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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

Plumber & heating

Rørlegger og VVS

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Active in Norway
6,305
11.2 per 10,000 residents
3-year change
+35.4%
12 months: +11.6%
Opened / closed (12 mo.)
654 / 0
Median revenue
–
companies filing accounts

Deeper numbers

Survival, trouble signs, competition and people for plumber & heating 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)5%
Share of the 3 largest operators2% · 6,014 owners
53 places
53 places
20 places
13 places
9 places

New and established

Openings per 10,000 residents (12 months)1.16
Average age of active businesses13.9 yrs
Younger than 2 years19%
Older than 10 years45%

Distance to the nearest one

Residents more than 5 km from one311,353 · 6%
More than 10 km123,846
Farthest parish (5,000+ residents)5.8 km · Balsfjord og Malangen sogn (Balsfjord)

Measured from each parish centre.

When businesses open and close

0100200300Opened Jan: 290Closed Jan: 0JanOpened Feb: 181Closed Feb: 0Opened Mar: 190Closed Mar: 0MarOpened Apr: 141Closed Apr: 0Opened May: 141Closed May: 0MayOpened Jun: 161Closed Jun: 0Opened Jul: 109Closed Jul: 0JulOpened Aug: 163Closed Aug: 0Opened Sep: 206Closed Sep: 0SepOpened Oct: 171Closed Oct: 0Opened Nov: 165Closed Nov: 0NovOpened Dec: 107Closed Dec: 0
OpenedClosed

Per calendar month, 2021–2025.

Farthest from the nearest plumber & heating

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

PostcodeResidentsDistance
6630 Rødding10,0043.3 km
6430 Nordborg11,3213.2 km
9560 Hadsund10,3163.1 km
5450 Otterup10,7972.9 km
7700 Thisted25,2282.4 km
4180 Sorø16,0482.3 km
6800 Varde22,3562.1 km
7080 Børkop13,8492.1 km
8960 Randers SØ15,8541.8 km
8200 Aarhus N38,5011.8 km

Active in Norway over time

02,0004,0006,0008,0002011Q4 13Q3 16Q2 192022Q4 24Plumber & heating

Openings and closures per year

0200400600Opened 2015: 142Closed 2015: 02015Opened 2016: 181Closed 2016: 0Opened 2017: 194Closed 2017: 02017Opened 2018: 199Closed 2018: 0Opened 2019: 256Closed 2019: 02019Opened 2020: 243Closed 2020: 0Opened 2021: 305Closed 2021: 02021Opened 2022: 308Closed 2022: 0Opened 2023: 384Closed 2023: 02023Opened 2024: 471Closed 2024: 0Opened 2025: 557Closed 2025: 02025Opened 2026: 534Closed 2026: 0
OpenedClosed

Declining

Municipalities where this type is shrinking.

None shrinking noticeably.

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By region

CountyActivePer 10k3-yr change
Agder33710.4+32%
Akershus96712.9+43%
Buskerud40915.0+31%
Finnmark7610.1+27%
Innlandet42811.3+35%
Møre og Romsdal27510.1+29%
Nordland26410.9+27%
Oslo6158.4+43%
Østfold47515.0+44%
Rogaland4037.9+30%
Telemark21912.3+30%
Troms19211.2+34%
Trøndelag49510.1+33%
Vestfold30911.9+29%
Vestland71510.9+33%

What's included

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

43.22…Rørleggerarbeid

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