Statistics Norway

New established enterprises, survival and growth

3 Newly established enterprises, by survival, legal form and year of establishing
Legal form Year of establishing Newly established enterprises Survived 1 year, per cent enterprises Survived 2 years, per cent enterprises Survived 3 years, per cent enterprises Survived 4 years, per cent enterprises Survived 5 years, per cent enterprises
Total Survived "Asleep" Survived "Asleep" Survived "Asleep" Survived "Asleep" Survived
Total 2005 47 436 49.2 4.5 45.1 1.4 39.6 0.7 34.1 0.5 29.7
  2006 51 374 50.9 5.3 48.5 0.9 40.7 1.0 35.0 - -
  2007 48 952 54.5 3.8 47.0 1.2 39.4 - - - -
  2008 46 567 50.3 3.9 44.7 - - - - - -
  2009 42 069 48.4 - - - - - - - -
General partnership 2005  706 56.9 2.3 47.5 2.7 41.8 0.6 36.3 0.4 30.7
  2006  601 53.2 5.8 48.9 0.5 41.4 1.2 34.9 - -
  2007  414 56.8 3.4 49.0 1.7 40.8 - - - -
  2008  376 58.8 2.4 50.5 - - - - - -
  2009  301 52.8 - - - - - - - -
Private limited company 2005 13 991 64.3 5.4 62.8 1.2 57.7 0.9 52.3 0.6 47.1
  2006 18 046 63.9 6.7 64.7 1.1 57.5 1.2 50.9 - -
  2007 16 703 66.8 5.4 64.5 1.3 55.8 - - - -
  2008 13 800 68.7 4.9 64.5 - - - - - -
  2009 10 349 71.7 - - - - - - - -
Public limited company 2005 34 67.6 17.6 73.5 2.9 76.5 - 64.7 2.9 61.8
  2006 36 63.9 8.3 66.7 - 58.3 - 50.0 - -
  2007 21 71.4 - 66.7 - 61.9 - - - -
  2008 5 40.0 20.0 60.0 - - - - - -
  2009 3 66.7 - - - - - - - -
General partnership with shared liability 2005 1 761 55.1 4.7 49.6 1.5 40.3 0.9 33.2 0.3 28.1
  2006 1 683 55.4 7.0 52.4 0.9 42.3 0.9 34.7 - -
  2007 1 374 61.4 4.2 53.5 1.0 43.3 - - - -
  2008 1 299 56.2 2.8 46.2 - - - - - -
  2009 1 311 51.6 - - - - - - - -
Sole proprietorship 2005 27 859 42.3 4.1 36.8 1.5 31.4 0.6 26.2 0.6 22.3
  2006 28 042 43.2 4.4 38.8 0.8 30.9 0.8 26.1 - -
  2007 26 637 47.6 2.7 36.9 1.2 30.6 - - - -
  2008 27 522 41.2 3.5 35.5 - - - - - -
  2009 26 124 39.2 - - - - - - - -
Norwegian division of foreign enterprise 2005 2 231 42.4 5.0 38.0 1.1 31.6 0.6 24.9 0.3 17.3
  2006 2 406 43.1 4.2 39.0 0.7 29.3 0.3 21.3 - -
  2007 3 436 46.2 4.1 38.5 0.9 26.6 - - - -
  2008 3 301 46.0 3.4 37.0 - - - - - -
  2009 3 742 46.1 - - - - - - - -
Other legal forms 2005  854 26.1 3.2 28.0 0.1 22.8 0.8 20.8 0.1 19.1
  2006  560 38.0 4.5 37.0 2.1 35.5 1.1 32.3 - -
  2007  367 38.4 8.2 42.2 0.5 39.2 - - - -
  2008  264 47.7 4.2 47.3 - - - - - -
  2009  239 56.5 - - - - - - - -

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