Statistics Norway

Norwegian business enterprise sector, ownership and roles

7   New established personal owned enterprises1, 2 2003 with activity in 2004 by growth in turnover, gender, age, national background, immigrant category, level of education and broad field of education
  Owners total Growth in employment
  Number of owners Per cent Growth from 2003 to 2004 Per cent
Gender        
Total 15 020  100.0 4 078 564  100.0
Women 3 915 26.1  765 056 18.8
Men 11 105 73.9 3 313 508 81.2
         
Age groups        
Total 15 020  100.0 4 078 564  100.0
16-24 years 1 396 9.3  287 161 7.0
25-34 years 5 293 35.2 1 383 710 33.9
35-44 years 4 426 29.5 1 328 873 32.6
45-54 years 2 524 16.8  798 761 19.6
55-66 years 1 194 7.9  237 254 5.8
67 years and older  184 1.2 43 012 1.1
Unknown 3 0.0 -207 0.0
         
National background        
Total 15 020  100.0 4 078 564  100.0
Norwegian national background 13 331 88.8 3 490 422 85.6
Western countries outside Norway  617 4.1  183 430 4.5
Non-western countries  975 6.5  377 173 9.2
Non-Norwegian citizen, living outside of Norway 97 0.6 27 539 0.7
         
Immigrant category        
Total 15 020  100.0 4 078 564  100.0
Norwegian 13 331 88.8 3 490 422 85.6
First generation immigrants without Norwegian background 1 526 10.2  526 535 12.9
Persons born in Norway with two foreign born parents 66 0.4 34 068 0.8
Non-Norwegian citizen, living outside of Norway 97 0.6 27 539 0.7
         
Level of education        
Total 15 020  100.0 4 078 564  100.0
Lower secondary education 1 079 7.2  329 415 8.1
Upper secondary education 8 270 55.1 2 382 096 58.4
Tertiary education, short 3 475 23.1  705 909 17.3
Tertiary education, long 1 429 9.5  399 983 9.8
Other  767 5.1  261 161 6.4
         
Broad field of education        
Total 15 020  100.0 4 078 564  100.0
General Subjects 2 692 17.9  764 229 18.7
Humanities and Arts 1 116 7.4  188 693 4.6
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  493 3.3 61 006 1.5
Social sciences and Law  597 4.0  335 463 8.2
Business and Administration 2 073 13.8  609 793 15.0
Natural Sciences, Vocational and Technical Subjects 5 017 33.4 1 376 510 33.7
Health, Welfare and Sport 1 099 7.3  188 695 4.6
Primary Industries  274 1.8 63 316 1.6
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security, and other services  779 5.2  209 805 5.1
Unspecified broad field of education  880 5.9  281 054 6.9
1  Personal owned enterprises are sole proprietorships, general partnerships and general partnerships with shared liability.
2  Enterprises that only have juristic persons (enterprises) as actors, or no registered information about actors are not included in statistics.

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