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Bankruptcies
The statistics give an overview of bankruptcies in Norway and are based on data from the Bankruptcy Register.
Updated: 28 January 2025
Next update: 28 April 2025
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- BankruptciesDownload table as ...Bankruptcies
1st quarter 2024 2nd quarter 2024 3rd quarter 2024 4th quarter 2024 Total number of bankruptcies 1 133 1 272 939 1 199 Bankruptices related to enterprises 970 1 085 856 1 006 Personal bankruptcies, incl. sole proprietorships 163 187 83 193 Bankruptcies in construction 335 400 267 323 Bankruptcies in wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 224 210 171 224 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Bankruptcies, by industrial activityDownload table as ...Bankruptcies, by industrial activity
4th quarter 2023 4th quarter 2024 Bankruptcies related to enterprises, excl. sole proprietorships Bankruptcies related to sole proprietorships, incl. personal bankruptcies Bankruptcies related to enterprises, excl. sole proprietorships Bankruptcies related to sole proprietorships, incl. personal bankruptcies Total 986 200 1 006 193 Agriculture, forestry and fishing 15 8 14 3 Mining and quarrying 0 0 1 0 Manufacturing 36 3 47 3 Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 2 0 2 0 Water supply 1 0 2 0 Construction 264 87 248 75 Wholesale and retail trade 178 13 210 14 Transportation and storage 48 35 48 29 Accommodation and food service activities 135 5 109 7 Information and communication 46 7 43 8 Financial and insurance activities 9 0 4 0 Real estate activities 26 0 53 1 Professional, scientific and technical activities 77 11 91 17 Administrative and support service activities 56 12 46 14 Public administration and defence 0 0 0 0 Education 5 0 7 1 Human health and social work activities 12 3 12 2 Arts, entertainment and recreation 16 4 17 3 Other service activities 31 6 24 7 Activities of household as employers 0 0 0 0 Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies 0 0 0 0 Unknown industry 29 6 28 9 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Bankruptcies, turnover and persons employed, by industrial activityDownload table as ...Bankruptcies, turnover and persons employed, by industrial activity
4th quarter 2023 4th quarter 2024 Bankruptcies Turnover in NOK 1 000 Persons employed Bankruptcies Turnover in NOK 1 000 Persons employed Total 1 186 6 853 865 3 826 1 199 8 088 694 4 357 Bankruptcies related to enterprises except sole proprietorships 986 5 923 344 3 637 1 006 7 927 724 4 159 Agriculture, forestry and fishing 15 43 162 23 14 28 329 20 Mining and quarrying 0 0 0 1 .. 0 Manufacturing 36 .. 99 47 781 674 427 Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 2 .. 1 2 .. 6 Water supply 1 .. 1 2 .. 2 Construction 264 2 542 264 1 198 248 2 256 800 1 116 Wholesale and retail trade 178 1 210 948 634 210 3 126 723 1 014 Transportation and storage 48 269 268 187 48 189 933 150 Accommodation and food service activities 135 371 513 512 109 344 600 479 Information and communication 46 369 838 124 43 60 066 108 Financial and insurance activities 9 26 6 4 0 3 Real estate activities 26 39 615 14 53 .. 63 Professional, scientific and technical activities 77 397 446 253 91 307 822 197 Administrative and support service activities 56 294 396 438 46 298 276 335 Public administration and defence 0 0 0 0 0 0 Education 5 1 724 0 7 .. 6 Human health and social work activities 12 .. 35 12 .. 75 Arts, entertainment and recreation 16 27 265 35 17 135 707 88 Other service activities 31 43 129 69 24 37 779 63 Activities of household as employers 0 0 0 0 0 0 Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies 0 0 0 0 0 0 Unknown industry 29 16 443 8 28 9 895 7 Sole proprietorships incl. personal bankruptcies 200 930 521 189 193 160 970 198 Agriculture, forestry and fishing 8 5 943 8 3 1 448 3 Mining and quarrying 0 0 0 0 0 0 Manufacturing 3 .. 1 3 659 2 Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 0 0 0 0 0 0 Water supply 0 0 0 0 0 0 Construction 87 64 744 62 75 74 354 88 Wholesale and retail trade 13 793 009 11 14 5 099 10 Transportation and storage 35 25 278 39 29 40 286 39 Accommodation and food service activities 5 13 531 26 7 11 388 14 Information and communication 7 1 263 5 8 4 010 4 Financial and insurance activities 0 0 0 0 0 0 Real estate activities 0 0 0 1 .. 3 Professional, scientific and technical activities 11 10 541 9 17 7 690 8 Administrative and support service activities 12 4 098 11 14 10 078 19 Public administration and defence 0 0 0 0 0 0 Education 0 0 0 1 .. 1 Human health and social work activities 3 .. 11 2 .. 1 Arts, entertainment and recreation 4 1 294 2 3 1 002 1 Other service activities 6 1 785 3 7 1 905 4 Activities of household as employers 0 0 0 0 0 0 Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies 0 0 0 0 0 0 Unknown industry 6 215 1 9 306 1 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Bankruptcies in private limited companies and public limited companies, by county and share capital (in NOK)Download table as ...Bankruptcies in private limited companies and public limited companies, by county and share capital (in NOK)
4th quarter 2023 4th quarter 2024 Total Less than 51 000 51 000-100 000 101 000-250 000 251 000-500 000 More than 500 000 Total Less than 51 000 51 000-100 000 101 000-250 000 251 000-500 000 More than 500 000 Total 973 615 123 77 46 112 991 627 156 52 48 108 Østfold 0 0 0 0 0 0 59 40 9 3 3 4 Akershus 0 0 0 0 0 0 149 105 19 7 7 11 Viken (2020-2023) 201 147 22 7 11 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oslo 195 138 21 11 9 16 163 100 35 8 3 17 Innlandet 48 29 7 5 1 6 40 29 4 1 1 5 Buskerud 0 0 0 0 0 0 63 50 6 2 3 2 Vestfold 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 39 8 0 0 10 Telemark 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 24 5 3 2 4 Vestfold og Telemark (2020-2023) 103 70 11 6 4 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 Agder 51 29 6 6 4 6 76 52 10 2 4 8 Rogaland 55 33 9 2 2 9 58 34 12 3 4 5 Vestland 99 49 18 11 4 17 82 43 12 6 8 13 Møre og Romsdal 47 25 5 2 5 10 44 23 7 5 3 6 Trøndelag - Trööndelage 87 46 14 11 5 11 82 46 17 5 4 10 Nordland - Nordlánnda 47 26 8 8 0 5 38 18 7 5 1 7 Troms - Romsa - Tromssa 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 17 4 0 2 3 Finnmark - Finnmárku - Finmarkku 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 7 1 2 3 3 Troms og Finnmark - Romsa ja Finnmárku (2020-2023) 37 23 2 6 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 Svalbard 3 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Bankruptcies, by county and legal formDownload table as ...Bankruptcies, by county and legal form
4th quarter 2023 4th quarter 2024 Total Sole proprietorships incl. personal bankruptcy General Partnership Private limited company Public limited company Company with limited liability Norwegian division of foreign enterprise Other legal form Unknown Total Sole proprietorships incl. personal bankruptcy General Partnership Private limited company Public limited company Company with limited liability Norwegian division of foreign enterprise Other legal form Unknown Total 1 067 185 1 870 0 0 8 3 0 1 199 193 0 990 1 0 5 10 0 Østfold 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 84 25 0 59 0 0 0 0 0 Akershus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 201 49 0 148 1 0 1 2 0 Viken (2020-2023) 279 76 0 201 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oslo 235 38 0 195 0 0 1 1 0 206 43 0 163 0 0 0 0 0 Innlandet 65 15 0 48 0 0 2 0 0 51 9 0 40 0 0 1 1 0 Buskerud 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 79 15 0 63 0 0 0 1 0 Vestfold 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 59 2 0 57 0 0 0 0 0 Telemark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 2 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 Agder 59 8 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 81 4 0 76 0 0 0 1 0 Rogaland 61 5 1 55 0 0 0 0 0 70 10 0 58 0 0 1 1 0 Vestland 114 15 0 99 0 0 0 0 0 95 11 0 82 0 0 0 2 0 Møre og Romsdal 49 2 0 47 0 0 0 0 0 51 5 0 44 0 0 1 1 0 Trøndelag - Trööndelage 109 21 0 87 0 0 1 0 0 89 6 0 82 0 0 0 1 0 Nordland - Nordlánnda 49 1 0 47 0 0 1 0 0 43 4 0 38 0 0 1 0 0 Troms - Romsa - Tromssa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 6 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 Finnmark - Finnmárku - Finmarkku 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 2 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 Troms og Finnmark - Romsa ja Finnmárku (2020-2023) 43 3 0 37 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Svalbard 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 County not stated 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ...
About the statistics
The information under «About the statistics» was last updated 23 April 2021.
All juridical objects, which includes all types of firms/enterprises and individuals who have unpaid accounts and are by definition insolvent, can be declared bankrupt. Insolvency is defined as: "When one cannot fulfil its obligations after they have matured." An exception from this is when the insolvency is incidental.