Year Number of Firms 1992-01-01 5201 1997-01-01 9460 2002-01-01 7472 2003-01-01 7143 2004-01-01 6487 2005-01-01 6305 2006-01-01 6786 2007-01-01 7394 2008-01-01 7312 2009-01-01 6584 2010-01-01 6933 2011-01-01 7299 2012-01-01 7401 2013-01-01 7187 2014-01-01 7084 2015-01-01 6786 2016-01-01 6545