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 -50 1,970 1,690 280 1,951 1,621 330 June -93 1,839 1,582 257 2,093 1,743 350 September -102 1,846 1,582 264 2,045 1,679 366 December -89 1,820 1,570 250 1,993 1,654 339 2015 March -23 1,898 1,612 286 1,964 1,655 309 June -88 1,817 1,570 247 2,044 1,709 335 September -158 1,711 1,483 228 2,106 1,720 386 December -120 1,734 1,486 248 2,058 1,690 368 2016 March -80 1,774 1,510 264 2,024 1,680 344 June -157 1,709 1,481 228 2,069 1,684 385 September -79 1,669 1,394 275 1,992 1,638 354 December -100 1,692 1,451 241 1,915 1,574 341 2017 March -160 1,654 1,401 253 2,074 1,661 413 June -33 1,678 1,359 319 2,049 1,697 352 September -114 1,662 1,398 264 1,965 1,587 378 December -98 1,654 1,400 254 1,876 1,524 352 2018 March -90 1,561 1,331 230 1,916 1,596 320 June -170 1,546 1,327 219 1,911 1,522 389 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.