Statistics Norway

Norwegian business enterprise sector, ownership and roles

9 Owners in newly-established personally-owned enterprises1, 2 in 2003 survived in 2006, by growth in employment and turnover of enterprise, and the owner's gender, age, national background and level of education
  Number of owners Number of owners in enterprises with growth/no growth in employment Share of owners in enterprises with growth/no growth in employment Number of owners enterprises with growth/no growth in turnover Share of owners enterprises with growth/no growth in turnover
  Growth No growth Growth No growth Growth No growth Growth No growth
Gender                  
Total 10 525 4 472 6 053 42.5 57.5 7 558 2 967 71.8 28.2
Women 2 798 1 235 1 563 44.1 55.9 1 741 1 057 62.2 37.8
Men 7 727 3 237 4 490 41.9 58.1 5 817 1 910 75.3 24.7
                   
Age groups                  
Total 10 525 4 472 6 053 42.5 57.5 7 558 2 967 71.8 28.2
16-24 years  880  391  489 44.4 55.6  700  180 79.5 20.5
25-34 years 3 587 1 578 2 009 44.0 56.0 2 544 1 043 70.9 29.1
35-44 years 3 111 1 350 1 761 43.4 56.6 2 280  831 73.3 26.7
45-54 years 1 903  752 1 151 39.5 60.5 1 356  547 71.3 28.7
55-66 years  895  350  545 39.1 60.9  590  305 65.9 34.1
67 years and older  146 51 95 34.9 65.1 87 59 59.6 40.4
Uopgitt/Not specified 3 0 3 0.0  100.0 1 2 33.3 66.7
                   
National background                  
Total 10 525 4 472 6 053 42.5 57.5 7 558 2 967 71.8 28.2
Norwegian national background 9 414 3 886 5 528 41.3 58.7 6 729 2 685 71.5 28.5
Non-Norwegian citizen, living outside of Norway 49 29 20 59.2 40.8 40 9 81.6 18.4
EU/EEA, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand  477  216  261 45.3 54.7  327  150 68.6 31.4
Asia, Africa, Latin America, Oceania except Australia and New Zealand, and Europe except EU/EEA  585  341  244 58.3 41.7  462  123 79.0 21.0
                   
Level of education                  
Total 10 525 4 472 6 053 42.5 57.5 7 558 2 967 71.8 28.2
Lower secondary education  718  307  411 42.8 57.2  575  143 80.1 19.9
Upper secondary education 5 729 2 416 3 313 42.2 57.8 4 487 1 242 78.3 21.7
Tertiary education, short 2 456  982 1 474 40.0 60.0 1 577  879 64.2 35.8
Tertiary education, long 1 147  510  637 44.5 55.5  565  582 49.3 50.7
Other  475  257  218 54.1 45.9  354  121 74.5 25.5
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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