Statistics Norway

Norwegian business enterprise sector, ownership and roles

7 Newly established personal owned enterprises1, 2 in 2003 with activity in 2005 by growth in employment and turnover, and the owners gender, age, national background and level of education
  Number of enterprises Number of enterprises with growth/no growth in employment Share of enterprises with growth/no growth in employment Number of enterprises with growth/no growth in turnover Share of enterprises with growth/no growth in turnover
  Growth No growth Growth No growth Growth No growth Growth No growth
Gender                  
Women 3 283 1 283 2 000 39.1 60.9 2 039 1 244 62.1 37.9
Men 8 468 3 019 5 449 35.7 64.3 6 229 2 239 73.6 26.4
                   
Age groups                  
16-24 years 1 068  423  645 39.6 60.4  823  245 77.1 22.9
25-34 years 4 284 1 661 2 623 38.8 61.2 2 988 1 296 69.7 30.3
35-44 years 3 620 1 361 2 259 37.6 62.4 2 592 1 028 71.6 28.4
45-54 years 2 125  746 1 379 35.1 64.9 1 480  645 69.6 30.4
55-66 years  969  307  662 31.7 68.3  649  320 67.0 33.0
67 years and older  138 41 97 29.7 70.3 90 48 65.2 34.8
                   
National background                  
Norwegian national background 10 208 3 604 6 604 35.3 64.7 7 158 3 050 70.1 29.9
Western countries outside Norway  520  209  311 40.2 59.8  357  163 68.7 31.3
Non-western countries  787  388  399 49.3 50.7  586  201 74.5 25.5
Non-Norwegian citizen, living outside of Norway 65 26 39 40.0 60.0 48 17 73.8 26.2
                   
Level of education                  
Lower secondary education  883  356  527 40.3 59.7  686  197 77.7 22.3
Upper secondary education 6 360 2 339 4 021 36.8 63.2 4 851 1 509 76.3 23.7
Tertiary education, short 2 892 1 015 1 877 35.1 64.9 1 871 1 021 64.7 35.3
Tertiary education, long 1 282  452  830 35.3 64.7  640  642 49.9 50.1
Other  605  275  330 45.5 54.5  434  171 71.7 28.3
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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