Statistics Norway

Norwegian business enterprise sector, ownership and roles

6 Sole proprietorships by economic activity and national background, new established enterprises 20081
Economic activity 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
B - Mining and quarrying 35 39 94.9 - 2.6 2.6
C - Manufacturing  924  988 83.4 7.5 5.9 3.2
D - Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 5 11  100.0 - - -
E - Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities 26 42 95.2 4.8 - -
F - Construction 4 251 4 462 63.8 16.3 5.0 14.8
G - Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 2 791 3 149 80.7 5.7 12.4 1.3
H - Transportation and storage 1 527 1 601 66.4 3.9 27.1 2.6
I - Accomodation and food service activities  630  731 49.9 6.0 41.3 2.7
J - Information and communication 2 185 2 379 90.2 4.6 4.3 0.9
K - Financial and insurance activities 55  101 98.0 1.0 1.0 -
L - Real estate activities  560  789 95.4 1.8 2.4 0.4
M - Professional, scientific and technical activities 4 560 4 773 87.0 7.5 4.3 1.2
N - Adminitrative and support service activities 1 956 2 125 71.1 11.0 14.7 3.2
P - Education 1 710 1 772 87.3 7.7 4.0 1.0
Q - Human health and social work activities 3 059 3 158 82.9 9.5 6.5 1.1
R - Arts, entertainment and recreation 3 236 3 537 90.7 5.5 3.1 0.7
S - Other service activities 1 544 1 583 79.8 7.2 11.4 1.6
T - Activities of households as employers, undifferentiated goods- and service producing activities of households for own account 11 11 72.7 9.1 9.1 9.1
Unknown 32 39 79.5 5.1 12.8 2.6
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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