Statistics Norway

Enterprises

3 Number of enterprises, newly established enterprises and enterprise closures by economic activity, by NACE Rev. 2. 2008-20101
  Enterprises per 1 January 2008 Enterprises established in 2008 Enterprise closures in 2008 Enterprises per 1 January 2009 Enterprises established in 2009 Enterprise closures in 20091 Enterprises per 1 January 20101
Total  334 433 46 567 41 914  357 581 42 069 49 160  350 914
B - Mining and quarrying 1 011  106 64 1 201 52  208 1 030
C - Manufacturing 18 227 1 372 1 410 19 944 1 247 2 246 18 849
D - Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply  907  122 94  935 98 51  992
E - Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities  867 87 42 1 180 72 66 1 155
F - Construction 49 097 6 634 5 523 50 926 5 404 8 305 48 114
G - Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 55 259 5 021 5 779 55 784 5 241 8 693 52 085
H - Transportation and storage 22 536 2 132 2 139 22 975 1 702 3 324 21 335
I - Accommodation and food service activities 10 511 1 080 1 092 10 722 1 087 1 811 9 973
J - Information and communication 15 808 3 017 2 867 16 926 2 948 2 866 17 024
K - Financial and insurance activities 5 358 2 494  907 11 780 1 841 1 661 11 843
L - Real estate activities 43 072 4 387 4 818 44 741 2 881 3 533 44 239
M - Professional, scientific and technical activities 39 944 6 553 5 742 42 641 6 278 6 121 42 944
N - Administrative and support service activities 18 236 2 837 2 866 18 537 2 820 4 134 17 117
P - Education 5 428 1 887 1 502 6 195 1 861  766 7 331
Q - Human health and social work activities 21 393 3 465 2 513 23 660 3 509 1 859 25 406
R - Arts, entertainment and recreation 11 264 3 524 3 065 13 190 3 294 1 228 15 335
S - Other service activities 14 701 1 773 1 391 15 846 1 667 2 058 15 521
T - Activities of household as employers; undifferentiated goods and service producing activities of households for own account 74 12 16 71 17 32 53
U - Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies 27 - - 30 - 1 31
Unknown  713 64 84  297 50  195  563
1  The number of enterprises as of 1 January 2010 and enterprise closures in 2009 are estimated.

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