Professional services
IT & software services
IT og programvare
Deeper numbers
Survival, trouble signs, competition and people for it & software 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
Equity and losses from annual reports 2025.
Financial health
Medians of companies that filed annual reports for 2025 - 12,215 companies.
Competition
| 32 places | |
| 21 places | |
| 18 places | |
| 16 places | |
| 15 places |
New and established
Distance to the nearest one
Measured from each parish centre.
When businesses open and close
Per calendar month, 2021–2025. Not available yet: closures are only known from 3 October 2026.
Farthest from the nearest it & software 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2040 Kløfta | 11,713 | 0.6 km |
| 1405 Langhus | 12,563 | 0.2 km |
| 1900 Fetsund | 10,843 | 0.2 km |
Active in Norway over time
Openings and closures per year
Best opportunities
Municipalities with room in the market.
| Holtålen kommune | 86 |
| Leirfjord kommune | 84 |
| Hå kommune | 83 |
| Hjartdal kommune | 80 |
| Luster kommune | 80 |
| Oppdal kommune | 77 |
| Frøya kommune | 76 |
| Gildeskål kommune | 75 |
| Nesna kommune | 74 |
| Øvre Eiker kommune | 74 |
Growing fastest
3-year change in active businesses.
| Not available yet: closures are only known from 3 October 2026. |
Declining
Municipalities where this type is shrinking.
| Not available yet: closures are only known from 3 October 2026. |
Most per resident
Densest municipalities (15,000+ residents).
| Oslo kommune | 99.2 |
| Bærum kommune | 80.6 |
| Asker kommune | 70.5 |
| Nesodden kommune | 65.7 |
| Frogn kommune | 63.9 |
| Nordre Follo kommune | 59.3 |
| Trondheim kommune | 59.0 |
| Ås kommune | 52.4 |
| Færder kommune | 50.8 |
| Nittedal kommune | 50.3 |
Financials of companies filing accounts
Based on annual accounts from the Register of Company Accounts (Brønnøysund). Sole proprietorships don't file accounts.
By year
| Year | Filers | Median revenue | Middle 50% | Profitable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12,215 | NOK 722k | NOK 47k – NOK 3.4m | 50% |
| 2024 | 10,504 | NOK 1.2m | NOK 160k – NOK 4.2m | 54% |
| 2023 | 9,138 | NOK 1.3m | NOK 192k – NOK 4.4m | 56% |
| 2022 | 287 | NOK 1.7m | NOK 287k – NOK 5.9m | 45% |
| 2021 | 43 | NOK 1.1m | NOK 270k – NOK 4.1m | 44% |
| 2020 | 10 | NOK 1.6m | NOK 255k – NOK 2.2m | 40% |
| 2019 | 4 | NOK 4.8m | – – – | 75% |
| 2018 | 2 | – | – – – | – |
| 2017 | 2 | – | – – – | – |
By region
| County | Active | Per 10k | 3-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agder | 1,148 | 35.4 | – |
| Akershus | 4,039 | 53.9 | – |
| Buskerud | 938 | 34.4 | – |
| Finnmark | 160 | 21.3 | – |
| Innlandet | 911 | 24.0 | – |
| Møre og Romsdal | 725 | 26.5 | – |
| Nordland | 456 | 18.7 | – |
| Oslo | 7,228 | 99.2 | – |
| Østfold | 1,098 | 34.7 | – |
| Rogaland | 1,746 | 34.3 | – |
| Telemark | 473 | 26.6 | – |
| Troms | 478 | 27.9 | – |
| Trøndelag | 1,812 | 37.0 | – |
| Vestfold | 1,203 | 46.4 | – |
| Vestland | 2,307 | 35.0 | – |
What's included
Businesses whose main Norwegian industry code (SN2025) starts with:
62.10… | Dataprogrammeringstjenester |
62.20… | Konsulentvirksomhet tilknyttet informasjonsteknologi og forvaltning og drift av IT-systemer |
62.90… | Andre tjenester tilknyttet informasjonsteknologi |
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