Statistics Norway

Norwegian business enterprise sector, ownership and roles

1   Personal owned enterprise, by organizational structure and gender. 1 January 2005
Organizational structure 2004 2005
Enterprises total Actors total Gender Enterprises total Actors total Gender
Per cent women Per cent men Per cent women Per cent men
Total  147 339  166 437 24.4 75.6  168 699      189 843 25.6 74.4
General partnership1 6 890 18 022 26.2 73.8 7 173 18 263 26.5 73.5
General partnership with shared liability1 4 663 12 628 24.6 75.4 6 038 16 092 24.3 75.7
Sole proprietorships  135 786  135 786 24.1 75.9  155 488  155 488 25.7 74.3
1  Enterprises that only have juristic persons (enterprises) as actors, or no registered information about actors are not included in statistics.

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