Statistics Norway

Entrepreneurs in business enterprise sector

4 Newly established enterprises1 in 2004 survived in 2009, by growth in employment and turnover, and the entrepreneurs gender
  Personal owned enterprises2 Private and public limited companies
  Number of enterprises Share of enterprises with growth in employment Share of enterprises with growth in turnover Number of enterprises Share of enterprises with growth in employment Share of enterprises with growth in turnover
Total 7 138 53.8 70.7 4 450 53.6 82.3
Both genders  195 67.2 72.3  730 55.1 81.5
Women 1 845 60.8 59.8  400 65.8 78.5
Men 5 098 50.7 74.6 3 320 51.8 83.0
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.

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