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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.

Trades

Flooring

Gulvlegger

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Active in Norway
1,311
2.3 per 10,000 residents
3-year change
+58.5%
12 months: +17.1%
Opened / closed (12 mo.)
191 / 0
Median revenue
–
companies filing accounts

Deeper numbers

Survival, trouble signs, competition and people for flooring 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)1%
Share of the 3 largest operators1% · 1,301 owners
3 places
3 places
2 places
2 places
2 places

New and established

Openings per 10,000 residents (12 months)0.34
Average age of active businesses9.8 yrs
Younger than 2 years27%
Older than 10 years33%

Distance to the nearest one

Residents more than 5 km from one1,190,069 · 21%
More than 10 km795,055
Farthest parish (5,000+ residents)103.8 km · Dolstad sogn (Vefsn)

Measured from each parish centre.

When businesses open and close

0204060Opened Jan: 45Closed Jan: 0JanOpened Feb: 42Closed Feb: 0Opened Mar: 53Closed Mar: 0MarOpened Apr: 45Closed Apr: 0Opened May: 43Closed May: 0MayOpened Jun: 42Closed Jun: 0Opened Jul: 40Closed Jul: 0JulOpened Aug: 45Closed Aug: 0Opened Sep: 59Closed Sep: 0SepOpened Oct: 40Closed Oct: 0Opened Nov: 45Closed Nov: 0NovOpened Dec: 30Closed Dec: 0
OpenedClosed

Per calendar month, 2021–2025.

Farthest from the nearest flooring

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

PostcodeResidentsDistance
7620 Lemvig12,81112.5 km
6200 Aabenraa28,3797.5 km
6500 Vojens13,6347.1 km
6760 Ribe14,9496.0 km
9600 Aars13,3015.9 km
9310 Vodskov10,7955.6 km
3700 Rønne17,1414.8 km
8960 Randers SØ15,8544.6 km
8620 Kjellerup11,6024.4 km
6630 Rødding10,0044.3 km

Active in Norway over time

05001,0001,5002011Q4 13Q3 16Q2 192022Q4 24Flooring

Openings and closures per year

050100150200Opened 2015: 29Closed 2015: 02015Opened 2016: 25Closed 2016: 0Opened 2017: 51Closed 2017: 02017Opened 2018: 40Closed 2018: 0Opened 2019: 48Closed 2019: 02019Opened 2020: 57Closed 2020: 0Opened 2021: 54Closed 2021: 02021Opened 2022: 63Closed 2022: 0Opened 2023: 96Closed 2023: 02023Opened 2024: 136Closed 2024: 0Opened 2025: 180Closed 2025: 02025Opened 2026: 153Closed 2026: 0
OpenedClosed

Growing fastest

3-year change in active businesses.

Stavanger kommune18+125%
Aurskog-Høland kommune11+120%
Lørenskog kommune24+118%
Sarpsborg kommune19+111%
Drammen kommune36+89%
Moss kommune15+88%
Oslo kommune178+84%
Rælingen kommune11+83%
Skien kommune11+83%
Ullensaker kommune16+78%

Declining

Municipalities where this type is shrinking.

None shrinking noticeably.

All trends for this type →

By region

CountyActivePer 10k3-yr change
Agder631.9+40%
Akershus2753.7+55%
Buskerud873.2+71%
Finnmark91.2+50%
Innlandet802.1+40%
Møre og Romsdal441.6+83%
Nordland331.4+50%
Oslo1782.4+84%
Østfold872.7+78%
Rogaland1072.1+45%
Telemark301.7+58%
Troms191.1+73%
Trøndelag761.6+43%
Vestfold692.7+53%
Vestland1151.7+58%

What's included

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

43.33…Gulvlegging og tapetsering

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