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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.

Health

Physio, chiro & therapy

Fysioterapi, kiropraktikk og behandling

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Active in Norway
23,526
41.8 per 10,000 residents
3-year change
+33.8%
12 months: +9.5%
Opened / closed (12 mo.)
2,047 / 0
Median revenue
–
companies filing accounts

Deeper numbers

Survival, trouble signs, competition and people for physio, chiro & therapy 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)11%
Share of the 3 largest operators1% · 21,403 owners
75 places
50 places
50 places
30 places
29 places

New and established

Openings per 10,000 residents (12 months)3.64
Average age of active businesses10.7 yrs
Younger than 2 years18%
Older than 10 years41%

Distance to the nearest one

Residents more than 5 km from one183,656 · 3%
More than 10 km39,567
Farthest parish (5,000+ residents)6.6 km · Froland sogn (Froland)

Measured from each parish centre.

When businesses open and close

05001,0001,5002,000Opened Jan: 1,991Closed Jan: 0JanOpened Feb: 539Closed Feb: 0Opened Mar: 607Closed Mar: 0MarOpened Apr: 479Closed Apr: 0Opened May: 603Closed May: 0MayOpened Jun: 593Closed Jun: 0Opened Jul: 423Closed Jul: 0JulOpened Aug: 883Closed Aug: 0Opened Sep: 906Closed Sep: 0SepOpened Oct: 583Closed Oct: 0Opened Nov: 582Closed Nov: 0NovOpened Dec: 353Closed Dec: 0
OpenedClosed

Per calendar month, 2021–2025.

Farthest from the nearest physio, chiro & therapy

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 Hadsund10,3161.5 km
6900 Skjern13,1251.4 km
7900 Nykøbing M13,0281.4 km
6200 Aabenraa28,3791.3 km
4220 Korsør17,0821.2 km
7080 Børkop13,8491.1 km
7700 Thisted25,2281.0 km
9300 Sæby12,1711.0 km
9310 Vodskov10,7951.0 km
8300 Odder23,0740.9 km

Active in Norway over time

5,00010k15k20k25k2011Q4 13Q3 16Q2 192022Q4 24Physio, chiro & therapy

Openings and closures per year

01,0002,0003,000Opened 2015: 643Closed 2015: 02015Opened 2016: 593Closed 2016: 0Opened 2017: 687Closed 2017: 02017Opened 2018: 749Closed 2018: 0Opened 2019: 1,088Closed 2019: 02019Opened 2020: 1,132Closed 2020: 0Opened 2021: 1,454Closed 2021: 02021Opened 2022: 1,336Closed 2022: 0Opened 2023: 1,683Closed 2023: 02023Opened 2024: 1,899Closed 2024: 0Opened 2025: 2,170Closed 2025: 02025Opened 2026: 1,645Closed 2026: 0
OpenedClosed

Growing fastest

3-year change in active businesses.

Sirdal kommune9+80%
Sør-Fron kommune9+80%
Nannestad kommune32+68%
Nittedal kommune89+68%
Froland kommune15+67%
Søndre Land kommune18+64%
Tysnes kommune13+63%
Gjerstad kommune13+63%
Vaksdal kommune13+63%
Hemsedal kommune21+62%

Declining

Municipalities where this type is shrinking.

None shrinking noticeably.

All trends for this type →

Most per resident

Densest municipalities (15,000+ residents).

Nesodden kommune73.8
Oslo kommune60.5
Frogn kommune57.2
Bærum kommune55.7
Asker kommune55.4
Tønsberg kommune55.3
Lillehammer kommune53.3
Ringerike kommune53.2
Gjøvik kommune51.0
Færder kommune50.5

By region

CountyActivePer 10k3-yr change
Agder1,18036.4+34%
Akershus3,27843.8+34%
Buskerud1,20844.3+31%
Finnmark28137.3+27%
Innlandet1,51039.8+28%
Møre og Romsdal91233.4+28%
Nordland87936.1+29%
Oslo4,40660.5+42%
Østfold1,25339.6+33%
Rogaland1,76534.7+33%
Telemark69038.8+25%
Troms70140.9+31%
Trøndelag1,75835.9+30%
Vestfold1,15944.7+36%
Vestland2,49537.9+35%

What's included

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

86.93…Psykolog- og psykoterapitjenester, unntatt legetjenester innenfor psykiatri
86.94…Sykepleietjenester og andre helsetjenester i hjemmet
86.95…Fysioterapi- og ergoterapitjenester
86.96…Aktiviteter innenfor tradisjonell, komplementær og alternativ medisin
86.99…Ortopedi- og fotterapitjenester

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