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Almost 550 000 establishments in Norway
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Establishments, 1 January 2015

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Almost 550 000 establishments in Norway

The number of establishments in Norway amounted to 547 232 per 1 January 2015. Thirteen per cent belonged to retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles. Establishments belonging to non-financial corporations amounted to almost half of all the establishments.

Number of enterprises by sizePublished 23 January 2015
2015Change in per cent
Number of establishmentsPer cent2014 - 2015
All size groups547 232100.03.9
No one employeed337 34261.64.5
1-4 employees114 55620.93.5
5-9 employees40 6457.42.3
10-19 employees28 0875.13.3
20-49 employees18 1463.31.0
50-99 employees5 3721.02.3
100 - 249 employees2 4000.40.9
250 employees and more6840.12.7

Source: Statistics Norway

A total of 5.5 per cent of the establishments on a national basis belonged to enterprises within general government. In Oslo, general government amounted to only 2.4 per cent.

Forty-seven per cent of the establishments belonged to non-financial corporations, making this the largest sector.

Many small establishments

A total of 8 out of 10 establishments had less than 5 employees. Within agriculture, forestry and fishing, 98 per cent had less than 5 employees. Fewer than 700 of the total 547 000 establishments had 250 or more employees.