Statistics Norway

Entrepreneurs in business enterprise sector

10 Owners in newly established personal owned enterprises1, 2 in 2003, by survival of enterprise in 2004-2008, and the owners sex, age, national background and level of education
  Owners total Number of owners Per Cent survival
  2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
  Survived "Asleep" Survived "Asleep" Survived "Asleep" Survived "Asleep" Survived Survived "Asleep" Survived "Asleep" Survived "Asleep" Survived "Asleep" Survived
Gender                                      
Total 31 874    15 024    1 680    13 208     263    10 525     308    8 964     338    7 845 47.1 5.3 41.4 0.8 33.0 1.0 28.1 1.1 24.6
Women 9 491 3 915  630 3 559 55 2 798 73 2 329  111 2 054 41.2 6.6 37.5 0.6 29.5 0.8 24.5 1.2 21.6
Men 22 383 11 109 1 050 9 649  208 7 727  235 6 635  227 5 791 49.6 4.7 43.1 0.9 34.5 1.0 29.6 1.0 25.9
                                       
Age groups                                      
Total 31 874 15 024 1 680 13 208  263 10 525  308 8 964  338 7 845 47.1 5.3 41.4 0.8 33.0 1.0 28.1 1.1 24.6
16-24 years 3 607 1 396  168 1 148 35  880 30  736 39  640 38.7 4.7 31.8 1.0 24.4 0.8 20.4 1.1 17.7
25-34 years 11 996 5 293  660 4 605 94 3 587  105 2 986  127 2 561 44.1 5.5 38.4 0.8 29.9 0.9 24.9 1.1 21.3
35-44 years 8 775 4 427  465 3 903 64 3 111 83 2 631 92 2 349 50.5 5.3 44.5 0.7 35.5 0.9 30.0 1.0 26.8
45-54 years 4 957 2 526  273 2 316 46 1 903 59 1 677 58 1 469 51.0 5.5 46.7 0.9 38.4 1.2 33.8 1.2 29.6
55-66 years 2 215 1 195  103 1 071 22  895 29  799 20  711 54.0 4.7 48.4 1.0 40.4 1.3 36.1 0.9 32.1
67 years and older  321  184 11  162 2  146 2  132 2  112 57.3 3.4 50.5 0.6 45.5 0.6 41.1 0.6 34.9
Unknown 3 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3                  
                                       
National background                                      
Total 31 874 15 024 1 680 13 208  263 10 525  308 8 964  338 7 845 47.1 5.3 41.4 0.8 33.0 1.0 28.1 1.1 24.6
Norwegian national background 28 031 13 335 1 490 11 769  249 9 414  273 7 987  312 7 031 47.6 5.3 42.0 0.9 33.6 1.0 28.5 1.1 25.1
Non-Norwegian citizen, living outside of Norway  298 97 14 75 1 49 4 46 - 37 32.6 4.7 25.2 0.3 16.4 1.3 15.4   12.4
EU/EEA, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand 1 601  693 98  608 9  477 18  415 16  358 43.3 6.1 38.0 0.6 29.8 1.1 25.9 1.0 22.4
Asia, Africa, Latin America, Oceania except Australia and New Zealand, and Europe except EU/EEA 1 944  899 78  756 4  585 13  516 10  419 46.2 4.0 38.9 0.2 30.1 0.7 26.5 0.5 21.6
                                       
Level of education                                      
Total 31 874 15 024 1 680 13 208  263 10 525  308 8 964  338 7 845 47.1 5.3 41.4 0.8 33.0 1.0 28.1 1.1 24.6
Lower secondary education 2 130 1 079 73  908 11  718 24  629 18  549 50.7 3.4 42.6 0.5 33.7 1.1 29.5 0.8 25.8
Upper secondary education 16 544 8 272  685 7 118  141 5 729  147 4 878  154 4 278 50.0 4.1 43.0 0.9 34.6 0.9 29.5 0.9 25.9
Tertiary education, short 8 066 3 475  517 3 135 77 2 456 79 2 031  112 1 779 43.1 6.4 38.9 1.0 30.4 1.0 25.2 1.4 22.1
Tertiary education, long 3 266 1 431  304 1 408 22 1 147 36 1 004 44  893 43.8 9.3 43.1 0.7 35.1 1.1 30.7 1.3 27.3
Other 1 868  767  101  639 12  475 22  422 10  346 41.1 5.4 34.2 0.6 25.4 1.2 22.6 0.5 18.5
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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