Year Number of Firms 1992-01-01 3676 1997-01-01 5245 2002-01-01 5714 2003-01-01 5691 2004-01-01 5757 2005-01-01 6106 2006-01-01 6182 2007-01-01 7013 2008-01-01 7617 2009-01-01 7070 2010-01-01 7293 2011-01-01 7722 2012-01-01 7654 2013-01-01 7704 2014-01-01 7725 2015-01-01 7265 2016-01-01 7250