Year Number of Firms 1992-01-01 2158 1997-01-01 3866 2002-01-01 3304 2003-01-01 3225 2004-01-01 2940 2005-01-01 2876 2006-01-01 3197 2007-01-01 3564 2008-01-01 3678 2009-01-01 3386 2010-01-01 3609 2011-01-01 3737 2012-01-01 3717 2013-01-01 3641 2014-01-01 3577 2015-01-01 3454 2016-01-01 3486