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Enterprises as of January 1, newly-established enterprises and discontinued enterprises, by legal form| Legal form | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
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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 | 421 225 | 61 533 | 58 639 | 423 062 | 65 600 | 63 891 | 422 121 |
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| General partnership | 3 225 | 90 | 443 | 2 695 | 85 | 313 | 2 381 |
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| Private limited company | 228 954 | 25 204 | 18 015 | 234 524 | 25 486 | 18 851 | 240 406 |
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| Public limited company | 179 | 3 | 4 | 173 | 3 | 0 | 176 |
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| General Partnership with shared liability | 4 969 | 400 | 916 | 4 150 | 372 | 613 | 3 835 |
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| Sole proprietorship | 170 915 | 34 563 | 38 351 | 169 138 | 38 471 | 42 957 | 162 892 |
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| Norwegian division of foreign enterprise | 3 712 | 706 | 656 | 3 335 | 631 | 855 | 2 834 |
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| Other organisational structures | 9 271 | 567 | 254 | 9 047 | 552 | 302 | 9 597 |
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