Year Number of Firms 1992-01-01 6539 1997-01-01 9946 2002-01-01 9357 2003-01-01 9390 2004-01-01 9502 2005-01-01 9135 2006-01-01 9043 2007-01-01 8836 2008-01-01 9002 2009-01-01 8743 2010-01-01 9208 2011-01-01 9455 2012-01-01 9693 2013-01-01 9329 2014-01-01 9278 2015-01-01 8850 2016-01-01 8714