Statistics Norway

Construction, structural business statistics

1 Principal figures for enterprises1, by industry group. Final figures 2007 and preliminary figures 2008
Industry group (NACE) Enterprises Persons employed Turnover Production value Total purchases of goods and services Wages and salaries Gross Investment
2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008
          NOK million2
Construction, total 45 393       48 163       176 937       196 835       328 596       347 993       322 883       343 925       227 313       235 765      61 059      65 438      8 799      14 007
Construction total, except development of building prosjects 42 192 44 696  172 783  192 446  283 854  312 264  279 036  308 682  188 388  208 227 59 269 63 976 6 607 8 300
41 Construction of buildings 17 491 18 852 62 581 70 121  165 570  166 668  163 588  165 659  124 471  121 160 23 902 24 769 4 850 8 719
41.1   Development of building projects 3 201 3 467 4 154 4 389 44 742 35 729 43 847 35 243 38 925 27 538 1 790 1 462 2 192 5 707
41.2   Construction of residential and non-residential buildings 14 290 15 385 58 427 65 732  120 828  130 939  119 741  130 416 85 546 93 622 22 112 23 307 2 658 3 012
42 Civil engineering  780  821 13 186 14 066 28 362 30 654 28 106 30 531 20 081 21 917 5 190 5 456  624  705
42.1   Construction of roads and railways  238  259 8 795 9 164 20 491 21 620 20 306 21 533 14 508 15 458 3 750 3 848  451  497
42.2   Construction of utility projects  394  401 3 416 3 916 5 890 6 969 5 837 6 941 4 171 4 982 1 078 1 240  130  160
42.9   Construction of other civil engineering projects  148  161  975  986 1 981 2 065 1 963 2 057 1 402 1 477  362  368 43 48
43 Specialised construction activities 27 122 28 490  101 170  112 648  134 664  150 671  131 189  147 735 82 761 92 688 31 967 35 213 3 324 4 583
43.1  Demolition and site preparation 5 259 5 601 16 512 18 665 26 159 29 716 26 185 29 716 16 794 19 078 5 153 5 765 1 465 2 110
43.2  Electrical, plumbing and other construction installation activities 7 229 7 557 49 206 54 158 66 967 75 513 63 887 72 945 39 511 44 553 18 483 20 389  670  982
43.3  Building completion and finishing 9 408 9 874 17 263 19 529 17 442 19 301 17 216 19 030 9 890 10 982 3 750 4 188  262  675
43.9  Other specialised construction 5 226 5 458 18 189 20 296 24 096 26 141 23 901 26 044 16 566 18 075 4 581 4 871  927  816
1  Only private enterprises, state enterprises, state-owned enterprises, municipal business undertakings and independent council enterprises are included.
2  VAT is not included.

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