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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 2025 1st quarter 2026 2nd quarter 2026 3rd quarter 2026 Total number of bankruptcies 1 012 920 950 783 Bankruptices related to enterprises 866 889 930 758 Personal bankruptcies, incl. sole proprietorships 146 31 20 25 Bankruptcies in construction 246 250 237 184 Bankruptcies in wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 157 135 141 149 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Bankruptcies, by industrial activityDownload table as ...Bankruptcies, by industrial activity
3rd quarter 2025 3rd 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 833 78 758 25 Agriculture, forestry and fishing 14 2 5 2 Mining and quarrying 1 0 1 0 Manufacturing 36 0 31 2 Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 2 0 2 0 Water supply 2 0 2 0 Construction 194 30 181 3 Wholesale and retail trade 144 3 148 1 Transportation and storage 42 18 34 7 Accommodation and food service activities 93 3 87 0 Information and communication 41 1 23 2 Financial and insurance activities 0 0 5 0 Real estate activities 57 0 47 0 Professional, scientific and technical activities 76 8 76 5 Administrative and support service activities 44 3 40 1 Public administration and defence 0 0 0 0 Education 11 0 9 0 Human health and social work activities 15 0 8 0 Arts, entertainment and recreation 24 1 15 1 Other service activities 14 8 27 1 Activities of household as employers 0 0 0 0 Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies 0 0 0 0 Unknown industry 23 1 17 0 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 2025 3rd quarter 2026 Bankruptcies Turnover in NOK 1 000 Persons employed Bankruptcies Turnover in NOK 1 000 Persons employed Total 911 4 856 819 3 245 783 4 291 212 2 593 Bankruptcies related to enterprises except sole proprietorships 833 4 811 547 3 173 758 4 261 709 2 560 Agriculture, forestry and fishing 14 .. 61 5 .. 10 Mining and quarrying 1 .. 0 1 .. 0 Manufacturing 36 239 913 163 31 .. 95 Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 2 .. 0 2 .. 0 Water supply 2 .. 4 2 .. 9 Construction 194 2 260 648 1 229 181 1 864 048 1 050 Wholesale and retail trade 144 798 719 405 148 .. 457 Transportation and storage 42 250 286 195 34 129 591 99 Accommodation and food service activities 93 284 297 413 87 184 333 264 Information and communication 41 .. 69 23 .. 50 Financial and insurance activities 0 0 0 5 0 1 Real estate activities 57 137 511 10 47 105 762 14 Professional, scientific and technical activities 76 292 903 176 76 168 470 104 Administrative and support service activities 44 186 462 221 40 .. 150 Public administration and defence 0 0 0 0 0 0 Education 11 38 461 50 9 34 224 61 Human health and social work activities 15 34 147 41 8 153 276 113 Arts, entertainment and recreation 24 .. 67 15 .. 22 Other service activities 14 46 699 65 27 .. 58 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 23 .. 4 17 5 267 3 Sole proprietorships incl. personal bankruptcies 78 45 272 72 25 29 503 33 Agriculture, forestry and fishing 2 .. 1 2 .. 5 Mining and quarrying 0 0 0 0 0 0 Manufacturing 0 0 0 2 .. 2 Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 0 0 0 0 0 0 Water supply 0 0 0 0 0 0 Construction 30 14 979 23 3 3 488 2 Wholesale and retail trade 3 2 529 3 1 .. 0 Transportation and storage 18 11 193 15 7 12 256 12 Accommodation and food service activities 3 7 635 9 0 0 0 Information and communication 1 .. 1 2 .. 6 Financial and insurance activities 0 0 0 0 0 0 Real estate activities 0 0 0 0 0 0 Professional, scientific and technical activities 8 3 818 8 5 2 332 3 Administrative and support service activities 3 1 277 3 1 .. 1 Public administration and defence 0 0 0 0 0 0 Education 0 0 0 0 0 0 Human health and social work activities 0 0 0 0 0 0 Arts, entertainment and recreation 1 .. 1 1 .. 1 Other service activities 8 2 772 8 1 .. 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 .. .. 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)
3rd quarter 2025 3rd 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 825 560 106 49 31 79 755 0 0 0 0 755 Østfold 53 36 5 4 4 4 41 0 0 0 0 41 Akershus 138 109 11 3 3 12 135 0 0 0 0 135 Viken (2020-2023) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oslo - Oslove 143 109 15 6 1 12 134 0 0 0 0 134 Innlandet 40 32 5 1 0 2 38 0 0 0 0 38 Buskerud 36 24 5 5 2 0 48 0 0 0 0 48 Vestfold 51 30 10 4 1 6 33 0 0 0 0 33 Telemark 25 16 7 2 0 0 26 0 0 0 0 26 Vestfold og Telemark (2020-2023) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Agder 57 32 10 6 2 7 42 0 0 0 0 42 Rogaland 68 42 9 4 2 11 41 0 0 0 0 41 Vestland 73 48 13 3 4 5 60 0 0 0 0 60 Møre og Romsdal 29 17 2 1 1 8 42 0 0 0 0 42 Trøndelag - Trööndelage 72 43 9 5 7 8 70 0 0 0 0 70 Nordland - Nordlánnda 21 10 2 4 2 3 21 0 0 0 0 21 Troms - Romsa - Tromssa 14 11 1 1 1 0 19 0 0 0 0 19 Finnmark - Finnmárku - Finmarkku 5 1 2 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 5 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
3rd quarter 2025 3rd 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 911 78 0 824 1 0 1 7 0 783 25 0 755 0 0 1 2 0 Østfold 58 3 0 53 0 0 0 2 0 43 2 0 41 0 0 0 0 0 Akershus 155 16 0 137 1 0 1 0 0 143 8 0 135 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 167 21 0 143 0 0 0 3 0 137 2 0 134 0 0 0 1 0 Innlandet 43 3 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 39 1 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 Buskerud 41 5 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 48 0 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 Vestfold 56 5 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 34 1 0 33 0 0 0 0 0 Telemark 30 5 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 27 1 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 Agder 58 1 0 57 0 0 0 0 0 42 0 0 42 0 0 0 0 0 Rogaland 69 1 0 68 0 0 0 0 0 43 2 0 41 0 0 0 0 0 Vestland 83 9 0 73 0 0 0 1 0 63 3 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 Møre og Romsdal 35 5 0 29 0 0 0 1 0 42 0 0 42 0 0 0 0 0 Trøndelag - Trööndelage 75 3 0 72 0 0 0 0 0 74 4 0 70 0 0 0 0 0 Nordland - Nordlánnda 22 1 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 0 21 0 0 0 1 0 Troms - Romsa - Tromssa 14 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 20 1 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 Finnmark - Finnmárku - Finmarkku 5 0 0 5 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.