Statistics Norway

New established enterprises, survival and growth

11   New established enterprises in 2002 survived in 2003, by growth in persons employed and legal form
Organisasjonsform Number of enterprises Number of persons employed Average number of persons employed
2002 2003 2002 2003
Total 22 035 20 197 54 367 0.9 2.5
General partnership  505  475 1 226 0.9 2.4
Privat limited company 7 574 11 511 39 145 1.5 5.2
Public limited company 9 14 40 1.6 4.4
General partnership with shared liability  779  688 1 306 0.9 1.7
Sole proprietorship 12 911 7 010 11 693 0.5 0.9
Other legal forms  257  499  957 1.9 3.7

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