Accommodation and food service activities, structural business statistics, 1999, final figures

The hotel and restaurant establishments sold for 38.2 billion in 1999 and employed 87 000 persons. Wage costs were NOK 13.1 billion, while gross investments were NOK 1.6 billion.

Increased sales for restaurants

Standard Industrial Classification Group 55.3, Restaurants, was the largest in terms of sales. The enterprises accounted for more than NOK 15.6 billion in 1999. In 1998 the sales was NOK 14.5 billion. Employment was over 40 000, wage costs were NOK 4.9 billion, while gross investments were NOK 500 million.

The restaurant establishments sold for 16.9 billion in 1999 and employed 43 000 persons.

.. and for hotels

The second largest group, Standard Industrial Classification Group 55.1, Hotels, posted sales of just under NOK 14.6 billion in 1999. The corresponding figure for 1998 was 13.6 billion. The hotels had nearly 29 000 employees and wage costs of NOK 5.3 billion. Hotel industry investments totalled around NOK 730 million in 1999.

The establishments in the hotel trade had nearly the same sale and employment as the enterprises.

Tables:

• Table 1 Enterprises within Hotels and restaurants. Main figures by industry subclass. 1999. (Corrected 30.08.2001)
• Table 2 Enterprises within Hotels and restaurants. Main figures by size (measured by employment). 1999. (Corrected 30.08.2001)
• Table 3 Local KAUs within Hotels and restaurants. Main figures by industry subclass. 1999. (Corrected 30.08.2001)
• Table 4 Local KAUs within Hotels and restaurants. Main figures by size (measured by employment). 1999. (Corrected 30.08.2001)
• Table 5 Enterprises within Hotels and restaurants. Main figures, by industry subclass. Revised figures, 1998. (Corrected 30.08.2001)