Statistics Norway

Norwegian business enterprise sector, ownership and roles

8   New established personal owned enterprises1, 2 2002 with activity in 2004 by turnover, growth in turnover, gender, age, national background, immigrant category, level of education and broad field of education
  Number of owners Turnover in 2002 Turnover in 2004 Growth from 2002 to 2004 Number of enterprises with Change in turnover in enterprises with
  Growth No growth Growth No growth
Gender                
Total 13 398 3 193 971 7 479 408 4 285 437 3 911 -600 235 9 487 4 885 672
Women 3 438  545 868 1 348 960  803 092 1 301 -114 350 2 137  917 442
Men 9 960 2 648 103 6 130 448 3 482 345 2 610 -485 885 7 350 3 968 230
                 
Age groups                
Total 13 398 3 193 971 7 479 408 4 285 437 3 911 -600 235 9 487 4 885 672
16-24 years 1 165  155 029  560 131  405 102  273 -27 245  892  432 347
25-34 years 4 786 1 076 921 2 716 702 1 639 781 1 419 -191 948 3 367 1 831 729
35-44 years 3 890  939 987 2 268 510 1 328 523 1 067 -200 518 2 823 1 529 041
45-54 years 2 293  708 528 1 329 998  621 470  738 -134 631 1 555  756 101
55-66 years 1 097  290 668  560 626  269 958  356 -43 286  741  313 244
67 years and older  167 22 838 43 441 20 603 58 -2 607  109 23 210
                 
National background                
Total 13 398 3 193 971 7 479 408 4 285 437 3 911 -600 235 9 487 4 885 672
Norwegian national background 12 054 2 846 800 6 618 542 3 771 742 3 554 -530 472 8 500 4 302 214
Western countries outside Norway  478  100 750  236 711  135 961  167 -19 878  311  155 839
Non-western countries  809  236 891  590 467  353 576  177 -47 815  632  401 391
Non-Norwegian citizen, living outside of Norway 57 9 530 33 688 24 158 13 -2 070 44 26 228
                 
Immigrant category                
Total 13 398 3 193 971 7 479 408 4 285 437 3 911 -600 235 9 487 4 885 672
Norwegian 12 054 2 846 800 6 618 542 3 771 742 3 554 -530 472 8 500 4 302 214
First generation immigrants without Norwegian background 1 227  327 988  745 881  417 893  333 -67 125  894  485 018
Persons born in Norway with two foreign born parents 60 9 653 81 297 71 644 11 -568 49 72 212
Non-Norwegian citizen, living outside of Norway 57 9 530 33 688 24 158 13 -2 070 44 26 228
                 
Level of education                
Total 13 398 3 193 971 7 479 408 4 285 437 3 911 -600 235 9 487 4 885 672
Lower secondary education 1 007  309 275  770 069  460 794  230 -49 665  777  510 459
Upper secondary education 7 356 1 713 525 4 340 518 2 626 993 1 716 -347 334 5 640 2 974 327
Tertiary education, short 2 978  461 890 1 176 195  714 305 1 034 -100 742 1 944  815 047
Tertiary education, long 1 552  617 498  919 454  301 956  785 -82 392  767  384 348
Other  505 91 783  273 172  181 389  146 -20 102  359  201 491
                 
Broad field of education                
Total 13 398 3 193 971 7 479 408 4 285 437 3 911 -600 235 9 487 4 885 672
General Subjects 2 429  617 941 1 495 408  877 467  617 -121 301 1 812  998 768
Humanities and Arts  985  147 205  368 534  221 329  326 -28 566  659  249 895
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  481 63 786  120 403 56 617  199 -18 166  282 74 783
Social sciences and Law  605  514 907  758 708  243 801  228 -53 206  377  297 007
Business and Administration 1 772  390 463 1 018 998  628 535  406 -69 821 1 366  698 356
Natural Sciences, Vocational and Technical Subjects 4 436 1 064 395 2 632 783 1 568 388  945 -220 177 3 491 1 788 565
Health, Welfare and Sport 1 213  116 723  334 254  217 531  804 -32 189  409  249 720
Primary Industries  248 46 024  105 975 59 951 67 -11 309  181 71 260
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security, and other services  632  123 759  333 422  209 663  140 -21 946  492  231 609
Unspecified broad field of education  597  108 768  310 923  202 155  179 -23 554  418  225 709
1  Personal owned enterprises are sole proprietorships, general partnerships and general partnerships with shared liability.
2  Enterprises that only have juristic persons (enterprises) as actors, or no registered information about actors are not included in statistics.

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