Statistics Norway

Norwegian business enterprise sector, ownership and roles

4 Personal owned enterprises by age and gender. New established enterprises 20071
Agegroups Sole proprietorship Other personal owned enterprises2
Owners total Gender Owners total Gender
Per cent women Per cent men Per cent women Per cent men
Total 26 637  100.0  100.0 3 981  100.0  100.0
16-24 years 3 690 11.6 15.0  475 9.4 12.8
25-44 years 16 626 64.5 61.4 2 462 64.0 61.1
45-66 years 5 941 23.1 21.9  992 25.2 24.8
65 years and older  380 0.8 1.8 52 1.5 1.2
1  Enterprises that only have juristic persons (enterprises) as actors, or no registered information about actors are not included in statistics.
2  Other personal owned enterprises refers to the organizational structures general partnership and general partnership with shared liability.

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