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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

Doctor & medical clinic

Lege og klinikk

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Active in Norway
16,844
29.9 per 10,000 residents
3-year change
+35.0%
12 months: +9.2%
Opened / closed (12 mo.)
1,424 / 0
Median revenue
–
companies filing accounts

Deeper numbers

Survival, trouble signs, competition and people for doctor & medical clinic 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)5%
Share of the 3 largest operators0% · 16,431 owners
11 places
11 places
10 places
10 places
9 places

New and established

Openings per 10,000 residents (12 months)2.53
Average age of active businesses10.2 yrs
Younger than 2 years17%
Older than 10 years37%

Distance to the nearest one

Residents more than 5 km from one319,432 · 6%
More than 10 km102,772
Farthest parish (5,000+ residents)6.9 km · Froland sogn (Froland)

Measured from each parish centre.

When businesses open and close

05001,0001,500Opened Jan: 1,438Closed Jan: 0JanOpened Feb: 317Closed Feb: 0Opened Mar: 1,119Closed Mar: 0MarOpened Apr: 347Closed Apr: 0Opened May: 297Closed May: 0MayOpened Jun: 328Closed Jun: 0Opened Jul: 245Closed Jul: 0JulOpened Aug: 404Closed Aug: 0Opened Sep: 1,246Closed Sep: 0SepOpened Oct: 415Closed Oct: 0Opened Nov: 293Closed Nov: 0NovOpened Dec: 220Closed Dec: 0
OpenedClosed

Per calendar month, 2021–2025.

Farthest from the nearest doctor & medical clinic

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

PostcodeResidentsDistance
6430 Nordborg11,3213.3 km
6630 Rødding10,0043.3 km
6950 Ringkøbing13,9852.6 km
5450 Otterup10,7972.5 km
6900 Skjern13,1252.3 km
7900 Nykøbing M13,0282.2 km
6705 Esbjerg Ø14,7032.0 km
9300 Sæby12,1711.9 km
8300 Odder23,0741.8 km
7620 Lemvig12,8111.6 km

Active in Norway over time

05,00010k15k20k2011Q4 13Q3 16Q2 192022Q4 24Doctor & medical clinic

Openings and closures per year

05001,0001,5002,000Opened 2015: 419Closed 2015: 02015Opened 2016: 469Closed 2016: 0Opened 2017: 511Closed 2017: 02017Opened 2018: 569Closed 2018: 0Opened 2019: 743Closed 2019: 02019Opened 2020: 779Closed 2020: 0Opened 2021: 984Closed 2021: 02021Opened 2022: 1,191Closed 2022: 0Opened 2023: 1,500Closed 2023: 02023Opened 2024: 1,473Closed 2024: 0Opened 2025: 1,521Closed 2025: 02025Opened 2026: 1,233Closed 2026: 0
OpenedClosed

Growing fastest

3-year change in active businesses.

Tana kommune16+100%
Luster kommune15+88%
Alstahaug kommune15+88%
Giske kommune26+86%
Hurdal kommune11+83%
Steigen kommune11+83%
Sortland kommune20+82%
Aure kommune9+80%
Vadsø kommune14+75%
Tynset kommune21+75%

Declining

Municipalities where this type is shrinking.

None shrinking noticeably.

All trends for this type →

By region

CountyActivePer 10k3-yr change
Agder93428.8+41%
Akershus2,11528.2+28%
Buskerud74227.2+31%
Finnmark29238.8+55%
Innlandet93724.7+29%
Møre og Romsdal68525.1+38%
Nordland63426.1+45%
Oslo3,39946.6+38%
Østfold77524.5+32%
Rogaland1,27325.0+37%
Telemark42123.7+33%
Troms61335.8+44%
Trøndelag1,40128.6+37%
Vestfold75028.9+32%
Vestland1,83227.8+30%

What's included

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

86.21…Allmennlegetjenester
86.22…Spesialiserte legetjenester, unntatt psykiatriske legetjenester

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