Statistics Norway

Norwegian business enterprise sector, ownership and roles

13 Owners in newly-established personally-owned enterprises1, 2 in 2005 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 15 184 5 365 9 819 35.3 64.7 10 550 4 634 69.5 30.5
Women 4 468 1 653 2 815 37.0 63.0 2 809 1 659 62.9 37.1
Men 10 716 3 712 7 004 34.6 65.4 7 741 2 975 72.2 27.8
                   
Age groups                  
Total 15 184 5 365 9 819 35.3 64.7 10 550 4 634 69.5 30.5
16-24 years 1 467  557  910 38.0 62.0 1 131  336 77.1 22.9
25-34 years 5 273 1 964 3 309 37.2 62.8 3 636 1 637 69.0 31.0
35-44 years 4 356 1 576 2 780 36.2 63.8 3 149 1 207 72.3 27.7
45-54 years 2 514  830 1 684 33.0 67.0 1 715  799 68.2 31.8
55-66 years 1 363  388  975 28.5 71.5  818  545 60.0 40.0
67 years and older  211 50  161 23.7 76.3  101  110 47.9 52.1
                   
National background                  
Total 15 184 5 365 9 819 35.3 64.7 10 550 4 634 69.5 30.5
Norwegian national background 13 157 4 454 8 703 33.9 66.1 9 048 4 109 68.8 31.2
Non-Norwegian citizen, living outside of Norway  287  148  139 51.6 48.4  237 50 82.6 17.4
EU/EEA, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand  789  298  491 37.8 62.2  538  251 68.2 31.8
Asia, Africa, Latin America, Oceania except Australia and New Zealand, and Europe except EU/EEA  951  465  486 48.9 51.1  727  224 76.4 23.6
                   
Level of education                  
Total 15 184 5 365 9 819 35.3 64.7 10 550 4 634 69.5 30.5
Lower secondary education  980  379  601 38.7 61.3  736  244 75.1 24.9
Upper secondary education 8 359 2 935 5 424 35.1 64.9 6 206 2 153 74.2 25.8
Tertiary education, short 3 140 1 029 2 111 32.8 67.2 1 973 1 167 62.8 37.2
Tertiary education, long 1 454  460  994 31.6 68.4  697  757 47.9 52.1
Other 1 251  562  689 44.9 55.1  938  313 75.0 25.0
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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