Accommodation and food service activities, structural business statistics, 2004, preliminary figures

According to preliminary figures the turnover increased by 1.2 per cent compared with the final figures for 2003.

Restaurants had the highest turnover

Norwegian restaurants had a turnover of NOK 19.5 billion in 2004, almost at the same level as in 2003. The restaurants account for 47 per cent of the total turnover for the enterprises in the hotel and restaurant industry division in 2004, and 56 per cent of the employed people.

In the same period the hotel enterprises had a turnover of NOK 14.9 billion - an increase of 2.9 per cent compared with the final figures for 2003. The hotels account for 36 per cent of the total turnover for the enterprises in hotel and restaurant industry division.

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 results published at a later date. While preliminary figures are published on the enterprise level only, final results 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. 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 Hotels and restaurants. Enterprises, employment and turnover, by industry group. Final figures 2003 and preliminary figures 2004