Postcode
3723 Skien
Population
Active businesses (all types)
Who lives here
Statistics Norway · 2026The line marks the average for Norway.
Roughly as many jobs as working residents.
* Figure for the municipality – Statistics Norway does not publish it for smaller areas.
Deeper numbers
Survival, trouble signs, competition and people in 3723 Skien.
Survival
Survival can't be calculated for Norway yet: closed businesses are removed from Enhetsregisteret, so we only know closures from the day we started collecting.
Trouble signs
Annual-report figures appear when companies here have filed accounts.
Competition
No company runs more than one place of business here, an independent market.
New and established
A young market: many recent start-ups, dynamic, but less proven.
Moving in and out
A move is a place of business closing and the same company opening one in another area within 90 days. Chains are left out.
When businesses open and close
Per calendar month, 2021–2025.
Highest opportunity here
Physio, chiro & therapy
690 today · similar areas would have ~4
Engineering consultancy
690 today · similar areas would have ~4
IT & software services
691 today · similar areas would have ~4
Doctor & medical clinic
680 today · similar areas would have ~3
Design & photography
663 today · similar areas would have ~3
Carpenter & joiner
660 today · similar areas would have ~2
All business types
Click a column to sort| Business type | Group | Active | Per 10k | Similar areas | Opened 3 yrs | Closed 3 yrs | Change | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Car repair & service | Automotive | 2 | 13.8 | 7.6 | 1 | 0 | +100% | 58 |
| Car dealer | Automotive | 0 | 0.0 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | – | 60 |
| Childcare | Education | 0 | 0.0 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | – | 62 |
| Courses & tutoring | Education | 3 | 20.7 | 33.2 | 1 | 0 | +50% | 63 |
| Restaurant | Food & drink | 2 | 13.8 | 8.4 | 1 | 0 | +100% | 57 |
| Bakery | Food & drink | 1 | 6.9 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 55 |
| Supermarket & convenience store | Groceries | 2 | 13.8 | 9.2 | 1 | 0 | +100% | 61 |
| Doctor & medical clinic | Health | 0 | 0.0 | 17.8 | 0 | 0 | – | 68 |
| Physio, chiro & therapy | Health | 0 | 0.0 | 30.5 | 0 | 0 | – | 69 |
| Sports facility & club | Leisure | 0 | 0.0 | 13.4 | 0 | 0 | – | 65 |
| Hairdresser & barber | Personal services | 0 | 0.0 | 8.8 | 0 | 0 | – | 62 |
| Beauty salon & spa | Personal services | 0 | 0.0 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | – | 60 |
| Accountant & bookkeeping | Professional services | 0 | 0.0 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | – | 61 |
| Law firm | Professional services | 1 | 6.9 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | – | 66 |
| Real estate agent | Professional services | 1 | 6.9 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 57 |
| Engineering consultancy | Professional services | 0 | 0.0 | 25.2 | 0 | 0 | – | 69 |
| IT & software services | Professional services | 1 | 6.9 | 25.6 | 1 | 0 | – | 69 |
| Marketing & advertising agency | Professional services | 1 | 6.9 | 9.2 | 1 | 0 | – | 61 |
| Design & photography | Professional services | 3 | 20.7 | 21.8 | 3 | 0 | – | 66 |
| Pharmacy & health store | Retail | 1 | 6.9 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 57 |
| Gifts, art & specialty shops | Retail | 1 | 6.9 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 56 |
| Online store | Retail | 2 | 13.8 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | – | 67 |
| Electrician | Trades | 0 | 0.0 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | – | 60 |
| Plumber & heating | Trades | 2 | 13.8 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 49 |
| Carpenter & joiner | Trades | 0 | 0.0 | 16.8 | 0 | 0 | – | 66 |
| Painter & decorator | Trades | 1 | 6.9 | 6.1 | 1 | 0 | – | 64 |
| Building contractor | Trades | 1 | 6.9 | 62.3 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 66 |
| Gardener & landscaping | Trades | 1 | 6.9 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 56 |
| Cleaning services | Trades | 0 | 0.0 | 9.7 | 0 | 0 | – | 61 |
| Taxi | Transport | 3 | 20.7 | 8.3 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 47 |
| Removals & haulage | Transport | 0 | 0.0 | 14.2 | 0 | 0 | – | 65 |