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 -2 309 267 42 335 291 44 June 0 326 279 47 332 285 47 September -25 305 271 34 355 296 59 December 8 354 291 63 324 269 55 2015 March -2 351 298 53 331 276 55 June 23 337 277 60 320 283 37 September -12 303 254 49 363 302 61 December 10 318 265 53 360 317 43 2016 March -6 342 288 54 351 291 60 June -1 329 274 55 355 299 56 September -22 306 266 40 354 292 62 December -3 313 264 49 354 302 52 2017 March -3 319 272 47 344 294 50 June -15 301 258 43 388 330 58 September 9 332 274 58 338 289 49 December -16 331 277 54 340 270 70 2018 March -14 313 267 46 343 283 60 June -3 346 289 57 343 283 60 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.