Year Number of Firms 1992-01-01 4261 1997-01-01 7415 2002-01-01 5996 2003-01-01 5814 2004-01-01 5452 2005-01-01 5339 2006-01-01 5714 2007-01-01 6294 2008-01-01 6301 2009-01-01 5859 2010-01-01 6174 2011-01-01 6351 2012-01-01 6252 2013-01-01 6140 2014-01-01 5997 2015-01-01 5878 2016-01-01 5678