Statistics Norway

Ownership and roles in business enterprise sector

1 Owners of personally owned enterprises, by organizational structure, sex, age, national background and level of education. 1st January 2011
  Total number of owners General partnership General partnership with shared liability Sole proprietorships
  Number of owners Share of owners Number of owners Share of owners Number of owners Share of owners Number of owners Share of owners
Total  187 775  100.0 11 182  100.0 17 955  100.0  158 638  100.0
                 
Gender                
Women 52 050 27.7 3 196 28.6 4 803 26.8 44 051 27.8
Men  135 725 72.3 7 986 71.4 13 152 73.2  114 587 72.2
                 
Age                
16-24 years 7 692 4.1  212 1.9  827 4.6 6 653 4.2
25-34 years 34 108 18.2 1 183 10.6 3 915 21.8 29 010 18.3
35-44 years 47 985 25.6 2 526 22.6 5 241 29.2 40 218 25.4
45-54 years 45 310 24.1 2 853 25.5 4 064 22.6 38 393 24.2
55-66 years 41 259 22.0 3 186 28.5 3 183 17.7 34 890 22.0
67 years and older 11 417 6.1 1 221 10.9  723 4.0 9 473 6.0
Unknown 4 0.0 1 0.0 2 0.0 1 0.0
                 
National background                
Asia, Africa, Latin America, Oceania except Australia and New Zealand, and Europe except EU/EEA 11 220 6.0  316 2.8  918 5.1 9 986 6.3
Norwegian national background  161 809 86.2 10 241 91.6 16 066 89.5  135 502 85.4
Non-Norwegian citizen, living outside of Norway 3 350 1.8  261 2.3  283 1.6 2 806 1.8
EU/EEA, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand 11 396 6.1  364 3.3  688 3.8 10 344 6.5
                 
Level of education                
Lower secondary education 32 269 17.2 1 845 16.5 2 611 14.5 27 813 17.5
Upper secondary education 83 289 44.4 5 226 46.7 7 300 40.7 70 763 44.6
Tertiary education, short 39 245 20.9 2 415 21.6 4 043 22.5 32 787 20.7
Tertiary education, long 26 131 13.9 1 387 12.4 3 487 19.4 21 257 13.4
Other 6 841 3.6  309 2.8  514 2.9 6 018 3.8

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