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Enterprises, Q1 2014

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Increase in new enterprises

A total of 16 302 enterprises were registered during the 1st quarter of 2014. This is 10.6 per cent more than in the 1st quarter of 2013.

Number of new enterprisesPublished 5 June 2014
TotalPer cent
1st quarter 20144th quarter 2013 - 1st quarter 20141st quarter 2013 - 1st quarter 2014
Total16 30223.210.6
Private limited company6 94733.87.7
Sole Proprietorship8 81216.414.1
Norwegian division of foreign enterprise27133.5-8.8

Source: Statistics Norway

The number of new registered sole proprietorships increased by 14.1 per cent from the 1st quarter of 2013 to the 1st quarter of 2014. In the same period, the number of new private limited liability companies increased by 7.7 per cent. Private limited liability companies accounted for 42.6 per cent of all new enterprises in the 1st quarter of 2014, and sole proprietorships 54.1 per cent.

Most new enterprises were registered within professional, scientific and technical activities (14.3 per cent) and construction (12.8 per cent).