Statistics Norway

Norwegian business enterprise sector, ownership and roles

2 Owners in newly-established personally-owned enterprises1, 2 in 2003, by survival of enterprise in 2004, 2005 and 2006, the owner's gender, age, national background, and level of education
  Owner, total Number of owners Survival percentage
  2004 2005 2006 2004 2005 2006
  Survived "Asleep" Survived "Asleep" Survived Survived "Asleep" Survived "Asleep" Survived
Gender                      
Total 31 874 15 024 1 680 13 208  263 10 525 47.1 5.3 41.4 0.8 33.0
Women 9 491 3 915  630 3 559 55 2 798 41.2 6.6 37.5 0.6 29.5
Men 22 383 11 109 1 050 9 649  208 7 727 49.6 4.7 43.1 0.9 34.5
                       
Age groups                      
Total 31 874 15 024 1 680 13 208  263 10 525 47.1 5.3 41.4 0.8 33.0
16-24 years 3 607 1 396  168 1 148 35  880 38.7 4.7 31.8 1.0 24.4
25-34 years 11 996 5 293  660 4 605 94 3 587 44.1 5.5 38.4 0.8 29.9
35-44 years 8 775 4 427  465 3 903 64 3 111 50.5 5.3 44.5 0.7 35.5
45-54 years 4 957 2 526  273 2 316 46 1 903 51.0 5.5 46.7 0.9 38.4
55-66 years 2 215 1 195  103 1 071 22  895 54.0 4.7 48.4 1.0 40.4
67 years and older  321  184 11  162 2  146 57.3 3.4 50.5 0.6 45.5
Unknown 3 3 0 3 - 3  100.0 0.0  100.0 0.0  100.0
                       
National background                      
Total 31 874 15 024 1 680 13 208  263 10 525 47.1 5.3 41.4 0.8 33.0
Norwegian national background 28 031 13 335 1 490 11 769  249 9 414 47.6 5.3 42.0 0.9 33.6
Non-Norwegian citizen, living outside of Norway  298 97 14 75 1 49 32.6 4.7 25.2 0.3 16.4
EU/EEA, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand 1 601  693 98  608 9  477 43.3 6.1 38.0 0.6 29.8
Asia, Africa, Latin America, Oceania except Australia and New Zealand, and Europe except EU/EEA 1 944  899 78  756 4  585 46.2 4.0 84.1 0.2 30.1
                       
                       
Level of education                      
Total 31 874 15 024 1 680 13 208  263 10 525 47.1 5.3 41.4 0.8 33.0
Lower secondary education 2 130 1 079 73  908 11  718 50.7 3.4 42.6 0.5 33.7
Upper secondary education 16 544 8 272  685 7 118  141 5 729 50.0 4.1 43.0 0.9 34.6
Tertiary education, short 8 066 3 475  517 3 135 77 2 456 43.1 6.4 38.9 1.0 30.4
Tertiary education, long 3 266 1 431  304 1 408 22 1 147 43.8 9.3 43.1 0.7 35.1
Other 1 868  767  101  639 12  475 41.1 5.4 34.2 0.6 25.4
1  Personally-owned enterprises are sole proprietorships, general partnerships and general partnerships with shared liability.
2  Enterprises that only have juristic persons (enterprises) as participants, and no registered information about participants is included in statistics.

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