Statistics Norway

Norwegian business enterprise sector, ownership and roles

11 Entrepreneurs in newly-established limited companies in 2005 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 2 400 1 349 1 051 56.2 43.8 1 980  420 82.5 17.5
Men 10 433 4 980 5 453 47.7 52.3 9 094 1 339 87.2 12.8
                   
Age groups                  
16-24 years  380  188  192 50.5 49.5  327 53 86.1 13.9
25-34 years 3 037 1 716 1 321 43.5 56.5 2 627  410 86.5 13.5
35-44 years 4 398 2 246 2 152 48.9 51.1 3 847  551 87.5 12.5
45-54 years 3 145 1 467 1 678 53.4 46.6 2 675  470 85.1 14.9
55-66 years 1 661  661 1 000 60.2 39.8 1 418  243 85.4 14.6
67 years and older  212 51  161 75.9 24.1  180 32 84.9 15.1
                   
National background                  
Norwegian national background 12 142 5 895 6 247 48.6 51.4 10 490 1 652 86.4 13.6
Non-Norwegian citizen, living outside of Norway 48 29 19 60.4 39.6 41 7 85.4 14.6
EU/EEA, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand  348  206  142 59.2 40.8  288 60 82.8 17.2
Asia, Africa, Latin America, Oceania except Australia and New Zealand, and Europe except EU/EEA  295  199 96 67.5 32.5  255 40 86.4 13.6
                   
Level of education                  
Lower secondary education 1 766  906  860 51.3 48.7 1 530  236 86.6 13.4
Upper secondary education 6 244 3 056 3 188 48.9 51.1 5 543  701 88.8 11.2
Tertiary education, short 3 201 1 555 1 646 48.6 51.4 2 707  494 84.6 15.4
Tertiary education, long 1 323  632  691 47.8 52.2 1 038  285 78.5 21.5
Other  299  180  119 60.2 39.8  256 43 85.6 14.4

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