Statistics Norway

Norwegian business enterprise sector, ownership and roles

4 Owners in newly established personal owned enterprises1, 2 2002 survived in 2005 by growth in employment and turnover of enterprise, and the owners gender, age, national background, and level of education
  Number of owners Number of owners in enterprises with growth/no growth in employment Share of owners in enterprises with growth/no growth in employment Number of owners in enterprises with growth/no growth in turnover Share of owners of enterprises with growth/no growth in turnover
  Growth No growth Growth No growth Growth No growth Growth No growth
Gender                  
Total 10 825 4 146 6 679 38.3 61.7 7 989 2 836 73.8 26.2
Women 2 728 1 063 1 665 39.0 61.0 1 810  918 66.3 33.7
Men 8 097 3 083 5 014 38.1 61.9 6 179 1 918 76.3 23.7
                   
Age groups                  
Total 10 825 4 146 6 679 38.3 61.7 7 989 2 836 73.8 26.2
16-24 years  903  408  495 45.2 54.8  751  152 83.2 16.8
25-34 years 3 729 1 545 2 184 41.4 58.6 2 813  916 75.4 24.6
35-44 years 3 188 1 224 1 964 38.4 61.6 2 354  834 73.8 26.2
45-54 years 1 937  671 1 266 34.6 65.4 1 325  612 68.4 31.6
55-66 years  921  264  657 28.7 71.3  654  267 71.0 29.0
67 years and older  147 34  113 23.1 76.9 92 55 62.6 37.4
                   
National background                  
Total 10 825 4 146 6 679 38.3 61.7 7 989 2 836 73.8 26.2
Norwegian national background 9 763 3 635 6 128 37.2 62.8 7 193 2 570 73.7 26.3
Western countries outside Norway  374  155  219 41.4 58.6  243  131 65.0 35.0
Non-western countries  643  333  310 51.8 48.2  522  121 81.2 18.8
Non-Norwegian citizen, living outside of Norway 45 23 22 51.1 48.9 31 14 68.9 31.1
                   
                   
Level of education                  
Total 10 825 4 146 6 679 38.3 61.7 7 989 2 836 73.8 26.2
Lower secondary education  802  326  476 40.6 59.4  649  153 80.9 19.1
Upper secondary education 5 972 2 304 3 668 38.6 61.4 4 721 1 251 79.1 20.9
Tertiary education, short 2 412  863 1 549 35.8 64.2 1 655  757 68.6 31.4
Tertiary education, long 1 262  459  803 36.4 63.6  690  572 54.7 45.3
Other  377  194  183 51.5 48.5  274  103 72.7 27.3
1  Personal owned enterprises are sole proprietorships, general partnerships and general partnerships with shared liability.
2  Enterprises that only have juridical persons (enterprises) as actors, or no registered information about actors are not included in the statistics.

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