Statistics Norway

New established enterprises, survival and growth

7 Survived enterprises and persons employed, by growth in employment, industrial activity, organisational structure and size class. 2005-2009
Industrial activity   Employment Growth in employment, per cent enterprises
2005 2009 Growth<0 No growth Growth>0
Total 23 025 14 424 41 613 5.2 55.7 39.1
             
B - Mining and quarrying 73 31  165 1.4 56.2 42.5
C - Manufacturing  820  633 2 033 6.8 50.5 42.7
D+E - Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply and Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities  108 51  201 1.9 67.6 30.6
F - Construction 4 171 3 007 7 611 6.8 48.6 44.5
G - Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 2 755 2 276 5 359 7.4 44.4 48.1
H - Transportation and storage 1 367 1 454 3 642 6.3 45.1 48.6
I - Accommodation and food service activities  553  764 2 537 10.5 27.5 62.0
J - Information and communication 1 155  739 1 672 8.1 54.1 37.8
K - Financial and insurance activities 1 529 54 1 281 0.2 92.5 7.3
L - Real estate activities 2 900  413 1 483 1.9 85.6 12.5
M - Professional, scientific and technical activities 2 987 1 644 4 597 6.4 54.3 39.3
N - Administrative and support service activities 1 302 1 196 3 400 6.5 48.8 44.8
P - Education  281  122  500 0.4 30.6 69.0
Q - Human health and social work activities 1 279  943 3 513 0.4 45.1 54.5
R - Arts, entertainment and recreation  842  259 1 128 3.8 47.5 48.7
S+T - Other service activities and Activities of household as employers; undifferentiated goods- and servicesproducing activities of households for own account  651  253  714 3.2 52.1 44.7
U - Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies - - - - - -
X - Unknown  252  585 1 777 3.6 42.1 54.4
             
Organisasjonsform            
Total 23 025 14 424 41 613 5.2 55.7 39.1
General partnership  203  143  303 7.4 46.8 45.8
Private and public limited company 10 788 8 797 29 242 4.5 57.9 37.6
General partnership with shared liability  735  529 1 271 7.1 43.7 49.3
Sole proprietorship 9 821 4 234 8 597 5.4 54.8 39.8
Norwegian division of foreign enterprise 1 323  685 1 905 7.9 51.7 40.4
Other legal forms  155 36  295 1.3 70.3 28.4
             
Number of persons employed in the year of establishing            
Total 23 025 14 424 41 613 5.2 55.7 39.1
0 15 302 0 18 105 - 57.1 42.9
1-4 7 367 9 570 15 874 14.7 55.3 30.0
5-9  244 1 497 2 531 29.5 8.2 62.3
10+  112 3 357 5 103 31.3 5.4 63.4

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