Year Number of Firms 1992-01-01 2248 1997-01-01 4402 2002-01-01 4941 2003-01-01 4964 2004-01-01 5551 2005-01-01 5983 2006-01-01 6096 2007-01-01 6715 2008-01-01 7298 2009-01-01 7027 2010-01-01 7784 2011-01-01 8113 2012-01-01 7958 2013-01-01 7508 2014-01-01 7587 2015-01-01 7326 2016-01-01 7405