Year Number of Firms 1992-01-01 14828 1997-01-01 25759 2002-01-01 31371 2003-01-01 31396 2004-01-01 34657 2005-01-01 39482 2006-01-01 42981 2007-01-01 48275 2008-01-01 55269 2009-01-01 55266 2010-01-01 58310 2011-01-01 60289 2012-01-01 61963 2013-01-01 61603 2014-01-01 61396 2015-01-01 59729 2016-01-01 58104