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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.

Retail

Second-hand & antiques

Bruktbutikk og antikk

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Active in Norway
1,113
2.0 per 10,000 residents
3-year change
+92.2%
12 months: +28.2%
Opened / closed (12 mo.)
245 / 0
Median revenue
–
companies filing accounts

Deeper numbers

Survival, trouble signs, competition and people for second-hand & antiques 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 operators4% · 1,062 owners
29 places
11 places
3 places
3 places
2 places

New and established

Openings per 10,000 residents (12 months)0.44
Average age of active businesses7.5 yrs
Younger than 2 years39%
Older than 10 years22%

Distance to the nearest one

Residents more than 5 km from one1,196,924 · 21%
More than 10 km738,797
Farthest parish (5,000+ residents)48.2 km · Kinn sogn (Kinn)

Measured from each parish centre.

When businesses open and close

020406080Opened Jan: 74Closed Jan: 0JanOpened Feb: 38Closed Feb: 0Opened Mar: 53Closed Mar: 0MarOpened Apr: 30Closed Apr: 0Opened May: 54Closed May: 0MayOpened Jun: 42Closed Jun: 0Opened Jul: 34Closed Jul: 0JulOpened Aug: 47Closed Aug: 0Opened Sep: 44Closed Sep: 0SepOpened Oct: 50Closed Oct: 0Opened Nov: 47Closed Nov: 0NovOpened Dec: 28Closed Dec: 0
OpenedClosed

Per calendar month, 2021–2025.

Farthest from the nearest second-hand & antiques

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

PostcodeResidentsDistance
6800 Varde22,35610.7 km
6430 Nordborg11,3214.0 km
6715 Esbjerg N11,7103.0 km
7700 Thisted25,2282.9 km
5450 Otterup10,7972.9 km
6950 Ringkøbing13,9852.4 km
7900 Nykøbing M13,0282.3 km
8300 Odder23,0742.2 km
9300 Sæby12,1712.1 km
6630 Rødding10,0042.1 km

Active in Norway over time

05001,0001,5002011Q4 13Q3 16Q2 192022Q4 24Second-hand & antiques

Openings and closures per year

0100200300Opened 2015: 18Closed 2015: 02015Opened 2016: 25Closed 2016: 0Opened 2017: 17Closed 2017: 02017Opened 2018: 32Closed 2018: 0Opened 2019: 33Closed 2019: 02019Opened 2020: 49Closed 2020: 0Opened 2021: 66Closed 2021: 02021Opened 2022: 72Closed 2022: 0Opened 2023: 75Closed 2023: 02023Opened 2024: 117Closed 2024: 0Opened 2025: 211Closed 2025: 02025Opened 2026: 195Closed 2026: 0
OpenedClosed

Growing fastest

3-year change in active businesses.

Lillestrøm kommune18+260%
Asker kommune18+200%
Sandnes kommune19+171%
Halden kommune11+120%
Bergen kommune67+103%
Ullensaker kommune10+100%
Grimstad kommune10+100%
Lørenskog kommune10+100%
Stavanger kommune33+94%
Sarpsborg kommune19+90%

Declining

Municipalities where this type is shrinking.

None shrinking noticeably.

All trends for this type →

By region

CountyActivePer 10k3-yr change
Agder702.2+75%
Akershus1431.9+127%
Buskerud491.8+75%
Finnmark111.5+57%
Innlandet782.1+56%
Møre og Romsdal391.4+117%
Nordland241.0+167%
Oslo1892.6+69%
Østfold752.4+92%
Rogaland921.8+119%
Telemark553.1+62%
Troms231.3+77%
Trøndelag791.6+103%
Vestfold602.3+94%
Vestland1201.8+135%

What's included

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

47.79…Detaljhandel med brukte varer

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