Statistics Norway

Ownership and roles in business enterprise sector

1 Owners of personally owned enterprises by organizational structure, sex, age, national background and level of education. 1st January 2010
  Owners total General partnership General partnership with shared liability Sole proprietorships
  Number of owners Per Cent Number of owners Per Cent Number of owners Per Cent Number of owners Per Cent
Total  186 240  100.0 11 912  100.0 18 019  100.0  156 309  100.0
                 
Gender                
Women 50 763 27.3 3 408 28.6 4 863 27.0 42 492 27.2
Men  135 477 72.7 8 504 71.4 13 156 73.0  113 817 72.8
                 
National background                
Asia, Africa, Latin America, Oceania except Australia and New Zealand, and Europe except EU/EEA 10 402 5.6  350 2.9  799 4.4 9 253 5.9
Norwegian national background  162 288 87.1 10 938 91.8 16 315 90.5  135 035 86.4
Non-Norwegian citizen, living outside of Norway 3 632 2.0  258 2.2  307 1.7 3 067 2.0
EU/EEA, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand 9 918 5.3  366 3.1  598 3.3 8 954 5.7
                 
Age groups                
16-24 years 5 317 2.9  189 1.6  620 3.4 4 508 2.9
25-34 years 31 541 16.9 1 211 10.2 3 888 21.6 26 442 16.9
35-44 years 47 714 25.6 2 697 22.6 5 304 29.4 39 713 25.4
45-54 years 46 044 24.7 3 008 25.3 4 108 22.8 38 928 24.9
55-66 years 42 858 23.0 3 399 28.5 3 284 18.2 36 175 23.1
67 years and older 12 763 6.9 1 407 11.8  814 4.5 10 542 6.7
Unknown 3 0.0 1 0.0 1 0.0 1 0.0
                 
Level of education                
Lower secondary education 32 303 17.3 1 950 16.4 2 675 14.8 27 678 17.7
Upper secondary education 82 089 44.1 5 592 46.9 7 383 41.0 69 114 44.2
Tertiary education, short1 36 921 19.8 2 518 21.1 3 979 22.1 30 424 19.5
Tertiary education, long2 24 581 13.2 1 417 11.9 3 254 18.1 19 910 12.7
Other3 10 346 5.6  435 3.7  728 4.0 9 183 5.9
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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