Construction, structural business statistics, 2004

The 37 292 local kind-of-activity units (KAUs) in construction had a total of NOK 46 billion in wage costs in 2004, up 5.0 per cent from 2003. Totally 141 864 persons were employed in the construction industry in 2004.

Industrial classes

The turnover of the industrial group: "Building of complete constructions or part thereof; civil engineering", increased by 12.0 per cent to NOK 108 billion from 2003 to 2004. The number of employees increased by 1.9 per cent to 73 047 peoples and the wage costs rose by 5.8 per cent.

The local kind-of-activity units in the building installation group had a total turnover of NOK 43.3 billion in 2004, an increase of 6.8 per cent from 2003.

Big KAUs contributed to 69 per cent of the turnover

The local KAUs with 10 or more people employed makes only 8 per cent of the total population. But in 2004 they contributed with 69.1 per cent of the total turnover in the construction industry. The 28 749 local KAUs with 2 or fewer persons employed, making 77.1 per cent of the total population, contributed to only 12.3 per cent of the total turnover.

Statistics on the enterprise level

The structural business statistics for constructions are compiled both on the local KAU level and on the enterprise 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 group after main activity, while at the same time consisting of local KAUs in other groups.

On the enterprise level the turnover increased by 10.1 per cent and amounted to NOK 180.9 billion, and 142 921 people were employed in 2004.

More information and definitions can be found in the "About the statistics".

Comparisons with other European countries

International comparisons are available from the following tables at EUROSTATS (EU) homepage:

Table 1 NACE Division 45: Construction - Input indicators

Table 2 NACE Division 45: Construction - Output indicators

Table 3 NACE Division 45: Construction - Derived ratios

Tables:

• Table 1 Principal figures, by industry subclass. Local kind-of-activity units. 2003 and 2004
• Table 2 Principal figures, by number of persons employed and industry group. Local kind-of-activity units. 2004
• Table 3 Principal figures for the industrial section, by county. 2004
• Table 4 Principal figures, by region and industry group. Local KAUs. 2004
• Table 5 Principal figures, by industry subclass. Enterprises. 2003 and 2004
• Table 6 Specification of turnover, by different industry subclass, expressed in percentages. Enterprises. 2004
• Table 7 Principal figures, by number of persons employed and industry group. Entreprises. 2004
• Table 8 Gross Investments, by group of fixed assets and industry subclass. Enterprises. 2004
• Table 9 Gross Investments, by category and industry subclass. Enterprises. 2004
• Table 10 Number of births and deaths of enterprises, by inustry group. 2004