Statistics Norway

Norwegian business enterprise sector, ownership and roles

10 Owners of personally owned enteprises, by national background, organizational structure and age groups. 1st of January 20071
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  155 467  173 173  156 032 5 966 10 114 1 061
16-24 years 4 295 4 773 4 114 56  544 59
25-44 years 69 012 76 685 66 745 2 709 6 547  684
45-66 years 73 742 82 025 75 851 2 937 2 935  302
67 years and older 8 413 9 682 9 314  264 88 16
Unknown 5 8 8 - - -
Sole proprietorships            
Total  143 772  143 772  128 661 5 288 8 898  925
16-24 years 3 937 3 937 3 375 49  457 56
25-44 years 63 494 63 494 54 776 2 394 5 721  603
45-66 years 68 628 68 628 63 092 2 628 2 650  258
67 years and older 7 709 7 709 7 414  217 70 8
Unknown 4 4 4 - - -
Other personally owned enterprises            
Total 11 695 29 401 27 371  678 1 216  136
16-24 years  358  836  739 7 87 3
25-44 years 5 518 13 191 11 969  315  826 81
45-66 years 5 114 13 397 12 759  309  285 44
67 years and older  704 1 973 1 900 47 18 8
Unknown 1 4 4 - - -
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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