openings, closures and active businesses by industry, april 2019 and april 2020, seasonally adjusted series
Table:
business openings
business closures
active businesses

april 2019
apr-20
change from april 2019 to april 2020
change from april 2019 to april 2020
apr-19
apr-20
change from april 2019 to april 2020
change from april 2019 to april 2020
apr-19
apr-20
change from april 2019 to april 2020
change from april 2019 to april 2020

number
number
number
percent
number
number
number
percent
number
number
number
percent

business sector
40,136
32,803
7,333
-18.3
39,078
88,187
49,109
125.7
798,379
711,472
-86,907
-10.9

agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
311
253
-58
-18.6
282
441
159
56.3
4,768
4,274
-495
-10.4

mining, quarrying, oil and gas extraction
279
235
-44
-15.8
282
416
134
47.6
6,057
5,416
-640
-10.6

utilities
34
19
-15
-43.9
22
35
13
57.1
728
673
-55
-7.6

construction
5,954
3,971
-1,982
-33.3
6,160
12,837
6,677
108.4
117,476
103,713
-13,763
-11.7

manufacturing
1,116
914
-202
-18.1
1,157
3,178
2,021
174.7
42,582
38,903
-3,679
-8.6

wholesale trade
1,074
858
-215
-20.0
1,141
2,672
1,531
134.2
39,521
35,807
-3,714
-9.4

retail trade
2,715
2,266
-449
-16.5
2,818
8,951
6,133
217.7
86,279
75,503
-10,776
-12.5

transportation and warehousing
3,103
2,586
-517
-16.7
3,107
5,511
2,405
77.4
51,165
45,412
-5,753
-11.2

information and cultural industries
497
405
-92
-18.5
479
918
439
91.7
10,142
9,323
-819
-8.1

real estate and rental and leasing
2,176
1,826
-350
-16.1
2,268
4,145
1,877
82.8
40,278
36,064
-4,214
-10.5

professional, scientific and technical services
5,963
5,847
-117
-2.0
5,914
9,739
3,825
64.7
114,287
108,512
-5,775
-5.1

administrative and support, waste management and remediation services
2,137
1,475
-662
-31.0
2,030
3,999
1,969
97.0
39,910
35,951
-3,959
-9.9

finance and insurance and management of companies and enterprises
1,420
1,277
-144
-10.1
1,458
2,025
567
38.9
27,830
26,261
-1,569
-5.6

arts, entertainment and recreation
821
543
-278
-33.9
779
1,855
1,075
138.0
14,425
12,652
-1,773
-12.3

accomodation and food services
2,350
1,933
-417
-17.8
2,452
9,171
6,719
274.1
62,567
51,796
-10,770
-17.2

other services
2,611
2,105
-507
-19.4
2,578
9,392
6,814
264.3
72,829
61,776
-11,054
-15.2

unclassified industries
7,355
5,016
-2,339
-31.8
7,009
13,503
6,494
92.7
74,013
65,311
-8,702
-11.8

Provide the shortest accurate answer you can to the following question, based only on the table data. Return the answer in the JSON form {"answer": ["YOUR ANSWER"]}; for multiple items, use commas. Here is the table caption: 'openings, closures and active businesses by industry, april 2019 and april 2020, seasonally adjusted series'. Using the table, respond to this question: What was the percent of mining, quarrying, oil and gas extraction had the lowest year-on-year growth rates in closures?

{"answer": ["47.6"]}