Statistics Norway

Entrepreneurs in business enterprise sector

8 Newly established enterprises1 in 2005, by survival and the entrepreneurs gender
  Personally owned enterprises2 Private and public limited companies
  New established enterprises total Percantage of enterprises surviving New established enterprises total Percantage of enterprises surviving
  2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Total 30 163 43.3 37.8 32.1 26.7 22.8 10 710 66.1 64.4 59.5 53.8 48.4
Entrepreneurs of both genders  537 58.5 50.8 43.9 35.8 32.6 1 676 71.7 69.4 64.0 57.9 52.4
Only female entrepreneurs 9 972 37.9 32.1 27.0 22.5 19.1 1 040 68.4 65.0 60.4 53.8 46.3
Only male entrepreneurs 19 654 45.7 40.3 34.4 28.6 24.5 7 994 64.7 63.2 58.4 53.0 47.8
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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