Statistics Norway

Entrepreneurs in business enterprise sector

10 Newly established enterprises1 in 2005 survived in 2010, by growth in employment and turnover from 2005-2010. The entrepreneurs gender
  Personally 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 6 890 47.7 73.5 5 179 52.1 84.2
Entrepreneurs of both genders  175 61.1 73.7  879 54.6 84.0
Only female entrepreneurs 1 906 46.6 64.5  481 62.4 75.1
Only male entrepreneurs 4 809 47.7 77.0 3 819 50.2 85.4
1  Enterprises that only have juristic persons (enterprises) as actors, or no registered information about actors are not included in statistics.
2  Personal owned enterprises are sole proprietorships, general partnerships and general partnerships with shared liability.

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