Sector
Professional & scientific
58,245 Norwegian companies classified under professional & scientific. Public register information only.
Sector insights
Professional & scientific in Norway
Counts over the Brønnøysund Register Centre register as loaded on 2026-09-14. Dissolved companies are excluded. No financial figures are involved.
58,245Companies on the register
14%of Norwegian companies423,832 across all sectors
8 yearsMedian company age10 years across all sectors
2.3%In insolvency proceedings2.5% across all sectors
New companies per year
How old they are
Professional & scientific
All sectors
- Under 3 years 18%
- 3 to 9 years 37%
- 10 to 19 years 27%
- 20 years or more 17%
What they do
- Bedriftsrådgivning og annen administrativ rådgivning NACE 70.20017,91431%
- Annen teknisk konsulentvirksomhet NACE 71.12912,59722%
- Byggeteknisk konsulentvirksomhet NACE 71.1214,1767.2%
- Reklamebyråvirksomhet NACE 73.1103,8426.6%
- Regnskapsføring og bokføring NACE 69.2023,2605.6%
- Industri-, produkt- og motedesignvirksomhet NACE 74.1102,4654.2%
- All annen faglig, vitenskapelig og teknisk virksomhet ikke nevnt annet sted NACE 74.9902,3074.0%
- Arkitektvirksomhet NACE 71.1101,9133.3%
- Juridisk tjenesteyting NACE 69.1001,4162.4%
- Forskning og eksperimentell utvikling innenfor naturvitenskap og teknikk NACE 72.1001,3312.3%
- Grafisk design og visuell kommunikasjonsdesign NACE 74.1201,1802.0%
- Fotografvirksomhet NACE 74.2009711.7%
Where they are registered
- 12,91022%
- 1,8513.2%
- 1,5182.6%
- 1,3562.3%
- 1,0541.8%
- 8851.5%
- 7861.3%
- 5470.9%
- 5380.9%
- 4640.8%
Legal forms
- Private limited company (AS)51,37388%
- Norwegian branch of a foreign company (NUF)5,1878.9%
- General partnership, shared liability (DA)9841.7%
- General partnership (ANS)4390.8%
- Cooperative (SA)1680.3%
- Public limited company (ASA)42<0.1%
Staff on file
5,274 companies report a headcount
10 staff at the median of those
2,641 with 10 or more staff
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