Statistics Norway

Ownership and roles in business enterprise sector

3 Number of enterprises by number of employees, economic activity and owners national background. 1.1.2010
  National background of owners
  General parnership and general partnership with shared liability Sole proprietroship
  Total number of enterprises Only Norwegian owners Only foreign owners Both norwegian and foreign owners Total number of enterprises Only Norwegian owners Only foreign owners
Total 11 847 10 041  690 1 116  156 307  135 035 21 272
Size groups              
No employees 9 144 7 854  431  859  134 025  116 891 17 134
1-4 employees 2 039 1 675  204  160 19 227 15 672 3 555
5-9 employees  495  378 45 72 2 387 1 928  459
10-19 employees  116 93 6 17  562  460  102
20-49 employees 35 28 4 3  101 79 22
50-99 employees 10 8 0 2 4 4 0
100-249 employees 8 5 0 3 0 0 0
250+ employees - - - - 1 1 0
               
Economic activity              
B - Mining and quarrying 47 45 - 2  270  258 12
C - Manufacturing  622  561 13 48 8 179 7 449  730
D - Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 35 33 - 2 39 35 4
E - Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities 19 14 1 4  155  147 8
F - Construction 1 169 1 014 98 57 27 930 23 830 4 100
G - Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 2 066 1 703  169  194 17 997 15 447 2 550
H - Transportation and storage  584  540 15 29 14 539 12 006 2 533
I - Accomodation and food service activities  585  331  204 50 4 167 2 452 1 715
J - Information and communication  750  661 7 82 7 381 6 716  665
K - Financial and insurance activities 38 31 - 7  175  169 6
L - Real estate activities 1 992 1 808 37  147 5 839 5 660  179
M - Professional, scientific and technical activities 1 154  991 24  139 21 887 19 864 2 023
N - Adminitrative and support service activities  772  644 65 63 8 987 7 132 1 855
P - Education  183  161 7 15 4 276 3 772  504
Q - Human health and social work activities  808  615 22  171 16 725 14 377 2 348
R - Arts, entertainment and recreation  544  467 7 70 9 388 8 465  923
S - Other service activities  456  401 21 34 8 272 7 165 1 107
T - Activities of households as employers, undifferentiated goods- and service producing activities of households for own account 2 2 - - 36 31 5
Unknown 21 19 - 2 65 60 5

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