Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, 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 10 765 693 72 659 597 62 December 2 719 654 65 665 602 63 1993 March -6 710 641 69 708 633 75 June 4 750 677 73 684 615 69 September -3 746 677 69 674 602 72 December -25 674 619 55 722 642 80 1994 March 8 676 601 75 724 657 67 June -26 708 652 56 688 606 82 September 8 753 679 74 661 595 66 December -7 647 586 61 740 672 68 1995 March 6 677 607 70 671 607 64 June -2 640 563 77 745 666 79 September 12 705 624 81 693 624 69 December -34 577 522 55 764 675 89 1996 March 12 642 558 84 707 635 72 June -35 632 582 50 706 621 85 September -18 642 572 70 690 602 88 December 13 666 593 73 658 598 60 1997 March -16 617 560 57 677 604 73 June -5 593 532 61 719 653 66 September -3 597 539 58 657 596 61 December -26 605 543 62 688 600 88 1998 March 25 602 513 89 673 609 64 June -17 566 503 63 694 614 80 September -26 580 532 48 697 623 74 December -17 517 464 53 687 617 70 1999 March -2 570 496 74 627 551 76 June -19 559 495 64 686 603 83 September -13 564 512 52 586 521 65 December -22 530 475 55 644 567 77 2000 March -16 562 504 58 606 532 74 June 26 585 509 76 583 533 50 September -18 543 485 58 644 568 76 December -25 479 434 45 615 545 70 2001 March -19 460 406 54 651 578 73 June -12 471 416 55 633 566 67 September -29 442 388 54 615 532 83 December -28 420 364 56 638 554 84 2002 March -31 439 392 47 537 459 78 June 19 472 402 70 510 459 51 September -19 450 400 50 520 451 69 December -3 419 362 57 530 470 60 2003 March -17 423 372 51 481 413 68 June -23 369 322 47 510 440 70 September -1 412 345 67 458 390 68 December -3 411 350 61 450 386 64 2004 March -24 416 367 49 456 383 73 June 1 421 369 52 409 358 51 September 3 412 353 59 456 400 56 December 35 410 341 69 446 412 34 2005 March -27 390 353 37 447 383 64 June -8 391 345 46 442 388 54 September 3 394 345 49 402 356 46 December -9 386 337 49 440 382 58 2006 March -2 376 329 47 420 371 49 June -21 351 302 49 436 366 70 September -5 369 320 49 419 365 54 December 29 404 345 59 391 361 30 2007 March 3 411 358 53 380 330 50 June 2 343 293 50 414 366 48 September -15 369 329 40 414 359 55 December 6 380 330 50 410 366 44 2008 March -10 380 330 50 402 342 60 June 0 350 294 56 397 341 56 September -3 318 268 50 426 373 53 December -17 314 269 45 449 387 62 2009 March -18 281 228 53 501 430 71 June -5 303 252 51 421 365 56 September -22 298 258 40 384 322 62 December -10 338 284 54 351 287 64 2010 March 0 314 265 49 341 292 49 June -12 315 271 44 303 247 56 September -13 323 280 43 321 265 56 December 3 378 326 52 278 229 49 2011 March -7 293 258 35 323 281 42 June -13 322 280 42 328 273 55 September 9 353 299 54 319 274 45 December 10 329 277 52 297 255 42 2012 March -6 355 312 43 277 228 49 June 6 348 297 51 309 264 45 September 1 322 275 47 317 271 46 December -22 345 305 40 301 239 62 2013 March 11 348 295 53 318 276 42 June -7 324 286 38 297 252 45 September 22 316 247 69 338 291 47 December 9 341 294 47 285 247 38 2014 March -1 310 267 43 335 291 44 June -1 324 278 46 332 285 47 September -25 305 271 34 356 297 59 December 9 356 292 64 324 269 55 2015 March -2 351 298 53 331 276 55 June 23 337 277 60 319 282 37 September -12 302 253 49 363 302 61 December 10 318 265 53 361 318 43 2016 March -6 344 290 54 349 289 60 June 0 330 275 55 352 297 55 September -22 303 263 40 355 293 62 December -3 313 263 50 357 304 53 2017 March -3 321 274 47 343 293 50 June -15 301 258 43 386 328 58 September 9 328 270 58 339 290 49 December -17 331 277 54 342 271 71 2018 March -6 327 271 56 346 284 62 June 3 358 294 64 347 286 61 September -7 346 290 56 324 261 63 December -8 315 263 52 336 276 60 2019 March 1 318 268 50 320 271 49 June -17 296 245 51 361 293 68 September -11 319 268 51 347 285 62 December 5 338 272 66 329 268 61 2020 March -31 302 266 36 357 290 67 June -62 243 182 61 567 444 123 September 21 429 334 95 310 236 74 December 31 398 327 71 251 211 40 2021 March 16 360 291 69 288 235 53 June 26 375 314 61 284 249 35 September 9 391 327 64 300 245 55 December 17 360 295 65 334 286 48 2022 March -3 352 297 55 324 266 58 June 12 373 298 75 320 257 63 September -5 344 289 55 337 277 60 December -3 345 291 54 315 258 57 2023 March -9 309 262 47 317 261 56 June 7 345 278 67 349 289 60 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.