Year Number of Firms 1992-01-01 2777 1997-01-01 3168 2002-01-01 3463 2003-01-01 3581 2004-01-01 3653 2005-01-01 3636 2006-01-01 3540 2007-01-01 3798 2008-01-01 4024 2009-01-01 3874 2010-01-01 3876 2011-01-01 3892 2012-01-01 3577 2013-01-01 3635 2014-01-01 3601 2015-01-01 3462 2016-01-01 3549