Year Number of Firms 1992-01-01 4243 1997-01-01 7346 2002-01-01 6188 2003-01-01 5975 2004-01-01 5457 2005-01-01 5301 2006-01-01 5712 2007-01-01 6282 2008-01-01 6293 2009-01-01 5797 2010-01-01 6077 2011-01-01 6266 2012-01-01 6198 2013-01-01 6122 2014-01-01 6072 2015-01-01 5754 2016-01-01 5687