Statistics Norway

Norwegian business enterprise sector, ownership and roles

4 Personal owned enterprises by age and gender. New established enterprises 20081
Agegroups Sole proprietorship Other personal owned enterprises2
Owners total Gender Owners total Gender
Per cent women Per cent men Per cent women Per cent men
Total 27 522  100.0  100.0 3 768  100.0  100.0
16-24 years 4 014 12.5 15.7  478 8.5 14.2
25-44 years 16 823 63.8 59.7 2 369 66.3 61.6
45-66 years 6 269 22.7 22.8  879 23.9 23.1
65 years and older  416 0.9 1.8 41 1.3 1.0
Unknown - - - 1 - 0.0
1  Enterprises that only have juristic persons (enterprises) as actors, or no registered information about actors are not included in statistics.
2  Other personal owned enterprises refers to the organizational structures general partnership and general partnership with shared liability.

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