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Ranking of the counties of Norway by businesses per inhabitant

How many businesses there are per 100,000 inhabitants in every county of Norway and in the cities of more than 100,000 inhabitants. On average, 3,912.3 per 100,000 inhabitants, one for every 26 inhabitants.

3,912.3
businesses per 100,000 inhabitants — Norway
one for every 26 inhabitants
4,646.4
the most — Agder
one for every 22 inhabitants
3,391.5
the fewest — Innlandet
one for every 29 inhabitants
5.6M
inhabitants
SSB, 1.1.2025 (avrundet)
How we count. Businesses — the active businesses of our base on the date of the update. Population — SSB, 1.1.2025 (avrundet). Tourist areas and business districts rise in the ranking: many businesses for the resident population.

Ranking of the counties: businesses per 100,000 inhabitants

Businesses per 100,000 inhabitants and inhabitants per business. Click a column to sort.

No. ↕County ↕Population ↕Businesses ↕Per 100,000 people ↕Inhabitants per business ↕
01 Agder 323,000 15,008
4,646.4
22
02 Rogaland 504,000 22,370
4,438.5
23
03 Vestfold 260,000 11,509
4,426.5
23
04 Vestland 651,000 27,711
4,256.7
23
05 Østfold 313,000 12,775
4,081.5
25
06 Troms 170,000 6,890
4,052.9
25
07 Telemark 177,000 7,109
4,016.4
25
08 Buskerud 272,000 10,447
3,840.8
26
09 Nordland 243,000 9,124
3,754.7
27
10 Trøndelag 483,000 17,973
3,721.1
27
11 Finnmark 75,000 2,771
3,694.7
27
12 Akershus 740,000 26,644
3,600.5
28
13 Oslo 724,000 26,052
3,598.3
28
14 Møre og Romsdal 271,000 9,252
3,414.0
29
15 Innlandet 376,000 12,752
3,391.5
29
Average of Norway — 3,912.3 per 100,000 inhabitants218,387 businesses · 5,582,000 inhabitants

Towns with more than 100,000 inhabitants

Businesses per 100,000 inhabitants in the large towns. Population of the towns — GeoNames.

No. ↕Town ↕Population ↕Businesses ↕Per 100,000 people ↕Inhabitants per business ↕
01 KristiansandAgder 117,237 5,378
4,587.3
22
02 StavangerRogaland 151,669 6,656
4,388.5
23
03 TrondheimTrøndelag 216,518 7,721
3,566.0
28
04 DrammenBuskerud 106,013 3,639
3,432.6
29
05 BergenVestland 294,029 8,123
2,762.7
36
06 OsloOslo 1,082,575 25,937
2,395.9
42

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