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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.

Health

Dentist

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Active in Norway
5,888
10.5 per 10,000 residents
3-year change
+21.5%
12 months: +6.3%
Opened / closed (12 mo.)
348 / 0
Median revenue
–
companies filing accounts

Deeper numbers

Survival, trouble signs, competition and people for dentist 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)12%
Share of the 3 largest operators4% · 5,178 owners
92 places
84 places
56 places
55 places
48 places

New and established

Openings per 10,000 residents (12 months)0.62
Average age of active businesses14.6 yrs
Younger than 2 years12%
Older than 10 years50%

Distance to the nearest one

Residents more than 5 km from one564,582 · 10%
More than 10 km245,012
Farthest parish (5,000+ residents)8.9 km · Auli sogn (Nes)

Measured from each parish centre.

When businesses open and close

0100200300400Opened Jan: 342Closed Jan: 0JanOpened Feb: 102Closed Feb: 0Opened Mar: 100Closed Mar: 0MarOpened Apr: 81Closed Apr: 0Opened May: 98Closed May: 0MayOpened Jun: 163Closed Jun: 0Opened Jul: 171Closed Jul: 0JulOpened Aug: 216Closed Aug: 0Opened Sep: 157Closed Sep: 0SepOpened Oct: 101Closed Oct: 0Opened Nov: 106Closed Nov: 0NovOpened Dec: 73Closed Dec: 0
OpenedClosed

Per calendar month, 2021–2025.

Farthest from the nearest dentist

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 Hadsund10,3165.5 km
8960 Randers SØ15,8543.6 km
7700 Thisted25,2283.3 km
6430 Nordborg11,3213.3 km
5450 Otterup10,7972.9 km
8930 Randers NØ18,8112.9 km
6630 Rødding10,0042.8 km
9310 Vodskov10,7952.5 km
6950 Ringkøbing13,9852.5 km
7900 Nykøbing M13,0282.3 km

Active in Norway over time

1,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0002011Q4 13Q3 16Q2 192022Q4 24Dentist

Openings and closures per year

0100200300400Opened 2015: 138Closed 2015: 02015Opened 2016: 155Closed 2016: 0Opened 2017: 190Closed 2017: 02017Opened 2018: 215Closed 2018: 0Opened 2019: 246Closed 2019: 02019Opened 2020: 244Closed 2020: 0Opened 2021: 312Closed 2021: 02021Opened 2022: 347Closed 2022: 0Opened 2023: 350Closed 2023: 02023Opened 2024: 344Closed 2024: 0Opened 2025: 357Closed 2025: 02025Opened 2026: 296Closed 2026: 0
OpenedClosed

Growing fastest

3-year change in active businesses.

Ål kommune9+80%
Stange kommune11+57%
Tvedestrand kommune9+50%
Rana kommune24+50%
Lørenskog kommune58+45%
Hammerfest kommune10+43%
Klepp kommune10+43%
Rælingen kommune17+42%
Kristiansund kommune34+42%
Åmot kommune7+40%

Declining

Municipalities where this type is shrinking.

None shrinking noticeably.

All trends for this type →

Most per resident

Densest municipalities (15,000+ residents).

Oslo kommune15.6
Namsos kommune15.2
Hamar kommune15.1
Ålesund kommune14.9
Gjøvik kommune14.4
Kristiansund kommune13.9
Tønsberg kommune13.6
Arendal kommune13.1
Bergen kommune13.0
Molde kommune12.9

By region

CountyActivePer 10k3-yr change
Agder3189.8+20%
Akershus76310.2+24%
Buskerud2659.7+17%
Finnmark486.4+20%
Innlandet3469.1+17%
Møre og Romsdal28310.4+21%
Nordland2429.9+19%
Oslo1,13515.6+24%
Østfold32710.3+22%
Rogaland4318.5+20%
Telemark18110.2+21%
Troms17110.0+31%
Trøndelag4158.5+20%
Vestfold2569.9+20%
Vestland70010.6+21%

What's included

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

86.23…Tannlegetjenester

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