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Natural person
A natural person engages in entrepreneurial activity under his/her own name or under a registered trading name.
This group includes own-account workers, sole proprietors, most agricultural and forestry entrepreneurs, as well as practitioners of trade.
Statistics using the definition
Validity of the definition
- Valid
A sole proprietor engages in entrepreneurial activity under his/her own name or under a registered trading name. Self-employed persons, most own-account workers in agriculture and practitioners of a trade belong to this group.
Statistics using the definition
Validity of the definition
- 1 January 1900 - 30 May 2021
Source organisation
- Tilastokeskus
Related concepts
Source organisation
- Tilastokeskus
Related concepts
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