Statistics Norway

Norwegian business enterprise sector, ownership and roles

2   Sole proprietorships, general partnerships and general partnerships with shared liability1, by actors, gender and industrial classification, 1 January 2004. Per cent
Industrial classification General partnership General partnership with shared liability Sole proprietorship
  Enterprises, total Actors, total Gender Enterprises, total Actors, total Gender Enterprises, total Actors, total Gender
  Women Men Women Men Women Men
Total 7 695     19 977 26.3     73.7 5 338     14 195 24.3     75.7  157 488     157 488 25.4    74.6
C - Mining and quarrying 24 61 19.7 80.3 14 39 15.4 84.6  295  295 11.9 88.1
D - Manufacturing  588 1 284 25.3 74.7  364  868 25.6 74.4 9 535 9 535 23.0 77.0
E - Electricity, gas and water supply 14 35 11.4 88.6 6 29 13.8 86.2 40 40 5.0 95.0
F - Construction  706 1 493 6.4 93.6  432  915 4.2 95.8 26 022 26 022 1.1 98.9
G - Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehichles, motorcycles and personal household goods 1 725 3 695 32.3 67.7 1 150 2 570 26.2 73.8 24 756 24 756 31.2 68.8
H - Hotels and restaurants  473 1 036 40.5 59.5  273  627 38.4 61.6 4 400 4 400 39.7 60.3
I - Transport, storage and communication  508 1 242 12.5 87.5  278  823 13.1 86.9 16 043 16 043 8.4 91.6
J - Financial intermediation 16 35 14.3 85.7 23  132 20.5 79.5  230  230 6.1 93.9
K - Real estate, renting and business activities 2 662 8 731 23.0 77.0 1 917 5 804 19.0 81.0 38 951 38 951 21.8 78.2
M - Education 58  128 21.9 78.1 63  153 38.6 61.4 3 012 3 012 38.3 61.7
N - Health and social work  277  674 50.7 49.3  357 1 025 51.2 48.8 15 276 15 276 50.1 49.9
O - Other community, social and personal service activities  567 1 331 44.9 55.1  444 1 169 37.0 63.0 18 367 18 367 50.3 49.7
P - Private households with employed persons 1 2 50.0 50.0 1 2  100.0 - 71 71 53.5 46.5
Unknown 76  230 26.5 73.5 16 39 30.8 69.2  490  490 19.6 80.4
1  Those who have resigned positions are not included. Neither are those 664 enterprises that have only juristic persons (other enterprises) as actors. 170 enterprises have no registered information about actors. These are also not included in statistics.
Source: BoF and information from the Brønnøysund Registers.

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