Year Number of Firms 1992-01-01 3693 1997-01-01 7290 2002-01-01 6330 2003-01-01 6241 2004-01-01 5788 2005-01-01 5699 2006-01-01 6256 2007-01-01 6989 2008-01-01 7073 2009-01-01 6612 2010-01-01 7163 2011-01-01 7519 2012-01-01 7625 2013-01-01 7567 2014-01-01 7662 2015-01-01 7247 2016-01-01 7009