Year Number of Firms 1992-01-01 2451 1997-01-01 4051 2002-01-01 4120 2003-01-01 4123 2004-01-01 4477 2005-01-01 4467 2006-01-01 4746 2007-01-01 4998 2008-01-01 5335 2009-01-01 5038 2010-01-01 5508 2011-01-01 5704 2012-01-01 5598 2013-01-01 5718 2014-01-01 5833 2015-01-01 5759 2016-01-01 5582