Statistics Norway

Norwegian business enterprise sector, ownership and roles

14 Newly-established enterprises1, 2 survived in 2006, by year of establishment, growth in employment and turnover, and the owner's gender
Personally-owned enterprises established in 2002 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                  
Total 7 945 3 177 4 768 40.0 60.0 5 794 2 151 72.9 27.1
Both genders  128 61 67 47.7 52.3 98 30 76.6 23.4
Women 1 920  791 1 129 41.2 58.8 1 220  700 63.5 36.5
Men 5 897 2 325 3 572 39.4 60.6 4 476 1 421 75.9 24.1
                   
Personally-owned enterprises established in 2003                  
Gender                  
Total 9 156 3 656 5 500 39.9 60.1 6 574 2 582 71.8 28.2
Both genders  221  116  105 52.5 47.5  157 64 71.0 29.0
Women 2 359  969 1 390 41.1 58.9 1 439  920 61.0 39.0
Men 6 576 2 571 4 005 39.1 60.9 4 978 1 598 75.7 24.3
                   
Personally-owned enterprises established in 2004                  
Gender                  
Total 11 637 5 250 6 387 45.1 54.9 8 138 3 499 69.9 30.1
Both genders  303  169  134 55.8 44.2  220 83 72.6 27.4
Women 3 217 1 625 1 592 50.5 49.5 1 917 1 300 59.6 40.4
Men 8 117 3 456 4 661 42.6 57.4 6 001 2 116 73.9 26.1
                   
Limited companies established in 2004                  
Gender                  
Total 5 889 3 130 2 759 53.1 46.9 4 895  994 83.1 16.9
Both genders  965  546  419 56.6 43.4  780  185 80.8 19.2
Women  563  369  194 65.5 34.5  457  106 81.2 18.8
Men 4 361 2 215 2 146 50.8 49.2 3 658  703 83.9 16.1
                   
Personally-owned enterprises established in 2005                  
Gender                  
Total 13 070 4 623 8 447 35.4 64.6 9 216 3 854 70.5 29.5
Both genders  314  128  186 40.8 59.2  231 83 73.6 26.4
Women 3 778 1 380 2 398 36.5 63.5 2 352 1 426 62.3 37.7
Men 8 978 3 115 5 863 34.7 65.3 6 633 2 345 73.9 26.1
                   
Limited companies established in 2005                  
Gender                  
Total 7 082 3 431 3 651 48.4 51.6 6 062 1 020 85.6 14.4
Both genders 1 201  623  578 51.9 48.1 1 016  185 84.6 15.4
Women  711  435  276 61.2 38.8  566  145 79.6 20.4
Men 5 170 2 373 2 797 45.9 54.1 4 480  690 86.7 13.3
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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