Statistics Norway

New established enterprises, survival and growth

2   New established enterprises in 2001 with activity in 2002, by survival rate and legal form
Legal form Number of enterprises Survival rate, column per cent Survival rate, row per cent
Total Not survived Survived Total Not survived Survived Total Not survived Survived
Total 35 537 15 011 20 526  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0 42.2 57.8
General partnership 1 123  422  701 3.2 2.8 3.4  100.0 37.6 62.4
Privat limited company 10 052 2 245 7 807 28.3 15.0 38.0  100.0 22.3 77.7
Public limited company 34 8 26 0.1 0.1 0.1  100.0 23.5 76.5
General partnership with shared liability 1 166  455  711 3.3 3.0 3.5  100.0 39.0 61.0
Sole proprietorship 22 316 11 435 10 881 62.8 76.2 53.0  100.0 51.2 48.8
Other legal forms  846  446  400 2.4 3.0 1.9  100.0 52.7 47.3

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