Statistics Norway

Norwegian business enterprise sector, ownership and roles

5   Personal owned enterprises by organizational structure, national background and gender. New established enterprises 20061
Organizational structure Enterprises total Actors total National background
Norwegian national background Western countries outside Norway Non-western countries Non-Norwegian citizen, living outside of Norway
Women Men Women Men Women Men Women Men
Total 30 183 33 125 28.0 55.5 1.6 2.6 2.8 6.0 0.4 3.2
General partnership1  542 1 248 22.6 62.3 0.7 2.1 1.4 6.2 0.9 3.8
General partnership with shared liability1 1 600 3 836 22.8 67.9 0.5 1.9 1.3 4.0 0.2 1.3
Sole proprietorships 28 041 28 041 28.9 53.5 1.8 2.7 3.1 6.3 0.4 3.4
1  Enterprises that only have juristic persons (enterprises) as actors, or no registered information about actors are not included in statistics.

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