Year Number of Firms 1992-01-01 1612 1997-01-01 2200 2002-01-01 3102 2003-01-01 3178 2004-01-01 3425 2005-01-01 3473 2006-01-01 3458 2007-01-01 3696 2008-01-01 3903 2009-01-01 3739 2010-01-01 4147 2011-01-01 4312 2012-01-01 4215 2013-01-01 4128 2014-01-01 4064 2015-01-01 3897 2016-01-01 3870