Statistics Norway

Norwegian business enterprise sector, ownership and roles

14 Owners in newly established personal owned enterprises1, 2 in 2004, by the survival of enterprise in 2005, and the owners gender, age, national background, immigrant category, level of education and broad field of education
  Actors total Number of owners Per cent survival
  Survived Not survived Survived Not survived
Gender          
Total 33 731 15 906 17 825 47.2 52.8
Women 10 599 4 544 6 055 42.9 57.1
Men 23 132 11 362 11 770 49.1 50.9
           
Age groups          
Total 33 731 15 906 17 825 47.2 52.8
16-24 years 3 941 1 540 2 401 39.1 60.9
25-34 years 12 354 5 595 6 759 45.3 54.7
35-44 years 9 169 4 557 4 612 49.7 50.3
45-54 years 5 263 2 670 2 593 50.7 49.3
55-66 years 2 595 1 326 1 269 51.1 48.9
67 years and older  409  218  191 53.3 46.7
           
National background          
Total 33 731 15 906 17 825 47.2 52.8
Norwegian national background 29 462 13 978 15 484 47.4 52.6
Western countries outside Norway 1 359  594  765 43.7 56.3
Non-western countries 2 415 1 123 1 292 42.6 57.4
Non-Norwegian citizen, living outside of Norway  495  211  284 42.6 57.4
           
Immigrant category          
Total 33 731 15 906 17 825 47.2 52.8
Norwegian 29 462 13 978 15 484 47.4 52.6
First generation immigrants without Norwegian background 3 587 1 633 1 954 45.5 54.5
Persons born in Norway with two foreign born parents  187 84  103 44.9 55.1
Non-Norwegian citizen, living outside of Norway  495  211  284 42.6 57.4
           
Level of education          
Total 33 731 15 906 17 825 47.2 52.8
Lower secondary education 2 245 1 075 1 170 47.9 52.1
Upper secondary education 17 658 8 763 8 895 49.6 50.4
Tertiary education, short 8 016 3 315 4 701 41.4 58.6
Tertiary education, long 3 449 1 698 1 751 49.2 50.8
Other 2 363 1 055 1 308 44.6 55.4
           
Broad field of education          
Total 33 731 15 906 17 825 47.2 52.8
General Subjects 6 592 2 976 3 616 45.1 54.9
Humanities and Arts 3 137 1 081 2 056 34.5 65.5
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 1 444  524  920 36.3 63.7
Social sciences and Law 1 364  588  776 43.1 56.9
Business and Administration 4 115 2 075 2 040 50.4 49.6
Natural Sciences, Vocational and Technical Subjects 9 156 4 815 4 341 52.6 47.4
Health, Welfare and Sport 3 364 1 616 1 748 52.6 47.4
Primary Industries  525  289  236 48.0 52.0
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security, and other services 1 426  767  659 55.0 45.0
Unspecified broad field of education 2 608 1 175 1 433 53.8 46.2
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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