Statistics Norway

Enterprises

3 Number of enterprises, newly established enterprises and enterprise closures by legal form. 2009-20121
Legal form 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 2010. Enterprises per 1 January 2011. Enterprises established in 2011 Enterprise closures in 20111 Enterprises per 1 January 20121
Total  357 581 42 069 47 931  359 359 45 981 47 666  362 977 46 885 39 792  369 400
General partnership 5 827  301  557 5 620  297  538 5 274  254  508 4 858
Private limited company  161 584 10 349 13 495  163 060 11 606 14 301  162 934 12 889 11 475  165 626
Public limited company  351 3 12  301 11 11  282 1 13  264
General partnership with shared liability 6 878 1 311 1 046 7 135 1 281  957 7 160 1 049  748 7 299
Sole proprietorship  157 879 26 124 29 280  156 309 28 113 27 831  158 642 29 042 22 839  163 163
Norwegian division of foreign enterprise 9 195 3 742 2 831 10 743 4 383 3 341 12 296 3 373 3 660 12 056
Other legal forms 15 867  239  710 16 191  290  687 16 389  277  550 16 134
1  The number of enterprises as of 1st January 2012 and enterprise closures in 2011 are estimated.

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