Statistics Norway

Norwegian business enterprise sector, ownership and roles

11 Owners of personally owned enterprises by level of education, organizational structure and gender. 1st January 2007
  Actors total Level of education
  Lower secondary education Upper secondary education Tertiary education, short1 Tertiary education, long2 Other3
Total  173 173 32 700 80 216 32 511 20 267 7 479
Women 45 000 6 938 19 216 11 513 5 538 1 795
Men  128 173 25 762 61 000 20 998 14 729 5 684
Sole proprietorships            
ENK total  143 772 27 755 66 763 26 620 16 237 6 397
Women 37 073 5 637 15 677 9 548 4 699 1 512
Men  106 699 22 118 51 086 17 072 11 538 4 885
Other personally owned enterprises            
ANS og DA total 29 401 4 945 13 453 5 891 4 030 1 082
Women 7 927 1 301 3 539 1 965  839  283
Men 21 474 3 644 9 914 3 926 3 191  799
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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