Statistics Norway

Norwegian business enterprise sector, ownership and roles

4   Personal owned enterprises by age and gender. New established enterprises 20061
Agegroups Sole proprietorship Other personal owned enterprises2
Owners total Gender Owners total Gender
Per cent women Per cent men Per cent women Per cent men
Total 28 041  100.0  100.0 5 084  100.0  100.0
Under 16 years 3 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
16-24 years 3 941 12.3 15.0  610 7.7 13.4
25-44 years 17 735 65.4 62.1 3 240 67.5 62.5
45-66 years 6 022 21.7 21.4 1 154 23.2 22.5
65 years and older  340 0.6 1.5 80 1.7 1.5
1  Enterprises that only have juristic persons (enterprises) as actors, or no registered information about actors are not included in statistics.
2  Other personal owned enterprises refers to the organizational structures general partnership and general partnership with shared liability.

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