Year Number of Firms 1992-01-01 742 1997-01-01 1289 2002-01-01 1706 2003-01-01 1952 2004-01-01 2064 2005-01-01 2153 2006-01-01 2501 2007-01-01 2865 2008-01-01 3248 2009-01-01 2884 2010-01-01 2925 2011-01-01 3137 2012-01-01 3163 2013-01-01 3156 2014-01-01 2996 2015-01-01 3225 2016-01-01 3860