Year Number of Firms 1992-01-01 1942 1997-01-01 3231 2002-01-01 3236 2003-01-01 3234 2004-01-01 3233 2005-01-01 3454 2006-01-01 3821 2007-01-01 4169 2008-01-01 4315 2009-01-01 4088 2010-01-01 4372 2011-01-01 4776 2012-01-01 4585 2013-01-01 4437 2014-01-01 4617 2015-01-01 4495 2016-01-01 4471