Statistics Norway

Entrepreneurs in business enterprise sector

4 Sole proprietorships, by economic activity and national background. New established enterprises. 20091
Economic activity Enterprises total Actors total National background
Norwegian national background EU/EEA, USA, Canada,
Australia and New Zealand		 Asia, Africa, Latin America,
Oceania except Australia and New Zealand,
and Europe except EU/EEA		 Non-Norwegian citizen,
living outside of Norway
Total 27 675 29 849 79.0 8.1 9.2 3.8
B - Mining and quarrying 27 32 90.6 3.1 3.1 3.1
C - Manufacturing  836  900 80.2 9.7 7.2 2.9
D - Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 10 20 90.0 5.0 5.0 -
E - Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities 12 12 83.3 - 16.7 -
F - Construction 3 483 3 666 64.7 16.3 4.8 14.2
G - Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 3 040 3 431 75.2 6.2 15.1 3.5
H - Transportation and storage 1 208 1 275 64.5 4.2 28.2 3.0
I - Accomodation and food service activities  610  683 44.2 8.2 42.8 4.8
J - Information and communication 2 212 2 514 88.6 5.0 5.4 1.0
K - Financial and insurance activities 67 92 94.6 - 4.3 1.1
L - Real estate activities  465  636 95.3 1.1 3.6 -
M - Professional, scientific and technical activities 4 424 4 659 86.6 7.2 4.7 1.4
N - Adminitrative and support service activities 2 035 2 182 69.6 10.5 14.4 5.5
P - Education 1 689 1 740 86.1 7.9 4.4 1.5
Q - Human health and social work activities 3 066 3 189 81.8 8.9 7.4 1.8
R - Arts, entertainment and recreation 3 020 3 306 90.0 5.9 2.9 1.2
S - Other service activities 1 426 1 465 76.9 5.9 14.2 3.1
T - Activities of households as employers, undifferentiated goods- and service producing activities of households for own account 17 18 83.3 11.1 - 5.6
Unknown 28 29 79.3 3.4 17.2 -
1  Enterprises that only have juristic persons (enterprises) as actors, or no registered information about actors are not included in statistics.

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