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Business Sectors in Sweden:
In Sweden, most new started enterprises are found within sectors like
“Trade, hotels and restaurants”, “Bank, insurance and business services” and
“Education health and social work”. Approximately eight out of ten new
enterprises are started within one of these three sectors
Table 1 New enterprise in Sweden, in 2002 divided by sector:
|
Number of enterprises |
Share of total |
| Manufacturing industry
|
2,507 |
7% |
| Construction
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3,417
|
9% |
| Trade, hotel and restaurants |
7,288 |
19% |
| Transport and communication |
1,403 |
4% |
| Bank, insurance and business
services |
14,704 |
39% |
| Education, health and social work
|
8,112 |
22% |
| Total |
37,430 |
100% |
Source: ITPS and Statistics Sweden (SCB), Nutek
In 2003, around 55 percent of new enterprises in areas such as ”Education,
healthcare and other social services” were operated by a female entrepreneur. In
contrast, only about five percent of the construction enterprises were managed
by women .
Table 2 New enterprises in Sweden 2003 by sector and gender, percent:
|
Men |
Women |
| Manufacturing industry
|
71 |
27 |
| Construction
|
94 |
4 |
| Retail trade, reparation, hotels,
restaurants |
66 |
32 |
| Transport and communication |
88 |
11 |
| Financial services |
71 |
27 |
| Education, health and social work
|
43 |
56 |
Source: ITPS
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