Year Number of Firms 1992-01-01 4811 1997-01-01 8057 2002-01-01 7996 2003-01-01 8179 2004-01-01 8270 2005-01-01 8292 2006-01-01 8616 2007-01-01 9426 2008-01-01 10011 2009-01-01 9741 2010-01-01 10524 2011-01-01 10855 2012-01-01 10694 2013-01-01 10614 2014-01-01 10926 2015-01-01 10804 2016-01-01 10717