Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, seasonally adjusted Apparel 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 272 8,202 6,794 1,408 7,563 6,427 1,136 December -33 7,963 6,774 1,189 7,555 6,333 1,222 1993 March -118 7,644 6,468 1,176 7,814 6,520 1,294 June -119 7,819 6,623 1,196 7,669 6,354 1,315 September 114 7,752 6,430 1,322 7,694 6,486 1,208 December -125 7,560 6,435 1,125 7,827 6,577 1,250 1994 March -240 7,246 6,077 1,169 8,088 6,679 1,409 June -159 8,051 6,786 1,265 7,435 6,011 1,424 September 280 7,929 6,665 1,264 7,119 6,135 984 December -184 7,827 6,717 1,110 7,613 6,319 1,294 1995 March -69 7,203 6,088 1,115 7,851 6,667 1,184 June -114 7,309 6,115 1,194 7,991 6,683 1,308 September -114 7,550 6,381 1,169 7,662 6,379 1,283 December -211 7,434 6,301 1,133 7,668 6,324 1,344 1996 March -307 6,768 5,690 1,078 8,000 6,615 1,385 June -227 7,233 6,080 1,153 7,442 6,062 1,380 September 79 7,603 6,310 1,293 7,041 5,827 1,214 December -94 7,236 6,123 1,113 7,168 5,961 1,207 1997 March -175 6,861 5,820 1,041 7,324 6,108 1,216 June -232 6,997 5,933 1,064 7,164 5,868 1,296 September -215 6,798 5,811 987 7,055 5,853 1,202 December -141 6,702 5,599 1,103 7,230 5,986 1,244 1998 March -183 6,361 5,209 1,152 7,270 5,935 1,335 June -131 6,400 5,223 1,177 7,267 5,959 1,308 September -196 6,304 5,333 971 6,996 5,829 1,167 December -516 5,686 4,882 804 7,172 5,852 1,320 1999 March -187 5,970 4,943 1,027 6,763 5,549 1,214 June -232 5,979 5,045 934 6,616 5,450 1,166 September -209 5,949 4,985 964 6,459 5,286 1,173 December -8 5,971 4,925 1,046 6,161 5,107 1,054 2000 March -268 5,504 4,634 870 6,285 5,147 1,138 June -156 5,654 4,753 901 6,186 5,129 1,057 September -212 5,352 4,512 840 6,243 5,191 1,052 December -290 5,150 4,341 809 6,105 5,006 1,099 2001 March -326 4,975 4,192 783 6,072 4,963 1,109 June -284 4,652 3,851 801 6,274 5,189 1,085 September -393 4,466 3,692 774 6,126 4,959 1,167 December -411 4,246 3,514 732 5,814 4,671 1,143 2002 March -169 4,637 3,820 817 5,017 4,031 986 June -128 4,520 3,801 719 4,898 4,051 847 September -95 4,404 3,664 740 4,887 4,052 835 December -239 4,151 3,445 706 5,055 4,110 945 2003 March -187 4,223 3,543 680 4,724 3,857 867 June -189 3,887 3,259 628 4,778 3,961 817 September -234 3,726 3,138 588 4,639 3,817 822 December -106 3,991 3,341 650 4,245 3,489 756 2004 March -224 4,002 3,373 629 4,182 3,329 853 June -252 3,712 3,185 527 4,125 3,346 779 September -187 3,441 2,864 577 4,330 3,566 764 December -187 3,548 3,011 537 3,979 3,255 724 2005 March -197 3,382 2,881 501 4,036 3,338 698 June -128 3,290 2,759 531 3,839 3,180 659 September -47 3,422 2,834 588 3,697 3,062 635 December -75 3,380 2,796 584 3,730 3,071 659 2006 March -131 3,322 2,803 519 3,782 3,132 650 June -56 3,390 2,830 560 3,572 2,956 616 September -119 3,274 2,756 518 3,566 2,929 637 December -28 3,229 2,692 537 3,492 2,927 565 2007 March -99 2,918 2,436 482 3,262 2,681 581 June -115 2,879 2,450 429 3,152 2,608 544 September -42 2,633 2,164 469 3,282 2,771 511 December -141 2,817 2,385 432 3,022 2,449 573 2008 March -138 2,713 2,271 442 3,052 2,472 580 June -107 2,535 2,131 404 3,057 2,546 511 September -171 2,423 2,081 342 3,002 2,489 513 December -235 2,035 1,679 356 3,344 2,753 591 2009 March -163 2,010 1,605 405 3,280 2,712 568 June -202 2,151 1,758 393 2,919 2,324 595 September -255 2,109 1,743 366 2,730 2,109 621 December -47 2,282 1,852 430 2,413 1,936 477 2010 March -23 2,307 1,896 411 2,342 1,908 434 June -17 2,228 1,851 377 2,294 1,900 394 September -110 2,122 1,781 341 2,336 1,885 451 December -33 2,161 1,824 337 2,210 1,840 370 2011 March 9 2,260 1,878 382 2,167 1,794 373 June -98 2,099 1,768 331 2,136 1,707 429 September -73 2,177 1,835 342 2,141 1,726 415 December 19 2,098 1,716 382 2,070 1,707 363 2012 March 18 2,243 1,870 373 2,006 1,651 355 June 3 2,106 1,734 372 2,110 1,741 369 September -26 2,014 1,673 341 2,143 1,776 367 December -44 2,010 1,697 313 2,083 1,726 357 2013 March -9 2,091 1,769 322 2,040 1,709 331 June -15 2,004 1,688 316 2,078 1,747 331 September -19 2,035 1,718 317 2,013 1,677 336 December -5 1,948 1,621 327 2,081 1,749 332 2014 March -53 1,968 1,690 278 1,949 1,618 331 June -89 1,842 1,583 259 2,090 1,742 348 September -102 1,848 1,584 264 2,046 1,680 366 December -90 1,818 1,568 250 1,997 1,657 340 2015 March -20 1,901 1,615 286 1,955 1,649 306 June -84 1,820 1,572 248 2,035 1,703 332 September -161 1,713 1,486 227 2,110 1,722 388 December -124 1,724 1,476 248 2,070 1,698 372 2016 March -83 1,775 1,513 262 2,016 1,671 345 June -153 1,714 1,485 229 2,059 1,677 382 September -80 1,667 1,393 274 1,996 1,642 354 December -101 1,685 1,444 241 1,925 1,583 342 2017 March -156 1,672 1,418 254 2,042 1,632 410 June -29 1,682 1,361 321 2,047 1,697 350 September -115 1,657 1,392 265 1,974 1,594 380 December -103 1,635 1,383 252 1,897 1,542 355 2018 March -21 1,702 1,373 329 1,938 1,588 350 June -108 1,666 1,370 296 1,965 1,561 404 September -29 1,706 1,357 349 1,879 1,501 378 December -11 1,818 1,463 355 1,826 1,460 366 2019 March -24 1,647 1,299 348 1,912 1,540 372 June -98 1,595 1,265 330 1,994 1,566 428 September -51 1,580 1,255 325 1,843 1,467 376 December -94 1,624 1,311 313 1,782 1,375 407 2020 March -288 1,347 1,068 279 2,161 1,594 567 June -704 1,100 748 352 3,159 2,103 1,056 September 392 2,155 1,385 770 1,547 1,169 378 December 103 1,783 1,320 463 1,498 1,138 360 2021 March 22 1,584 1,212 372 1,612 1,262 350 June 60 1,782 1,409 373 1,372 1,059 313 September 82 1,904 1,508 396 1,390 1,076 314 December 136 1,969 1,537 432 1,342 1,046 296 2022 March -79 1,583 1,287 296 1,640 1,265 375 June -61 1,539 1,221 318 1,680 1,301 379 September -41 1,512 1,215 297 1,642 1,304 338 December -16 1,396 1,080 316 1,616 1,284 332 2023 March -57 1,403 1,086 317 1,664 1,290 374 June -99 1,335 1,048 287 1,648 1,262 386 September -61 1,324 1,051 273 1,535 1,201 334 December -20 1,357 1,063 294 1,457 1,143 314 2024 March -82 1,159 911 248 1,577 1,247 330 June -119 1,220 958 262 1,531 1,150 381 September -54 1,316 1,009 307 1,454 1,093 361 December 18 1,285 981 304 1,338 1,052 286 2025 March -82 1,096 863 233 1,528 1,213 315 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.