Entrepreneurs in business enterprise sector, 2010-2011

There were 31 969 entrepreneurs in personally-owned enterprises in 2011. A total of 34.6 per cent of these were women, about the same share as the year before. By comparison, the share of female entrepreneurs in 2002 was 29 per cent. With regard to private and public limited companies established in 2011, men accounted for 81.5 per cent of the entrepreneurs in these enterprises.

More immigrants set up enterprises

Twenty-one per cent of entrepreneurs in personally-owned enterprises in 2011 were immigrants or Norwegian-born to immigrant parents. This share has increased sharply since 2002, when it was under 11 per cent. Within accommodation and food service activities, 56 per cent of the entrepreneurs had a non-Norwegian background. Another economic activity with a large share of immigrants (44.5 per cent) was transportation and storage.

Clear tendency in choice of industry

Male entrepreneurs dominated within most economic activities, also among entrepreneurs in private and public limited companies. Only within other service activities were the women in the majority, with 52 per cent. Other service activities mainly include hairdressing and other beauty treatment. With regard to entrepreneurs in personally-owned enterprises, women accounted for 62 and 70 per cent of the entrepreneurs within human health and social work activities and other service activities respectively.

Larger degree of survival among enterprises established by men

One out of four personally-owned enterprises established by men in 2005 survived the first five years. About one out of five enterprises with female entrepreneurs survived this five-year period. One out of three enterprises established by both men and women survived these five years, but these enterprises made up less than two per cent of all the new established enterprises in 2005.

Among the limited companies, there were only minor differences in the degree of survival among enterprises established by women and men, with 46 and 48 per cent of these enterprises surviving this period respectively.

Tables:

• Table 1 Entrepreneurs in personally owned enterprises, by organisational structure,economic activity and gender. 2011
• Table 2 Entrepreneurs in personally owned enterprises, by education, age, national background and gender. 2011
• Table 3 Entrepreneurs in personally owned enterprises by economic activity and national background. 2011
• Table 4 Entrepreneurs that are persons in new established private and public limited companies 2010 and 2011, by education, age and gender
• Table 5 Entrepreneurs that are persons in new established private and public limited companies 2010 and 2011, by education, age and gender
• Table 6 Entrepreneurs that are enterprises in new established private and public limited companies 2010 and 2011, by the organisational structure, number of employees and the economic activity of the entrepreneur
• Table 7 Entrepreneurs in in newly established enterprises in 2005, by survival of enterprise and the entrepreneurs' gender, age, and level of education
• Table 8 Newly established enterprises in 2005, by survival and the entrepreneurs gender
• Table 9 Owners in newly established personally owned enterprises in 2005 with activity in 2010, by growth in employment and turnover of enterprise, and sex of the owner, age and education
• Table 10 Newly established enterprises in 2005 survived in 2010, by growth in employment and turnover from 2005-2010. The entrepreneurs gender