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Enterprises as of January 1, newly-established enterprises and discontinued enterprises, by legal form| Legal form | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
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| Enterprises as of January 1 | Newly-established enterprises | Discontinued enterprises (final figures) | Enterprises as of January 1 | Newly-established enterprises | Discontinued enterprises (estimated) | Enterprises as of January 1 (estimated) |
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| Total | 402 513 | 57 866 | 55 385 | 413 761 | 60 474 | 58 252 | 413 725 |
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| General partnership | 4 249 | 126 | 374 | 3 970 | 112 | 468 | 3 439 |
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| Private limited company | 202 782 | 21 695 | 18 477 | 207 813 | 23 693 | 18 579 | 212 864 |
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| Public limited company | 189 | 3 | 8 | 176 | 3 | 3 | 174 |
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| General Partnership with shared liability | 5 862 | 565 | 785 | 5 566 | 569 | 871 | 5 136 |
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| Sole proprietorship | 174 969 | 34 156 | 33 553 | 182 655 | 34 788 | 36 106 | 179 372 |
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| Norwegian division of foreign enterprise | 5 599 | 1 007 | 1 609 | 4 797 | 948 | 1 725 | 3 822 |
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| Other organisational structures | 8 863 | 314 | 579 | 8 784 | 361 | 500 | 8 919 |
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