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Ranking of the counties of Norway by shops per inhabitant

How many shops there are per 100,000 inhabitants in every county of Norway and in the cities of more than 100,000 inhabitants. On average, 469.5 per 100,000 inhabitants, one for every 213 inhabitants.

469.5
shops per 100,000 inhabitants — Norway
one for every 213 inhabitants
610.5
the most — Agder
one for every 164 inhabitants
414.1
the fewest — Akershus
one for every 242 inhabitants
5.6M
inhabitants
SSB, 1.1.2025 (avrundet)
How we count. Businesses — the active shops 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: shops per 100,000 inhabitants

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

No. ↕County ↕Population ↕Retail ↕Per 100,000 people ↕Inhabitants per business ↕
01 Agder 323,000 1,972
610.5
164
02 Rogaland 504,000 2,749
545.4
183
03 Vestfold 260,000 1,295
498.1
201
04 Telemark 177,000 872
492.7
203
05 Vestland 651,000 3,166
486.3
206
06 Nordland 243,000 1,180
485.6
206
07 Troms 170,000 825
485.3
206
08 Østfold 313,000 1,457
465.5
215
09 Finnmark 75,000 343
457.3
219
10 Trøndelag 483,000 2,200
455.5
220
11 Buskerud 272,000 1,192
438.2
228
12 Innlandet 376,000 1,641
436.4
229
13 Møre og Romsdal 271,000 1,176
433.9
230
14 Oslo 724,000 3,076
424.9
235
15 Akershus 740,000 3,064
414.1
242
Average of Norway — 469.5 per 100,000 inhabitants26,208 shops · 5,582,000 inhabitants

Towns with more than 100,000 inhabitants

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

No. ↕Town ↕Population ↕Retail ↕Per 100,000 people ↕Inhabitants per business ↕
01 KristiansandAgder 117,237 790
673.8
148
02 StavangerRogaland 151,669 785
517.6
193
03 TrondheimTrøndelag 216,518 945
436.5
229
04 DrammenBuskerud 106,013 444
418.8
239
05 BergenVestland 294,029 844
287.0
348
06 OsloOslo 1,082,575 3,062
282.8
354

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