Year Number of Firms 1992-01-01 10791 1997-01-01 19644 2002-01-01 16887 2003-01-01 16533 2004-01-01 15108 2005-01-01 15357 2006-01-01 16505 2007-01-01 17907 2008-01-01 18152 2009-01-01 16794 2010-01-01 17668 2011-01-01 18449 2012-01-01 18476 2013-01-01 18166 2014-01-01 18034 2015-01-01 17487 2016-01-01 17050