Statistics Norway

Enterprises

2 Number of enterprises, newly established enterprises and enterprise closures by economic activity, by NACE Rev. 2. 2008-20111
  Enterprises per 1 January 2008 Enterprises established in 2008 Enterprise closures in 2008 Enterprises per 1 January 2009 Enterprises established in 2009 Enterprise closures in 2009 Enterprises per 1 January 2010 Enterprises established in 2010 Enterprise closures in 20101 Enterprises per 1 January 20111
Total  334 433 46 567 41 914  357 581 42 069 47 931  359 359 45 981 55 667  353 502
B - Mining and quarrying 1 011  106 64 1 201 52  168 1 081 69  116 1 045
C - Manufacturing 18 227 1 372 1 410 19 944 1 247 2 140 19 275 1 340 2 726 17 919
D - Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply  907  122 94  935 98 80  994 92 58 1 037
E - Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities  867 87 42 1 180 72 58 1 169 70 89 1 144
F - Construction 49 097 6 634 5 523 50 926 5 404 6 942 50 961 6 261 9 426 48 210
G - Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 55 259 5 021 5 779 55 784 5 241 6 777 55 015 5 685 10 282 51 227
H - Transportation and storage 22 536 2 132 2 139 22 975 1 702 2 494 22 392 1 916 3 702 20 717
I - Accommodation and food service activities 10 511 1 080 1 092 10 722 1 087 1 365 10 730 1 167 2 534 9 917
J - Information and communication 15 808 3 017 2 867 16 926 2 948 3 537 16 262 3 202 3 092 16 454
K - Financial and insurance activities 5 358 2 494  907 11 780 1 841 1 378 12 978 2 097 1 726 13 077
L - Real estate activities 43 072 4 387 4 818 44 741 2 881 4 344 45 205 3 224 3 374 45 596
M - Professional, scientific and technical activities 39 944 6 553 5 742 42 641 6 278 6 842 42 594 6 710 7 009 42 766
N - Administrative and support service activities 18 236 2 837 2 866 18 537 2 820 3 276 18 334 3 077 4 150 17 353
P - Education 5 428 1 887 1 502 6 195 1 861 1 596 6 627 2 051 1 004 7 770
Q - Human health and social work activities 21 393 3 465 2 513 23 660 3 509 2 683 24 683 3 459 2 319 26 076
R - Arts, entertainment and recreation 11 264 3 524 3 065 13 190 3 294 2 554 14 570 3 539 1 469 16 790
S - Other service activities 14 701 1 773 1 391 15 846 1 667 1 622 16 234 1 921 2 389 15 997
T - Activities of household as employers; undifferentiated goods- and servicesproducing activities of households for own account 74 12 16 71 17 17 42 12 12 41
U - Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies 27 - - 30 - 1 34 - - 35
Unknown  713 64 84  297 50 57  179 89  190  331
1  The number of enterprises as of 1st January 2011 and enterprise closures in 2010 are estimated.

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