Clothing store in Norway – where to open

Active in Norway

6,144

10.9 per 10,000 residents

3-year change

–

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

Opened / closed (12 mo.)

721 / –

Median revenue

NOK 3.7m

50% profitable

Deeper numbers

Survival, trouble signs, competition and people for clothing store 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 equity24%

Losses two years in a row30%

Equity and losses from annual reports 2025.

Financial health

Made a loss47%

Median equity ratio33%

Medians of companies that filed annual reports for 2025 - 2,185 companies.

Competition

Run by chains (3+ places)33%

Share of the 3 largest operators9% · 4,171 owners

	221 places
	169 places
	148 places
	123 places
	108 places

New and established

Openings per 10,000 residents (12 months)1.28

Average age of active businesses13.4 yrs

Younger than 2 years23%

Older than 10 years45%

Distance to the nearest one

Residents more than 5 km from one666,329 · 12%

More than 10 km330,716

Farthest parish (5,000+ residents)9.3 km · Rennesøy sogn (Stavanger)

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 clothing store

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
2040 Kløfta	11,713	0.5 km
1405 Langhus	12,563	0.4 km
1900 Fetsund	10,843	0.3 km

Active in Norway over time

Openings and closures per year

OpenedClosed* 2026 so far

Best opportunities

Municipalities with room in the market.

Hitra kommune	88
Rælingen kommune	88
Lunner kommune	86
Enebakk kommune	84
Løten kommune	84
Hå kommune	82
Sola kommune	82
Rakkestad kommune	80
Vindafjord kommune	80
Frøya kommune	80

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).

Vestby kommune	20.3
Frogn kommune	20.1
Lillehammer kommune	15.8
Haugesund kommune	15.8
Harstad kommune	15.5
Ålesund kommune	15.3
Namsos kommune	15.2
Moss kommune	14.8
Oslo kommune	14.7
Kristiansand kommune	14.5

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	2,185	NOK 3.7m	NOK 546k – NOK 8.4m	50%
2024	1,980	NOK 4.1m	NOK 1.2m – NOK 8.8m	51%
2023	1,777	NOK 4.6m	NOK 1.6m – NOK 8.9m	55%
2022	60	NOK 6.9m	NOK 2.1m – NOK 21.1m	43%
2021	13	NOK 6.7m	NOK 2.5m – NOK 12.9m	62%
2020	3	NOK 11.0m	– – –	67%
2019	1	–	– – –	–
2018	1	–	– – –	–

By region

County	Active	Per 10k	3-yr change
Agder	355	11.0	–
Akershus	827	11.0	–
Buskerud	324	11.9	–
Finnmark	60	8.0	–
Innlandet	317	8.4	–
Møre og Romsdal	262	9.6	–
Nordland	209	8.6	–
Oslo	1,072	14.7	–
Østfold	356	11.3	–
Rogaland	499	9.8	–
Telemark	178	10.0	–
Troms	158	9.2	–
Trøndelag	434	8.9	–
Vestfold	303	11.7	–
Vestland	624	9.5	–

What's included

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

47.71… Detaljhandel med klær

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