Statistics Norway

Foreign-controlled enterprises' activity in Norway, structural statistics

3 Enterprises under foreign control1 compared to the whole business economy2 by number of persons employed. 2008
  Number of enterprises Number of persons employed Personnel costs Turnover Production value Value added at factor cost Total purchases of goods and services Purchases of goods purchased for resale in the same condition as received Gross investment3
      NOK million
Enterprises under foreign control 5 845  294 801  157 143 1 246 010  950 595  434 331  816 505  298 087 53 991
data not available or 0 persons employed 1 377 0  770  124 997  114 833 76 111 49 542 10 179 29 683
1-4 persons employed 1 503 3 099 2 097 54 921 47 755 33 618 21 737 7 318 1 490
5-9 persons employed  767 5 168 3 133 25 673 13 880 3 619 21 997 11 866  300
10-19 persons employed  661 8 987 5 805 48 619 28 014 7 951 43 570 20 709 2 132
20-49 persons employed  690 21 544 13 217  111 216 76 131 33 858 80 490 35 442 1 932
50-99 persons employed  335 23 752 13 439 90 134 60 347 24 466 69 334 30 070 3 984
100-249 persons employed  287 44 904 25 677  226 889  192 398 98 838  123 733 34 140 3 783
250 and more empoyed  225  187 347 93 004  563 560  417 237  155 871  406 101  148 364 10 688
                   
All enterprises in the whole business economy  268 092 1 469 488  638 901 4 688 087 3 723 320 1 556 390 3 261 068  973 448  290 356
data not available or 0 persons employed 86 990 0 2 675  611 292  594 190  379 067  241 302 16 690  139 691
1-4 persons employed  135 662  219 320 52 028  354 251  285 978  138 788  236 605 69 754 20 969
5-9 persons employed 22 843  149 507 54 438  257 781  173 838 71 262  203 170 84 926 10 221
10-19 persons employed 12 601  168 365 66 099  338 635  218 366 86 221  272 328  121 393 9 659
20-49 persons employed 6 621  194 720 87 034  453 611  322 309  125 795  352 688  133 416 11 355
50-99 persons employed 1 809  124 347 60 064  324 328  232 578 83 059  259 033 93 156 10 756
100-249 persons employed  993  149 916 75 094  492 373  387 338  163 383  331 079  105 258 18 786
250 and more empoyed  573  463 313  241 468 1 855 816 1 508 723  508 816 1 364 863  348 856 68 918
                   
  Per cent
Enterprises under foreign control in per cent of all enterprises within the whole business economy 2.2 20.1 24.6 26.6 25.5 27.9 25.0 30.6 18.6
data not available or 0 persons employed 1.6 : 28.8 20.4 19.3 20.1 20.5 61.0 21.2
1-4 persons employed 1.1 1.4 4.0 15.5 16.7 24.2 9.2 10.5 7.1
5-9 persons employed 3.4 3.5 5.8 10.0 8.0 5.1 10.8 14.0 2.9
10-19 persons employed 5.2 5.3 8.8 14.4 12.8 9.2 16.0 17.1 22.1
20-49 persons employed 10.4 11.1 15.2 24.5 23.6 26.9 22.8 26.6 17.0
50-99 persons employed 18.5 19.1 22.4 27.8 25.9 29.5 26.8 32.3 37.0
100-249 persons employed 28.9 30.0 34.2 46.1 49.7 60.5 37.4 32.4 20.1
250 and more empoyed 39.3 40.4 38.5 30.4 27.7 30.6 29.8 42.5 15.5
1  Subsidiary enterprises under direct or indirect control by foreign enterprises.
2  Sections E Electricity, gas and water supply and J Financial intermediation are not included.
3  Aquistion of tangible assets.

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