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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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4th quarter 2024 1st quarter 2025 2nd quarter 2025 3rd quarter 2025 Total number of bankruptcies 1 199 1 178 1 144 911 Bankruptices related to enterprises 1 006 1 027 989 833 Personal bankruptcies, incl. sole proprietorships 193 151 155 78 Bankruptcies in construction 323 298 336 224 Bankruptcies in wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 224 222 177 147 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Bankruptcies, by industrial activityDownload table as ...Bankruptcies, by industrial activity
3rd quarter 2024 3rd quarter 2025 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 856 83 833 78 Agriculture, forestry and fishing 12 1 14 2 Mining and quarrying 3 0 1 0 Manufacturing 39 2 36 0 Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 2 0 2 0 Water supply 2 0 2 0 Construction 235 32 194 30 Wholesale and retail trade 167 4 144 3 Transportation and storage 38 10 42 18 Accommodation and food service activities 95 3 93 3 Information and communication 36 2 41 1 Financial and insurance activities 2 0 0 0 Real estate activities 43 2 57 0 Professional, scientific and technical activities 67 9 76 8 Administrative and support service activities 43 7 44 3 Public administration and defence 0 0 0 0 Education 9 1 11 0 Human health and social work activities 10 0 15 0 Arts, entertainment and recreation 10 2 24 1 Other service activities 23 5 14 8 Activities of household as employers 0 0 0 0 Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies 0 0 0 0 Unknown industry 20 3 23 1 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Bankruptcies, turnover and persons employed, by industrial activityDownload table as ...Bankruptcies, turnover and persons employed, by industrial activity
3rd quarter 2024 3rd quarter 2025 Bankruptcies Turnover in NOK 1 000 Persons employed Bankruptcies Turnover in NOK 1 000 Persons employed Total 939 6 953 329 3 684 911 4 856 819 3 245 Bankruptcies related to enterprises except sole proprietorships 856 6 871 057 3 575 833 4 811 547 3 173 Agriculture, forestry and fishing 12 .. 29 14 .. 61 Mining and quarrying 3 .. 2 1 .. 0 Manufacturing 39 .. 220 36 239 913 163 Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 2 .. .. 2 .. 0 Water supply 2 .. 16 2 .. 4 Construction 235 2 939 431 1 163 194 2 260 648 1 229 Wholesale and retail trade 167 1 750 467 641 144 798 719 405 Transportation and storage 38 243 214 124 42 250 286 195 Accommodation and food service activities 95 .. 495 93 284 297 413 Information and communication 36 .. 56 41 .. 69 Financial and insurance activities 2 .. 1 0 0 0 Real estate activities 43 .. 32 57 137 511 10 Professional, scientific and technical activities 67 456 167 111 76 292 903 176 Administrative and support service activities 43 201 102 238 44 186 462 221 Public administration and defence 0 0 0 0 0 0 Education 9 .. 356 11 38 461 50 Human health and social work activities 10 24 875 23 15 34 147 41 Arts, entertainment and recreation 10 .. 18 24 .. 67 Other service activities 23 29 005 48 14 46 699 65 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 20 .. 2 23 .. 4 Sole proprietorships incl. personal bankruptcies 83 82 272 109 78 45 272 72 Agriculture, forestry and fishing 1 .. 1 2 .. 1 Mining and quarrying 0 0 0 0 0 0 Manufacturing 2 .. 1 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 32 36 974 38 30 14 979 23 Wholesale and retail trade 4 1 882 2 3 2 529 3 Transportation and storage 10 11 694 11 18 11 193 15 Accommodation and food service activities 3 .. 3 3 7 635 9 Information and communication 2 .. 0 1 .. 1 Financial and insurance activities 0 0 0 0 0 0 Real estate activities 2 .. 27 0 0 0 Professional, scientific and technical activities 9 3 941 9 8 3 818 8 Administrative and support service activities 7 2 648 6 3 1 277 3 Public administration and defence 0 0 0 0 0 0 Education 1 .. .. 0 0 0 Human health and social work activities 0 0 0 0 0 0 Arts, entertainment and recreation 2 .. 7 1 .. 1 Other service activities 5 2 089 4 8 2 772 8 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 3 .. .. 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)
3rd quarter 2024 3rd quarter 2025 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 847 543 119 64 35 86 825 560 106 49 31 79 Østfold 57 44 7 2 1 3 53 36 5 4 4 4 Akershus 134 101 16 6 4 7 138 109 11 3 3 12 Viken (2020-2023) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oslo 131 99 15 7 1 9 143 109 15 6 1 12 Innlandet 49 30 3 7 4 5 40 32 5 1 0 2 Buskerud 41 26 7 2 1 5 36 24 5 5 2 0 Vestfold 35 25 4 1 2 3 51 30 10 4 1 6 Telemark 24 10 6 4 1 3 25 16 7 2 0 0 Vestfold og Telemark (2020-2023) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Agder 54 34 7 3 2 8 57 32 10 6 2 7 Rogaland 71 44 8 10 1 8 68 42 9 4 2 11 Vestland 75 44 13 6 7 5 73 48 13 3 4 5 Møre og Romsdal 42 18 13 1 5 5 29 17 2 1 1 8 Trøndelag - Trööndelage 74 39 10 8 4 13 72 43 9 5 7 8 Nordland - Nordlánnda 35 15 9 4 2 5 21 10 2 4 2 3 Troms - Romsa - Tromssa 16 9 1 2 0 4 14 11 1 1 1 0 Finnmark - Finnmárku - Finmarkku 7 4 0 1 0 2 5 1 2 0 1 1 Troms og Finnmark - Romsa ja Finnmárku (2020-2023) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Svalbard 2 1 0 0 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
3rd quarter 2024 3rd quarter 2025 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 939 83 0 847 0 0 3 6 0 911 78 0 824 1 0 1 7 0 Østfold 64 7 0 57 0 0 0 0 0 58 3 0 53 0 0 0 2 0 Akershus 154 19 0 134 0 0 1 0 0 155 16 0 137 1 0 1 0 0 Viken (2020-2023) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oslo 149 15 0 131 0 0 1 2 0 167 21 0 143 0 0 0 3 0 Innlandet 51 2 0 49 0 0 0 0 0 43 3 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 Buskerud 50 8 0 41 0 0 0 1 0 41 5 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 Vestfold 37 2 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 56 5 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 Telemark 29 5 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 30 5 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 Agder 56 2 0 54 0 0 0 0 0 58 1 0 57 0 0 0 0 0 Rogaland 79 8 0 71 0 0 0 0 0 69 1 0 68 0 0 0 0 0 Vestland 81 6 0 75 0 0 0 0 0 83 9 0 73 0 0 0 1 0 Møre og Romsdal 47 5 0 42 0 0 0 0 0 35 5 0 29 0 0 0 1 0 Trøndelag - Trööndelage 79 2 0 74 0 0 0 3 0 75 3 0 72 0 0 0 0 0 Nordland - Nordlánnda 37 1 0 35 0 0 1 0 0 22 1 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 Troms - Romsa - Tromssa 17 1 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 Finnmark - Finnmárku - Finmarkku 7 0 0 7 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 2 0 0 2 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 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.
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.