Statistics Norway

Norwegian business enterprise sector, ownership and roles

7 Newly-established enterprises1, 2 in 2002 by survival in 2003, 2004 2005 and 2006, and the owner's gender
  Number of enterprises Number of surviving enterprises by survival years Percentage of surviving enterprises of newly-established personally-owned enterprises in 2002
  2003 2004 2005 2006 2003 2004 2005 2006
  Survived "Asleep" Survived "Asleep" Survived "Asleep" Survived Survived "Asleep" Survived "Asleep" Survived "Asleep" Survived
Personally-owned enetrprises established in 2002                              
Gender                              
Total 28 427 13 920  828 11 858  258 9 578  216 7 945 49.0 2.9 41.7 0.9 33.7 0.8 27.9
Both genders  371  229 6  191 3  153 3  128 61.7 1.6 51.5 0.8 41.2 0.8 34.5
Women 8 302 3 503  218 3 017 64 2 380 46 1 920 42.2 2.6 36.3 0.8 28.7 0.6 23.1
Men 19 754 10 188  604 8 650  191 7 045  167 5 897 51.6 3.1 43.8 1.0 35.7 0.8 29.9
                               
Personally-owned enetrprises established in 2003                              
Gender                              
Total 28 538     13 098 1 510 11 469  237 9 156     45.9 5.3 40.2 0.8 32.1
Both genders  512      297 36  282 4  221     58.0 7.0 55.1 0.8 43.2
Women 8 539     3 350  553 3 001 51 2 359     39.2 6.5 35.1 0.6 27.6
Men 19 487     9 451  921 8 186  182 6 576     48.5 4.7 42.0 0.9 33.7
                               
Personally-owned enetrprises established in 2004                              
Gender                              
Total 30 097         13 916 1 096 11 637         46.2 3.6 38.7
Both genders  591          314 40  303         53.1 6.8 51.3
Women 9 530         3 941  345 3 217         41.4 3.6 33.8
Men 19 976         9 661  711 8 117         48.4 3.6 40.6
                               
Personally-owned enetrprises established in 2005                              
Gender                              
Total 30 163             13 070             43.3
Both genders  537              314             58.5
Women 9 972             3 778             37.9
Men 19 654             8 978             45.7
                               
Limited companies established in 2004                              
Gender                              
Total 7 906         6 333  315 5 889         80.1 4.0 74.5
Both genders 1 260         1 050 48  965         83.3 3.8 76.6
Women  743          626 18  563         84.3 2.4 75.8
Men 5 903         4 657  249 4 361         78.9 4.2 73.9
                               
Limited companies established in 2005                              
Gender                              
Total 10 710             7 082             66.1
Both genders 1 676             1 201             71.7
Women 1 040              711             68.4
Men 7 994             5 170             64.7
1  Personally-owned enterprises are sole proprietorships, general partnerships and general partnerships with shared liability.
2  Enterprises that only have juristic persons (enterprises) as participants, and no registered information about participants is included in the statistics.

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