Statistics Norway

Norwegian business enterprise sector, ownership and roles

1 Newly established personal owned enterprises1, 2 in 2002, by survival in 2003, 2004 and 2005, and the owners gender, age, national background and level of education
  Number of enterprises Number of surviving enterprises of newly established personal owned enterprises in 2002 Percentage of surviving enterprises of newly established personal owned enterprises in 2002
  2003 2004 2005 2003 2004 2005
  Survived "Asleep" Survived "Asleep" Survived Survived "Asleep" Survived "Asleep" Survived
Gender                      
Women 8 673 3 732  224 3 208 67 2 533 43.0 2.6 37.0 0.8 29.2
Men 20 125 10 417  610 8 841  194 7 198 51.8 3.0 43.9 1.0 35.8
                       
Age groups                      
16-24 years 3 330 1 328 94 1 062 25  834 39.9 2.8 31.9 0.8 25.0
25-34 years 10 867 5 242  321 4 388  101 3 420 48.2 3.0 40.4 0.9 31.5
35-44 years 8 091 4 199  244 3 639 71 2 984 51.9 3.0 45.0 0.9 36.9
45-54 years 4 703 2 433  128 2 117 38 1 777 51.7 2.7 45.0 0.8 37.8
55-66 years 2 101 1 140 54 1 014 22  844 54.3 2.6 48.3 1.0 40.2
67 years and older  305  183 9  158 6  138 60.0 3.0 51.8 2.0 45.2
                       
National background                      
Norwegian national background 25 160 12 402  724 10 642  230 8 619 49.3 2.9 42.3 0.9 34.3
Western countries outside Norway 1 296  580 34  461 12  362 44.8 2.6 35.6 0.9 27.9
Non-western countries 1 912  936 68  767 13  604 49.0 3.6 40.1 0.7 31.6
Non-Norwegian citizen, living outside of Norway  225 98 4 52 4 40 43.6 1.8 23.1 1.8 17.8
                       
Level of education                      
Lower secondary education 2 145 1 155 64  968 18  775 53.8 3.0 45.1 0.8 36.1
Upper secondary education 14 936 7 735  442 6 629  108 5 393 51.8 3.0 44.4 0.7 36.1
Tertiary education, short 7 221 3 212  219 2 760 87 2 221 44.5 3.0 38.2 1.2 30.8
Tertiary education, long 3 250 1 585 85 1 409 37 1 131 48.8 2.6 43.4 1.1 34.8
Other 1 660  696 40  487 14  364 41.9 2.4 29.3 0.8 21.9
1  Personal owned enterprises are sole proprietorships, general partnerships and general partnerships with shared liability.
2  Enterprises that only have juridical persons (enterprises) as actors, or no registered information about actors are not included in the statistics.

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