Table 3 Newly established enterprises by survival, legal form and year of establishing

New established enterprises, survival and growth

3 Newly established enterprises by survival, legal form and year of establishing
Legal form	Year of establishing	Newly established enterprises	Survived 1 year, per cent enterprises		Survived 2 years, per cent enterprises		Survived 3 years, per cent enterprises		Survived 4 years, per cent enterprises		Survived 5 years, per cent enterprises

Legal form	Year of establishing	Total	Survived	"Asleep"	Survived	"Asleep"	Survived	"Asleep"	Survived	"Asleep"	Survived

Total	2004	43 068	53.1	3.9	46.4	1.3	39.7	1.5	35.5	0.6	30.9
	2005	47 436	49.2	4.5	45.1	1.4	39.6	0.7	34.1	.	.
	2006	51 374	50.9	5.3	48.5	0.9	40.7	.	.	.	.
	2007	48 952	54.5	3.8	47.0	.	.	.	.	.	.
	2008	46 567	50.3	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
General partnership	2004	818	58.6	3.8	49.1	1.0	42.3	2.0	35.8	0.5	29.6
	2005	706	56.9	2.3	47.5	2.7	41.8	0.6	36.3	.	.
	2006	601	53.2	5.8	48.9	0.5	41.4	.	.	.	.
	2007	414	56.8	3.4	49.0	.	.	.	.	.	.
	2008	376	58.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Private limited company	2004	10 829	75.1	4.3	69.8	1.6	62.7	1.6	57.7	0.8	52.4
	2005	13 991	64.3	5.4	62.8	1.2	57.7	0.9	52.3	.	.
	2006	18 046	63.9	6.7	64.7	1.1	57.5	.	.	.	.
	2007	16 703	66.8	5.4	64.5	.	.	.	.	.	.
	2008	13 800	68.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Public limited company	2004	19	52.6	5.3	52.6	.	42.1	5.3	47.4	.	47.4
	2005	34	67.6	17.6	73.5	2.9	76.5	.	64.7	.	.
	2006	36	63.9	8.3	66.7	.	58.3	.	.	.	.
	2007	21	71.4	.	66.7	.	.	.	.	.	.
	2008	5	40.0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
General partnership with shared liability	2004	1 724	55.1	5.7	48.3	1.1	39.8	2.6	34.5	0.6	28.7
	2005	1 761	55.1	4.7	49.6	1.5	40.3	0.9	33.2	.	.
	2006	1 683	55.4	7.0	52.4	0.9	42.3	.	.	.	.
	2007	1 374	61.4	4.2	53.5	.	.	.	.	.	.
	2008	1 299	56.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Sole proprietorship	2004	27 633	45.3	3.5	37.8	1.2	31.3	1.4	27.5	0.5	23.3
	2005	27 859	42.3	4.1	36.8	1.5	31.4	0.6	26.2	.	.
	2006	28 042	43.2	4.4	38.8	0.8	30.9	.	.	.	.
	2007	26 637	47.6	2.7	36.9	.	.	.	.	.	.
	2008	27 522	41.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Norwegian division of foreign enterprise	2004	1 332	40.1	6.8	36.6	0.8	28.4	0.8	23.5	0.2	19.6
	2005	2 231	42.4	5.0	38.0	1.1	31.6	0.6	24.9	.	.
	2006	2 406	43.1	4.2	39.0	0.7	29.3	.	.	.	.
	2007	3 436	46.2	4.1	38.5	.	.	.	.	.	.
	2008	3 301	46.0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Other legal forms	2004	713	33.5	6.0	35.3	0.8	32.5	0.3	27.8	1.0	26.2
	2005	854	26.1	3.2	28.0	0.1	22.8	0.8	20.8	.	.
	2006	560	38.0	4.5	37.0	2.1	35.5	.	.	.	.
	2007	367	38.4	8.2	42.2	.	.	.	.	.	.
	2008	264	47.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.

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