Statistics Norway

Norwegian business enterprise sector, ownership and roles

12 Owners in newly-established personally-owned enterprises1, 2 in 2004 with activity in 2006, by enterprise growth in employment and turnover, and the owner's gender, age, national background and level of education
  Number of owners Number of enterprises with growth/no growth in employment Share of owners in enterprises with growth/no growth in employment Number of enterprises with growth/no growth in turnover Share of owners in enterprises with growth/no growth in turnover
  Growth No growth Growth No growth Growth No growth Growth No growth
Gender                  
Total 13 407 6 223 7 184 46.4 53.6 9 448 3 959 70.5 29.5
Women 3 769 1 951 1 818 51.8 48.2 2 297 1 472 60.9 39.1
Men 9 638 4 272 5 366 44.3 55.7 7 151 2 487 74.2 25.8
                   
Age groups                  
Total 13 407 6 223 7 184 46.4 53.6 9 448 3 959 70.5 29.5
16-24 years 1 207  513  694 42.5 57.5  923  284 76.5 23.5
25-34 years 4 601 2 281 2 320 49.6 50.4 3 210 1 391 69.8 30.2
35-44 years 3 849 1 745 2 104 45.3 54.7 2 790 1 059 72.5 27.5
45-54 years 2 375 1 106 1 269 46.6 53.4 1 638  737 69.0 31.0
55-66 years 1 188  503  685 42.3 57.7  783  405 65.9 34.1
67 years and older  187 75  112 40.1 59.9  104 83 55.6 44.4
                   
National background                  
Total 13 407 6 223 7 184 46.4 53.6 9 448 3 959 70.5 29.5
Norwegian national background 11 855 5 336 6 519 45.0 55.0 8 269 3 586 69.8 30.2
Non-Norwegian citizen, living outside of Norway  152 96 56 63.2 36.8  135 17 88.8 11.2
EU/EEA, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand  564  283  281 50.2 49.8  369  195 65.4 34.6
Asia, Africa, Latin America, Oceania except Australia and New Zealand, and Europe except EU/EEA  836  508  328 60.8 39.2  675  161 80.7 19.3
                   
Level of education                  
Total 13 407 6 223 7 184 46.4 53.6 9 448 3 959 70.5 29.5
Lower secondary education  916  415  501 45.3 54.7  713  203 77.8 22.2
Upper secondary education 7 422 3 151 4 271 42.5 57.5 5 777 1 645 77.8 22.2
Tertiary education, short 2 780 1 272 1 508 45.8 54.2 1 682 1 098 60.5 39.5
Tertiary education, long 1 484  893  591 60.2 39.8  670  814 45.1 54.9
Other  805  492  313 61.1 38.9  606  199 75.3 24.7
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 statistics.

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