Year Number of Firms 1992-01-01 7981 1997-01-01 12869 2002-01-01 12656 2003-01-01 12935 2004-01-01 13048 2005-01-01 13317 2006-01-01 14147 2007-01-01 15196 2008-01-01 15967 2009-01-01 15083 2010-01-01 15902 2011-01-01 16649 2012-01-01 16416 2013-01-01 16518 2014-01-01 16708 2015-01-01 16101 2016-01-01 15729