Statistics Norway

Foreign-controlled enterprises' activity in Norway, structural statistics

2 Enterprises under foreign control 1 compared to the whole business economy, by industry section 2 . 2008
  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 investment 3
      NOK million
Enterprises under foreign control 5 845  294 801  157 143 1 246 010  950 595  434 331  816 505  298 087 53 991
Oil and gas extraction,mining  172 16 786 16 281  341 558  340 991  224 396  111 225 : 29 030
Manufacturing  535 56 980 33 956  215 975  207 994 56 743  150 223 9 489 5 915
Water suppl, sewerage, waste management and remidiation activities 28 2 154 1 044 5 559 5 453 1 391 4 177  114  243
Construction  292 20 845 11 567 45 101 44 803 13 985 32 079  536  826
Wholesale and retail trade 2 120 78 720 34 844  411 940  129 017 51 310  376 036  284 347 3 339
Transportation and storage  333 22 406 12 147 62 936 62 533 17 716 46 877  409 1 803
Accomodation and food service activities 76 9 231 3 213 7 675 7 375 3 882 3 892  302  128
Information and communication  571 20 145 14 062 56 479 54 842 22 079 34 945 1 689 2 315
Real estate activities  677  946  725 5 628 5 611 3 037 2 645 3 2 487
Professional, scientific and tecnical activities  599 13 182 9 454 39 967 39 482 14 228 26 177  268 2 194
Administrative and support services activities  442 53 406 19 851 53 192 52 495 25 564 28 230  735 5 712
                   
All enterprises in the whole business economy  268 092 1 469 488  638 901 4 688 088 3 723 320 1 556 391 3 261 067  973 448  290 354
Oil and gas extraction,mining 1 243 44 548 47 394 1 266 299 1 265 563  646 214  614 229 : 99 756
Manufacturing 17 623  258 364  131 089  791 835  731 200  195 247  589 730 60 964 32 360
Water suppl, sewerage, waste management and remidiation activities 1 046 9 678 4 677 22 466 22 200 6 124 16 410  152 2 853
Construction 47 964  195 235 80 036  351 885  349 293  112 727  252 337 2 382 17 598
Wholesale and retail trade 53 698  373 023  127 456 1 280 535  391 922  178 179 1 197 455  897 491 14 694
Transportation and storage 22 187  156 275 63 198  318 133  314 586  112 685  218 514 3 553 24 489
Accomodation and food service activities 10 493 88 171 19 408 55 506 54 869 23 579 33 111  690 2 247
Information and communication 15 394 84 896 51 639  182 872  178 603 77 770  108 989 4 309 10 805
Real estate activities 42 040 26 717 10 061  105 889  105 283 57 134 53 971  644 68 769
Professional, scientific and tecnical activities 39 871  113 759 61 208  183 720  182 427 89 535  101 511 1 198 6 455
Administrative and support services activities 16 533  118 822 42 735  128 948  127 374 57 197 74 810 1 701 10 328
                   
  Per cent
Enterprises under foreign control compared with all enterprises within the whole business economy 2.2 20.1 24.6 26.6 25.5 27.9 25.0 30.6 18.6
Oil and gas extraction,mining 13.8 37.7 34.4 27.0 26.9 34.7 18.1 : 29.1
Manufacturing 3.0 22.1 25.9 27.3 28.4 29.1 25.5 15.6 18.3
Water suppl, sewerage, waste management and remidiation activities 2.7 22.3 22.3 24.7 24.6 22.7 25.5 75.0 8.5
Construction 0.6 10.7 14.5 12.8 12.8 12.4 12.7 22.5 4.7
Wholesale and retail trade 3.9 21.1 27.3 32.2 32.9 28.8 31.4 31.7 22.7
Transportation and storage 1.5 14.3 19.2 19.8 19.9 15.7 21.5 11.5 7.4
Accomodation and food service activities 0.7 10.5 16.6 13.8 13.4 16.5 11.8 43.8 5.7
Information and communication 3.7 23.7 27.2 30.9 30.7 28.4 32.1 39.2 21.4
Real estate activities 1.6 3.5 7.2 5.3 5.3 5.3 4.9 0.5 3.6
Professional, scientific and tecnical activities 1.5 11.6 15.4 21.8 21.6 15.9 25.8 22.4 34.0
Administrative and support services activities 2.7 44.9 46.5 41.3 41.2 44.7 37.7 43.2 55.3
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.

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