Statistics Norway

Norwegian business enterprise sector, ownership and roles

1 Owners in newly-established personally-owned enterprises1, 2 in 2002, by survival of enterprise in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006, and the owner's gender, age, national background and level of education
  Owner, total Number of owners Survival percentage
  2003 2004 2005 2006 2003 2004 2005 2006
  Survived "Asleep" Survived "Asleep" Survived "Asleep" Survived Survived "Asleep" Survived "Asleep" Survived "Asleep" Survived
Gender                              
Total 31 502 15 753  919 13 406  273 10 825  244 9 025 50.0 2.9 42.6 0.9 34.4 0.8 28.6
Women 9 090 3 996  229 3 441 69 2 728 51 2 218 44.0 2.5 37.9 0.8 30.0 0.6 24.4
Men 22 412 11 757  690 9 965  204 8 097  193 6 807 52.5 3.1 44.5 0.9 36.1 0.9 30.4
                               
Age groups                              
Total 31 502 15 753  919 13 406  273 10 825  244 9 025 50.0 2.9 42.6 0.9 34.4 0.8 28.6
16-24 years 3 554 1 440  107 1 166 25  903 21  738 40.5 3.0 32.8 0.7 25.4 0.6 20.8
25-34 years 11 758 5 756  344 4 789  106 3 729 99 3 078 49.0 2.9 40.7 0.9 31.7 0.8 26.2
35-44 years 8 607 4 516  255 3 891 72 3 188 60 2 656 52.5 3.0 45.2 0.8 37.0 0.7 30.9
45-54 years 5 023 2 616  145 2 295 40 1 937 41 1 657 52.1 2.9 45.7 0.8 38.6 0.8 33.0
55-66 years 2 238 1 232 59 1 098 23  921 22  786 55.0 2.6 49.1 1.0 41.2 1.0 35.1
67 years and older  322  193 9  167 7  147 1  110 59.9 2.8 51.9 2.2 45.7 0.3 34.2
                               
National background                              
Total 31 502 15 753  919 13 406  273 10 825  244 9 025 50.0 2.9 42.6 0.9 34.4 0.8 28.6
Norwegian national background 27 901 14 045  809 12 060  241 9 763  227 8 159 50.3 2.9 43.2 0.9 35.0 0.8 29.2
Non-Norwegian citizen, living outside of Norway  242  108 4 57 5 45 2 35 44.6 1.7 23.6 2.1 18.6 0.8 14.5
EU/EEA, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand 1 518  688 43  556 13  432 7  350 45.3 2.8 36.6 0.9 28.5 0.5 23.1
Asia, Africa, Latin America, Oceania except Australia and New Zealand, and Europe except EU/EEA 1 841  912 63  733 14  585 8  481 49.5 3.4 39.8 0.8 31.8 0.4 26.1
                               
                               
Level of education                              
Total 31 502 15 753  919 13 406  273 10 825  244 9 025 50.0 2.9 42.6 0.9 34.4 0.8 28.6
Lower secondary education 2 224 1 205 64 1 007 18  802 16  659 54.2 2.9 45.3 0.8 36.1 0.7 29.6
Upper secondary education 16 420 8 629  483 7 363  114 5 972  118 4 995 52.6 2.9 44.8 0.7 36.4 0.7 30.4
Tertiary education, short 7 660 3 453  237 2 979 87 2 412 76 1 988 45.1 3.1 38.9 1.1 31.5 1.0 26.0
Tertiary education, long 3 480 1 745 92 1 552 38 1 262 29 1 084 50.1 2.6 44.6 1.1 36.3 0.8 31.1
Other 1 718  721 43  505 16  377 5  299 42.0 2.5 29.4 0.9 21.9 0.3 17.4
1  Personally-owned enterprises are sole proprietorships, general partnerships and general partnerships with shared liability.
2  Enterprises that only have juristic persons (enterprises) as participants, and no registered information about participants is included in the statistics.

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