Statistics Norway

Entrepreneurs in business enterprise sector

9 Owners in newly established personally owned enterprises1 in 2005 with activity in 2010, by growth in employment and turnover of enterprise, and sex of the owner, age and education
  Personally owned enterprises2 Private and public limited companies
  Number of entrepreneurs Share of entrepreneurs in enterprises
with growth in employment
Share of entrepreneurs in enterprises
with growth in turnover
Number of entrepreneurs Share of entrepreneurs in enterprises
with growth in employment
Share of entrepreneurs in enterprises
with growth in turnover
I alt 7 889 48.9 73.8 9 366 53.2 85.2
Gender            
Women 2 269 49.0 66.0 1 693 58.3 80.3
Men 5 620 48.9 77.0 7 673 52.1 86.2
             
Agegroups            
16-24 years  654 54.1 86.7  231 51.9 85.3
25-34 years 2 557 49.7 73.4 2 056 61.9 84.8
35-44 years 2 345 49.2 73.9 3 213 55.2 85.9
45-54 years 1 468 48.0 70.8 2 367 50.4 84.9
55-66 years  777 42.5 69.8 1 336 44.2 84.1
67 years and older 88 52.3 71.6  163 23.9 85.9
             
Level of education            
Lower secondary education  525 47.2 81.9 1 165 58.0 86.7
Upper secondary education 4 319 49.8 78.6 4 615 52.6 88.0
Tertiary education, short3 1 640 44.5 67.6 2 319 51.9 83.4
Tertiary education, long4  799 45.2 51.8 1 095 51.8 75.3
Other  606 61.4 78.5  172 64.5 83.7
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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