Statistics Norway

Construction, structural business statistics

1 Principal figures for enterprises1, by industry group. Final figures 2008 and preliminary figures 2009
Industry group (NACE) Enterprises Persons employed Turnover
2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009
          NOK million2
Construction, total 47 964 49 023  195 235  193 481  351 885  315 999
Construction total, except development of building prosjects            
41 Construction of buildings 18 727 19 602 69 618 67 631  169 668  142 688
41.1   Development of building projects 3 480 4 009 4 291 4 383 37 368 31 737
41.2   Construction of residential and non-residential buildings 15 247 15 593 65 327 63 248  132 301  110 951
42 Civil engineering  805  865 13 336 12 527 30 245 28 688
42.1   Construction of roads and railways  254  297 8 566 7 485 21 522 19 684
42.2   Construction of utility projects  392  410 3 891 4 044 6 953 7 089
42.9   Construction of other civil engineering projects  159  158  879  998 1 770 1 915
43 Specialised construction activities 28 432 28 556  112 281  113 323  151 972  144 623
43.1  Demolition and site preparation 5 587 5 731 18 723 19 097 29 981 28 961
43.2  Electrical, plumbing and other construction installation activities 7 537 7 653 53 736 54 928 76 330 74 818
43.3  Building completion and finishing 9 857 9 694 19 532 19 372 19 619 17 630
43.9  Other specialised construction 5 451 5 478 20 290 19 926 26 043 23 213
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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