Table 6. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, not 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 3 5,518 5,154 364 5,320 4,959 361 December 77 5,671 5,272 399 5,021 4,699 322 1993 March -33 5,795 5,336 459 5,274 4,782 492 June 79 6,374 5,976 398 4,483 4,164 319 September 63 5,691 5,313 378 5,243 4,928 315 December 90 5,819 5,426 393 4,957 4,654 303 1994 March -13 5,869 5,462 407 5,263 4,843 420 June -3 6,778 6,381 397 4,375 3,975 400 September 125 6,120 5,693 427 5,076 4,774 302 December 69 6,093 5,708 385 5,030 4,714 316 1995 March 37 6,082 5,644 438 5,361 4,960 401 June 67 6,117 5,758 359 5,214 4,922 292 September 24 5,442 5,097 345 5,861 5,540 321 December 113 5,774 5,360 414 5,492 5,191 301 1996 March -34 5,695 5,279 416 5,885 5,435 450 June 61 6,404 6,023 381 5,071 4,751 320 September 74 5,947 5,547 400 5,536 5,210 326 December 115 5,935 5,501 434 5,555 5,236 319 1997 March -26 6,149 5,710 439 5,659 5,194 465 June 19 6,583 6,210 373 5,039 4,685 354 September 2 5,774 5,409 365 5,878 5,515 363 December 25 6,259 5,865 394 5,454 5,085 369 1998 March -73 6,095 5,649 446 5,784 5,265 519 June 77 6,455 6,039 416 5,171 4,832 339 September -23 5,626 5,271 355 6,071 5,693 378 December 8 6,073 5,715 358 5,543 5,193 350 1999 March -57 5,869 5,444 425 6,048 5,566 482 June 38 6,476 6,095 381 5,182 4,839 343 September -15 5,786 5,438 348 5,957 5,594 363 December -1 6,157 5,819 338 5,443 5,104 339 2000 March -98 5,997 5,598 399 5,893 5,396 497 June 43 6,229 5,848 381 5,447 5,109 338 September -100 5,200 4,901 299 6,350 5,951 399 December 19 5,472 5,096 376 6,025 5,668 357 2001 March -186 4,823 4,491 332 6,791 6,273 518 June -58 5,196 4,888 308 6,103 5,737 366 September -157 4,585 4,322 263 6,589 6,169 420 December -18 4,672 4,331 341 6,308 5,949 359 2002 March -168 5,072 4,713 359 5,942 5,415 527 June -1 5,797 5,445 352 4,969 4,616 353 September -104 4,940 4,679 261 5,709 5,344 365 December -41 4,811 4,519 292 5,722 5,389 333 2003 March -155 4,772 4,433 339 5,745 5,251 494 June -2 5,033 4,721 312 5,237 4,923 314 September -53 4,517 4,246 271 5,734 5,410 324 December 19 4,957 4,650 307 5,056 4,768 288 2004 March -130 5,119 4,807 312 5,209 4,767 442 June -33 5,763 5,464 299 4,394 4,062 332 September -90 4,790 4,555 235 5,256 4,931 325 December 24 4,811 4,509 302 5,067 4,789 278 2005 March -110 4,835 4,518 317 5,314 4,887 427 June -7 5,216 4,939 277 4,703 4,419 284 September 14 4,626 4,353 273 5,211 4,952 259 December 6 4,885 4,615 270 4,953 4,689 264 2006 March -146 5,001 4,749 252 5,134 4,736 398 June 45 5,425 5,117 308 4,591 4,328 263 September -79 4,491 4,249 242 5,449 5,128 321 December 6 4,620 4,335 285 5,283 5,004 279 2007 March -63 4,542 4,256 286 5,160 4,811 349 June -44 4,923 4,685 238 4,544 4,262 282 September -38 4,095 3,860 235 5,334 5,061 273 December 37 4,397 4,101 296 4,905 4,646 259 2008 March -127 4,121 3,858 263 5,470 5,080 390 June 0 4,510 4,233 277 4,880 4,603 277 September -73 3,760 3,551 209 5,609 5,327 282 December -108 3,141 2,908 233 6,150 5,809 341 2009 March -197 2,612 2,372 240 6,971 6,534 437 June -79 3,863 3,607 256 5,173 4,838 335 September -165 3,823 3,647 176 4,767 4,426 341 December -4 4,133 3,847 286 4,334 4,044 290 2010 March -175 4,091 3,842 249 4,538 4,114 424 June 5 5,195 4,927 268 3,319 3,056 263 September -89 4,201 3,990 211 4,258 3,958 300 December 40 4,336 4,059 277 4,033 3,796 237 2011 March -123 4,284 4,043 241 4,254 3,890 364 June 19 4,751 4,479 272 3,611 3,358 253 September -24 3,976 3,747 229 4,423 4,170 253 December -3 4,098 3,857 241 4,052 3,808 244 2012 March -93 4,399 4,152 247 4,048 3,708 340 June 49 4,961 4,694 267 3,460 3,242 218 September -16 3,969 3,749 220 4,404 4,168 236 December 22 4,191 3,935 256 3,971 3,737 234 2013 March -62 4,201 3,937 264 4,167 3,841 326 June -18 4,645 4,400 245 3,711 3,448 263 September -26 3,965 3,743 222 4,278 4,030 248 December 36 4,271 4,015 256 3,894 3,674 220 2014 March -51 4,198 3,951 247 4,050 3,752 298 June -47 4,700 4,497 203 3,597 3,347 250 September -6 3,939 3,746 193 4,294 4,095 199 December 23 4,394 4,141 253 3,818 3,588 230 2015 March -65 4,144 3,903 241 4,192 3,886 306 June -28 4,594 4,369 225 3,674 3,421 253 September -55 3,874 3,670 204 4,446 4,187 259 December 41 4,252 4,005 247 3,869 3,663 206 2016 March -101 4,184 3,944 240 4,176 3,835 341 June -6 4,540 4,304 236 3,772 3,530 242 September -42 3,820 3,619 201 4,425 4,182 243 December -4 4,227 4,007 220 3,864 3,640 224 2017 March -31 4,351 4,067 284 3,955 3,640 315 June 37 4,579 4,331 248 3,791 3,580 211 September -66 3,820 3,634 186 4,420 4,168 252 December 22 4,439 4,193 246 3,798 3,574 224 2018 March -70 4,334 4,085 249 4,153 3,834 319 June -40 4,575 4,358 217 3,807 3,550 257 September -78 3,856 3,672 184 4,460 4,198 262 December 67 4,343 4,064 279 3,836 3,624 212 2019 March -47 4,088 3,821 267 4,275 3,961 314 June -27 4,227 3,996 231 4,009 3,751 258 September -60 3,551 3,329 222 4,763 4,481 282 December 44 4,015 3,746 269 4,090 3,865 225 2020 March -112 3,893 3,636 257 4,350 3,981 369 June -122 3,014 2,771 243 5,564 5,199 365 September 56 4,138 3,818 320 4,307 4,043 264 December 102 4,829 4,521 308 3,308 3,102 206 2021 March -47 4,437 4,120 317 3,909 3,545 364 June 46 4,449 4,117 332 3,987 3,701 286 September 9 4,169 3,871 298 4,248 3,959 289 December 116 5,018 4,671 347 3,478 3,247 231 2022 March -56 4,704 4,365 339 3,862 3,467 395 June 38 4,472 4,147 325 4,065 3,778 287 September 7 3,939 3,645 294 4,535 4,248 287 December 46 4,078 3,779 299 4,183 3,930 253 2023 March -36 3,847 3,495 352 4,645 4,257 388 June -41 3,984 3,712 272 4,378 4,065 313 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.