Statistics Norway

Norwegian business enterprise sector, ownership and roles

15   Owners of personally owned enterprises by level of education, organizational structure and gender.
1st January 2006
  Actors total Level of education
  Lower secondary education Upper secondary education Tertiary education, short1 Tertiary education, long2 Other3
Total  171 878 32 288 80 540 32 698 20 458 5 894
Women 44 045 6 916 19 120 11 255 5 287 1 467
Men  127 833 25 372 61 420 21 443 15 171 4 427
Sole proprietorships            
ENK total  141 796 27 328 66 661 26 520 16 287 5 000
Women 36 025 5 600 15 496 9 243 4 471 1 215
Men  105 771 21 728 51 165 17 277 11 816 3 785
Other personally owned enterprises            
ANS og DA total 30 082 4 960 13 879 6 178 4 171  894
Women 8 020 1 316 3 624 2 012  816  252
Men 22 062 3 644 10 255 4 166 3 355  642
1  Tertiary education, short, comprises higher education 4 years or shorter.
2  Tertiary education, long, comprises higher education more than 4 years.
3  Other include persons with no completed education and those who haven't registred any information about education.

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