Table 6. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, not 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 6 706 641 65 688 629 59 December 22 773 695 78 619 563 56 1993 March -29 677 610 67 780 684 96 June 7 787 718 69 635 573 62 September -6 688 626 62 702 634 68 December -5 724 658 66 671 600 71 1994 March -12 645 572 73 795 710 85 June -20 745 692 53 637 564 73 September 5 695 628 67 689 627 62 December 13 696 623 73 688 628 60 1995 March -13 645 577 68 737 656 81 June 1 669 597 72 691 620 71 September 8 650 577 73 722 657 65 December -14 620 555 65 710 631 79 1996 March -11 612 531 81 778 686 92 June -29 664 617 47 654 578 76 September -20 592 529 63 717 634 83 December 34 718 631 87 612 559 53 1997 March -38 588 533 55 746 653 93 June -2 621 564 57 667 608 59 September -6 550 498 52 686 628 58 December -4 651 577 74 639 561 78 1998 March 4 574 488 86 740 658 82 June -13 593 534 59 644 572 72 September -27 535 492 43 726 656 70 December 1 556 493 63 639 577 62 1999 March -25 544 472 72 693 596 97 June -14 585 525 60 635 561 74 September -14 520 473 47 610 549 61 December -3 570 505 65 598 530 68 2000 March -38 535 479 56 669 575 94 June 26 611 540 71 541 496 45 September -20 500 448 52 670 598 72 December -8 516 462 54 571 509 62 2001 March -41 438 386 52 718 625 93 June -8 493 441 52 587 527 60 September -29 408 359 49 638 560 78 December -7 454 387 67 592 518 74 2002 March -55 418 373 45 596 496 100 June 20 492 426 66 473 427 46 September -20 415 370 45 540 475 65 December 15 453 385 68 492 439 53 2003 March -38 403 354 49 533 446 87 June -19 386 342 44 473 410 63 September -4 379 319 60 475 411 64 December 16 445 372 73 418 361 57 2004 March -46 396 349 47 507 414 93 June 3 440 391 49 379 333 46 September 0 379 326 53 474 421 53 December 52 445 363 82 415 385 30 2005 March -45 372 336 36 495 414 81 June -5 409 366 43 409 361 48 September 1 363 319 44 418 375 43 December 7 416 358 58 408 357 51 2006 March -18 358 313 45 464 401 63 June -17 366 320 46 404 341 63 September -7 340 296 44 436 385 51 December 43 437 367 70 364 337 27 2007 March -13 391 340 51 421 357 64 June 4 358 311 47 384 341 43 September -16 340 304 36 430 378 52 December 21 411 351 60 381 342 39 2008 March -29 362 314 48 447 370 77 June 3 365 312 53 367 317 50 September -5 293 248 45 443 393 50 December -2 339 286 53 417 362 55 2009 March -39 268 217 51 555 465 90 June -2 315 267 48 390 340 50 September -23 275 239 36 398 339 59 December 7 366 302 64 325 268 57 2010 March -15 299 252 47 378 316 62 June -9 329 288 41 280 230 50 September -14 298 259 39 332 279 53 December 19 409 347 62 257 214 43 2011 March -20 281 247 34 357 303 54 June -9 337 297 40 303 254 49 September 5 323 275 48 332 289 43 December 26 356 294 62 275 239 36 2012 March -21 341 299 42 308 245 63 June 9 364 315 49 286 246 40 September -2 295 253 42 330 286 44 December -5 372 324 48 277 224 53 2013 March -3 333 282 51 351 297 54 June -4 339 303 36 275 235 40 September 17 290 228 62 352 307 45 December 23 368 312 56 264 231 33 2014 March -16 296 255 41 371 314 57 June 2 340 296 44 308 266 42 September -26 280 250 30 368 312 56 December 29 385 309 76 299 252 47 2015 March -20 336 285 51 368 297 71 June 24 351 294 57 297 264 33 September -14 278 234 44 376 318 58 December 26 344 281 63 334 297 37 2016 March -25 327 275 52 390 313 77 June 2 343 291 52 329 279 50 September -23 281 245 36 367 308 59 December 14 339 280 59 328 283 45 2017 March -20 305 260 45 382 317 65 June -11 314 273 41 360 308 52 September 5 304 252 52 351 304 47 December 5 359 294 65 313 253 60 2018 March -33 299 255 44 382 305 77 June 0 361 307 54 318 264 54 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.