Statistics Norway

Norwegian business enterprise sector, ownership and roles

8 Owners in newly-established personally-owned enterprises1, 2 2002 survived in 2006, by growth in employment and turnover of enterprise, and the owner's 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 in enterprises with growth/no growth in turnover Share of owners of enterprises with growth/no growth in turnover
  Growth No growth Growth No growth Growth No growth Growth No growth
Gender                  
Total 9 025 3 671 5 354 40.7 59.3 6 643 2 382 73.6 26.4
Women 2 218  928 1 290 41.8 58.2 1 444  774 65.1 34.9
Men 6 807 2 743 4 064 40.3 59.7 5 199 1 608 76.4 23.6
                   
Age groups                  
Total 9 025 3 671 5 354 40.7 59.3 6 643 2 382 73.6 26.4
16-24 years  738  355  383 48.1 51.9  611  127 82.8 17.2
25-34 years 3 078 1 342 1 736 43.6 56.4 2 306  772 74.9 25.1
35-44 years 2 656 1 097 1 559 41.3 58.7 1 974  682 74.3 25.7
45-54 years 1 657  604 1 053 36.5 63.5 1 130  527 68.2 31.8
55-66 years  786  241  545 30.7 69.3  545  241 69.3 30.7
67 years and older  110 32 78 29.1 70.9 77 33 70.0 30.0
                   
National background                  
Total 9 025 3 671 5 354 40.7 59.3 6 643 2 382 73.6 26.4
Norwegian national background 8 159 3 226 4 933 39.5 60.5 5 995 2 164 73.5 26.5
Non-Norwegian citizen, living outside of Norway 35 18 17 51.4 48.6 23 12 65.7 34.3
EU/EEA, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand  350  147  203 42.0 58.0  228  122 65.1 34.9
Asia, Africa, Latin America, Oceania except Australia and New Zealand, and Europe except EU/EEA  481  280  201 58.2 41.8  397 84 82.5 17.5
                   
                   
Level of education                  
Total 9 025 3 671 5 354 40.7 59.3 6 643 2 382 73.6 26.4
Lower secondary education  659  303  356 46.0 54.0  542  117 82.2 17.8
Upper secondary education 4 995 2 044 2 951 40.9 59.1 3 996  999 80.0 20.0
Tertiary education, short 1 988  759 1 229 38.2 61.8 1 354  634 68.1 31.9
Tertiary education, long 1 084  410  674 37.8 62.2  535  549 49.4 50.6
Other  299  155  144 51.8 48.2  216 83 72.2 27.8
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 the statistics.

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