Statistics Norway

Norwegian business enterprise sector, ownership and roles

15 Newly established personal owned enterprises1, 2 in 2004 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 4 255 1 916 2 339 45.0 55.0 2 592 1 663 60.9 39.1
Men 9 975 3 805 6 170 38.1 61.9 7 311 2 664 73.3 26.7
                   
Age groups                  
16-24 years 1 424  511  913 35.9 64.1 1 085  339 76.2 23.8
25-34 years 5 194 2 268 2 926 43.7 56.3 3 567 1 627 68.7 31.3
35-44 years 4 246 1 690 2 556 39.8 60.2 3 028 1 218 71.3 28.7
45-54 years 2 471 1 007 1 464 40.8 59.2 1 708  763 69.1 30.9
55-66 years 1 215  444  771 36.5 63.5  808  407 66.5 33.5
67 years and older  203 65  138 32.0 68.0  113 90 55.7 44.3
                   
National background                  
Norwegian national background 12 158 4 677 7 481 38.5 61.5 8 363 3 795 68.8 31.2
Western countries outside Norway  585  278  307 47.5 52.5  378  207 64.6 35.4
Non-western countries 1 064  544  520 51.1 48.9  835  229 78.5 21.5
Non-Norwegian citizen, living outside of Norway  199  102 97 51.3 48.7  161 38 80.9 19.1
                   
Level of education                  
Lower secondary education 1 039  395  644 38.0 62.0  801  238 77.1 22.9
Upper secondary education 7 868 2 854 5 014 36.3 63.7 6 020 1 848 76.5 23.5
Tertiary education, short 3 121 1 233 1 888 39.5 60.5 1 928 1 193 61.8 38.2
Tertiary education, long 1 559  861  698 55.2 44.8  725  834 46.5 53.5
Other 1 020  529  491 51.9 48.1  726  294 71.2 28.8
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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