22,639 3,597 June 972 29,587 25,327 4,260 25,085 21,797 3,288 September 351 29,179 25,066 4,113 26,925 23,163 3,762 December 433 29,717 25,439 4,278 27,076 23,231 3,845 1994 March 515 30,013 25,712 4,301 27,487 23,701 3,786 June 1,018 30,885 26,388 4,497 26,855 23,376 3,479 September 799 30,961 26,349 4,612 28,042 24,229 3,813 December 438 30,540 26,310 4,230 28,520 24,728 3,792 1995 March 743 31,379 26,956 4,423 28,364 24,684 3,680 June 516 30,917 26,312 4,605 29,244 25,155 4,089 September 633 31,463 26,862 4,601 29,266 25,298 3,968 December 1,153 31,874 26,972 4,902 29,679 25,930 3,749 1996 March 41 30,951 26,646 4,305 30,226 25,962 4,264 June -1,049 31,198 26,398 4,800 31,466 25,617 5,849 September 1,968 32,168 26,373 5,795 29,877 26,050 3,827 December 511 31,703 26,982 4,721 30,434 26,224 4,210 1997 March 284 32,035 27,324 4,711 30,384 25,957 4,427 June 528 31,472 26,847 4,625 30,390 26,293 4,097 September 1,456 32,448 27,383 5,065 29,936 26,327 3,609 December -366 32,482 27,344 5,138 32,025 26,521 5,504 1998 March -360 31,604 27,245 4,359 31,398 26,679 4,719 June 1,115 32,974 27,831 5,143 29,963 25,935 4,028 September 319 32,590 27,747 4,843 31,771 27,247 4,524 December -11 32,492 28,123 4,369 30,989 26,609 4,380 1999 March -62 32,241 27,468 4,773 31,782 26,947 4,835 June 845 32,083 27,525 4,558 31,412 27,699 3,713 September 169 33,213 28,589 4,624 31,783 27,328 4,455 December -276 33,420 28,750 4,670 32,696 27,750 4,946 2000 March 99 33,172 28,604 4,568 32,488 28,019 4,469 June -145 32,401 28,032 4,369 32,232 27,718 4,514 September 235 32,308 27,778 4,530 32,650 28,355 4,295 December -280 31,329 27,030 4,299 32,962 28,383 4,579 2001 March 12 31,990 27,561 4,429 32,203 27,786 4,417 June 4 30,944 26,532 4,412 33,174 28,766 4,408 September -636 29,725 25,660 4,065 33,558 28,857 4,701 December -22 30,211 25,755 4,456 33,140 28,662 4,478 2002 March -162 31,035 26,828 4,207 31,120 26,751 4,369 June -162 30,901 26,613 4,288 31,637 27,187 4,450 September -171 31,616 27,619 3,997 30,639 26,471 4,168 December 358 30,903 26,437 4,466 31,830 27,722 4,108 2003 March 721 31,348 26,466 4,882 31,600 27,439 4,161 June -50 31,316 27,043 4,273 31,654 27,331 4,323 September 346 31,626 27,307 4,319 31,158 27,185 3,973 December 178 32,125 27,746 4,379 31,127 26,926 4,201 2004 March 398 33,160 28,593 4,567 31,046 26,877 4,169 June 188 32,165 27,856 4,309 31,762 27,641 4,121 September 298 32,505 28,183 4,322 31,548 27,524 4,024 December 520 33,234 28,588 4,646 31,667 27,541 4,126 2005 March 456 33,287 28,688 4,599 31,867 27,724 4,143 June 504 33,362 28,854 4,508 31,829 27,825 4,004 September 327 34,122 29,335 4,787 32,265 27,805 4,460 December 497 33,674 29,187 4,487 32,728 28,738 3,990 2006 March 711 35,417 30,442 4,975 31,713 27,449 4,264 June 373 33,653 28,912 4,741 34,073 29,705 4,368 September 170 34,281 29,675 4,606 33,543 29,107 4,436 December -2,890 34,007 29,481 4,526 35,809 28,393 7,416 2007 March 2,774 36,018 29,539 6,479 32,674 28,969 3,705 June 823 33,932 29,129 4,803 34,658 30,678 3,980 September 14 33,732 28,894 4,838 35,116 30,292 4,824 December 382 33,824 29,138 4,686 34,492 30,188 4,304 2008 March 127 33,397 28,641 4,756 34,760 30,131 4,629 June -690 31,948 27,541 4,407 36,599 31,502 5,097 September -470 31,085 26,805 4,280 35,813 31,063 4,750 December -770 29,504 25,279 4,225 37,603 32,608 4,995 2009 March -985 27,407 23,393 4,014 37,937 32,938 4,999 June -1,123 28,886 24,842 4,044 35,634 30,467 5,167 September -813 29,090 24,993 4,097 34,112 29,202 4,910 December -388 30,232 26,038 4,194 32,558 27,976 4,582 2010 March -221 29,189 25,166 4,023 32,400 28,156 4,244 June -465 31,689 27,345 4,344 31,431 26,622 4,809 September -153 30,853 26,591 4,262 31,565 27,150 4,415 December -22 31,209 26,966 4,243 31,245 26,980 4,265 2011 March -276 31,193 27,081 4,112 31,413 27,025 4,388 June 10 31,793 27,530 4,263 30,971 26,718 4,253 September 446 32,429 28,031 4,398 30,539 26,587 3,952 December -173 31,038 26,954 4,084 31,693 27,436 4,257 2012 March 275 33,310 28,868 4,442 30,690 26,523 4,167 June 67 32,448 27,928 4,520 32,274 27,821 4,453 September 129 31,709 27,440 4,269 32,022 27,882 4,140 December 146 32,387 28,176 4,211 31,131 27,066 4,065 2013 March 499 32,540 28,017 4,523 31,911 27,887 4,024 June -131 32,864 28,545 4,319 32,015 27,565 4,450 September 184 32,771 28,434 4,337 31,983 27,830 4,153 December 36 32,925 28,734 4,191 31,665 27,510 4,155 2014 March 195 33,154 28,907 4,247 32,101 28,049 4,052 June 334 33,710 29,231 4,479 32,360 28,215 4,145 September 235 33,729 29,353 4,376 32,190 28,049 4,141 December 404 34,453 30,005 4,448 31,437 27,393 4,044 2015 March 582 33,004 28,265 4,739 33,760 29,603 4,157 June 173 35,326 30,799 4,527 32,477 28,123 4,354 September 564 34,877 30,225 4,652 33,123 29,035 4,088 December 721 36,870 32,122 4,748 32,102 28,075 4,027 2016 March 320 35,106 30,504 4,602 34,126 29,844 4,282 June 373 34,991 30,318 4,673 34,675 30,375 4,300 September 600 36,452 31,483 4,969 34,105 29,736 4,369 December 689 35,814 30,966 4,848 33,872 29,713 4,159 2017 March 762 36,179 31,492 4,687 33,810 29,885 3,925 June 206 35,390 30,361 5,029 35,862 31,039 4,823 September 552 35,676 30,809 4,867 35,184 30,869 4,315 December 698 37,170 32,211 4,959 34,367 30,106 4,261 2018 March 444 36,881 32,320 4,561 34,687 30,570 4,117 June 266 36,994 31,451 5,543 36,919 31,642 5,277 September 605 36,955 31,603 5,352 36,787 32,040 4,747 December 519 38,341 33,081 5,260 35,184 30,443 4,741 2019 March 725 38,310 33,064 5,246 35,518 30,997 4,521 June 214 37,750 32,243 5,507 37,583 32,290 5,293 September 542 38,012 32,531 5,481 37,070 32,131 4,939 December 651 38,531 33,111 5,420 36,289 31,520 4,769 2020 March 3,580 39,628 31,618 8,010 38,220 33,790 4,430 June -2,334 30,549 24,909 5,640 54,285 46,311 7,974 September 1,863 43,795 36,136 7,659 36,254 30,458 5,796 December 2,392 44,713 37,241 7,472 34,150 29,070 5,080 2021 March 2,711 42,037 34,581 7,456 36,737 31,992 4,745 June 2,837 43,604 35,422 8,182 38,915 33,570 5,345 September 3,850 46,024 36,851 9,173 39,230 33,907 5,323 December -4,374 48,272 40,315 7,957 43,375 31,044 12,331 2022 March 7,429 49,648 38,409 11,239 36,265 32,455 3,810 June 1,048 45,660 36,529 9,131 42,943 34,860 8,083 September 3,231 49,958 40,850 9,108 39,159 33,282 5,877 December 902 45,983 38,224 7,759 40,559 33,702 6,857 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.