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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.

Personal services

Beauty salon & spa

Skjønnhetssalong og spa

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Active in Norway
7,275
12.9 per 10,000 residents
3-year change
+75.3%
12 months: +20.8%
Opened / closed (12 mo.)
1,253 / 0
Median revenue
–
companies filing accounts

Deeper numbers

Survival, trouble signs, competition and people for beauty salon & spa 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)0%
Share of the 3 largest operators0% · 7,244 owners
4 places
4 places
3 places
3 places
3 places

New and established

Openings per 10,000 residents (12 months)2.23
Average age of active businesses6.4 yrs
Younger than 2 years31%
Older than 10 years20%

Distance to the nearest one

Residents more than 5 km from one378,731 · 7%
More than 10 km166,176
Farthest parish (5,000+ residents)6.8 km · Sandnessund sogn (Tromsø)

Measured from each parish centre.

When businesses open and close

0200400600Opened Jan: 473Closed Jan: 0JanOpened Feb: 266Closed Feb: 0Opened Mar: 309Closed Mar: 0MarOpened Apr: 241Closed Apr: 0Opened May: 312Closed May: 0MayOpened Jun: 250Closed Jun: 0Opened Jul: 244Closed Jul: 0JulOpened Aug: 297Closed Aug: 0Opened Sep: 370Closed Sep: 0SepOpened Oct: 286Closed Oct: 0Opened Nov: 318Closed Nov: 0NovOpened Dec: 178Closed Dec: 0
OpenedClosed

Per calendar month, 2021–2025.

Farthest from the nearest beauty salon & spa

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

PostcodeResidentsDistance
7700 Thisted25,2283.0 km
6630 Rødding10,0043.0 km
6950 Ringkøbing13,9852.5 km
9310 Vodskov10,7952.3 km
7900 Nykøbing M13,0282.0 km
6900 Skjern13,1251.9 km
5450 Otterup10,7971.9 km
9300 Sæby12,1711.8 km
8300 Odder23,0741.6 km
7323 Give11,7831.6 km

Active in Norway over time

02,0004,0006,0008,0002011Q4 13Q3 16Q2 192022Q4 24Beauty salon & spa

Openings and closures per year

05001,0001,500Opened 2015: 167Closed 2015: 02015Opened 2016: 208Closed 2016: 0Opened 2017: 224Closed 2017: 02017Opened 2018: 295Closed 2018: 0Opened 2019: 351Closed 2019: 02019Opened 2020: 366Closed 2020: 0Opened 2021: 450Closed 2021: 02021Opened 2022: 490Closed 2022: 0Opened 2023: 606Closed 2023: 02023Opened 2024: 970Closed 2024: 0Opened 2025: 1,028Closed 2025: 02025Opened 2026: 1,029Closed 2026: 0
OpenedClosed

Growing fastest

3-year change in active businesses.

Vennesla kommune21+200%
Senja kommune19+171%
Time kommune35+150%
Horten kommune41+141%
Øvre Eiker kommune32+129%
Nannestad kommune16+129%
Molde kommune47+124%
Modum kommune20+122%
Tvedestrand kommune11+120%
Harstad kommune22+120%

Declining

Municipalities where this type is shrinking.

None shrinking noticeably.

All trends for this type →

By region

CountyActivePer 10k3-yr change
Agder45113.9+82%
Akershus1,02313.7+71%
Buskerud43315.9+78%
Finnmark9612.8+81%
Innlandet3729.8+62%
Møre og Romsdal31811.6+93%
Nordland25510.5+95%
Oslo1,17816.2+65%
Østfold44214.0+73%
Rogaland68813.5+83%
Telemark19310.8+80%
Troms1679.8+88%
Trøndelag50010.2+71%
Vestfold39115.1+75%
Vestland75911.5+79%

What's included

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

96.22…Skjønnhetspleie
96.23…Aktiviteter i dagspa, badstue og dampbad

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