Year Number of Firms 1992-01-01 17351 1997-01-01 27773 2002-01-01 30540 2003-01-01 30815 2004-01-01 31972 2005-01-01 33586 2006-01-01 34225 2007-01-01 36952 2008-01-01 40379 2009-01-01 38119 2010-01-01 40377 2011-01-01 41402 2012-01-01 41150 2013-01-01 40421 2014-01-01 40051 2015-01-01 38037 2016-01-01 36739