Statistics Norway

Norwegian business enterprise sector, ownership and roles

13   Owners of personally owned enteprises, by national background and organizational structure.
1st of January 20061
Organizational structure Enterprises total Actors total Actors total National background
Norwegian national background Western countries outside Norway Non-western countries Non-Norwegian citizen, living outside of Norway
Women Men Women Men Women Men Women Men
Total  153 494  171 878  100.0 23.1 68.0 1.1 2.3 1.4 3.8 0.0 0.2
General partnership1 6 261 15 327  100.0 25.6 68.8 0.7 1.4 0.9 2.3 0.0 0.3
General partnership with shared liability1 5 437 14 755  100.0 24.1 69.0 0.9 1.5 1.0 3.2 0.1 0.2
Sole proprietorships  141 796  141 796  100.0 22.7 67.9 1.1 2.5 1.5 4.0 0.0 0.2
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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