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Bankruptcies
The statistics give an overview of bankruptcies in Norway and are based on data from the Bankruptcy Register.
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3rd quarter 2025 4th quarter 2025 1st quarter 2026 2nd quarter 2026 Total number of bankruptcies 911 1 012 920 950 Bankruptices related to enterprises 833 866 889 930 Personal bankruptcies, incl. sole proprietorships 78 146 31 20 Bankruptcies in construction 224 246 250 237 Bankruptcies in wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 147 157 135 141 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Bankruptcies, by industrial activityDownload table as ...Bankruptcies, by industrial activity
2nd quarter 2025 2nd quarter 2026 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 989 155 930 20 Agriculture, forestry and fishing 10 5 9 1 Mining and quarrying 0 0 0 0 Manufacturing 29 3 30 0 Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 1 0 0 0 Water supply 2 0 0 0 Construction 275 61 230 7 Wholesale and retail trade 170 7 140 1 Transportation and storage 51 23 71 4 Accommodation and food service activities 98 3 111 2 Information and communication 51 4 52 0 Financial and insurance activities 0 0 0 0 Real estate activities 76 1 61 0 Professional, scientific and technical activities 90 14 78 3 Administrative and support service activities 56 16 57 0 Public administration and defence 0 0 0 0 Education 8 0 12 0 Human health and social work activities 12 3 13 0 Arts, entertainment and recreation 17 4 12 1 Other service activities 27 2 27 1 Activities of household as employers 0 0 0 0 Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies 0 0 0 0 Unknown industry 16 9 27 0 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Bankruptcies, turnover and persons employed, by industrial activityDownload table as ...Bankruptcies, turnover and persons employed, by industrial activity
2nd quarter 2025 2nd quarter 2026 Bankruptcies Turnover in NOK 1 000 Persons employed Bankruptcies Turnover in NOK 1 000 Persons employed Total 1 144 6 518 245 4 445 950 4 716 711 3 422 Bankruptcies related to enterprises except sole proprietorships 989 6 415 512 4 293 930 4 693 917 3 363 Agriculture, forestry and fishing 10 6 555 0 9 .. 13 Mining and quarrying 0 0 0 0 0 0 Manufacturing 29 600 391 231 30 578 093 418 Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 1 .. 0 0 0 0 Water supply 2 .. 1 0 0 0 Construction 275 2 441 127 1 280 230 1 096 084 758 Wholesale and retail trade 170 1 373 763 740 140 .. 504 Transportation and storage 51 354 580 305 71 660 288 542 Accommodation and food service activities 98 422 789 509 111 .. 486 Information and communication 51 170 932 118 52 32 659 29 Financial and insurance activities 0 0 0 0 0 0 Real estate activities 76 .. 39 61 105 287 43 Professional, scientific and technical activities 90 260 588 217 78 373 756 289 Administrative and support service activities 56 420 779 658 57 133 212 142 Public administration and defence 0 0 0 0 0 0 Education 8 27 959 54 12 29 846 15 Human health and social work activities 12 10 610 32 13 13 557 9 Arts, entertainment and recreation 17 45 068 52 12 .. 29 Other service activities 27 27 324 57 27 .. 84 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 16 1 323 0 27 2 593 2 Sole proprietorships incl. personal bankruptcies 155 102 733 152 20 22 794 59 Agriculture, forestry and fishing 5 2 017 4 1 .. 0 Mining and quarrying 0 0 0 0 0 0 Manufacturing 3 2 564 3 0 0 0 Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 0 0 0 0 0 0 Water supply 0 0 0 0 0 0 Construction 61 51 107 78 7 8 412 10 Wholesale and retail trade 7 12 000 11 1 .. 2 Transportation and storage 23 13 874 21 4 370 1 Accommodation and food service activities 3 1 783 2 2 .. 39 Information and communication 4 1 949 3 0 0 0 Financial and insurance activities 0 0 0 0 0 0 Real estate activities 1 .. 1 0 0 0 Professional, scientific and technical activities 14 6 125 11 3 3 272 5 Administrative and support service activities 16 7 003 12 0 0 0 Public administration and defence 0 0 0 0 0 0 Education 0 0 0 0 0 0 Human health and social work activities 3 1 814 3 0 0 0 Arts, entertainment and recreation 4 1 308 2 1 .. 0 Other service activities 2 .. 1 1 .. 2 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 9 .. .. 0 0 0 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)
2nd quarter 2025 2nd quarter 2026 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 974 643 146 56 30 99 924 386 66 37 21 414 Østfold 67 46 13 3 1 4 63 32 3 1 0 27 Akershus 119 88 13 6 3 9 155 57 11 3 5 79 Viken (2020-2023) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oslo - Oslove 201 145 30 7 4 15 200 95 12 8 2 83 Innlandet 64 33 8 7 3 13 56 22 6 5 1 22 Buskerud 65 29 23 3 3 7 32 19 2 0 1 10 Vestfold 40 30 2 6 0 2 35 17 1 0 2 15 Telemark 22 10 8 0 1 3 29 9 1 0 2 17 Vestfold og Telemark (2020-2023) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Agder 46 29 8 5 2 2 46 16 4 3 1 22 Rogaland 69 45 9 1 4 10 72 29 8 2 2 31 Vestland 99 66 11 6 4 12 80 26 4 8 1 41 Møre og Romsdal 49 28 8 3 0 10 32 15 3 2 0 12 Trøndelag - Trööndelage 74 49 11 5 1 8 75 29 7 2 1 36 Nordland - Nordlánnda 25 18 0 1 2 4 27 11 1 0 3 12 Troms - Romsa - Tromssa 22 18 2 1 1 0 17 7 3 2 0 5 Finnmark - Finnmárku - Finmarkku 12 9 0 2 1 0 5 2 0 1 0 2 Troms og Finnmark - Romsa ja Finnmárku (2020-2023) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Svalbard 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
2nd quarter 2025 2nd quarter 2026 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 1 144 155 0 974 0 0 4 11 0 949 19 1 923 1 0 2 3 0 Østfold 79 11 0 67 0 0 1 0 0 64 0 0 63 0 0 0 1 0 Akershus 159 38 0 119 0 0 1 1 0 158 3 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 Viken (2020-2023) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oslo - Oslove 243 41 0 201 0 0 0 1 0 202 2 0 200 0 0 0 0 0 Innlandet 69 4 0 64 0 0 0 1 0 60 4 0 56 0 0 0 0 0 Buskerud 72 6 0 65 0 0 0 1 0 32 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 Vestfold 49 9 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 35 0 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 Telemark 29 7 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 30 1 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 Agder 50 3 0 46 0 0 0 1 0 48 2 0 45 1 0 0 0 0 Rogaland 77 7 0 69 0 0 0 1 0 75 3 0 72 0 0 0 0 0 Vestland 112 12 0 99 0 0 0 1 0 81 0 1 80 0 0 0 0 0 Møre og Romsdal 55 3 0 49 0 0 1 2 0 34 1 0 32 0 0 0 1 0 Trøndelag - Trööndelage 85 9 0 74 0 0 0 2 0 79 3 0 75 0 0 0 1 0 Nordland - Nordlánnda 29 3 0 25 0 0 1 0 0 28 0 0 27 0 0 1 0 0 Troms - Romsa - Tromssa 22 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 Finnmark - Finnmárku - Finmarkku 14 2 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 Troms og Finnmark - Romsa ja Finnmárku (2020-2023) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Svalbard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 County not stated 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 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.
Name: Bankruptcies
Topic: Establishments, enterprises and accounts
Division for Business Dynamics Statistics
National, county and municipality level
Monthly and quarterly
The monthly bankruptcy statistics is based on information from the Register of Bankruptcies in Brønnøysund, which Statistics Norway receives once a month. The data contains data on bankruptcies from the 15th of the previous month to the 15th of the current month. The data is revised so that the file contains data for the whole previous month. Monthly numbers of bankruptcies, forced sales and registration execution proceedings are published in table 07218 in StatBank. Other monthly numbers are published in table 09695 og 08551 in StatBank.
Quarterly bankruptcy statistics is based on monthly data, which Statistics Norway receives from the Register of Bankruptcies in Brønnøysund. It is published at the end of the following month after each quarter.
Data is part of a delivery til OECD and a voluntary data collection to Eurostat.
Micro data and information on population are temporarily stored in the program language SAS and over the long term as text files. A main file is updated with new data each month. StatBank is updated each quarter.
The purpose of the statistics is to give a survey on bankruptcies in Norway. Furthermore, it provides a categorisation by county, industry, ownership, as well as number of employees, turnover and amount of share capital.
Data on bankruptcies is available from 1920, and for some industries from 1929. Data from 1981 is available in a database.
From 1995 onwards, it has been possible to identify personal bankruptcies. From the same year, categorisation by industries was based on a new industry standard, called SN94. The Central Register of Establishments and Enterprises is used to categorise the statistics by industries.
Categorisation by industry for personal bankruptcies is mainly based on information from the probate registry. From 1995 to 2001, personal bankruptcies were given a 2-digit industry code by the probate registry. From 2001 onwards, Statistics Norway has determined the 2-digit industry code based on profession descriptions from the Register of Bankruptcies.
The data from the Register of Bankruptcies in Brønnøysund is supplemented with information from the Business Register, the Central Coordinating Register for Legal Entities and the Value Added Tax Registration List (the VAT Register).
Users of the statistics are among others financial institutions and the media.
Principles for equal treatment of users in releasing statistics and analyses
No external users have access to the statistics and analyses before they are published and accessible simultaneously for all users on www.ssb.no at 8 am. Prior to this, a minimum of three months' advance notice is given in the Statistics Release Calendar.
The main variables for bankruptcies are: code for municipality and industry, legal forms, number of employees, turnover and amount of share capital. The statistics is linked to the Business Register, the Central Coordinating Register for Legal Entities and the VAT Register. This includes both personal bankrupties (including sole proprietorships) and bankruptcies related to enterprises (exclusive sole proprietorships).
Statistics Act Section 3-2
The statistics includes all bankruptcies in Norway. Information on bankruptcy proceedings is mainly based on information that probate registries and administrators in bankruptcies report to the Register of Bankruptcies. Personal bankruptcies contain bankruptcy proceedings for sole proprietorships and employees. If the debtor is not registered in the Enterprise Register in Brønnøysund, or is a sole proprietorship, the debtor will be classified as en employee. Bankruptcies related to enterprises (exclusive sole proprietorships) are obliged to be registered in the Enterprise register in Brønnøysund.
The data is based on information from the Register of Bankruptcies.
The Register of Bankruptcies transfers a file with bankruptcies to Statistics Norway on the 17th of each month.
Statistics Norway assumes that information on bankruptcies from the Register of Bankruptcies is correct.
If the number of bankruptcies is 3 or less, figures on turnover are not published.
Serial data on bankruptcies is available from 1920, and for some industries from 1929. Data on bankruptcies from 1981 exists in a database. In StatBank, bankruptcy statistics from the 1st quarter of 1999 is presented, as well as total yearly numbers on bankruptcies from 1980.
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Statistics Norway assumes that information on bankruptcies transferred by the Register of Bankruptcies is correct.