Statistics Norway

Norwegian business enterprise sector, ownership and roles

2 Owners in newly established personal owned enterprises1, 2 in 2002, by survival of enterprise in 2003, 2004 and 2005, and the owners gender, age, national background and level of education
  Owners total Number of owners Per Cent survival
  2003 2004 2005 2003 2004 2005
  Survived "Asleep" Survived "Asleep" Survived Survived "Asleep" Survived "Asleep" Survived
Gender                      
Total 31 502 15 753  919 13 406  273 10 825 50.0 2.9 42.6 0.9 34.4
Women 9 090 3 996  229 3 441 69 2 728 44.0 2.5 37.9 0.8 30.0
Men 22 412 11 757  690 9 965  204 8 097 52.5 3.1 44.5 0.9 36.1
                       
Age groups                      
Total 31 502 15 753  919 13 406  273 10 825 50.0 2.9 42.6 0.9 34.4
16-24 years 3 554 1 440  107 1 166 25  903 40.5 3.0 32.8 0.7 25.4
25-34 years 11 758 5 756  344 4 789  106 3 729 49.0 2.9 40.7 0.9 31.7
35-44 years 8 607 4 516  255 3 891 72 3 188 52.5 3.0 45.2 0.8 37.0
45-54 years 5 023 2 616  145 2 295 40 1 937 52.1 2.9 45.7 0.8 38.6
55-66 years 2 238 1 232 59 1 098 23  921 55.0 2.6 49.1 1.0 41.2
67 years and older  322  193 9  167 7  147 59.9 2.8 51.9 2.2 45.7
                       
National background                      
Total 31 502 15 753  919 13 406  273 10 825 50.0 2.9 42.6 0.9 34.4
Norwegian national background 27 901 14 045  809 12 060  241 9 763 50.3 2.9 43.2 0.9 35.0
Western countries outside Norway 1 342  606 35  479 13  374 45.2 2.6 35.7 1.0 27.9
Non-western countries 2 017  994 71  810 14  643 49.3 3.5 40.2 0.7 31.9
Non-Norwegian citizen, living outside of Norway  242  108 4 57 5 45 44.6 1.7 23.6 2.1 18.6
                       
Level of education                      
Total 31 502 15 753  919 13 406  273 10 825 50.0 2.9 42.6 0.9 34.4
Lower secondary education 2 224 1 205 64 1 007 18  802 54.2 2.9 45.3 0.8 36.1
Upper secondary education 16 420 8 629  483 7 363  114 5 972 52.6 2.9 44.8 0.7 36.4
Tertiary education, short 7 660 3 453  237 2 979 87 2 412 45.1 3.1 38.9 1.1 31.5
Tertiary education, long 3 480 1 745 92 1 552 38 1 262 50.1 2.6 44.6 1.1 36.3
Other 1 718  721 43  505 16  377 42.0 2.5 29.4 0.9 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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