Statistics Norway

Norwegian business enterprise sector, ownership and roles

5 Owners in newly established personal owned enterprises1, 2 2002 survived in 2007, by growth in employment and turnover of enterprise, and the owners gender, age, national background, and level of education
  Number of owners Number of owners in enterprises with growth/
no growth in employment		 Share of owners in enterprises with growth/
no growth in employment		 Number of owners in enterprises with growth/
no growth in turnover		 Share of owners of enterprises with growth/
no growth in turnover
  Growth No growth Growth No growth Growth No growth Growth No growth
Gender                  
Total 7 861 3 402 4 459 43.3 56.7 5 844 2 017 74.3 25.7
Women 1 916  878 1 038 45.8 54.2 1 238  678 64.6 35.4
Men 5 945 2 524 3 421 42.5 57.5 4 606 1 339 77.5 22.5
                   
Age groups                  
Total 7 861 3 402 4 459 43.3 56.7 5 844 2 017 74.3 25.7
16-24 years  647  325  322 50.2 49.8  516  131 79.8 20.2
25-34 years 2 637 1 234 1 403 46.8 53.2 1 956  681 74.2 25.8
35-44 years 2 318 1 014 1 304 43.7 56.3 1 744  574 75.2 24.8
45-54 years 1 467  574  893 39.1 60.9 1 050  417 71.6 28.4
55-66 years  696  229  467 32.9 67.1  510  186 73.3 26.7
67 years and older 96 26 70 27.1 72.9 68 28 70.8 29.2
                   
National background                  
Total 7 861 3 402 4 459 43.3 56.7 5 844 2 017 74.3 25.7
Norwegian national background 7 098 2 979 4 119 42.0 58.0 5 261 1 837 74.1 25.9
Non-Norwegian citizen, living outside of Norway 31 18 13 58.1 41.9 21 10 67.7 32.3
EU/EEA, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand  291  138  153 47.4 52.6  197 94 67.7 32.3
Asia, Africa, Latin America, Oceania except Australia and New Zealand, and Europe except EU/EEA  441  267  174 60.5 39.5  365 76 82.8 17.2
                   
                   
Level of education                  
Total 7 861 3 402 4 459 43.3 56.7 5 844 2 017 74.3 25.7
Lower secondary education  578  278  300 48.1 51.9  483 95 83.6 16.4
Upper secondary education 4 345 1 894 2 451 43.6 56.4 3 505  840 80.7 19.3
Tertiary education, short 1 727  695 1 032 40.2 59.8 1 168  559 67.6 32.4
Tertiary education, long  958  386  572 40.3 59.7  503  455 52.5 47.5
Other  253  149  104 58.9 41.1  185 68 73.1 26.9
1  Personal owned enterprises are sole proprietorships, general partnerships and general partnerships with shared liability.
2  Enterprises that only have juridical persons (enterprises) as actors, or no registered information about actors are not included in the statistics.

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