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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.

Leisure

Gym & fitness centre

Treningssenter

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Active in Norway
1,810
3.2 per 10,000 residents
3-year change
+35.9%
12 months: +11.4%
Opened / closed (12 mo.)
185 / 0
Median revenue
–
companies filing accounts

Deeper numbers

Survival, trouble signs, competition and people for gym & fitness centre 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)25%
Share of the 3 largest operators14% · 1,367 owners
99 places
81 places
66 places
44 places
38 places

New and established

Openings per 10,000 residents (12 months)0.33
Average age of active businesses9.8 yrs
Younger than 2 years21%
Older than 10 years39%

Distance to the nearest one

Residents more than 5 km from one721,725 · 13%
More than 10 km403,980
Farthest parish (5,000+ residents)21.5 km · Frøya sogn (Frøya)

Measured from each parish centre.

When businesses open and close

050100Opened Jan: 99Closed Jan: 0JanOpened Feb: 44Closed Feb: 0Opened Mar: 41Closed Mar: 0MarOpened Apr: 57Closed Apr: 0Opened May: 52Closed May: 0MayOpened Jun: 67Closed Jun: 0Opened Jul: 45Closed Jul: 0JulOpened Aug: 54Closed Aug: 0Opened Sep: 58Closed Sep: 0SepOpened Oct: 51Closed Oct: 0Opened Nov: 40Closed Nov: 0NovOpened Dec: 43Closed Dec: 0
OpenedClosed

Per calendar month, 2021–2025.

Farthest from the nearest gym & fitness centre

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

PostcodeResidentsDistance
5450 Otterup10,79711.7 km
9560 Hadsund10,3166.8 km
6630 Rødding10,0046.5 km
7700 Thisted25,2284.4 km
8960 Randers SØ15,8543.8 km
6430 Nordborg11,3213.3 km
6950 Ringkøbing13,9853.3 km
9310 Vodskov10,7953.2 km
8250 Egå11,6883.1 km
5240 Odense NØ14,7592.4 km

Active in Norway over time

05001,0001,5002,0002011Q4 13Q3 16Q2 192022Q4 24Gym & fitness centre

Openings and closures per year

0100200300Opened 2015: 57Closed 2015: 02015Opened 2016: 52Closed 2016: 0Opened 2017: 69Closed 2017: 02017Opened 2018: 62Closed 2018: 0Opened 2019: 79Closed 2019: 02019Opened 2020: 91Closed 2020: 0Opened 2021: 90Closed 2021: 02021Opened 2022: 125Closed 2022: 0Opened 2023: 111Closed 2023: 02023Opened 2024: 116Closed 2024: 0Opened 2025: 209Closed 2025: 02025Opened 2026: 138Closed 2026: 0
OpenedClosed

Growing fastest

3-year change in active businesses.

Molde kommune13+160%
Ålesund kommune24+118%
Nesodden kommune11+83%
Drammen kommune43+79%
Sarpsborg kommune16+78%
Larvik kommune17+70%
Grimstad kommune10+67%
Øygarden kommune15+67%
Nordre Follo kommune30+67%
Lillehammer kommune10+67%

Declining

Municipalities where this type is shrinking.

None shrinking noticeably.

All trends for this type →

By region

CountyActivePer 10k3-yr change
Agder1173.6+36%
Akershus2333.1+40%
Buskerud943.4+57%
Finnmark243.2+50%
Innlandet1433.8+31%
Møre og Romsdal923.4+67%
Nordland953.9+25%
Oslo2122.9+33%
Østfold892.8+44%
Rogaland1422.8+34%
Telemark573.2+30%
Troms573.3+27%
Trøndelag1543.1+19%
Vestfold883.4+40%
Vestland2123.2+37%

What's included

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

93.13…Treningssentervirksomhet

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