Year Number of Firms 1992-01-01 4037 1997-01-01 6697 2002-01-01 6246 2003-01-01 6394 2004-01-01 6412 2005-01-01 6454 2006-01-01 6894 2007-01-01 7617 2008-01-01 8146 2009-01-01 7721 2010-01-01 8279 2011-01-01 8556 2012-01-01 8689 2013-01-01 8610 2014-01-01 8657 2015-01-01 8290 2016-01-01 8116