Year Number of Firms 1992-01-01 5406 1997-01-01 9125 2002-01-01 7475 2003-01-01 7215 2004-01-01 6608 2005-01-01 6660 2006-01-01 7143 2007-01-01 7778 2008-01-01 7889 2009-01-01 7271 2010-01-01 7644 2011-01-01 7914 2012-01-01 7911 2013-01-01 7876 2014-01-01 7848 2015-01-01 7568 2016-01-01 7290