Statistics Norway

Norwegian business enterprise sector, ownership and roles

5 Personal owned enterprises, by organizational structure, national background and gender, new established enterprises 20071
Organizational structure Enterprises total Actors total National background
Norwegian national background Western countries outside Norway Non-western countries Non-Norwegian citizen, living outside of Norway
Women Men Women Men Women Men Women Men
Total 28 299 30 618 27.0 54.2 1.7 2.9 3.2 7.1 0.5 3.4
General partnership1  375  889 24.4 59.7 1.9 2.6 2.9 5.2 0.9 2.4
General partnership with shared liability1 1 287 3 092 21.5 68.4 0.9 2.0 1.2 4.7 0.3 1.1
Sole proprietorships 26 637 26 637 27.7 52.4 1.8 3.0 3.4 7.4 0.5 3.7
1  Enterprises that only have juristic persons (enterprises) as actors, or no registered information about actors are not included in statistics.

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