Statistics Norway

Foreign-controlled enterprises' activity in Norway, structural statistics

1 Enterprises under foreign control1 compared with all enterprises within the whole business economy2, 2000-2004
  Number of enterprises Number of persons employed Personnel costs Turnover Production value Value added at factor cost Total purchases of
goods and services
Purchases of goods purchased
for resale in the
same condition as received
Gross investment3
      NOK million
Enterprises under foreign control                  
20004 3 611  218 061 80 713             623 358  464 042  213 106  393 021  162 986 50 339
2001 3 930  245 978 95 976  692 972  523 370  223 778  451 597  173 791 48 094
2002 3 936  241 762 97 466  690 670  507 230  217 663  451 428  185 056 52 614
2003 3 968  229 907 96 078  683 198  505 903  222 278  438 898  179 076 42 360
2004 4 211  226 719  100 679  756 996  546 846  260 674  476 278  213 949 48 325
                   
All enterprises in the whole business economy                  
20004  210 650 1 277 005  376 938 2 480 162 1 832 412  826 374 1 644 066  664 548  193 528
2001  218 289 1 291 164  399 529 2 688 755 2 028 610  873 135 1 806 204  673 303  229 674
2002  225 620 1 286 503  409 270 2 669 413 2 017 013  857 365 1 801 014  665 082  199 822
2003  230 287 1 273 010  411 451 2 727 618 2 056 382  887 971 1 818 477  684 161  201 921
2004  237 413 1 255 625  428 541 3 010 685 2 273 263  999 580 2 006 342  758 411  235 961
                   
Enterprises under foreign control in per cent of all enterprises within the whole business economy Per cent
2000 1.7 17.1 21.4 25.1 25.3 25.8 23.9 24.5 26.0
2001 1.9 19.1 24.0 25.8 25.8 25.6 25.0 25.8 20.9
2002 1.8 18.8 23.8 25.9 25.1 25.4 25.1 27.8 26.3
2003 1.8 18.1 23.4 25.0 24.6 25.0 24.1 26.2 21.0
2004 1.8 18.1 23.5 25.1 24.1 26.1 23.7 28.2 20.5
1  Subsidiary enterprises under direct or indirect control by foreign enterprises.
2  Sections E Electricity, gas and water supply and J Financial intermediation are not included.
3  Aquistion of tangible assets.
4  Ocean transport is not included in the statistics for 2000.

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