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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 2024 4th quarter 2024 1st quarter 2025 2nd quarter 2025 Total number of bankruptcies 939 1 199 1 178 1 144 Bankruptices related to enterprises 856 1 006 1 027 989 Personal bankruptcies, incl. sole proprietorships 83 193 151 155 Bankruptcies in construction 267 323 298 336 Bankruptcies in wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 171 224 222 177 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Bankruptcies, by industrial activityDownload table as ...Bankruptcies, by industrial activity
2nd quarter 2024 2nd 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 1 085 187 989 155 Agriculture, forestry and fishing 15 1 10 5 Mining and quarrying 1 0 0 0 Manufacturing 45 1 29 3 Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 0 0 1 0 Water supply 2 1 2 0 Construction 320 80 275 61 Wholesale and retail trade 191 19 170 7 Transportation and storage 53 29 51 23 Accommodation and food service activities 108 4 98 3 Information and communication 62 3 51 4 Financial and insurance activities 7 0 0 0 Real estate activities 52 0 76 1 Professional, scientific and technical activities 84 15 90 14 Administrative and support service activities 68 14 56 16 Public administration and defence 0 0 0 0 Education 9 1 8 0 Human health and social work activities 2 8 12 3 Arts, entertainment and recreation 9 2 17 4 Other service activities 35 8 27 2 Activities of household as employers 0 0 0 0 Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies 0 0 0 0 Unknown industry 22 1 16 9 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 2024 2nd quarter 2025 Bankruptcies Turnover in NOK 1 000 Persons employed Bankruptcies Turnover in NOK 1 000 Persons employed Total 1 272 8 906 195 5 188 1 144 6 518 245 4 445 Bankruptcies related to enterprises except sole proprietorships 1 085 8 778 283 5 003 989 6 415 512 4 293 Agriculture, forestry and fishing 15 .. 61 10 6 555 0 Mining and quarrying 1 .. 4 0 0 0 Manufacturing 45 .. 368 29 600 391 231 Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 0 0 0 1 .. 0 Water supply 2 .. 4 2 .. 1 Construction 320 3 806 164 1 834 275 2 441 127 1 280 Wholesale and retail trade 191 1 842 986 780 170 1 373 763 740 Transportation and storage 53 315 607 247 51 354 580 305 Accommodation and food service activities 108 366 477 517 98 422 789 509 Information and communication 62 .. 136 51 170 932 118 Financial and insurance activities 7 0 2 0 0 0 Real estate activities 52 146 908 54 76 .. 39 Professional, scientific and technical activities 84 460 151 308 90 260 588 217 Administrative and support service activities 68 716 294 428 56 420 779 658 Public administration and defence 0 0 0 0 0 0 Education 9 .. 22 8 27 959 54 Human health and social work activities 2 .. 1 12 10 610 32 Arts, entertainment and recreation 9 .. 31 17 45 068 52 Other service activities 35 166 409 202 27 27 324 57 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 22 .. 4 16 1 323 0 Sole proprietorships incl. personal bankruptcies 187 127 912 185 155 102 733 152 Agriculture, forestry and fishing 1 .. 1 5 2 017 4 Mining and quarrying 0 0 0 0 0 0 Manufacturing 1 .. 1 3 2 564 3 Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 0 0 0 0 0 0 Water supply 1 .. .. 0 0 0 Construction 80 66 286 90 61 51 107 78 Wholesale and retail trade 19 12 558 16 7 12 000 11 Transportation and storage 29 21 539 32 23 13 874 21 Accommodation and food service activities 4 5 315 7 3 1 783 2 Information and communication 3 .. 0 4 1 949 3 Financial and insurance activities 0 0 0 0 0 0 Real estate activities 0 0 0 1 .. 1 Professional, scientific and technical activities 15 8 509 10 14 6 125 11 Administrative and support service activities 14 4 541 9 16 7 003 12 Public administration and defence 0 0 0 0 0 0 Education 1 .. 1 0 0 0 Human health and social work activities 8 .. 7 3 1 814 3 Arts, entertainment and recreation 2 .. 2 4 1 308 2 Other service activities 8 3 527 9 2 .. 1 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 1 .. .. 9 .. .. 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 2024 2nd 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 1 072 700 127 76 46 123 974 643 146 56 30 99 Østfold 56 41 4 3 1 7 67 46 13 3 1 4 Akershus 163 110 24 11 5 13 119 88 13 6 3 9 Viken (2020-2023) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oslo 203 154 14 20 3 12 201 145 30 7 4 15 Innlandet 82 56 7 4 4 11 64 33 8 7 3 13 Buskerud 58 44 10 0 2 2 65 29 23 3 3 7 Vestfold 36 28 3 1 1 3 40 30 2 6 0 2 Telemark 35 21 6 1 0 7 22 10 8 0 1 3 Vestfold og Telemark (2020-2023) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Agder 68 41 12 4 5 6 46 29 8 5 2 2 Rogaland 65 29 10 9 5 12 69 45 9 1 4 10 Vestland 104 67 15 4 3 15 99 66 11 6 4 12 Møre og Romsdal 41 17 7 3 1 13 49 28 8 3 0 10 Trøndelag - Trööndelage 68 38 8 9 3 10 74 49 11 5 1 8 Nordland - Nordlánnda 45 23 3 6 6 7 25 18 0 1 2 4 Troms - Romsa - Tromssa 35 23 4 0 5 3 22 18 2 1 1 0 Finnmark - Finnmárku - Finmarkku 13 8 0 1 2 2 12 9 0 2 1 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
2nd quarter 2024 2nd 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 1 272 187 0 1 071 1 0 6 7 0 1 144 155 0 974 0 0 4 11 0 Østfold 61 4 0 56 0 0 1 0 0 79 11 0 67 0 0 1 0 0 Akershus 212 48 0 163 0 0 1 0 0 159 38 0 119 0 0 1 1 0 Viken (2020-2023) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oslo 252 46 0 203 0 0 2 1 0 243 41 0 201 0 0 0 1 0 Innlandet 94 9 0 82 0 0 0 3 0 69 4 0 64 0 0 0 1 0 Buskerud 64 6 0 58 0 0 0 0 0 72 6 0 65 0 0 0 1 0 Vestfold 49 13 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 49 9 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 Telemark 40 5 0 34 1 0 0 0 0 29 7 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 Agder 74 6 0 68 0 0 0 0 0 50 3 0 46 0 0 0 1 0 Rogaland 72 6 0 65 0 0 0 1 0 77 7 0 69 0 0 0 1 0 Vestland 121 16 0 104 0 0 0 1 0 112 12 0 99 0 0 0 1 0 Møre og Romsdal 47 6 0 41 0 0 0 0 0 55 3 0 49 0 0 1 2 0 Trøndelag - Trööndelage 81 11 0 68 0 0 1 1 0 85 9 0 74 0 0 0 2 0 Nordland - Nordlánnda 53 7 0 45 0 0 1 0 0 29 3 0 25 0 0 1 0 0 Troms - Romsa - Tromssa 38 3 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 Finnmark - Finnmárku - Finmarkku 14 1 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 14 2 0 12 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 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.