Car repair & service in Norway – where to open

Active in Norway

6,891

12.2 per 10,000 residents

3-year change

–

Not available yet: closures are only known from 3 October 2026.

Opened / closed (12 mo.)

744 / –

Median revenue

NOK 5.7m

67% profitable

Deeper numbers

Survival, trouble signs, competition and people for car repair & service 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 through bankruptcy (last 12 months)0

Forcibly dissolved (last 12 months)0

Companies with negative equity18%

Losses two years in a row16%

Equity and losses from annual reports 2025.

Financial health

Made a loss32%

Median equity ratio35%

Medians of companies that filed annual reports for 2025 - 3,163 companies.

Competition

Run by chains (3+ places)13%

Share of the 3 largest operators3% · 6,099 owners

	109 places
	71 places
	47 places
	32 places
	31 places

New and established

Openings per 10,000 residents (12 months)1.32

Average age of active businesses15.4 yrs

Younger than 2 years21%

Older than 10 years46%

Distance to the nearest one

Residents more than 5 km from one286,910 · 5%

More than 10 km94,897

Farthest parish (5,000+ residents)7.0 km · Sandnessund sogn (Tromsø)

Measured from each parish centre.

When businesses open and close

Opened

Per calendar month, 2021–2025. Not available yet: closures are only known from 3 October 2026.

Farthest from the nearest car repair & service

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

Postcode	Residents	Distance
1405 Langhus	12,563	0.6 km
2040 Kløfta	11,713	0.5 km
1900 Fetsund	10,843	0.5 km

Active in Norway over time

Openings and closures per year

OpenedClosed* 2026 so far

Best opportunities

Municipalities with room in the market.

Rælingen kommune	90
Nesodden kommune	88
Haram kommune	85
Frøya kommune	84
Austrheim kommune	84
Randaberg kommune	80
Ås kommune	80
Hemsedal kommune	80
Salangen kommune	80
Bø kommune	76

Growing fastest

3-year change in active businesses.

Not available yet: closures are only known from 3 October 2026.

Declining

Municipalities where this type is shrinking.

Not available yet: closures are only known from 3 October 2026.

All trends for this type →

Most per resident

Densest municipalities (15,000+ residents).

Aurskog-Høland kommune	31.4
Kongsvinger kommune	26.9
Melhus kommune	25.8
Indre Østfold kommune	23.6
Øvre Eiker kommune	22.9
Gjøvik kommune	20.7
Eidsvoll kommune	20.2
Sunnfjord kommune	19.7
Elverum kommune	19.6
Verdal kommune	19.4

Financials of companies filing accounts

Median revenueMedian result

Based on annual accounts from the Register of Company Accounts (Brønnøysund). Sole proprietorships don't file accounts.

By year

Year	Filers	Median revenue	Middle 50%	Profitable
2025	3,163	NOK 5.7m	NOK 1.3m – NOK 14.4m	67%
2024	2,997	NOK 5.9m	NOK 1.5m – NOK 14.0m	67%
2023	2,779	NOK 5.8m	NOK 1.6m – NOK 13.5m	67%
2022	113	NOK 3.9m	NOK 1.2m – NOK 10.3m	44%
2021	17	NOK 1.9m	NOK 1.2m – NOK 5.8m	35%
2020	5	NOK 1.8m	NOK 1.1m – NOK 6.6m	100%
2019	2	–	– – –	–
2018	1	–	– – –	–

By region

County	Active	Per 10k	3-yr change
Agder	466	14.4	–
Akershus	901	12.0	–
Buskerud	471	17.3	–
Finnmark	98	13.0	–
Innlandet	656	17.3	–
Møre og Romsdal	378	13.8	–
Nordland	322	13.2	–
Oslo	386	5.3	–
Østfold	520	16.4	–
Rogaland	524	10.3	–
Telemark	283	15.9	–
Troms	175	10.2	–
Trøndelag	644	13.2	–
Vestfold	347	13.4	–
Vestland	696	10.6	–

What's included

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

95.31… Reparasjon og vedlikehold av motorvogner

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