Table
Number of enterprises as of 1st January, newly established enterprises and enterprise closures, by legal form.| Legal form | 2011 | 2011 | 2011 | 2012 | 2012 | 2012 | 2013 |
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| Number of enterprises as of 1st January | New established enterprises | Enterprise closures | Number of enterprises as of 1st January | New established enterprises | Enterprise closures | Number of enterprises as of 1st January |
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| Total | 362 977 | 46 885 | 52 110 | 374 083 | 51 148 | 49 109 | 374 273 |
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| General Partnership | 5 274 | 254 | 552 | 5 387 | 155 | 450 | 4 914 |
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| Private limited company | 162 934 | 12 889 | 12 467 | 169 724 | 20 147 | 10 788 | 180 779 |
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| Public limited company | 282 | 1 | 11 | 276 | 1 | 8 | 247 |
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| General Partnership with shared liability | 7 160 | 1 049 | 1 116 | 7 312 | 628 | 1 115 | 6 593 |
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| Sole Proprietorship | 158 642 | 29 042 | 32 919 | 171 575 | 28 562 | 32 393 | 164 993 |
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| Norwegian division of foreign enterprise | 12 296 | 3 373 | 4 077 | 10 574 | 1 381 | 3 942 | 7 688 |
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| Other organisational structures | 16 389 | 277 | 968 | 9 235 | 274 | 414 | 9 057 |
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