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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.

Education

Driving school

Trafikkskole

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Active in Norway
1,531
2.7 per 10,000 residents
3-year change
+27.7%
12 months: +8.4%
Opened / closed (12 mo.)
118 / 0
Median revenue
–
companies filing accounts

Deeper numbers

Survival, trouble signs, competition and people for driving school 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)7%
Share of the 3 largest operators5% · 1,422 owners
40 places
28 places
9 places
5 places
4 places

New and established

Openings per 10,000 residents (12 months)0.21
Average age of active businesses13.3 yrs
Younger than 2 years15%
Older than 10 years49%

Distance to the nearest one

Residents more than 5 km from one948,178 · 17%
More than 10 km575,462
Farthest parish (5,000+ residents)43.2 km · Nærøy sogn (Nærøysund)

Measured from each parish centre.

When businesses open and close

050100Opened Jan: 93Closed Jan: 0JanOpened Feb: 33Closed Feb: 0Opened Mar: 49Closed Mar: 0MarOpened Apr: 33Closed Apr: 0Opened May: 30Closed May: 0MayOpened Jun: 43Closed Jun: 0Opened Jul: 34Closed Jul: 0JulOpened Aug: 38Closed Aug: 0Opened Sep: 46Closed Sep: 0SepOpened Oct: 35Closed Oct: 0Opened Nov: 26Closed Nov: 0NovOpened Dec: 24Closed Dec: 0
OpenedClosed

Per calendar month, 2021–2025.

Farthest from the nearest driving school

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 Hadsund10,3166.6 km
7700 Thisted25,2283.9 km
6630 Rødding10,0043.4 km
9310 Vodskov10,7953.0 km
5450 Otterup10,7972.9 km
6950 Ringkøbing13,9852.9 km
8620 Kjellerup11,6022.7 km
8400 Ebeltoft10,6472.7 km
5600 Faaborg14,0872.4 km
8370 Hadsten13,5712.0 km

Active in Norway over time

05001,0001,5002,0002011Q4 13Q3 16Q2 192022Q4 24Driving school

Openings and closures per year

050100150Opened 2015: 46Closed 2015: 02015Opened 2016: 54Closed 2016: 0Opened 2017: 46Closed 2017: 02017Opened 2018: 56Closed 2018: 0Opened 2019: 48Closed 2019: 02019Opened 2020: 51Closed 2020: 0Opened 2021: 74Closed 2021: 02021Opened 2022: 88Closed 2022: 0Opened 2023: 98Closed 2023: 02023Opened 2024: 97Closed 2024: 0Opened 2025: 127Closed 2025: 02025Opened 2026: 93Closed 2026: 0
OpenedClosed

Growing fastest

3-year change in active businesses.

Bærum kommune39+105%
Orkland kommune8+60%
Steinkjer kommune8+60%
Kongsvinger kommune11+57%
Asker kommune25+56%
Sandefjord kommune20+54%
Vestby kommune9+50%
Drammen kommune28+47%
Tønsberg kommune19+46%
Horten kommune10+43%

Declining

Municipalities where this type is shrinking.

None shrinking noticeably.

All trends for this type →

By region

CountyActivePer 10k3-yr change
Agder1103.4+16%
Akershus2403.2+47%
Buskerud772.8+22%
Finnmark263.5+13%
Innlandet962.5+25%
Møre og Romsdal732.7+14%
Nordland692.8+21%
Oslo1472.0+35%
Østfold832.6+17%
Rogaland951.9+13%
Telemark693.9+13%
Troms865.0+21%
Trøndelag1012.1+44%
Vestfold783.0+37%
Vestland1802.7+34%

What's included

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

85.53…Undervisning ved godkjente trafikkskoler

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