Statistics Norway

Entrepreneurs in business enterprise sector

16 Owners in newly established personal owned enterprises1, 2 2003 survived in 2008 by growth in employment and turnover of enterprise, and sex of the owners, 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 in enterprises with growth/no growth in turnover Share of owners of enterprises with growth/no growth in turnover
  Growth No growth Growth No growth Growth No growth Growth No growth
Sex                  
Total 7 845 3 590 4 255 45.8 54.2 5 819 2 026 74.2 25.8
Women 2 054  977 1 077 47.6 52.4 1 340  714 65.2 34.8
Men 5 791 2 613 3 178 45.1 54.9 4 479 1 312 77.3 22.7
                   
Age groups                  
Total 7 845 3 590 4 255 45.8 54.2 5 819 2 026 74.2 25.8
16-24 years  640  318  322 49.7 50.3  521  119 81.4 18.6
25-34 years 2 561 1 240 1 321 48.4 51.6 1 925  636 75.2 24.8
35-44 years 2 349 1 109 1 240 47.2 52.8 1 757  592 74.8 25.2
45-54 years 1 469  610  859 41.5 58.5 1 040  429 70.8 29.2
55-66 years  711  271  440 38.1 61.9  501  210 70.5 29.5
67 years and older  112 42 70 37.5 62.5 72 40 64.3 35.7
Unknown 3 - 3 -  100.0 3 -  100.0 -
                   
National background                  
Total 7 845 3 590 4 255 45.8 54.2 5 819 2 026 74.2 25.8
Norwegian national background 7 031 3 156 3 875 44.9 55.1 5 200 1 831 74.0 26.0
Non-Norwegian citizen, living outside of Norway 37 22 15 59.5 40.5 30 7 81.1 18.9
EU/EEA, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand  358  166  192 46.4 53.6  248  110 69.3 30.7
Asia, Africa, Latin America, Oceania except Australia and New Zealand, and Europe except EU/EEA  419  246  173 58.7 41.3  341 78 81.4 18.6
                   
Level of education                  
Total 7 845 3 590 4 255 45.8 54.2 5 819 2 026 74.2 25.8
Lower secondary education  549  259  290 47.2 52.8  455 94 82.9 17.1
Upper secondary education 4 278 1 969 2 309 46.0 54.0 3 478  800 81.3 18.7
Tertiary education, short 1 779  771 1 008 43.3 56.7 1 173  606 65.9 34.1
Tertiary education, long  893  399  494 44.7 55.3  459  434 51.4 48.6
Other  346  192  154 55.5 44.5  254 92 73.4 26.6
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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