Personal services
Funeral services
Begravelsesbyrå
Deeper numbers
Survival, trouble signs, competition and people for funeral services 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
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
| 19 places | |
| 11 places | |
| 11 places | |
| 9 places | |
| 6 places |
New and established
Distance to the nearest one
Measured from each parish centre.
When businesses open and close
Per calendar month, 2021–2025.
Farthest from the nearest funeral services
Postcodes with at least 10,000 residents, measured from the postcode centre (the average of its addresses) – possible gaps in the local offer.
| Postcode | Residents | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| 6760 Ribe | 14,949 | 17.1 km |
| 6900 Skjern | 13,125 | 16.6 km |
| 7620 Lemvig | 12,811 | 16.3 km |
| 9560 Hadsund | 10,316 | 15.9 km |
| 9440 Aabybro | 11,463 | 14.4 km |
| 9240 Nibe | 12,523 | 12.7 km |
| 5450 Otterup | 10,797 | 11.4 km |
| 7080 Børkop | 13,849 | 9.4 km |
| 8382 Hinnerup | 15,257 | 7.9 km |
| 9230 Svenstrup J | 11,655 | 7.3 km |
Active in Norway over time
Openings and closures per year
Best opportunities
Municipalities with room in the market.
| Trondheim kommune | 72 |
| Oslo kommune | 71 |
| Lillestrøm kommune | 71 |
| Bjørnafjorden kommune | 70 |
| Asker kommune | 69 |
| Melhus kommune | 68 |
| Sandnes kommune | 68 |
| Sola kommune | 68 |
| Klepp kommune | 68 |
| Nesodden kommune | 68 |
Growing fastest
3-year change in active businesses.
| Oslo kommune | 41 | +58% |
| Sandefjord kommune | 9 | +50% |
| Drammen kommune | 13 | +44% |
| Eidskog kommune | 7 | +40% |
| Bergen kommune | 18 | +29% |
| Tønsberg kommune | 9 | +29% |
| Bærum kommune | 9 | +29% |
| Askøy kommune | 6 | +20% |
| Lillestrøm kommune | 7 | +17% |
| Asker kommune | 8 | +14% |
Declining
Municipalities where this type is shrinking.
| None shrinking noticeably. |
Most per resident
Densest municipalities (15,000+ residents).
| Ringerike kommune | 4.4 |
| Kinn kommune | 2.9 |
| Alta kommune | 2.7 |
| Steinkjer kommune | 2.1 |
| Askøy kommune | 2.0 |
| Time kommune | 2.0 |
| Eigersund kommune | 1.9 |
| Kristiansund kommune | 1.6 |
| Orkland kommune | 1.6 |
| Grimstad kommune | 1.6 |
By region
| County | Active | Per 10k | 3-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agder | 28 | 0.9 | 0% |
| Akershus | 50 | 0.7 | +11% |
| Buskerud | 50 | 1.8 | +16% |
| Finnmark | 17 | 2.3 | +6% |
| Innlandet | 69 | 1.8 | +13% |
| Møre og Romsdal | 36 | 1.3 | +13% |
| Nordland | 41 | 1.7 | +11% |
| Oslo | 41 | 0.6 | +58% |
| Østfold | 25 | 0.8 | 0% |
| Rogaland | 42 | 0.8 | +11% |
| Telemark | 21 | 1.2 | +5% |
| Troms | 16 | 0.9 | +7% |
| Trøndelag | 46 | 0.9 | +5% |
| Vestfold | 29 | 1.1 | +26% |
| Vestland | 71 | 1.1 | +15% |
What's included
Businesses whose main Norwegian industry code (SN2025) starts with:
96.30… | Begravelsesbyråvirksomhet og lignende tjenester |
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