Year Number of Firms 1992-01-01 1316 1997-01-01 1908 2002-01-01 945 2003-01-01 1491 2004-01-01 1949 2005-01-01 2198 2006-01-01 2232 2007-01-01 2548 2008-01-01 2986 2009-01-01 2936 2010-01-01 3136 2011-01-01 3303 2012-01-01 2952 2013-01-01 2699 2014-01-01 2456 2015-01-01 2600 2016-01-01 2773