Year Number of Firms 1992-01-01 1659 1997-01-01 2589 2002-01-01 3305 2003-01-01 3216 2004-01-01 3331 2005-01-01 3327 2006-01-01 3407 2007-01-01 3817 2008-01-01 3899 2009-01-01 3724 2010-01-01 3624 2011-01-01 3758 2012-01-01 3717 2013-01-01 3737 2014-01-01 3759 2015-01-01 3718 2016-01-01 3518