Year Number of Firms 1992-01-01 7410 1997-01-01 13023 2002-01-01 12244 2003-01-01 12316 2004-01-01 12138 2005-01-01 12143 2006-01-01 12517 2007-01-01 13659 2008-01-01 14364 2009-01-01 13397 2010-01-01 14118 2011-01-01 14909 2012-01-01 15167 2013-01-01 14923 2014-01-01 15058 2015-01-01 14746 2016-01-01 14446