Accounts for private kindergartens

Updated: 22 November 2022

Next update: Not yet determined

Share of operating expenses in private kindergartens covered by government subsidies
Share of operating expenses in private kindergartens covered by government subsidies
2021
86
%
Main figures - Accounts for private kindergartens
Main figures - Accounts for private kindergartens
2021
All kindergartens2 796
Average hourly cost1
Ordinary kindergartens
0-2 years139.08
3 years104.31
4-6 years69.54
Family day-care centers
0-2 years91.44
3 years68.58
4-6 years45.72
Income in per cent of operating expenses
Parental payments15
Governmental subsidies86
1The calculation of costs is modified in 2021. From 2015 onwards, children 0-2 years old are weighted by 2. Children 3-6 years old are not weighted.
Explanation of symbols

Selected tables and figures from this statistics

  • Private kindergartens, by type of kindergarten and income in per cent of operating expenses.
    Private kindergartens, by type of kindergarten and income in per cent of operating expenses.
    Type of kindergartenShare of operating expenses
    All kindergartensOrdinary kindergartensFamily day-care centersMixed ordinary kindergartens and family day-care centersParental paymentsGovernmental subsidies
    2021
    The whole country2 7962 402379151586
    Viken74461912231586
    Oslo3732878421589
    Innlandet1621412101587
    Vestfold og Telemark1791601811586
    Agder2051733201487
    Rogaland202194711583
    Vestland3153031201585
    Møre og Romsdal125120411585
    Trøndelag - Trööndelage2481845861587
    Nordland - Nordlánnda138130711586
    Troms og Finnmark - Romsa ja Finnmárku105911401587
    Explanation of symbols
  • Hourly cost for a place in a private kindergarten, by type of kindergarten and groups of age.
    Hourly cost for a place in a private kindergarten, by type of kindergarten and groups of age.1
    Average hourly cost
    Ordinary kindergartensFamily day-care centres
    0-2 years3 years4-6 years0-2 years3 years4-6 years
    2021
    The whole country139.08104.3169.5491.4468.5845.72
    Viken137.97103.4868.9883.6762.7541.83
    Oslo137.36103.0268.68102.2676.6951.13
    Innlandet141.08105.8170.5463.6547.7331.82
    Vestfold og Telemark137.46103.1068.7390.2367.6745.11
    Agder143.10107.3371.55113.0484.7856.52
    Rogaland138.48103.8669.24110.8483.1355.42
    Vestland138.61103.9569.3093.4070.0546.70
    Møre og Romsdal139.88104.9169.9494.9371.2047.46
    Trøndelag - Trööndelage143.96107.9771.9874.8856.1637.44
    Nordland - Nordlánnda140.97105.7370.49108.1081.0854.05
    Troms og Finnmark - Romsa ja Finnmárku137.31102.9868.65115.0086.2557.50
    1The calculation of costs is modified in 2021. From 2015 onwards, children 0-2 years old are weighted by 2. Children 3-6 years old are not weighted.
    Explanation of symbols
  • Monthly cost for a place in ordinary kindergarten by hours of attendance and age groups.
    Monthly cost for a place in ordinary kindergarten by hours of attendance and age groups.1
    0-8 hours9-16 hours17-24 hours25-32 hours33-40 hours41 hours or more
    0-2 years3 years4-6 years0-2 years3 years4-6 years0-2 years3 years4-6 years0-2 years3 years4-6 years0-2 years3 years4-6 years0-2 years3 years4-6 years
    2021
    The whole country3 3382 5041 6697 2325 4243 61611 6838 7625 84216 13412 1008 06720 58515 43810 29225 03518 77612 518
    Viken3 3112 4831 6567 1745 3813 58711 5898 6925 79516 00412 0038 00220 41915 31410 21024 83418 62612 417
    Oslo3 2972 4731 6487 1435 3573 57111 5388 6545 76915 93411 9517 96720 33015 24710 16524 72518 54412 363
    Innlandet3 3862 5391 6937 3365 5023 66811 8508 8885 92516 36512 2748 18220 87915 66010 44025 39419 04512 697
    Vestfold og Telemark3 2992 4741 6507 1485 3613 57411 5478 6605 77315 94611 9597 97320 34515 25810 17224 74318 55812 372
    Agder3 4342 5761 7177 4415 5813 72112 0219 0166 01016 60012 4508 30021 17915 88510 59025 75919 31912 879
    Rogaland3 3232 4931 6627 2015 4013 60011 6328 7245 81616 06312 0478 03220 49415 37110 24724 92618 69412 463
    Vestland3 3272 4951 6637 2085 4063 60411 6438 7325 82116 07812 0598 03920 51415 38510 25724 94918 71212 475
    Møre og Romsdal3 3572 5181 6797 2745 4553 63711 7508 8125 87516 22612 1708 11320 70215 52710 35125 17818 88412 589
    Trøndelag - Trööndelage3 4552 5911 7287 4865 6143 74312 0939 0696 04616 69912 5248 35021 30615 97910 65325 91319 43412 956
    Nordland - Nordlánnda3 3832 5381 6927 3315 4983 66511 8428 8815 92116 35312 2658 17720 86415 64810 43225 37519 03212 688
    Troms og Finnmark - Romsa ja Finnmárku3 2952 4721 6487 1405 3553 57011 5348 6505 76715 92811 9467 96420 32215 24110 16124 71518 53712 358
    1The calculation of costs is modified in 2021. From 2015 onwards, children 0-2 years old are weighted by 2. Children 3-6 years old are not weighted.
    Explanation of symbols
  • Net profit for private kindergartens, in NOK 1 000.
    Net profit for private kindergartens, in NOK 1 000.
    202120202019
    Net profit for the year532 502589 784650 580
    Positive net profit999 7691 126 9451 030 536
    Negative net profit467 268537 161379 955
    Number of kindergartens2 7962 8632 919
    Explanation of symbols
  • Allocation of net profit for private kindergartens, in NOK 1 000.
    Allocation of net profit for private kindergartens, in NOK 1 000.
    202120202019
    Positive net profit999 7691 126 9451 030 536
    Allocated to equity648 715892 635678 489
    Allocated to cover tax demands1 .2 3753 118
    Allocation for sole proprietorships2 66 172..
    Allocated to owner (dividend)109 251116 350111 233
    Allocated to intra-group contribution164 79397 664220 723
    Allocated to cover loss from previous years10 83717 53616 973
    Number of kindergartens with positive net profit1 7871 9781 958
    1No data from 2021
    2New variable from 2021
    Explanation of symbols

About the statistics

The account statistics for private kindergartens presents detailed information about operating income, operating costs, annual profit and disposal of surplus.

An approved educational establishment organized for children below the age of compulsory education, according to the Kindergarten Act.

Ordinary kindergarten

A kindergarten in approved premises and which has an outdoor area specially designed for kindergarten activities.

Family kindergarten/family day-care center

A kindergarten that organizes its activities in a private home and based on the premise that a kindergarten teacher is employed as an educational supervisor. The kindergarten teacher should either be attached to a normal kindergarten or to the municipal administration. The regulation on family day-care centers states that at least half of the children in a family day-care institution group must be other than the home's own children.

Mixed kindergarten

A kindergarten that are a mix of an ordinary kindergarten and a family day-care center.

Public kindergartens

Kindergartens owned by the municipality, county municipality or state.

Private kindergartens

Kindergartens owned by private individuals, organisations or companies and where the municipality provides a subsidy or private kindergartens without a municipal subsidy.

Non-municipal kindergartens

Kindergartens that are not owned by the municipality, i.e. state, county and private kindergartens.

Part-time attendance

Number of children with an agreed length of stay in the category 0-8 hours, 9-16 hours, 17-24 hours or 25-32 hours per week.

Full-time attendance

Number of children with an agreed length of stay of 41 hours or more per week.

Operating income

Includes parental payments, sale/hiring out place, sale of equipment, state subsidy, municipal subsidy, other municipal subsidy, and other incomes.

Operating expences

Include salary, social charges, equipment, maintenance and other operation expenses.

Operating profit

Operating income less operating expences.

Net profit

Operating profit adjusted with financial items and tax expenses.

Type of owner

A description of the owner of the kindergarten and is predefined on the questionnaire.

Positive net profit

Can be allocated in two different ways:

  1. Retained as a part of the equity or to strengthen the kindergarten’s liquidity or to finance acquisitions for the kindergarten later.
  2. Pay the positive net profit as dividend payments to kindergarten owner or transfer as an intra-group contribution.

Dividend

Payment of the positive net profit to the kindergarten's owner.

Group contribution

Paid group contribution is the positive net profit transmission to the group company. Group companies are defined as companies in a relationship with each other as described in Companies Act § 1-3.

Name: Accounts for private kindergartens
Topic: Education

Not yet determined

Division for Education and Culture Statistics

Counties.

Frequency: Annual

Timeliness: The statistics are usually published in November the following year.

Not relevant

Collected and revised data are stored securely by Statistics Norway in compliance with applicable legislation on data processing.

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The account statistics for private kindergartens presents detailed information about the activities on the basis of financial information. The statistics provides important and necessary knowledge about the subsidies transferred to kindergartens from the government and municipalities, and information about how these resources are used.

The statistics were first published in 1992. In 2003 (accounting year 2002) a new questionnaire was used. The present questionnaire allows Statistics Norway to publish more detailed statistics. Starting in 2008 a new web solution called BASIL (The Norwegian Directorate for Education and Training) was used for the data collection.

The main users are Ministry of Education and Research and The Norwegian Directorate of Education and Training. Other users include public sector agencies, private organisations, individuals, international organisations and media.

No external users have access to statistics before they are released at 8 a.m. on ssb.no after at least three months’ advance notice in the release calendar. This is one of the most important principles in Statistics Norway for ensuring the equal treatment of users.

The account statistics for private kindergartens are related to other statistics in Statistics Norway, such as Children in kindergartens, Households payments in kindergartens and Employees in kindergartens and schools.

The statistics are developed, produced and disseminated pursuant to Act no. 32 of 21 June 2019 relating to official statistics and Statistics Norway (the Statistics Act).

The statistics are part of the national program for official statistics 2021-2023.

Main area Education, sub-area Kindergarten.

Not relevant

The statistics include all privately owned kindergartens (industry code 88.911 - classification of standard industrial classification) which has been in operation throughout the financial year. Furthermore, the statistics comprise data from privately-owned ordinary kindergartens, family day-care centers and the mixed ordinary kindergartens and family day-care centers.

The statistics are based on a questionnaire from the BASIL database (BArnehage-Statistikk-InnrapporteringsLøsning). The questionnaire is sent to all privately-owned kindergartens.

The statistics include the whole population of private kindergartens that has been in operation throughout the whole financial year and also reported on the forms "Annual reports for kindergartens as of 15 December".

The web solution presently in use for the data collection is called BASIL (BArnehage-Statistikk-InnrapporteringsLøsning) and is administered by The Norwegian Directorate for Education and Training. Username and password is sent out to every kindergarten and the kindergartens reports on the questionnaire.

Editing is defined here as checking, examining and amending data.

Not relevant

Employees of Statistics Norway have a duty of confidentiality.

Statistics Norway does not publish figures if there is a risk of the respondent’s contribution being identified. This means that, as a general rule, figures are not published if fewer than three units form the basis of a cell in a table or if the contribution of one or two respondents constitutes a very large part of the cell total.

Statistics Norway can make exceptions to the general rule if deemed necessary to meet the requirements of the EEA agreement, if the respondent is a public authority, if the respondent has consented to this, or when the information disclosed is openly accessible to the public.

More information can be found on Statistics Norway’s website under Methods in official statistics, in the ‘Confidentiality’ section.

The numbers of kindergartens included in the statistics vary from year to year. This statistics show income and expences in private kindergartens, and do not give information about numbers of private kindergartens.

The calculation of costs is modified in 2021.

From 2015 onwards, children 0-2 years old are weighted by 2. Children 3-6 years old are not weighted.

Returned questionnaires are registered into a database called BASIL. The registration programme contains automatic controls, and questionnaires which fail to pass the controls are checked individually. Nevertheless, the results of a statistical survey may contain collection and processing errors.

The questionnaire is sent out to all none-municipal kindergartens in Norway. The response rate is not 100 per cent, but normally over 90 per cent. The statistics are therefore representative.

A revision is a planned change to figures that have already been published, for example when releasing final figures as a follow-up to published preliminary figures. See also Statistics Norway’s principles for revisions.

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