Statistics Norway

Norwegian business enterprise sector, ownership and roles

5 Personal owned enterprises by organizational structure, national background, new established enterprises 20081
Organizational structure Enterprises total Actors total National background
Norwegian national background EU/EEA, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand Asia, Africa, Latin America, Oceania except Australia and New Zealand, and Europe except EU/EEA Non-Norwegian citizen, living outside of Norway
Total 29 097 31 290 80.1 8.2 8.4 3.4
General partnership  333  791 82.9 6.8 7.0 3.3
General partnership with shared liability 1 242 2 977 88.1 4.4 6.5 1.0
Sole proprietorships 27 522 27 522 79.2 8.6 8.6 3.6
1  Enterprises that only have juristic persons (enterprises) as actors, or no registered information about actors are not included in statistics.

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