Year Number of Firms 1992-01-01 2648 1997-01-01 6321 2002-01-01 10346 2003-01-01 8642 2004-01-01 10933 2005-01-01 10927 2006-01-01 11570 2007-01-01 11827 2008-01-01 13846 2009-01-01 14177 2010-01-01 14388 2011-01-01 15281 2012-01-01 16174 2013-01-01 16645 2014-01-01 17256 2015-01-01 16709 2016-01-01 16411