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Third of enterprises have no female employees
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Enterprises, 1 January 2012

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Third of enterprises have no female employees

Almost half of all enterprises as of 1 January 2012 had both male and female employees. Seventeen per cent of enterprises had only female employees and 37 per cent had only male employees.

Enterprises by features of the employeesPublished 3 December 2013
201220122009-2012
EnterprisesNewly established enterprisesHigh-growth enterprises
Total number of enterprises with employees127 9145 436644
Share of enterprises with only male employees36.857.35.3
Share of enterprises with only female employees16.721.00.8
Share of enterprises with both male and female employees46.521.793.9

Source: Statistics Norway

The largest share of enterprises with only male employees was in transport and storage and construction, with six out of ten. The largest share of enterprises with exclusively female employees was in services to private households, other service activities and health and social work activities, with 75, 59 and 46 per cent respectively.

Most of the enterprises had few employees; eight out of ten enterprises had fewer than 20 persons employed.

More than half of newly established enterprises have only male employees

In 57 per cent of all newly established enterprises in 2012, all employees were men, whereas 21 per cent only had women in their staff. Newly established enterprises also had few employees, with 85 per cent having fewer than five.

High-growth enterprises with more male than female employees

Almost seven out of ten high-growth enterprises in 2012 had more male than female employees. With 94 per cent, the share of high-growth enterprises with both female and male employees was twice as high as in all enterprises as a whole. However, high-growth enterprises have far more employees, i.e. at least 17 after a period of three years. Two out of three high-growth enterprises had between 20 and 49 employees.

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The statistics include enterprises (except enterprises in agriculture, forestry, fishing and public administration) with employees and describe the characteristics of the employees. Employees are defined as persons working for the employer for more than four hours a week. Persons with more than one job may have been counted as an employee in more than one industry. The statistics do not include owners in personally-owned enterprises, i.e. proprietors in sole proprietorships and partners with joint liability and unlimited liability.