Statistics Norway

Entrepreneurs in business enterprise sector

3 Entrepreneurs in newly established enterprises1 in 2004 with activity in 2009, by growth in employment and turnover of enterprise, and the entrepreneurs gender, age and level of education
  Personal owned enterprises2 Private and public limited companies
  Number of entrepreneurs Share of entrepreneurs in enterprises with growth/no growth in employment Share of entrepreneurs in enterprises with growth/no growth in turnover Number of entrepreneurs Share of entrepreneurs in enterprises with growth/no growth in employment Share of entrepreneurs in enterprises with growth/no growth in turnover
Gender            
Total 8 246 55.4 71.0 8 275 53.8 83.6
Women 2 191 62.0 61.1 1 422 59.5 80.6
Men 6 055 53.0 74.6 6 853 52.6 84.2
             
Age groups            
Total 8 246 55.4 71.0 8 275 53.8 83.6
16-24 years  631 54.4 82.9  223 55.2 85.7
25-34 years 2 705 58.3 71.2 1 944 60.1 83.0
35-44 years 2 407 54.3 72.1 2 896 54.6 83.9
45-54 years 1 586 56.4 67.6 2 047 51.6 84.2
55-66 years  795 50.7 66.8 1 024 46.7 82.3
67 years and older  122 38.5 57.4  141 31.9 80.1
             
Level of education            
Total 8 246 55.4 71.0 8 275 53.8 83.6
Lower secondary education  581 51.8 80.0  537 52.3 83.6
Upper secondary education 4 524 51.0 79.6 4 695 54.9 86.1
Tertiary education, short3 1 623 56.4 62.2 1 996 52.7 81.2
Tertiary education, long4 1 016 70.2 40.9  864 50.2 76.4
Other  502 66.7 73.1  183 58.5 78.1
1  Enterprises that only have juridical persons (enterprises) as actors, or no registered information about actors are not included in the statistics.
2  Personal owned enterprises are sole proprietorships, general partnerships and general partnerships with shared liability.
3  Tertiary education, short, comprises higher education 4 years or shorter.
4  Tertiary education, long, comprises higher education more than 4 years.

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