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More persons employed in wholesale and retail trade
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2009-10-29T10:00:00.000Z
Wholesale and retail trade and service activities
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Wholesale and retail trade, structural statistics, 2008, preliminary figures

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More persons employed in wholesale and retail trade

Even though the number of enterprises was almost unchanged from 2007 to 2008, the number of persons employed in the wholesale and retail trade rose by 2.5 per cent in the same period.

Employment, by industry division. Enterprises. 2008.

Turnover, by industry division. Enterprises. 2008. Billion NOK.

The 53 923 enterprises within the wholesale and retail trade employed a total of 375 961 persons in 2008. This is 9 106 more persons than in 2007. Aggregated turnover for the industry division was NOK 1 283 billion; NOK 56 billion more than the previous year.

More persons employed in retail sales

In 2008, there were more than 218 000 persons employed within the retail trade; 2.5 per cent more than in 2007. Despite the increase in employment, there was a minor decrease in the number of enterprises. Overall, there were 27 646 enterprises within the retail trade in 2008, and these had a combined turnover of about NOK 384 billion.

More enterprises within wholesale trade

There were 18 299 enterprises within the wholesale trade in 2008; 117 more than the previous year. These enterprises employed more than 113 000 persons; 3 500 more than in 2007. This corresponds to a 3.2 per cent increase. Total turnover was NOK 741 billion.

More enterprises within wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles

From 2007 to 2008, the number of enterprises within wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles increased by approximately 200 units and the number of persons employed increased by 222. The nearly 8 000 enterprises in the industry division employed more than 44 000 persons and had a combined turnover of NOK 158 billion.

Important announcement: Transition to a new industry classification

A new version of the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC2007) was implemented in January 2009. The structural statistics for the reference year 2008 are published according to the new and old standards. Figures for 2007 will also be published according to the new standard. The most important change for the quarterly turnover statistics for wholesale and retail trade is that the petrol stations are no longer a part of Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles. This industry has been included in retail sales. For general information about the transition to the new Standard Industrial Classification click here

Preliminary figures

Preliminary figures for structural business 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 number of enterprises, persons employed and turnover on a 3-digit industry level are published. The data are not as thoroughly revised as they will be when the final figures are published in May 2010.

Deviation between preliminary and final figures

Comparisons between preliminary and final figures for the wholesale and retail trade in 2006 and 2007 show that the final figures for number of enterprises were 1.4 and 0.8 per cent lower respectively. The final figures for turnover were 0.3 per cent lower in 2006 and 0.2 per cent higher for final figures in 2007. The employment figures were 1.0 per cent lower for final figures in 2006 and 0.6 per cent higher in 2007.

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