Computer-related activities - structural statistics, 2004, preliminary figures

There was 9 277 enterprises with computer and related activities as the main industry in 2004. In all these enterprises had an increase in turnover of NOK 4.5 billion compared with the final figures for 2003.

Significant software development

Software consultancy and supply is the largest service within computer and related activities. This group had a turnover of NOK 32.9 billion and employed 26 468 people in 2004.

Revision of industries

The industry division computer and related activities divide the enterprises in 6 different groups according to value added in different services. Most of the enterprises have activities within more than one group, and how much they earn from the different services can vary from one year to the next. This makes the industry placing difficult. A revision of industries in the Central Register of Establishments and Enterprises has caused large enterprises to be moved to other industry groups, which has affected the figures. The group data processing showed a large increase in turnover from 2003 to 2004, but this could largely be attributed to a movement within the division. Thus it did not have an effect on the total figures for computer and related activities.

Preliminary figures

The preliminary figures for number of enterprises, turnover and employment are published while data are still being revised and may therefore deviate somewhat from final figures published at a later date. While preliminary figures are published on the enterprise level only, final figures are published on both the enterprise level and the local kind-of-activity unit level.

The employment figures are measured as an annual average. People with more than one job are counted as employees in several enterprises. The collection method for employment data has been changed. From 2004 employment is collected directly from Employee -/ employers register /A/A-register), previously employment was collected through a combination of questionnaire and the A/A-register. This change makes it difficult to compare employment between 2003 and 2004. We will give a comprehensive description of the change in method when final figures are published. More detailed information about this and other definitions used in the structural business statistics for transport and communication is available in "About the statistics".

Tables:

• Table 1 Computer and related activities. Enterprises, employment and turnover, by industry group. Final figures 2003 and preliminary figures 2004