Year Number of Firms 1992-01-01 3471 1997-01-01 5267 2002-01-01 5151 2003-01-01 5109 2004-01-01 5160 2005-01-01 5173 2006-01-01 5343 2007-01-01 5700 2008-01-01 5994 2009-01-01 5631 2010-01-01 5978 2011-01-01 6048 2012-01-01 5910 2013-01-01 5741 2014-01-01 5737 2015-01-01 5580 2016-01-01 5656