Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, seasonally adjusted Minnesota 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 2,182 33,149 25,313 7,836 29,928 24,274 5,654 December -800 30,536 25,917 4,619 30,262 24,843 5,419 1993 March 479 31,470 26,246 5,224 29,830 25,085 4,745 June -46 30,994 25,823 5,171 29,881 24,664 5,217 September 1,133 32,374 27,135 5,239 28,294 24,188 4,106 December 433 31,881 26,436 5,445 30,351 25,339 5,012 1994 March 1,887 33,349 26,596 6,753 30,205 25,339 4,866 June -84 32,790 27,075 5,715 31,139 25,340 5,799 September 557 33,508 28,043 5,465 30,046 25,138 4,908 December -19 33,572 27,432 6,140 32,547 26,388 6,159 1995 March 970 34,959 28,418 6,541 31,882 26,311 5,571 June 315 33,120 26,996 6,124 32,596 26,787 5,809 September -528 33,696 27,544 6,152 32,728 26,048 6,680 December 2,765 35,476 27,195 8,281 32,228 26,712 5,516 1996 March -437 35,351 29,011 6,340 33,279 26,502 6,777 June 324 33,989 27,520 6,469 33,230 27,085 6,145 September 1,500 35,228 28,584 6,644 32,650 27,506 5,144 December -974 35,401 29,071 6,330 34,589 27,285 7,304 1997 March -839 34,921 28,685 6,236 34,332 27,257 7,075 June 501 35,571 28,129 7,442 34,446 27,505 6,941 September 3,313 37,863 28,950 8,913 33,373 27,773 5,600 December 1,432 37,141 29,596 7,545 33,719 27,606 6,113 1998 March -369 36,401 30,162 6,239 34,352 27,744 6,608 June 385 36,804 29,233 7,571 35,220 28,034 7,186 September 696 35,732 29,513 6,219 34,305 28,782 5,523 December -1,065 35,689 30,122 5,567 34,551 27,919 6,632 1999 March -168 35,867 29,722 6,145 34,895 28,582 6,313 June 374 36,432 29,687 6,745 34,496 28,125 6,371 September 680 35,028 29,387 5,641 33,572 28,611 4,961 December -1,038 36,270 30,276 5,994 34,827 27,795 7,032 2000 March 520 37,347 30,642 6,705 34,833 28,648 6,185 June 311 35,866 29,497 6,369 35,003 28,945 6,058 September 730 36,846 29,172 7,674 36,204 29,260 6,944 December 1,057 36,995 29,148 7,847 36,035 29,245 6,790 2001 March 533 37,524 30,654 6,870 35,199 28,862 6,337 June -1,415 34,518 29,107 5,411 36,687 29,861 6,826 September -1,814 33,239 27,671 5,568 37,668 30,286 7,382 December -17 35,442 27,514 7,928 37,084 29,139 7,945 2002 March 1,837 37,043 28,423 8,620 37,602 30,819 6,783 June 634 36,638 28,839 7,799 36,104 28,939 7,165 September 1,707 35,745 28,928 6,817 34,349 29,239 5,110 December -237 35,078 28,935 6,143 36,379 29,999 6,380 2003 March -395 33,745 27,738 6,007 36,641 30,239 6,402 June 1,165 35,915 28,239 7,676 36,180 29,669 6,511 September -506 35,991 29,142 6,849 36,812 29,457 7,355 December -1,403 34,025 28,109 5,916 37,170 29,851 7,319 2004 March -128 35,758 28,917 6,841 36,316 29,347 6,969 June 1,928 37,956 29,979 7,977 33,581 27,532 6,049 September -2,994 35,914 28,285 7,629 40,278 29,655 10,623 December 932 35,840 29,225 6,615 35,268 29,585 5,683 2005 March -2,376 32,150 27,272 4,878 40,277 33,023 7,254 June 2,948 35,711 28,270 7,441 35,245 30,752 4,493 September 2,363 38,998 31,966 7,032 32,613 27,944 4,669 December 3,945 35,785 29,538 6,247 36,137 33,835 2,302 2006 March 1,950 34,963 29,817 5,146 34,055 30,859 3,196 June -3,724 35,232 31,501 3,731 37,372 29,917 7,455 September -6,107 33,055 28,297 4,758 40,997 30,132 10,865 December 421 34,198 28,262 5,936 35,304 29,789 5,515 2007 March 1,662 33,724 27,847 5,877 33,880 29,665 4,215 June -6,701 34,340 29,582 4,758 39,820 28,361 11,459 September 7,301 40,347 27,536 12,811 35,291 29,781 5,510 December 1,040 35,756 28,613 7,143 35,482 29,379 6,103 2008 March 1,103 34,860 27,721 7,139 36,129 30,093 6,036 June -6,249 33,868 28,331 5,537 41,096 29,310 11,786 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.