Year Number of Firms 1992-01-01 5448 1997-01-01 7371 2002-01-01 8423 2003-01-01 8811 2004-01-01 8862 2005-01-01 8581 2006-01-01 8401 2007-01-01 9150 2008-01-01 9557 2009-01-01 9109 2010-01-01 9317 2011-01-01 9539 2012-01-01 9454 2013-01-01 9618 2014-01-01 9852 2015-01-01 10031 2016-01-01 9857