Statistics Norway

Norwegian business enterprise sector, ownership and roles

14   Owners of personally owned enteprises by national background, organizational structure and age groups.
1st of January 20061
Age groups Enterprises total Actors total National background
Norwegian national background Western countries outside Norway Non-western countries Non-Norwegian citizen, living outside of Norway
Total  153 494  171 878  156 659 5 865 8 926  428
16-24 years 3 638 4 084 3 555 55  467 7
25-44 years 68 541 76 376 67 700 2 676 5 757  243
45-66 years 73 190 81 818 76 173 2 855 2 624  166
67 years and older 8 123 9 593 9 224  279 78 12
Unknown 2 7 7 - - -
Sole proprietorships            
Total  141 796  141 796  128 450 5 187 7 822  337
16-24 years 3 309 3 309 2 857 46  401 5
25-44 years 63 023 63 023 55 440 2 387 4 997  199
45-66 years 68 071 68 071 63 045 2 534 2 362  130
67 years and older 7 392 7 392 7 107  220 62 3
Unknown 1 1 1 - - -
Other personally owned enterprises            
Total 11 698 30 082 28 209  678 1 104 91
16-24 years  329  775  698 9 66 2
25-44 years 5 518 13 353 12 260  289  760 44
45-66 years 5 119 13 747 13 128  321  262 36
67 years and older  731 2 201 2 117 59 16 9
Unknown 1 6 6 - - -
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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