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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

Toy & hobby shop

Leker og hobby

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Active in Norway
3,029
5.4 per 10,000 residents
3-year change
+52.4%
12 months: +20.6%
Opened / closed (12 mo.)
517 / 0
Median revenue
–
companies filing accounts

Deeper numbers

Survival, trouble signs, competition and people for toy & hobby shop 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)17%
Share of the 3 largest operators12% · 2,534 owners
166 places
160 places
32 places
31 places
24 places

New and established

Openings per 10,000 residents (12 months)0.92
Average age of active businesses12.9 yrs
Younger than 2 years28%
Older than 10 years41%

Distance to the nearest one

Residents more than 5 km from one704,429 · 13%
More than 10 km375,673
Farthest parish (5,000+ residents)21.1 km · Eidskog sogn (Eidskog)

Measured from each parish centre.

When businesses open and close

050100150Opened Jan: 150Closed Jan: 0JanOpened Feb: 73Closed Feb: 0Opened Mar: 67Closed Mar: 0MarOpened Apr: 68Closed Apr: 0Opened May: 77Closed May: 0MayOpened Jun: 65Closed Jun: 0Opened Jul: 69Closed Jul: 0JulOpened Aug: 76Closed Aug: 0Opened Sep: 107Closed Sep: 0SepOpened Oct: 101Closed Oct: 0Opened Nov: 92Closed Nov: 0NovOpened Dec: 66Closed Dec: 0
OpenedClosed

Per calendar month, 2021–2025.

Farthest from the nearest toy & hobby shop

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

PostcodeResidentsDistance
6430 Nordborg11,3219.3 km
9560 Hadsund10,3165.2 km
7700 Thisted25,2284.3 km
5450 Otterup10,7973.0 km
6950 Ringkøbing13,9853.0 km
6630 Rødding10,0042.5 km
5260 Odense S19,1842.5 km
7200 Grindsted14,1002.4 km
7900 Nykøbing M13,0282.2 km
8930 Randers NØ18,8112.1 km

Active in Norway over time

01,0002,0003,0004,0002011Q4 13Q3 16Q2 192022Q4 24Toy & hobby shop

Openings and closures per year

0200400600Opened 2015: 66Closed 2015: 02015Opened 2016: 67Closed 2016: 0Opened 2017: 59Closed 2017: 02017Opened 2018: 101Closed 2018: 0Opened 2019: 78Closed 2019: 02019Opened 2020: 110Closed 2020: 0Opened 2021: 150Closed 2021: 02021Opened 2022: 133Closed 2022: 0Opened 2023: 140Closed 2023: 02023Opened 2024: 210Closed 2024: 0Opened 2025: 378Closed 2025: 02025Opened 2026: 424Closed 2026: 0
OpenedClosed

Growing fastest

3-year change in active businesses.

Eidsvoll kommune14+133%
Sola kommune13+117%
Ringsaker kommune13+117%
Bjørnafjorden kommune17+113%
Sunnfjord kommune16+100%
Kristiansand kommune78+100%
Øygarden kommune17+89%
Færder kommune11+83%
Ås kommune9+80%
Lyngdal kommune9+80%

Declining

Municipalities where this type is shrinking.

None shrinking noticeably.

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By region

CountyActivePer 10k3-yr change
Agder2136.6+66%
Akershus3745.0+50%
Buskerud1525.6+48%
Finnmark405.3+60%
Innlandet1834.8+48%
Møre og Romsdal1314.8+54%
Nordland1174.8+39%
Oslo4686.4+73%
Østfold1735.5+41%
Rogaland2494.9+49%
Telemark1086.1+57%
Troms633.7+37%
Trøndelag2324.7+44%
Vestfold1315.1+56%
Vestland3505.3+51%

What's included

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

47.51…Detaljhandel med tekstiler og utstyrsvarer
47.64…Detaljhandel med spill og leker
47.69…Detaljhandel med kulturvarer ikke nevnt annet sted

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