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Norwegian figures: closed businesses are removed from Enhetsregisteret, so closures are only counted from 3 October 2026, when we started collecting. Until then, growth over time looks higher than it really is.

Professional services

Architect

Arkitekt

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Active in Norway
3,088
5.5 per 10,000 residents
3-year change
+49.3%
12 months: +12.9%
Opened / closed (12 mo.)
353 / 0
Median revenue
–
companies filing accounts

Deeper numbers

Survival, trouble signs, competition and people for architect in Norge.

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

Closed within 2 years of opening (last 12 months)0

Annual-report figures appear when companies here have filed accounts.

Financial health

No annual accounts for this combination yet. Only limited companies (AS/ASA) file accounts.

Competition

Run by chains (3+ places)2%
Share of the 3 largest operators1% · 3,020 owners
10 places
10 places
8 places
6 places
4 places

New and established

Openings per 10,000 residents (12 months)0.63
Average age of active businesses11.5 yrs
Younger than 2 years23%
Older than 10 years37%

Distance to the nearest one

Residents more than 5 km from one1,028,039 · 18%
More than 10 km515,362
Farthest parish (5,000+ residents)43.2 km · Nærøy sogn (Nærøysund)

Measured from each parish centre.

When businesses open and close

050100150200Opened Jan: 163Closed Jan: 0JanOpened Feb: 70Closed Feb: 0Opened Mar: 102Closed Mar: 0MarOpened Apr: 88Closed Apr: 0Opened May: 111Closed May: 0MayOpened Jun: 82Closed Jun: 0Opened Jul: 80Closed Jul: 0JulOpened Aug: 106Closed Aug: 0Opened Sep: 145Closed Sep: 0SepOpened Oct: 103Closed Oct: 0Opened Nov: 105Closed Nov: 0NovOpened Dec: 50Closed Dec: 0
OpenedClosed

Per calendar month, 2021–2025.

Farthest from the nearest architect

Postcodes with at least 10,000 residents, measured from the postcode centre (the average of its addresses) – possible gaps in the local offer.

PostcodeResidentsDistance
7330 Brande10,15610.6 km
9440 Aabybro11,4638.1 km
6900 Skjern13,1256.6 km
6230 Rødekro11,5745.9 km
9560 Hadsund10,3164.7 km
5750 Ringe12,9863.9 km
6430 Nordborg11,3213.9 km
6630 Rødding10,0043.3 km
5450 Otterup10,7973.0 km
7700 Thisted25,2282.9 km

Active in Norway over time

01,0002,0003,0004,0002011Q4 13Q3 16Q2 192022Q4 24Architect

Openings and closures per year

0100200300400Opened 2015: 77Closed 2015: 02015Opened 2016: 83Closed 2016: 0Opened 2017: 91Closed 2017: 02017Opened 2018: 110Closed 2018: 0Opened 2019: 115Closed 2019: 02019Opened 2020: 124Closed 2020: 0Opened 2021: 160Closed 2021: 02021Opened 2022: 141Closed 2022: 0Opened 2023: 210Closed 2023: 02023Opened 2024: 323Closed 2024: 0Opened 2025: 371Closed 2025: 02025Opened 2026: 280Closed 2026: 0
OpenedClosed

Growing fastest

3-year change in active businesses.

Nordre Follo kommune19+111%
Sarpsborg kommune12+100%
Nittedal kommune10+100%
Molde kommune10+100%
Færder kommune16+78%
Sandnes kommune33+74%
Hamar kommune17+70%
Nesodden kommune40+67%
Hol kommune8+60%
Ringerike kommune8+60%

Declining

Municipalities where this type is shrinking.

None shrinking noticeably.

All trends for this type →

By region

CountyActivePer 10k3-yr change
Agder1364.2+42%
Akershus3164.2+50%
Buskerud1094.0+43%
Finnmark101.3+11%
Innlandet1273.3+41%
Møre og Romsdal913.3+38%
Nordland602.5+67%
Oslo1,12615.5+58%
Østfold1183.7+36%
Rogaland2134.2+36%
Telemark653.7+27%
Troms442.6+42%
Trøndelag2144.4+54%
Vestfold1154.4+44%
Vestland3154.8+52%

What's included

Businesses whose main Norwegian industry code (SN2025) starts with:

71.11…Arkitektvirksomhet

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