Year Number of Firms 1992-01-01 4093 1997-01-01 5749 2002-01-01 5562 2003-01-01 6062 2004-01-01 6581 2005-01-01 6630 2006-01-01 6766 2007-01-01 7646 2008-01-01 8136 2009-01-01 7869 2010-01-01 8586 2011-01-01 9373 2012-01-01 9249 2013-01-01 9094 2014-01-01 8797 2015-01-01 8205 2016-01-01 8251