Year Number of Firms 1992-01-01 4081 1997-01-01 5482 2002-01-01 6449 2003-01-01 6480 2004-01-01 6509 2005-01-01 6152 2006-01-01 5965 2007-01-01 5906 2008-01-01 6107 2009-01-01 5788 2010-01-01 6394 2011-01-01 6518 2012-01-01 6318 2013-01-01 6369 2014-01-01 6272 2015-01-01 6102 2016-01-01 5817