Business activities, structural business statistics, 2009

The number of enterprises having advertising as their main activity was 2 394 in 2009, which is a decrease of 2.7 per cent compared to 2008. A total of 6 722 people were employed; a decrease of 5.9 per cent.

Decrease within employment activities

The enterprises within employment activities had a total turnover of NOK 22.7 billion in 2009 and employed about 40 000 persons. This is a decrease of 12.5 and 12.4 per cent respectively compared to 2008.

Within the section Real estate activities, turnover increased by 6.1 per cent to a total of NOK 112.3 billion

Within the section professional, scientific and technical activities, turnover amounted to a total of NOK 178.3 billion; a decrease of 2.9 per cent.

Within the section administrative and support service activities, turnover decreased by 1.9 per cent to a total of NOK 126.5 billion.

Preliminary figures

The preliminary figures for structural statistics are only published on enterprise level. In general, the figures for enterprises will show other values than the figures for local kind-of-activity units. This is due to the fact that an enterprise registered with its main activity in one industry may have local kind-of-activity units in other industries. Only figures for the number of enterprises, employees and turnover on a 3-digit industrial level are published. The data have not been as thoroughly revised as they will be for the publishing of the final figures in May 2011.

Deviation between preliminary and final figures

For 2008, the final figures show that the number of enterprises within Business activities and Real estate activities were 0.6 per cent higher compared to the preliminary figures. The final figures for turnover and employment were 1.5 and 1.8 per cent lower respectively compared to the preliminary figures.

Tables:

• Table 1 Principal figures for enterprises, by industry group. Final results 2008 and preliminary results 2009