Statistics Norway

Norwegian business enterprise sector, ownership and roles

6 Owners in newly established personal owned enterprises1, 2 in 2003, by survival of enterprise in 2004 and 2005, the owners gender, age, national background, and level of education
  Owners total Number of owners Per cent survival
  2004 2005 2003 2004
  Survived "Asleep" Survived Survived "Asleep" Survived
Gender              
Total 31 874 15 024 1 680 13 208 47.1 5.3 41.4
Women 9 491 3 915  630 3 559 41.2 6.6 37.5
Men 22 383 11 109 1 050 9 649 49.6 4.7 43.1
               
Age groups              
Total 31 874 15 024 1 680 13 208 47.1 5.3 41.4
16-24 years 3 607 1 396  168 1 148 38.7 4.7 31.8
25-34 years 11 996 5 293  660 4 605 44.1 5.5 38.4
35-44 years 8 775 4 427  465 3 903 50.5 5.3 44.5
45-54 years 4 957 2 526  273 2 316 51.0 5.5 46.7
55-66 years 2 215 1 195  103 1 071 54.0 4.7 48.4
67 years and older  321  184 11  162 57.3 3.4 50.5
Unknown 3 3 0 3  100.0 0.0  100.0
               
National background              
Total 31 874 15 024 1 680 13 208 47.1 5.3 41.4
Norwegian national background 28 031 13 335 1 490 11 769 47.6 5.3 42.0
Western countries outside Norway 1 400  617 79  535 44.1 5.6 38.2
Non-western countries 2 145  975 97  829 45.5 4.5 38.6
Non-Norwegian citizen, living outside of Norway  298 97 14 75 32.6 4.7 25.2
               
Level of education              
Total 31 874 15 024 1 680 13 208 47.1 5.3 41.4
Lower secondary education 2 130 1 079 73  908 50.7 3.4 42.6
Upper secondary education 16 544 8 272  685 7 118 50.0 4.1 43.0
Tertiary education, short 8 066 3 475  517 3 135 43.1 6.4 38.9
Tertiary education, long 3 266 1 431  304 1 408 43.8 9.3 43.1
Other 1 868  767  101  639 41.1 5.4 34.2
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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