Year Number of Firms 1992-01-01 112854 1997-01-01 213664 2002-01-01 223933 2003-01-01 225190 2004-01-01 231736 2005-01-01 239094 2006-01-01 245945 2007-01-01 266457 2008-01-01 288747 2009-01-01 275843 2010-01-01 293131 2011-01-01 303509 2012-01-01 305669 2013-01-01 305026 2014-01-01 305213 2015-01-01 295571 2016-01-01 287314