Statistics Norway

Structural statistics. Wholesale and retail trade

1   Principal figures by industry group. Local kind-of-activity units. 2003 and 2004
Industry group Local KAUs Employment Turnover1 Compensation of employees Gross investments
2003 2004 2003 2004 2003 2004 2003 2004 2003 2004
          NOK million2
Total 67 688   67 619   346 735   351 761   921 845.2   1 021 367.6   90 133.9   95 536.1   10 258.3   9 586.7
50 Sale, maintenance and repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles; retail sale of automotive fuel 10 445 10 492 55 299 56 151  146 657.0  167 301.5 15 103.2 16 108.6 1 425.3 1 511.5
50.1 Sale of motor vehicles 2 847 2 853 13 779 14 119 76 766.4 91 362.8 4 669.5 5 081.5  766.1  607.6
50.2 Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles 4 144 4 182 20 128 20 202 19 832.8 20 998.1 5 815.1 6 128.0  387.1  520.4
50.3 Sale of motor vehicles parts and accessories 1 262 1 261 5 755 6 067 14 255.8 16 729.8 1 834.8 2 014.3 42.7  172.0
50.4 Sale, maintenance and repair of motorcycles and related parts and accessories  288  311  723  807 1 714.8 2 478.8  160.8  199.6 17.3 36.3
50.5 Retail sale of automotive fuel 1 904 1 885 14 914 14 956 34 087.2 35 732.0 2 623.0 2 685.3  212.1  175.2
51 Wholesale trade and commission trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 20 311 20 104  105 522  106 124  521 892.9  585 440.4 41 037.4 43 291.3 4 536.9 3 253.7
51.1 Wholesale on a fee or contract basis 2 332 2 400 3 898 4 053 3 911.4 4 239.7 1 106.7 1 186.9  186.5 32.7
51.2 Wholesale of agricultural raw materials and live animals  438  422 2 193 2 167 11 938.6 11 729.5  763.0  789.0  125.7 90.0
51.3 Wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco 1 793 1 783 15 679 15 609  144 160.0  157 412.9 5 801.9 5 962.4  692.1  683.5
51.4 Wholesale of household goods 4 737 4 737 23 292 23 918 95 298.6  104 052.2 8 933.1 9 922.0  655.3  557.6
51.5 Wholesale of non-agricultural intermediate products, waste and scrap 3 296 3 378 20 281 21 462  149 212.1  182 462.2 7 935.6 8 832.1 1 892.2 1 038.2
51.8 Wholesale of machinery, equipment and supplies 6 324 6 071 36 876 35 649  109 620.1  117 522.5 15 424.2 15 515.1 1 022.8  775.5
51.9 Other wholesale 1 391 1 313 3 303 3 266 7 752.0 8 021.5 1 073.0 1 083.9 -37.8 76.3
52 Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles; repair of personal and household goods 36 932 37 023  185 914  189 486  253 295.3  268 625.7 33 993.2 36 136.2 4 296.1 4 821.5
52.1 Retail sale in non-specialized stores 8 140 8 072 73 190 75 013  117 308.3  122 321.7 12 059.1 12 824.2 2 105.5 2 063.0
52.2 Retail sale of food, beverages and tobacco in specialized stores 1 786 1 750 7 234 7 474 11 771.9 12 518.2 1 429.7 1 472.9  116.9  195.7
52.3 Retail sale of pharmaceutical and medical goods, cosmetic and toilet articles 1 245 1 249 8 578 8 621 14 376.2 15 263.3 2 189.9 2 306.0  228.8  158.3
52.4 Other retail sale of new goods in specialized stores 20 374 20 494 88 972 90 795  102 056.4  110 315.8 17 166.1 18 307.9 1 688.7 2 412.4
52.5 Retail sale of second-hand goods in stores  521  501  531  544  313.2  316.1 38.6 41.3 1.5 3.7
52.6 Retail sale not in stores 3 507 3 674 5 116 4 825 6 120.7 6 482.4  759.1  809.7 80.1 -41.2
52.7 Repair of personal and household goods 1 359 1 283 2 293 2 214 1 348.5 1 408.2  350.7  374.2 74.6 29.8
1  Regarding wholesale on a fee or contract basis the turnover is defined as commission on the sales.
2  VAT is not included.

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