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Bankruptcies
The statistics give an overview of bankruptcies in Norway and are based on data from the Bankruptcy Register.
Selected figures from these statistics
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2nd quarter 2025 3rd quarter 2025 4th quarter 2025 1st quarter 2026 Total number of bankruptcies 1 144 911 1 012 920 Bankruptices related to enterprises 989 833 866 889 Personal bankruptcies, incl. sole proprietorships 155 78 146 31 Bankruptcies in construction 336 224 246 250 Bankruptcies in wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 177 147 157 135 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Bankruptcies, by industrial activityDownload table as ...Bankruptcies, by industrial activity
1st quarter 2025 1st 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 1 027 151 889 31 Agriculture, forestry and fishing 7 4 16 1 Mining and quarrying 0 0 1 0 Manufacturing 44 3 37 1 Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 2 0 0 0 Water supply 1 0 2 0 Construction 246 52 241 9 Wholesale and retail trade 214 8 134 1 Transportation and storage 44 22 45 7 Accommodation and food service activities 120 6 114 0 Information and communication 46 6 41 0 Financial and insurance activities 6 0 6 0 Real estate activities 52 0 51 0 Professional, scientific and technical activities 111 14 74 3 Administrative and support service activities 42 11 53 5 Public administration and defence 0 0 0 0 Education 9 0 5 1 Human health and social work activities 6 3 11 1 Arts, entertainment and recreation 18 3 16 0 Other service activities 34 10 20 0 Activities of household as employers 0 0 0 0 Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies 0 0 0 0 Unknown industry 25 9 22 2 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Bankruptcies, turnover and persons employed, by industrial activityDownload table as ...Bankruptcies, turnover and persons employed, by industrial activity
1st quarter 2025 1st quarter 2026 Bankruptcies Turnover in NOK 1 000 Persons employed Bankruptcies Turnover in NOK 1 000 Persons employed Total 1 178 8 495 102 4 483 920 9 214 350 4 058 Bankruptcies related to enterprises except sole proprietorships 1 027 8 407 255 4 377 889 9 132 623 3 974 Agriculture, forestry and fishing 7 21 490 25 16 .. 27 Mining and quarrying 0 0 0 1 .. 0 Manufacturing 44 1 090 383 403 37 .. 194 Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 2 .. 1 0 0 0 Water supply 1 .. 0 2 .. 0 Construction 246 2 273 585 1 241 241 6 023 489 1 647 Wholesale and retail trade 214 2 234 495 890 134 .. 554 Transportation and storage 44 911 539 475 45 323 520 343 Accommodation and food service activities 120 364 218 466 114 346 253 441 Information and communication 46 105 128 89 41 165 267 137 Financial and insurance activities 6 475 10 6 0 33 Real estate activities 52 .. 50 51 119 202 36 Professional, scientific and technical activities 111 968 033 403 74 140 556 119 Administrative and support service activities 42 121 208 160 53 171 102 223 Public administration and defence 0 0 0 0 0 0 Education 9 .. 17 5 .. 77 Human health and social work activities 6 .. 6 11 .. 10 Arts, entertainment and recreation 18 65 442 86 16 184 342 87 Other service activities 34 29 275 50 20 22 705 38 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 25 63 737 5 22 .. 8 Sole proprietorships incl. personal bankruptcies 151 87 847 106 31 81 727 84 Agriculture, forestry and fishing 4 1 295 3 1 .. 2 Mining and quarrying 0 0 0 0 0 0 Manufacturing 3 838 2 1 .. 1 Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 0 0 0 0 0 0 Water supply 0 0 0 0 0 0 Construction 52 49 067 45 9 68 207 63 Wholesale and retail trade 8 2 232 3 1 .. 0 Transportation and storage 22 10 148 13 7 7 380 8 Accommodation and food service activities 6 11 150 16 0 0 0 Information and communication 6 875 3 0 0 0 Financial and insurance activities 0 0 0 0 0 0 Real estate activities 0 0 0 0 0 0 Professional, scientific and technical activities 14 6 806 6 3 817 2 Administrative and support service activities 11 1 741 7 5 2 405 7 Public administration and defence 0 0 0 0 0 0 Education 0 0 0 1 .. 0 Human health and social work activities 3 576 1 1 .. 1 Arts, entertainment and recreation 3 363 1 0 0 0 Other service activities 10 2 756 6 0 0 0 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 .. .. 2 .. 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)
1st quarter 2025 1st 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 1 013 668 135 63 40 107 882 589 115 55 22 101 Østfold 51 40 5 3 0 3 46 33 5 4 3 1 Akershus 152 107 24 6 4 11 123 93 14 4 1 11 Viken (2020-2023) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oslo - Oslove 174 126 21 8 5 14 147 107 20 7 3 10 Innlandet 67 43 8 6 3 7 60 37 6 5 1 11 Buskerud 50 37 7 1 1 4 34 24 3 3 1 3 Vestfold 46 30 4 4 3 5 55 41 6 3 2 3 Telemark 40 31 3 2 1 3 22 11 6 3 1 1 Vestfold og Telemark (2020-2023) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Agder 71 41 5 5 5 15 60 34 7 6 2 11 Rogaland 63 41 9 6 3 4 73 43 9 5 2 14 Vestland 106 70 16 4 6 10 99 65 14 5 3 12 Møre og Romsdal 41 20 8 3 4 6 36 22 5 2 1 6 Trøndelag - Trööndelage 86 46 11 9 5 15 67 40 12 4 1 10 Nordland - Nordlánnda 37 19 8 3 0 7 28 17 5 1 1 4 Troms - Romsa - Tromssa 22 14 4 2 0 2 22 16 1 1 0 4 Finnmark - Finnmárku - Finmarkku 7 3 2 1 0 1 10 6 2 2 0 0 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
1st quarter 2025 1st 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 1 177 150 1 1 012 1 0 10 3 0 920 31 0 882 0 0 1 6 0 Østfold 76 24 0 51 0 0 1 0 0 47 1 0 46 0 0 0 0 0 Akershus 194 37 0 152 0 0 5 0 0 136 11 0 123 0 0 0 2 0 Viken (2020-2023) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oslo - Oslove 214 38 1 174 0 0 1 0 0 153 4 0 147 0 0 0 2 0 Innlandet 74 6 0 67 0 0 1 0 0 65 5 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 Buskerud 60 9 0 50 0 0 0 1 0 35 1 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 Vestfold 48 2 0 46 0 0 0 0 0 55 0 0 55 0 0 0 0 0 Telemark 44 3 0 40 0 0 1 0 0 22 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 Agder 74 2 0 71 0 0 0 1 0 61 0 0 60 0 0 1 0 0 Rogaland 70 7 0 62 1 0 0 0 0 76 3 0 73 0 0 0 0 0 Vestland 115 9 0 106 0 0 0 0 0 103 4 0 99 0 0 0 0 0 Møre og Romsdal 45 4 0 41 0 0 0 0 0 37 1 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 Trøndelag - Trööndelage 91 4 0 86 0 0 1 0 0 68 0 0 67 0 0 0 1 0 Nordland - Nordlánnda 38 1 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 29 1 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 Troms - Romsa - Tromssa 23 0 0 22 0 0 0 1 0 22 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 Finnmark - Finnmárku - Finmarkku 10 3 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 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 0 1 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.