Statistics Norway

3 Total number of enterprises, persons employed and turnover, by legal form. 2009 (Corrected 16 May 2012)
Legal form Total number of enterprises Total number of persons employed Turnover in NOK million
Total  402 220 1 787 579 4 428 453
General partnership 6 449 15 292 25 968
Private limited company  167 567 1 323 364 3 462 420
General partnership with shared liability 9 179 20 828 21 795
Sole proprietorship  198 435  210 541  129 514
Norwegian division of foreign enterprise 7 278 27 974 86 122
Other legal forms1 13 312  189 580  702 633
1  The figures include the states's direct financial interest.

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