SUSTAINABLE GROWTH - Business Region Göteborg

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NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES IN FOREIGN OWNED COMPANIES
DIAGRAM 5
30000
25000
20000
15000
10000
DIAGRAM 4
Rank Country Number of Companies
2008
5000
0
Norway
Germany
USA
Denmark
United Kingdom
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Finland
France
Source: Business Region Göteborg, 2008
Source: Statistics Sweden, 2008
350
240
220
220
200
160
110
100
90
The development of number of employees in foreign
owned companies follows the development of the
number of companies. Since the last report, the number
of employees has increased with about a thousand – adding
up to more than 77 000 people in the region who
are employed in a foreign owned company. To put it in
a wider perspective, about every fifth employee in the
Göteborg Region works in a foreign owned company.
The top countries which employ most of these people
are: United States, United Kingdom, Norway, Den-
Number of employment
Locations 2008
440
290
250
290
270
190
120
180
120
FOREIGN OWNED COMPANIES 9
mark, and Germany as shown in diagram 5. In relation
to company size and number of employment locations, it
is evident that these countries own large enterprises with
many employment locations, hence the great number of
employees in total. In terms of company size, most of
them are small to medium sized companies. Diagram 6
clearly shows the sizes of the foreign owned companies
and the final table shows examples of some of the many
foreign property investors in the region.