Statistics Norway

Norwegian business enterprise sector, ownership and roles

1 Owners in newly established personal owned enterprises1, 2 in 2002, by survival of enterprise in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007, and the owners gender, age, national background and level of education
  Owners total Number of owners Per Cent survival
  2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
  Survived "Asleep" Survived "Asleep" Survived "Asleep" Survived "Asleep" Survived Survived "Asleep" Survived "Asleep" Survived "Asleep" Survived "Asleep" Survived
Gender                                      
Total 31 502 15 753  919 13 406  273 10 825  244 9 025  251 7 861 50.0 2.9 42.6 0.9 34.4 0.8 28.6 0.8 25.0
Women 9 090 3 996  229 3 441 69 2 728 51 2 218 66 1 916 44.0 2.5 37.9 0.8 30.0 0.6 24.4 0.7 21.1
Men 22 412 11 757  690 9 965  204 8 097  193 6 807  185 5 945 52.5 3.1 44.5 0.9 36.1 0.9 30.4 0.8 26.5
                                       
Age groups                                      
Total 31 502 15 753  919 13 406  273 10 825  244 9 025  251 7 861 50.0 2.9 42.6 0.9 34.4 0.8 28.6 0.8 25.0
16-24 years 3 554 1 440  107 1 166 25  903 21  738 35  647 40.5 3.0 32.8 0.7 25.4 0.6 20.8 1.0 18.2
25-34 years 11 758 5 756  344 4 789  106 3 729 99 3 078 94 2 637 49.0 2.9 40.7 0.9 31.7 0.8 26.2 0.8 22.4
35-44 years 8 607 4 516  255 3 891 72 3 188 60 2 656 53 2 318 52.5 3.0 45.2 0.8 37.0 0.7 30.9 0.6 26.9
45-54 years 5 023 2 616  145 2 295 40 1 937 41 1 657 48 1 467 52.1 2.9 45.7 0.8 38.6 0.8 33.0 1.0 29.2
55-66 years 2 238 1 232 59 1 098 23  921 22  786 17  696 55.0 2.6 49.1 1.0 41.2 1.0 35.1 0.8 31.1
67 years and older  322  193 9  167 7  147 1  110 4 96 59.9 2.8 51.9 2.2 45.7 0.3 34.2 1.2 29.8
                                       
National background                                      
Total 31 502 15 753  919 13 406  273 10 825  244 9 025  251 7 861 50.0 2.9 42.6 0.9 34.4 0.8 28.6 0.8 25.0
Norwegian national background 27 901 14 045  809 12 060  241 9 763  227 8 159  231 7 098 50.3 2.9 43.2 0.9 35.0 0.8 29.2 0.8 25.4
Non-Norwegian citizen, living outside of Norway  242  108 4 57 5 45 2 35 1 31 44.6 1.7 23.6 2.1 18.6 0.8 14.5 0.4 12.8
EU/EEA, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand 1 518  688 43  556 13  432 7  350 11  291 45.3 2.8 36.6 0.9 28.5 0.5 23.1 0.7 19.2
Asia, Africa, Latin America, Oceania except Australia and New Zealand, and Europe except EU/EEA 1 841  912 63  733 14  585 8  481 8  441 49.5 3.4 39.8 0.8 31.8 0.4 26.1 0.4 24.0
                                       
Level of education                                      
Total 31 502 15 753  919 13 406  273 10 825  244 9 025  251 7 861 50.0 2.9 42.6 0.9 34.4 0.8 28.6 0.8 25.0
Lower secondary education 2 224 1 205 64 1 007 18  802 16  659 17  578 54.2 2.9 45.3 0.8 36.1 0.7 29.6 0.8 26.0
Upper secondary education 16 420 8 629  483 7 363  114 5 972  118 4 995  121 4 345 52.6 2.9 44.8 0.7 36.4 0.7 30.4 0.7 26.5
Tertiary education, short 7 660 3 453  237 2 979 87 2 412 76 1 988 77 1 727 45.1 3.1 38.9 1.1 31.5 1.0 26.0 1.0 22.5
Tertiary education, long 3 480 1 745 92 1 552 38 1 262 29 1 084 31  958 50.1 2.6 44.6 1.1 36.3 0.8 31.1 0.9 27.5
Other 1 718  721 43  505 16  377 5  299 5  253 42.0 2.5 29.4 0.9 21.9 0.3 17.4 0.3 14.7
1  Personal owned enterprises are sole proprietorships, general partnerships and general partnerships with shared liability.
2  Enterprises that only have juridical persons (enterprises) as actors, or no registered information about actors are not included in the statistics.

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