Statistics Norway

Norwegian business enterprise sector, ownership and roles

10 Entrepreneurs in newly-established limited companies in 2004 with activity in 2006, by growth in employment and turnover of enterprise, and the entrepreneur's gender, age, national background and level of education
  Number of entrepreneurs Number of entrepreneurs in enterprises with growth/no growth in employment Share of entrepreneurs in enterprises with growth/no growth in employment Number of entrepreneurs in enterprises with growth/no growth in turnover Share of entrepreneurs in enterprises with growth/no growth in turnover
  Growth No growth Growth No growth Growth No growth Growth No growth
Gender                  
Women 1 916 1 157  759 60.4 39.6 1 544  372 80.6 19.4
Men 9 068 4 701 4 367 51.8 48.2 7 688 1 380 84.8 15.2
                   
Age groups                  
16-24 years  324  192  132 40.7 59.3  267 57 82.4 17.6
25-34 years 2 684 1 640 1 044 38.9 61.1 2 280  404 84.9 15.1
35-44 years 3 834 2 044 1 790 46.7 53.3 3 228  606 84.2 15.8
45-54 years 2 627 1 334 1 293 49.2 50.8 2 213  414 84.2 15.8
55-66 years 1 330  586  744 55.9 44.1 1 097  233 82.5 17.5
67 years and older  185 62  123 66.5 33.5  147 38 79.5 20.5
                   
National background                  
Norwegian national background 10 468 5 528 4 940 52.8 47.2 8 797 1 671 84.0 16.0
Non-Norwegian citizen, living outside of Norway 24 17 7 70.8 29.2 22 2 91.7 8.3
EU/EEA, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand  266  168 98 63.2 36.8  223 43 83.8 16.2
Asia, Africa, Latin America, Oceania except Australia and New Zealand, and Europe except EU/EEA  226  145 81 64.2 35.8  190 36 84.1 15.9
                   
Level of education                  
Lower secondary education  735  396  339 53.9 46.1  632  103 86.0 14.0
Upper secondary education 6 231 3 384 2 847 54.3 45.7 5 415  816 86.9 13.1
Tertiary education, short 2 659 1 350 1 309 50.8 49.2 2 159  500 81.2 18.8
Tertiary education, long 1 109  571  538 51.5 48.5  820  289 73.9 26.1
Other  250  157 93 62.8 37.2  206 44 82.4 17.6

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