Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, seasonally adjusted Plastics and Rubber Products 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 24 5,878 5,471 407 5,063 4,680 383 December 20 5,747 5,362 385 5,062 4,697 365 1993 March 48 5,867 5,433 434 5,050 4,664 386 June 39 5,862 5,469 393 4,906 4,552 354 September 89 6,063 5,640 423 4,985 4,651 334 December 35 5,898 5,519 379 4,996 4,652 344 1994 March 56 5,946 5,561 385 5,053 4,724 329 June -52 6,232 5,840 392 4,790 4,346 444 September 156 6,520 6,043 477 4,826 4,505 321 December 14 6,178 5,806 372 5,070 4,712 358 1995 March 100 6,161 5,747 414 5,152 4,838 314 June 31 5,625 5,270 355 5,705 5,381 324 September 45 5,797 5,411 386 5,569 5,228 341 December 59 5,852 5,452 400 5,530 5,189 341 1996 March 40 5,768 5,375 393 5,654 5,301 353 June 21 5,888 5,512 376 5,549 5,194 355 September 101 6,335 5,888 447 5,263 4,917 346 December 57 6,014 5,595 419 5,596 5,234 362 1997 March 50 6,229 5,814 415 5,431 5,066 365 June -24 6,052 5,683 369 5,515 5,122 393 September 23 6,150 5,742 408 5,590 5,205 385 December -38 6,345 5,965 380 5,501 5,083 418 1998 March 15 6,174 5,752 422 5,542 5,135 407 June 35 5,938 5,527 411 5,659 5,283 376 September -4 5,992 5,595 397 5,774 5,373 401 December -51 6,159 5,813 346 5,588 5,191 397 1999 March 24 5,945 5,543 402 5,807 5,429 378 June -5 5,954 5,578 376 5,671 5,290 381 September 4 6,162 5,773 389 5,664 5,279 385 December -58 6,244 5,918 326 5,486 5,102 384 2000 March -13 6,077 5,700 377 5,653 5,263 390 June 1 5,728 5,352 376 5,960 5,585 375 September -89 5,537 5,203 334 6,039 5,616 423 December -42 5,546 5,183 363 6,070 5,665 405 2001 March -92 4,887 4,573 314 6,525 6,119 406 June -102 4,778 4,474 304 6,678 6,272 406 September -152 4,882 4,588 294 6,268 5,822 446 December -78 4,734 4,405 329 6,353 5,946 407 2002 March -73 5,139 4,799 340 5,695 5,282 413 June -44 5,331 4,983 348 5,438 5,046 392 September -95 5,259 4,967 292 5,430 5,043 387 December -96 4,878 4,596 282 5,765 5,387 378 2003 March -66 4,835 4,514 321 5,509 5,122 387 June -41 4,629 4,321 308 5,731 5,382 349 September -41 4,810 4,507 303 5,450 5,106 344 December -31 5,025 4,729 296 5,093 4,766 327 2004 March -52 5,189 4,894 295 4,997 4,650 347 June -73 5,296 5,001 295 4,809 4,441 368 September -82 5,098 4,835 263 4,999 4,654 345 December -23 4,878 4,586 292 5,102 4,787 315 2005 March -35 4,900 4,600 300 5,102 4,767 335 June -41 4,794 4,520 274 5,146 4,831 315 September 30 4,926 4,621 305 4,948 4,673 275 December -38 4,955 4,694 261 4,986 4,687 299 2006 March -74 5,073 4,835 238 4,931 4,619 312 June 12 4,987 4,683 304 5,024 4,732 292 September -70 4,781 4,510 271 5,181 4,840 341 December -41 4,684 4,409 275 5,318 5,002 316 2007 March -4 4,603 4,333 270 4,967 4,693 274 June -78 4,523 4,288 235 4,972 4,659 313 September -27 4,361 4,098 263 5,066 4,776 290 December -8 4,457 4,171 286 4,938 4,644 294 2008 March -57 4,177 3,928 249 5,261 4,955 306 June -33 4,148 3,874 274 5,339 5,032 307 September -65 4,004 3,770 234 5,326 5,027 299 December -162 3,183 2,958 225 6,193 5,806 387 2009 March -116 2,642 2,415 227 6,716 6,373 343 June -119 3,554 3,301 253 5,661 5,289 372 September -165 4,068 3,871 197 4,539 4,177 362 December -53 4,189 3,913 276 4,371 4,042 329 2010 March -98 4,147 3,912 235 4,346 4,013 333 June -27 4,774 4,509 265 3,633 3,341 292 September -82 4,472 4,236 236 4,053 3,735 318 December -2 4,395 4,128 267 4,063 3,794 269 2011 March -58 4,345 4,117 228 4,086 3,800 286 June -10 4,368 4,099 269 3,960 3,681 279 September -12 4,240 3,984 256 4,172 3,904 268 December -46 4,148 3,916 232 4,102 3,824 278 2012 March -35 4,457 4,224 233 3,896 3,628 268 June 24 4,562 4,298 264 3,791 3,551 240 September -4 4,240 3,994 246 4,145 3,895 250 December -20 4,237 3,990 247 4,024 3,757 267 2013 March -8 4,250 4,001 249 4,020 3,763 257 June -49 4,274 4,033 241 4,056 3,766 290 September -12 4,246 3,996 250 4,020 3,758 262 December -3 4,310 4,063 247 3,955 3,705 250 2014 March -3 4,246 4,014 232 3,911 3,676 235 June -74 4,326 4,125 201 3,927 3,652 275 September 9 4,221 4,003 218 4,023 3,814 209 December -20 4,427 4,184 243 3,890 3,627 263 2015 March -15 4,188 3,961 227 4,055 3,813 242 June -54 4,236 4,012 224 4,007 3,729 278 September -42 4,159 3,929 230 4,165 3,893 272 December 0 4,274 4,038 236 3,944 3,708 236 2016 March -44 4,237 4,012 225 4,026 3,757 269 June -31 4,191 3,956 235 4,111 3,845 266 September -27 4,101 3,873 228 4,142 3,887 255 December -48 4,239 4,029 210 3,952 3,694 258 2017 March 19 4,401 4,133 268 3,803 3,554 249 June 15 4,247 4,001 246 4,119 3,888 231 September -55 4,099 3,890 209 4,151 3,887 264 December -24 4,430 4,195 235 3,895 3,636 259 2018 March -18 4,382 4,148 234 4,025 3,773 252 June -66 4,248 4,033 215 4,114 3,833 281 September -69 4,139 3,933 206 4,170 3,895 275 December 22 4,328 4,060 268 3,945 3,699 246 2019 March 3 4,131 3,880 251 4,146 3,898 248 June -53 3,927 3,698 229 4,332 4,050 282 September -47 3,815 3,566 249 4,454 4,158 296 December -2 4,001 3,742 259 4,206 3,945 261 2020 March -49 3,934 3,692 242 4,209 3,918 291 June -158 2,806 2,565 241 6,012 5,613 399 September 82 4,448 4,089 359 4,028 3,751 277 December 57 4,813 4,517 296 3,405 3,166 239 2021 March 11 4,481 4,183 298 3,776 3,489 287 June 18 4,140 3,810 330 4,308 3,996 312 September 31 4,480 4,146 334 3,976 3,673 303 December 66 5,000 4,666 334 3,582 3,314 268 2022 March 8 4,751 4,432 319 3,723 3,412 311 June 9 4,161 3,838 323 4,393 4,079 314 September 29 4,234 3,904 330 4,242 3,941 301 December -5 4,063 3,775 288 4,304 4,011 293 2023 March 25 3,880 3,549 331 4,496 4,190 306 June -70 3,706 3,435 271 4,731 4,390 341 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.