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31 per cent survived five years
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Newly established enterprises, survival and growth, 2006-2011

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31 per cent survived five years

A total of 31 per cent of the newly-established enterprises in 2006 were still active in 2011. The surviving enterprises employed almost five times as many persons in 2011 as in 2006.

Survival rate of newly established enterprisesPublished 25 October 2013
Per cent survived enterprises
1 year2 year3 year4 year5 year
Year of establishing
200650.948.540.735.030.9
200754.547.039.434.0
200850.344.737.6
200948.444.1
201048.5

Source: Statistics Norway

Figure 1 shows the newly established enterprises in 2006 that survived in 2007-2011, by legal form

A total of 51 374 enterprises were established in 2006 and 15 871 of these were still active five years later.

Highest survival rate in limited liability companies

The limited liability companies had the highest survival rate in 2011 of the newly-established enterprises in 2006. Forty-six per cent of the limited liability companies survived in 2011, compared to 23 per cent of the sole proprietorships.

The size of the enterprises in the year the enterprises were established also influenced the survival rates. Sixty-five per cent of the enterprises with 5 or more persons employed in 2006 survived five years, compared to 31 per cent of the enterprises with less than 5 persons employed.

High growth enterprises and gazelles

There were 20 053 enterprises with 10 or more employees as of 1 January 2009. Six per cent of these enterprises were high growth enterprises measured by growth in turnover from 1 January 2009 until 1 January 2012. Three per cent of the enterprises were high growth enterprises measured by the growth in the number of employees.

A total of 832 newly-established enterprises in 2006 and 2007 had 10 or more employees as of 1 January 2009 and were still active three years later. Of these enterprises, 19 per cent were gazelles measured by growth in turnover and 11 per cent were gazelles measured by the number of employees.

These figures include all enterprises except those within agriculture, forestry, fishing and central government.