Company form
All
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 parts & motorcycles

Bildeler og motorsykler

Rank all areas →
Active in Norway
1,819
3.2 per 10,000 residents
3-year change
+33.2%
12 months: +11.7%
Opened / closed (12 mo.)
191 / 0
Median revenue
–
companies filing accounts

Deeper numbers

Survival, trouble signs, competition and people for car parts & motorcycles 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)20%
Share of the 3 largest operators9% · 1,500 owners
61 places
58 places
50 places
34 places
22 places

New and established

Openings per 10,000 residents (12 months)0.34
Average age of active businesses15.3 yrs
Younger than 2 years18%
Older than 10 years48%

Distance to the nearest one

Residents more than 5 km from one796,312 · 14%
More than 10 km423,299
Farthest parish (5,000+ residents)43.8 km · Vadsø sogn (Vadsø)

Measured from each parish centre.

When businesses open and close

020406080Opened Jan: 68Closed Jan: 0JanOpened Feb: 43Closed Feb: 0Opened Mar: 48Closed Mar: 0MarOpened Apr: 34Closed Apr: 0Opened May: 40Closed May: 0MayOpened Jun: 31Closed Jun: 0Opened Jul: 33Closed Jul: 0JulOpened Aug: 34Closed Aug: 0Opened Sep: 71Closed Sep: 0SepOpened Oct: 57Closed Oct: 0Opened Nov: 49Closed Nov: 0NovOpened Dec: 22Closed Dec: 0
OpenedClosed

Per calendar month, 2021–2025.

Farthest from the nearest car parts & motorcycles

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

PostcodeResidentsDistance
9240 Nibe12,5239.4 km
8850 Bjerringbro11,2177.3 km
5450 Otterup10,7977.0 km
7323 Give11,7836.2 km
6630 Rødding10,0045.2 km
8680 Ry11,2905.1 km
7700 Thisted25,2285.0 km
3450 Allerød21,0354.9 km
9310 Vodskov10,7953.8 km
4400 Kalundborg23,0953.4 km

Active in Norway over time

5001,0001,5002,0002011Q4 13Q3 16Q2 192022Q4 24Car parts & motorcycles

Openings and closures per year

050100150200Opened 2015: 48Closed 2015: 02015Opened 2016: 45Closed 2016: 0Opened 2017: 58Closed 2017: 02017Opened 2018: 48Closed 2018: 0Opened 2019: 69Closed 2019: 02019Opened 2020: 69Closed 2020: 0Opened 2021: 79Closed 2021: 02021Opened 2022: 71Closed 2022: 0Opened 2023: 101Closed 2023: 02023Opened 2024: 134Closed 2024: 0Opened 2025: 145Closed 2025: 02025Opened 2026: 157Closed 2026: 0
OpenedClosed

Growing fastest

3-year change in active businesses.

Nordre Follo kommune19+73%
Lørenskog kommune12+71%
Karmøy kommune12+71%
Øvre Eiker kommune12+71%
Lier kommune26+63%
Verdal kommune13+63%
Bjørnafjorden kommune8+60%
Melhus kommune8+60%
Askøy kommune8+60%
Alta kommune8+60%

Declining

Municipalities where this type is shrinking.

None shrinking noticeably.

All trends for this type →

By region

CountyActivePer 10k3-yr change
Agder1243.8+31%
Akershus2443.3+37%
Buskerud1415.2+42%
Finnmark283.7+56%
Innlandet1433.8+23%
Møre og Romsdal732.7+38%
Nordland692.8+21%
Oslo951.3+44%
Østfold1534.8+38%
Rogaland1583.1+31%
Telemark774.3+28%
Troms472.7+15%
Trøndelag1633.3+38%
Vestfold883.4+26%
Vestland1842.8+29%

What's included

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

47.82…Detaljhandel med deler og utstyr til motorvogner
47.83…Detaljhandel med motorsykler og tilhørende deler og utstyr
95.32…Reparasjon og vedlikehold av motorsykler

Also found by searching: car parts, autodele, reservedele, tilbehør, motorcycle, motorcykel, scooter, knallert