Table 6. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, not seasonally adjusted Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing 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 6 706 641 65 688 629 59 December 22 773 695 78 619 563 56 1993 March -29 677 610 67 780 684 96 June 7 787 718 69 635 573 62 September -6 688 626 62 702 634 68 December -5 724 658 66 671 600 71 1994 March -12 645 572 73 795 710 85 June -20 745 692 53 637 564 73 September 5 695 628 67 689 627 62 December 13 696 623 73 688 628 60 1995 March -13 645 577 68 737 656 81 June 1 669 597 72 691 620 71 September 8 650 577 73 722 657 65 December -14 620 555 65 710 631 79 1996 March -11 612 531 81 778 686 92 June -29 664 617 47 654 578 76 September -20 592 529 63 717 634 83 December 34 718 631 87 612 559 53 1997 March -38 588 533 55 746 653 93 June -2 621 564 57 667 608 59 September -6 550 498 52 686 628 58 December -4 651 577 74 639 561 78 1998 March 4 574 488 86 740 658 82 June -13 593 534 59 644 572 72 September -27 535 492 43 726 656 70 December 1 556 493 63 639 577 62 1999 March -25 544 472 72 693 596 97 June -14 585 525 60 635 561 74 September -14 520 473 47 610 549 61 December -3 570 505 65 598 530 68 2000 March -38 535 479 56 669 575 94 June 26 611 540 71 541 496 45 September -20 500 448 52 670 598 72 December -8 516 462 54 571 509 62 2001 March -41 438 386 52 718 625 93 June -8 493 441 52 587 527 60 September -29 408 359 49 638 560 78 December -7 454 387 67 592 518 74 2002 March -55 418 373 45 596 496 100 June 20 492 426 66 473 427 46 September -20 415 370 45 540 475 65 December 15 453 385 68 492 439 53 2003 March -38 403 354 49 533 446 87 June -19 386 342 44 473 410 63 September -4 379 319 60 475 411 64 December 16 445 372 73 418 361 57 2004 March -46 396 349 47 507 414 93 June 3 440 391 49 379 333 46 September 0 379 326 53 474 421 53 December 52 445 363 82 415 385 30 2005 March -45 372 336 36 495 414 81 June -5 409 366 43 409 361 48 September 1 363 319 44 418 375 43 December 7 416 358 58 408 357 51 2006 March -18 358 313 45 464 401 63 June -17 366 320 46 404 341 63 September -7 340 296 44 436 385 51 December 43 437 367 70 364 337 27 2007 March -13 391 340 51 421 357 64 June 4 358 311 47 384 341 43 September -16 340 304 36 430 378 52 December 21 411 351 60 381 342 39 2008 March -29 362 314 48 447 370 77 June 3 365 312 53 367 317 50 September -5 293 248 45 443 393 50 December -2 339 286 53 417 362 55 2009 March -39 268 217 51 555 465 90 June -2 315 267 48 390 340 50 September -23 275 239 36 398 339 59 December 7 366 302 64 325 268 57 2010 March -15 299 252 47 378 316 62 June -9 329 288 41 280 230 50 September -14 298 259 39 332 279 53 December 19 409 347 62 257 214 43 2011 March -20 281 247 34 357 303 54 June -9 337 297 40 303 254 49 September 5 323 275 48 332 289 43 December 26 356 294 62 275 239 36 2012 March -21 341 299 42 308 245 63 June 9 364 315 49 286 246 40 September -2 295 253 42 330 286 44 December -5 372 324 48 277 224 53 2013 March -3 333 282 51 351 297 54 June -4 339 303 36 275 235 40 September 17 290 228 62 352 307 45 December 23 368 312 56 264 231 33 2014 March -16 296 255 41 371 314 57 June 2 340 296 44 308 266 42 September -26 280 250 30 368 312 56 December 29 385 309 76 299 252 47 2015 March -20 336 285 51 368 297 71 June 24 351 294 57 297 264 33 September -14 278 234 44 376 318 58 December 26 344 281 63 334 297 37 2016 March -25 327 275 52 390 313 77 June 2 343 291 52 329 279 50 September -23 281 245 36 367 308 59 December 14 339 280 59 328 283 45 2017 March -20 305 260 45 382 317 65 June -11 314 273 41 360 308 52 September 5 304 252 52 351 304 47 December 5 359 294 65 313 253 60 2018 March -27 309 256 53 387 307 80 June 8 374 312 62 322 268 54 September -10 321 270 51 335 274 61 December 11 341 279 62 308 257 51 2019 March -16 300 253 47 356 293 63 June -12 309 260 49 336 275 61 September -14 296 250 46 360 300 60 December 26 367 289 78 302 250 52 2020 March -52 286 252 34 399 313 86 June -51 252 193 59 526 416 110 September 14 397 311 86 320 248 72 December 50 431 347 84 231 197 34 2021 March -4 340 275 65 323 254 69 June 28 392 333 59 264 233 31 September 5 363 305 58 310 257 53 December 36 390 313 77 307 266 41 2022 March -23 333 281 52 362 287 75 June 16 388 316 72 297 241 56 September -8 319 269 50 349 291 58 December 16 373 309 64 288 240 48 2023 March -28 293 248 45 355 282 73 June 11 360 295 65 325 271 54 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.