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Ranking of the counties of Norway by industrial and wholesale businesses per inhabitant

How many industrial and wholesale businesses there are per 100,000 inhabitants in every county of Norway and in the cities of more than 100,000 inhabitants. On average, 215.0 per 100,000 inhabitants, one for every 465 inhabitants.

215.0
industrial and wholesale businesses per 100,000 inhabitants — Norway
one for every 465 inhabitants
291.3
the most — Rogaland
one for every 343 inhabitants
175.0
the fewest — Innlandet
one for every 571 inhabitants
5.6M
inhabitants
SSB, 1.1.2025 (avrundet)
How we count. Businesses — the active industrial and wholesale 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: industrial and wholesale businesses per 100,000 inhabitants

Industrial and wholesale businesses per 100,000 inhabitants and inhabitants per business. Click a column to sort.

No. ↕County ↕Population ↕Industry ↕Per 100,000 people ↕Inhabitants per business ↕
01 Rogaland 504,000 1,468
291.3
343
02 Agder 323,000 802
248.3
403
03 Vestland 651,000 1,494
229.5
436
04 Vestfold 260,000 589
226.5
441
05 Akershus 740,000 1,671
225.8
443
06 Østfold 313,000 700
223.6
447
07 Trøndelag 483,000 1,001
207.2
483
08 Buskerud 272,000 538
197.8
506
09 Telemark 177,000 336
189.8
527
10 Nordland 243,000 460
189.3
528
11 Møre og Romsdal 271,000 507
187.1
535
12 Troms 170,000 317
186.5
536
13 Oslo 724,000 1,327
183.3
546
14 Finnmark 75,000 133
177.3
564
15 Innlandet 376,000 658
175.0
571
Average of Norway — 215.0 per 100,000 inhabitants12,001 industrial and wholesale businesses · 5,582,000 inhabitants

Towns with more than 100,000 inhabitants

Industrial and wholesale businesses per 100,000 inhabitants in the large towns. Population of the towns — GeoNames.

No. ↕Town ↕Population ↕Industry ↕Per 100,000 people ↕Inhabitants per business ↕
01 StavangerRogaland 151,669 406
267.7
374
02 KristiansandAgder 117,237 297
253.3
395
03 DrammenBuskerud 106,013 179
168.8
592
04 TrondheimTrøndelag 216,518 365
168.6
593
05 OsloOslo 1,082,575 1,318
121.7
821
06 BergenVestland 294,029 259
88.1
1,135

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