Statistics Norway

Norwegian business enterprise sector, ownership and roles

16 Owners in newly established personal owned enterprises1, 2 in 2004 with activity in 2005 by enterprise growth in employment and turnover, and the owners gender, age, national background and level of education
  Number of owners Number of enterprises with growth/no growth in employment Share of owners in enterprises with growth/no growth in employment Number of enterprises with growth/no growth in turnover Share of owners in enterprises with growth/no growth in turnover
  Growth No growth Growth No growth Growth No growth Growth No growth
Gender                  
Total 15 906 15 906 9 320 38.3 61.7 11 133 4 773 70.0 30.0
Women 4 544 2 086 2 458 39.0 61.0 2 790 1 754 61.4 38.6
Men 11 362 4 500 6 862 38.1 61.9 8 343 3 019 73.4 26.6
                   
Age groups                  
Total 15 906 15 906 9 320 38.3 61.7 11 133 4 773 70.0 30.0
16-24 years 1 540  560  980 36.4 63.6 1 175  365 76.3 23.7
25-34 years 5 595 2 475 3 120 44.2 55.8 3 883 1 712 69.4 30.6
35-44 years 4 557 1 844 2 713 40.5 59.5 3 260 1 297 71.5 28.5
45-54 years 2 670 1 123 1 547 42.1 57.9 1 832  838 68.6 31.4
55-66 years 1 326  511  815 38.5 61.5  864  462 65.2 34.8
67 years and older  218 73  145 33.5 66.5  119 99 54.6 45.4
                   
National background                  
Total 15 906 15 906 9 320 38.3 61.7 11 133 4 773 70.0 30.0
Norwegian national background 13 978 5 613 8 365 40.2 59.8 9 695 4 283 69.4 30.6
Western countries outside Norway  594  283  311 47.6 52.4  385  209 64.8 35.2
Non-western countries 1 123  579  544 51.6 48.4  882  241 78.5 21.5
Non-Norwegian citizen, living outside of Norway  211  111  100 52.6 47.4  171 40 81.0 19.0
                   
Level of education                  
Total 15 906 15 906 9 320 38.3 61.7 11 133 4 773 70.0 30.0
Lower secondary education 1 075  411  664 38.2 61.8  829  246 77.1 22.9
Upper secondary education 8 763 3 310 5 453 37.8 62.2 6 710 2 053 76.6 23.4
Tertiary education, short 3 315 1 346 1 969 40.6 59.4 2 056 1 259 62.0 38.0
Tertiary education, long 1 698  971  727 57.2 42.8  783  915 46.1 53.9
Other 1 055  548  507 51.9 48.1  755  300 71.6 28.4
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 statistics.

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