Year Number of Firms 1992-01-01 2263 1997-01-01 4150 2002-01-01 3458 2003-01-01 3357 2004-01-01 3018 2005-01-01 3052 2006-01-01 3166 2007-01-01 3528 2008-01-01 3591 2009-01-01 3329 2010-01-01 3525 2011-01-01 3658 2012-01-01 3655 2013-01-01 3617 2014-01-01 3550 2015-01-01 3546 2016-01-01 3407