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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

Painter & decorator

Maler

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Active in Norway
4,210
7.5 per 10,000 residents
3-year change
+46.7%
12 months: +14.3%
Opened / closed (12 mo.)
527 / 0
Median revenue
–
companies filing accounts

Deeper numbers

Survival, trouble signs, competition and people for painter & decorator 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 operators0% · 4,181 owners
4 places
4 places
3 places
3 places
3 places

New and established

Openings per 10,000 residents (12 months)0.94
Average age of active businesses11.0 yrs
Younger than 2 years23%
Older than 10 years36%

Distance to the nearest one

Residents more than 5 km from one539,618 · 10%
More than 10 km274,094
Farthest parish (5,000+ residents)21.3 km · Hadsel sogn (Hadsel)

Measured from each parish centre.

When businesses open and close

050100150200Opened Jan: 192Closed Jan: 0JanOpened Feb: 119Closed Feb: 0Opened Mar: 145Closed Mar: 0MarOpened Apr: 148Closed Apr: 0Opened May: 176Closed May: 0MayOpened Jun: 170Closed Jun: 0Opened Jul: 136Closed Jul: 0JulOpened Aug: 129Closed Aug: 0Opened Sep: 127Closed Sep: 0SepOpened Oct: 129Closed Oct: 0Opened Nov: 97Closed Nov: 0NovOpened Dec: 61Closed Dec: 0
OpenedClosed

Per calendar month, 2021–2025.

Farthest from the nearest painter & decorator

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 Hadsund10,3163.8 km
7700 Thisted25,2283.2 km
6950 Ringkøbing13,9852.7 km
8250 Egå11,6882.7 km
8960 Randers SØ15,8542.6 km
6900 Skjern13,1251.9 km
8300 Odder23,0741.8 km
9440 Aabybro11,4631.7 km
6715 Esbjerg N11,7101.7 km
6200 Aabenraa28,3791.7 km

Active in Norway over time

01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0002011Q4 13Q3 16Q2 192022Q4 24Painter & decorator

Openings and closures per year

0200400600Opened 2015: 99Closed 2015: 02015Opened 2016: 120Closed 2016: 0Opened 2017: 120Closed 2017: 02017Opened 2018: 122Closed 2018: 0Opened 2019: 183Closed 2019: 02019Opened 2020: 194Closed 2020: 0Opened 2021: 240Closed 2021: 02021Opened 2022: 252Closed 2022: 0Opened 2023: 283Closed 2023: 02023Opened 2024: 367Closed 2024: 0Opened 2025: 487Closed 2025: 02025Opened 2026: 446Closed 2026: 0
OpenedClosed

Growing fastest

3-year change in active businesses.

Holmestrand kommune22+120%
Modum kommune17+113%
Grimstad kommune23+109%
Stavanger kommune104+104%
Melhus kommune12+100%
Rælingen kommune15+88%
Stord kommune11+83%
Risør kommune9+80%
Frogn kommune16+78%
Bjørnafjorden kommune30+76%

Declining

Municipalities where this type is shrinking.

None shrinking noticeably.

All trends for this type →

By region

CountyActivePer 10k3-yr change
Agder2517.7+46%
Akershus7329.8+49%
Buskerud2428.9+40%
Finnmark334.4+43%
Innlandet2506.6+34%
Møre og Romsdal1455.3+58%
Nordland1245.1+41%
Oslo6198.5+46%
Østfold3099.8+36%
Rogaland3476.8+66%
Telemark1317.4+44%
Troms754.4+56%
Trøndelag2765.6+53%
Vestfold2318.9+56%
Vestland3966.0+41%

What's included

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

43.34…Maler- og glassarbeid

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