Statistics Norway

Structural statistics. Wholesale and retail trade

1   Principal figures by industry group. Local kind-of-activity units. 2004 and 2005
Industry group Local KAUs Employment1 Turnover2 Compensation of employees Gross investments
2004 2005 2004 2005 2004 2005 2004 2005 2004 2005
          NOK million3
Total 67 619    67 580    351 761    351 468    1 021 367.6    1 090 520.4    95 536.1    100 808.5    9 586.7    8 484.1
50     Sale, maintenance and repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles; retail sale of automotive fuel 10 492 10 586 56 151 57 071  167 301.5  173 952.6 16 108.6 16 904.2 1 511.5 1 230.9
50.1   Sale of motor vehicles 2 853 2 839 14 119 14 119 91 362.8 94 166.6 5 081.5 5 246.8  607.6  378.0
50.2   Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles 4 182 4 182 20 202 20 687 20 998.1 22 241.9 6 128.0 6 600.2  520.4  556.2
50.3   Sale of motor vehicles parts and accessories 1 261 1 283 6 067 6 188 16 729.8 16 871.0 2 014.3 2 136.3  172.0 71.6
50.4   Sale, maintenance and repair of motorcycles and related parts and accessories  311  331  807  794 2 478.8 2 222.9  199.6  213.6 36.3 11.6
50.5   Retail sale of automotive fuel 1 885 1 951 14 956 15 283 35 732.0 38 450.2 2 685.3 2 707.3  175.2  213.4
51     Wholesale trade and commission trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 20 104 20 000  106 124  104 821  585 440.4  635 248.7 43 291.3 45 561.3 3 253.7 3 285.8
51.1   Wholesale on a fee or contract basis 2 400 2 415 4 053 4 034 4 239.7 4 731.8 1 186.9 1 474.2 32.7 35.3
51.2   Wholesale of agricultural raw materials and live animals  422  400 2 167 2 142 11 729.5 12 818.3  789.0  833.3 90.0 86.0
51.3   Wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco 1 783 1 739 15 609 15 336  157 412.9  170 291.4 5 962.4 6 355.6  683.5  701.8
51.4   Wholesale of household goods 4 737 4 862 23 918 23 602  104 052.2  109 296.5 9 922.0 10 226.8  557.6  730.2
51.5   Wholesale of non-agricultural intermediate products, waste and scrap 3 378 3 395 21 462 21 985  182 462.2  207 183.7 8 832.1 9 454.1 1 038.2  831.9
51.8   Wholesale of machinery, equipment and supplies 6 071 5 942 35 649 34 699  117 522.5  122 029.3 15 515.1 16 106.8  775.5  829.0
51.9   Other wholesale 1 313 1 247 3 266 3 023 8 021.5 8 897.7 1 083.9 1 110.5 76.3 71.6
52     Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles; repair of personal and householdgoods 37 023 36 994  189 486  189 576  268 625.7  281 319.2 36 136.2 38 343.0 4 821.5 3 967.5
52.1   Retail sale in non-specialized stores 8 072 7 978 75 013 74 952  122 321.7  126 007.5 12 824.2 13 472.8 2 063.0 2 046.4
52.2   Retail sale of food, beverages and tobacco in specialized stores 1 750 1 736 7 474 7 664 12 518.2 13 718.4 1 472.9 1 568.8  195.7  151.0
52.3   Retail sale of pharmaceutical and medical goods, cosmetic and toilet articles 1 249 1 233 8 621 8 617 15 263.3 16 311.0 2 306.0 2 473.1  158.3 32.6
52.4   Other retail sale of new goods in specialized stores 20 494 20 569 90 795 92 075  110 315.8  116 293.7 18 307.9 19 606.8 2 412.4 1 552.3
52.5   Retail sale of second-hand goods in stores  501  492  544  466  316.1  320.7 41.3 37.3 3.7 14.5
52.6   Retail sale not in stores 3 674 3 799 4 825 3 916 6 482.4 7 303.2  809.7  808.4 -41.2 82.3
52.7   Repair of personal and household goods 1 283 1 187 2 214 1 886 1 408.2 1 364.7  374.2  375.8 29.8 88.4
1  The method of calculation of owners has been changed from 2005. See "About the statistics" for further details.
2  Regarding wholesale on a fee or contract basis the turnover is defined as commission on the sales.
3  VAT is not included.

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