Year Number of Firms 1992-01-01 3507 1997-01-01 5671 2002-01-01 6548 2003-01-01 6481 2004-01-01 6777 2005-01-01 6702 2006-01-01 6785 2007-01-01 7184 2008-01-01 7722 2009-01-01 7872 2010-01-01 8485 2011-01-01 8664 2012-01-01 8588 2013-01-01 8359 2014-01-01 8475 2015-01-01 8225 2016-01-01 8262