Year Number of Firms 1992-01-01 5865 1997-01-01 10105 2002-01-01 9495 2003-01-01 9512 2004-01-01 9274 2005-01-01 9424 2006-01-01 9926 2007-01-01 11198 2008-01-01 11822 2009-01-01 11237 2010-01-01 11995 2011-01-01 12767 2012-01-01 12566 2013-01-01 12724 2014-01-01 12726 2015-01-01 12273 2016-01-01 12147