Statistics Norway

2   New established enterprises in 2001 by survival and legal form (Corrected 09.11.2005)
Legal form Number of enterprises Per cent enterprises
Total Survived in 2002 "Asleep" in 2002 Survived in 2003 Total Survived in 2002 "Asleep" in 2002 Survived in 2003
Total 35 537 20 573 1 240 17 501  100.0 57.9 3.5 49.2
General partnership 1 123  703 28  568  100.0 62.6 2.5 50.6
Privat limited company 10 052 7 809  409 7 090  100.0 77.7 4.1 70.5
Public limited company 34 26 1 21  100.0 76.5 2.9 61.8
General partnership with shared liability 1 166  707 45  621  100.0 60.6 3.9 53.3
Sole proprietorship 22 316 10 929  730 8 929  100.0 49.0 3.3 40.0
Other legal forms  846  399 27  272  100.0 47.2 3.2 32.2

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