Year Number of Firms 1992-01-01 2282 1997-01-01 3893 2002-01-01 3381 2003-01-01 3221 2004-01-01 3008 2005-01-01 3086 2006-01-01 3320 2007-01-01 3696 2008-01-01 3763 2009-01-01 3528 2010-01-01 3607 2011-01-01 3822 2012-01-01 3797 2013-01-01 3842 2014-01-01 3822 2015-01-01 3684 2016-01-01 3487