Statistics Norway

Norwegian business enterprise sector, ownership and roles

8 Owners in newly established personal owned enterprises1, 2 in 2003 survived in 2005 by growth in employment and turnover of enterprise, and the owners gender, age, national background and level of education
  Number of owners Number of owners in enterprises with growth/no growth in employment Share of owners in enterprises with growth/no growth in employment Number of owners enterprises with growth/no growth in turnover Share of owners enterprises with growth/no growth in turnover
  Growth No growth Growth No growth Growth No growth Growth No growth
Gender                  
Total 13 208 5 119 8 089 38.3 61.7 9 280 3 928 70.3 29.7
Women 3 559 1 456 2 103 39.0 61.0 2 215 1 344 62.2 37.8
Men 9 649 3 663 5 986 38.1 61.9 7 065 2 584 73.2 26.8
                   
Age groups                  
Total 13 208 5 119 8 089 38.3 61.7 9 280 3 928 70.3 29.7
16-24 years 1 148  458  690 39.9 60.1  880  268 76.7 23.3
25-34 years 4 605 1 834 2 771 39.8 60.2 3 223 1 382 70.0 30.0
35-44 years 3 903 1 533 2 370 39.3 60.7 2 803 1 100 71.8 28.2
45-54 years 2 316  863 1 453 37.3 62.7 1 594  722 68.8 31.2
55-66 years 1 071  373  698 34.8 65.2  687  384 64.1 35.9
67 years and older  162 58  104 35.8 64.2 92 70 56.8 43.2
Uopgitt 3 0 3 0.0  100.0 1 2 33.3 66.7
                   
National background                  
Total 13 208 5 119 8 089 38.3 61.7 9 280 3 928 70.3 29.7
Norwegian national background 11 769 4 454 7 315 37.8 62.2 8 235 3 534 70.0 30.0
Western countries outside Norway  535  218  317 40.7 59.3  369  166 69.0 31.0
Non-western countries  829  414  415 49.9 50.1  622  207 75.0 25.0
Non-Norwegian citizen, living outside of Norway 75 33 42 44.0 56.0 54 21 72.0 28.0
                   
Level of education                  
Total 13 208 5 119 8 089 38.3 61.7 9 280 3 928 70.3 29.7
Lower secondary education  908  369  539 40.6 59.4  703  205 77.4 22.6
Upper secondary education 7 118 2 731 4 387 38.4 61.6 5 412 1 706 76.0 24.0
Tertiary education, short 3 135 1 169 1 966 37.3 62.7 2 011 1 124 64.1 35.9
Tertiary education, long 1 408  551  857 39.1 60.9  696  712 49.4 50.6
Other  639  299  340 46.8 53.2  458  181 71.7 28.3
1  Personal owned enterprises are sole proprietorships, general partnerships and general partnerships with shared liability.
2  Enterprises that only have juridical persons (enterprises) as actors, or no registered information about actors are not included in the statistics.

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