Business activities, structural business statistics, 2001

There were 75 148 local KAUs within real estate, renting and business activities (exclusive house cooperatives and management activities of holding companies) in 2001, an increase of 7.3 per cent compared with 2000. The same local KAUs employed totally 232 551 persons and the total wage costs amounted to NOK 76.6 billion.

13.4 per cent growth in computer activities

The local KAUs within computer activities had a turnover of NOK 45.4 billion in 2001 and employed 38 179 persons, an increase of 13.4 and 5.3 per cent respectively from 2000. The 7 551 local KAUs in computer activities had a total wage cost of NOK 19.2 billion.

Research and Development: 6.6 per cent growth

Local KAUs in research and development had a turnover on NOK 6.1 billion in 2001. This is an increase of NOK 380 million from 2000. The number of employed in research and development increased by 1.6 per cent, from 8 032 to 8 157 persons. The 312 local KAUs had a total wage cost of NOK 3.4 billion in 2001.

Architectural and engineering activities and related technical consultancy up 14.3 per cent

Other business activities contain several different subclasses. 37 780 local KAUs within other business activities had a total turnover of NOK 123.8 billion and employed 157 331 persons in 2001.

In the subclass architectural and engineering activities and related technical consultancy the turnover was NOK 38.6 billion in 2001, an increase of 14.3 per cent from 2000. The 8 284 local KAUs in this subclass employed 30 401 in 2001, up 218 persons. The wage cost to the local KAUs in architectural and engineering activities and related technical consultancy amounted to NOK 12.6 billion.

Local KAUs and enterprises

The structural statistics is published in both enterprises level and local KAU level. The figures on the enterprise level may differ from those on local KAU level. This is due to some enterprises being registered in one industry subclass after main activity, but also consisting of local KAUs in other subgroups. More about this and other definitions can be found in the "About the statistics".

Users should also know that the revision of industry codes in the Central Register of Establishments and Enterprises have led to considerable changes for some of the industries. Subsequently, the figures for 2001 are not fully comparable to previously published figures for 2000. Some figures for 2000 in this publication therefore deviate from previously published ones for some industry groups.

Tables:

• Table 1 Principal figures, by industry subclass. Local kind-of-acitivity units. 2000 and 2001
• Table 2 Principal figures, by number of persons employed and industry division. Local kind-of-activity units. 2001
• Table 3 Principal figures for the industrial section, by county. Local kind-of-activity units. 2001
• Table 4 Principal figures, by region and industry group. Local KAUs. 2001
• Table 5 Principal figures, by industry subclass. Enterprises. 2000 and 2001
• Table 6 Principal figures, by number of persons employed and industry division. Enterprises. 2001
• Table 7 Investments, by group of fixed assets and industry subclass. Enterprises. 2001
• Table 8 Investments, by category and industry subclass. Enterprises. 2001