Statistics Norway

Ownership and roles in business enterprise sector

3 Number of enterprises, by number of employees, economic activity and owners national background. 1.1.2011
  Sole proprietroship General parnership and general partnership with shared liability
  Total number of enterprises Only Norwegian national background Only foreign national background Total number of enterprises Only Norwegian national background Only foreign national background Both Norwegian and foreign national background
Total  158 638  135 502 23 136 11 510 9 662  737 1 111
               
Size              
No employees  135 773  117 244 18 529 8 869 7 566  472  831
1-4 employees 19 885 15 898 3 987 1 988 1 603  204  181
5-9 employees 2 333 1 849  484  498  377 47 74
10-19 employees  554  435  119  108 78 12 18
20-49 employees 86 69 17 31 26 2 3
50-99 employees 7 7 - 10 9 - 1
100-249 employees - - - 6 3 - 3
               
Economic activity              
B - Mining and quarrying  272  259 13 45 42 - 3
C - Manufacturing 7 857 7 162  695  586  526 17 43
D - Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 44 40 4 34 30 - 4
E - Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities  139  129 10 22 17 1 4
F - Construction 28 058 23 399 4 659 1 104  958 93 53
G - Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 17 485 14 838 2 647 1 959 1 614  159  186
H - Transportation and storage 14 439 11 638 2 801  582  527 17 38
I - Accomodation and food service activities 4 113 2 320 1 793  603  310  234 59
J - Information and communication 7 500 6 813  687  626  547 20 59
K - Financial and insurance activities  191  181 10 59 53 3 3
L - Real estate activities 5 810 5 628  182 1 975 1 787 33  155
M - Professional, scientific and technical activities 22 401 20 276 2 125 1 105  948 37  120
N - Adminitrative and support service activities 9 361 7 224 2 137  741  616 59 66
P - Education 4 697 4 126  571  199  173 6 20
Q - Human health and social work activities 17 540 15 035 2 505  831  615 24  192
R - Arts, entertainment and recreation 10 029 9 010 1 019  558  477 7 74
S - Other service activities 8 604 7 337 1 267  447  397 23 27
T - Activities of households as employers, undifferentiated goods- and service producing activities of households for own account 36 31 5 2 2 - -
Unknown 62 56 6 32 23 4 5

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