Statistics Norway

Norwegian business enterprise sector, ownership and roles

12 Entrepreneurs in newly established limited companies in 2004 with activity in 2005 by growth in employment and turnover of enterprise, and the entrepreneurs gender, age, national background and level of education
  Number of entrepreneurs Number of entrepreneurs in enterprises with growth/no growth in employment Share of entrepreneurs in enterprises with growth/no growth in employment Number of entrepreneurs in enterprises with growth/no growth in turnover Share of entrepreneurs in enterprises with growth/no growth in turnover
  Growth No growth Growth No growth Growth No growth Growth No growth
Gender                  
Women 2 108 1 176  932 55.8 44.2 1 867  241 88.6 11.4
Men 9 705 4 748 4 957 48.9 51.1 8 455 1 250 87.1 12.9
                   
Age groups                  
16-24 years  349  151  198 56.7 43.3  303 46 86.8 13.2
25-34 years 2 963 1 283 1 680 56.7 43.3 2 633  330 88.9 11.1
35-44 years 4 105 2 062 2 043 49.8 50.2 3 580  525 87.2 12.8
45-54 years 2 796 1 477 1 319 47.2 52.8 2 454  342 87.8 12.2
55-66 years 1 408  793  615 43.7 56.3 1 197  211 85.0 15.0
67 years and older  192  123 69 35.9 64.1  155 37 80.7 19.3
                   
National background                  
Norwegian national background 11 234 5 579 5 655 49.7 50.3 9 818 1 416 87.4 12.6
Western countries outside Norway  268  158  110 59.0 41.0  239 29 89.2 10.8
Non-western countries  284  167  117 58.8 41.2  240 44 84.5 15.5
Non-Norwegian citizen, living outside of Norway 27 20 7 74.1 25.9 25 2 92.6 7.4
                   
Level of education                  
Lower secondary education  806  393  413 48.8 51.2  708 98 87.8 12.2
Upper secondary education 6 709 3 483 3 226 51.9 48.1 5 909  800 88.1 11.9
Tertiary education, short 2 874 1 367 1 507 47.6 52.4 2 499  375 87.0 13.0
Tertiary education, long 1 139  525  614 46.1 53.9  966  173 84.8 15.2
Other  285  156  129 54.7 45.3  240 45 84.2 15.8

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