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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.

Automotive

Car dealer

Bilforhandler

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Active in Norway
5,433
9.7 per 10,000 residents
3-year change
+42.4%
12 months: +12.9%
Opened / closed (12 mo.)
620 / 0
Median revenue
–
companies filing accounts

Deeper numbers

Survival, trouble signs, competition and people for car dealer 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)8%
Share of the 3 largest operators1% · 5,065 owners
22 places
21 places
12 places
12 places
12 places

New and established

Openings per 10,000 residents (12 months)1.10
Average age of active businesses12.7 yrs
Younger than 2 years22%
Older than 10 years39%

Distance to the nearest one

Residents more than 5 km from one542,019 · 10%
More than 10 km279,478
Farthest parish (5,000+ residents)23.5 km · Kinn sogn (Kinn)

Measured from each parish centre.

When businesses open and close

0100200300Opened Jan: 268Closed Jan: 0JanOpened Feb: 149Closed Feb: 0Opened Mar: 180Closed Mar: 0MarOpened Apr: 153Closed Apr: 0Opened May: 157Closed May: 0MayOpened Jun: 154Closed Jun: 0Opened Jul: 114Closed Jul: 0JulOpened Aug: 159Closed Aug: 0Opened Sep: 193Closed Sep: 0SepOpened Oct: 178Closed Oct: 0Opened Nov: 199Closed Nov: 0NovOpened Dec: 116Closed Dec: 0
OpenedClosed

Per calendar month, 2021–2025.

Farthest from the nearest car dealer

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

PostcodeResidentsDistance
9560 Hadsund10,3164.4 km
6630 Rødding10,0042.8 km
7700 Thisted25,2282.7 km
5450 Otterup10,7972.3 km
5750 Ringe12,9862.0 km
8300 Odder23,0741.9 km
9240 Nibe12,5231.9 km
7600 Struer15,5681.6 km
5200 Odense V13,5681.4 km
6900 Skjern13,1251.4 km

Active in Norway over time

02,0004,0006,0002011Q4 13Q3 16Q2 192022Q4 24Car dealer

Openings and closures per year

0200400600Opened 2015: 149Closed 2015: 02015Opened 2016: 136Closed 2016: 0Opened 2017: 162Closed 2017: 02017Opened 2018: 189Closed 2018: 0Opened 2019: 192Closed 2019: 02019Opened 2020: 246Closed 2020: 0Opened 2021: 281Closed 2021: 02021Opened 2022: 290Closed 2022: 0Opened 2023: 383Closed 2023: 02023Opened 2024: 469Closed 2024: 0Opened 2025: 597Closed 2025: 02025Opened 2026: 484Closed 2026: 0
OpenedClosed

Growing fastest

3-year change in active businesses.

Rælingen kommune17+113%
Gjesdal kommune12+100%
Vestby kommune38+100%
Drammen kommune201+93%
Gjerdrum kommune15+88%
Ringsaker kommune42+83%
Nannestad kommune25+79%
Lillesand kommune16+78%
Halden kommune40+74%
Eidsvoll kommune59+74%

Declining

Municipalities where this type is shrinking.

None shrinking noticeably.

All trends for this type →

By region

CountyActivePer 10k3-yr change
Agder34110.5+44%
Akershus94112.6+55%
Buskerud55020.1+44%
Finnmark496.5+14%
Innlandet37910.0+41%
Møre og Romsdal2067.5+33%
Nordland1275.2+20%
Oslo4255.8+56%
Østfold48715.4+46%
Rogaland4138.1+40%
Telemark26615.0+34%
Troms1046.1+24%
Trøndelag4439.1+35%
Vestfold27410.6+50%
Vestland4056.2+31%

What's included

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

46.71…Engroshandel med motorvogner
47.81…Detaljhandel med motorvogner

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