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SUSTAINABLE GROWTH - Business Region Göteborg

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8<br />

9<br />

NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES IN FOREIGN OWNED COMPANIES<br />

DIAGRAM 5<br />

30000<br />

25000<br />

20000<br />

15000<br />

10000<br />

DIAGRAM 4<br />

Rank Country Number of Companies<br />

2008<br />

5000<br />

0<br />

Norway<br />

Germany<br />

USA<br />

Denmark<br />

United Kingdom<br />

Netherlands<br />

Luxembourg<br />

Finland<br />

France<br />

Source: <strong>Business</strong> <strong>Region</strong> <strong>Göteborg</strong>, 2008<br />

Source: Statistics Sweden, 2008<br />

350<br />

240<br />

220<br />

220<br />

200<br />

160<br />

110<br />

100<br />

90<br />

The development of number of employees in foreign<br />

owned companies follows the development of the<br />

number of companies. Since the last report, the number<br />

of employees has increased with about a thousand – adding<br />

up to more than 77 000 people in the region who<br />

are employed in a foreign owned company. To put it in<br />

a wider perspective, about every fifth employee in the<br />

<strong>Göteborg</strong> <strong>Region</strong> works in a foreign owned company.<br />

The top countries which employ most of these people<br />

are: United States, United Kingdom, Norway, Den-<br />

Number of employment<br />

Locations 2008<br />

440<br />

290<br />

250<br />

290<br />

270<br />

190<br />

120<br />

180<br />

120<br />

FOREIGN OWNED COMPANIES 9<br />

mark, and Germany as shown in diagram 5. In relation<br />

to company size and number of employment locations, it<br />

is evident that these countries own large enterprises with<br />

many employment locations, hence the great number of<br />

employees in total. In terms of company size, most of<br />

them are small to medium sized companies. Diagram 6<br />

clearly shows the sizes of the foreign owned companies<br />

and the final table shows examples of some of the many<br />

foreign property investors in the region.

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