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Business, layer by layer over the property.

The Business category brings together map data on retail, store chains, companies and business demographics. The layers are useful for assessing retail locations (competition, customer base, shopping frequency), for finding tenants and for property transactions where the business mix matters for the valuation.

Map layers: Business - Grocery Chains enabled

The layers

23 layers in business

Screenshot: Grocery Chains enabled over central Oslo.

LayerDescriptionSource
Retail activityPlacepoint finds areas with retail activity within the kommune. These areas often correlate well with footfall. The breakdown is made within the kommune Highest High Medium Low LowestPlacepoint
Growing companiesShows companies that grow by at least 10 employees or 25% at the same address over a period of 18 months. Public company types and minor changes are ignored.Placepoint
Building materials storesAll building materials stores and builders' merchants in Norway. The register includes information on industry, chain membership, revenue, number of employees and net result.Geodata AS
Furniture storesAll furniture stores in Norway. The register includes information on industry, chain membership, revenue, number of employees and net result.Geodata AS
Garden centresAll garden centres in Norway. The register includes information on industry, chain affiliation, turnover, number of employees and profit.Geodata AS
Hotels with restaurantsAll hotels with restaurants in Norway. The register includes information on industry, chain affiliation, turnover, number of employees and profit.Geodata AS
Fast food restaurantsBurger and pizza restaurants, street food outlets, cafes and coffee bars in Norway, with chain affiliation, number of employees, turnover and operating profit.Geodata AS. Datasets: Fast food restaurants
Wine monopolyAt the end of 2022, Vinmonopolet had around 350 stores in operation.Geodata AS
GPShows information about GPs. Gives an overview of the number of available places, waiting list, score, plus the doctor's gender and age.Geodata AS
Fitness centreThe map layer contains fitness centres across Norway. The register includes information on date of establishment, chain affiliation, website, number of employees and status.Geodata AS. Datasets: Fitness centre
Main Industry per Basic Statistical UnitThe map layer shows the 5 main industries per grunnkrets, according to NACE and based on the number of employees working in the different industries.Placepoint
PharmaciesAll pharmacies in Norway. The register includes information on industry, chain affiliation, turnover, number of employees and profit.Geodata AS
Real Estate Transactions in the MediaPlacepoint collects information and links about purchases and sales of property and property companies covered in the media.Placepoint
Grocery ChainsAll grocery stores in Norway. The register is built on data from the chains themselves and supplementary information from Iper AS.Geodata AS. Datasets: Grocery Chains
Grocery chains – heat mapHeat map based on all grocery stores in Norway. The register is built on data from the chains themselves and supplementary information from Iper AS.Geodata AS
Facilities registerThe Ministry of Culture's facilities register for sports facilities, cultural buildings, outdoor recreation facilities and grants.Kultur- og likestillingsdepartementet (KUD)
Ownership and Company StructureThe map layer contains the company owners, a link to proff.no, NACE classification and company structure.Placepoint
Shopping centresShown by size of total revenue (where available).Geodata AS. Datasets: Shopping centres
Fuel stationsContains information on chain, number of employees and accounts.Geodata AS. Datasets: Fuel stations
Commercial buildingsShows all building types associated with business use, from the matrikkel.Kartverket
Post offices and postal locations| Geodata AS
Aquaculture registerThe Aquaculture register contains an overview of aquaculture licences and the decisions related to them.Fiskeridirektoratet
Department storesAll department stores in NorwayGeodata AS

Layer by layer

What each layer shows

Retail activity

Areas with retail activity within the municipality. Data from Placepoint. Areas with retail activity identified by Placepoint within a municipality (relative classes). Updated monthly.

Growing companies

Companies that grow by at least 10 employees or 25% over 18 months. Data from Placepoint. Shows companies that grow by at least 10 employees or 25%, at the same address, over a period of 18 months. Public company forms and minor changes are not included.

Building materials stores

All building materials warehouses and stores in Norway. Data from Geodata AS. Datasets: Building materials stores. All building materials warehouses and stores in Norway. The register includes information on industry, chain affiliation, turnover, number of employees and profit.

Furniture stores

All furniture stores in Norway with industry and chain affiliation. Data from Geodata AS. Datasets: Furniture stores. All furniture stores in Norway. The register includes information on industry, chain affiliation, turnover, number of employees and profit.

Garden centres

All garden centres in Norway. Data from Geodata AS. Datasets: Garden centres. All garden centres in Norway. The register includes information on industry, chain affiliation, turnover, number of employees and profit.

Hotels with restaurants

All hotels with restaurants in Norway. Data from Geodata AS. Datasets: Hotels with restaurants. All hotels with restaurants in Norway. The register includes information on industry, chain affiliation, turnover, number of employees and profit.

Fast food restaurants

Burger and pizza restaurants, street food outlets, cafes and coffee bars. Data from Geodata AS, with Brønnøysundregistrene (BRREG) as the underlying source. The colour separates the four types, so a street food outlet is easy to tell apart from a coffee bar without opening the popup. Burger and pizza restaurants, street food outlets, cafes and coffee bars, with chain affiliation, number of employees, turnover and operating profit. Used as a retail indicator for the level of activity and the target group in an area, and as a separate category of retail property with standardised site requirements. Source: Geodata, with Brønnøysundregistrene as the underlying source.

Wine monopoly

Around 350 Vinmonopol stores (94% of residents have access). Data from Geodata AS. Datasets: Wine monopoly. At the end of 2022, Vinmonopolet had around 350 stores in operation. About 94% of residents in Norway live in a municipality with its own Vinmonopol store, and 98% live in a municipality with a store or less than 30 km from a Vinmonopol store. Between 2000 and 2019, Vinmonopolet opened around 220 new stores, an average of around 10 stores per year.

GP

Information about GPs, available places, waiting list and score. Data from Geodata AS. Datasets: GP. Shows information about GPs, including the number of available places, waiting list, score, plus the doctor's gender and age.

Fitness centre

Fitness centres across Norway. Data from Geodata AS. All fitness centres in Norway. The register includes information on date of establishment, chain affiliation, website, number of employees and status. Note: the fitness chain EVO is not included, as its centres are not registered in Enhetsregisteret.

Main Industry per Basic Statistical Unit

The 5 main industries per grunnkrets (basic statistical unit), by NACE and number of employees. Data from Placepoint. The map layer shows the 5 dominant industries per grunnkrets according to NACE, based on the number of employees in the different industries.

Pharmacies

All pharmacies in Norway. Data from Geodata AS. Datasets: Pharmacies. All pharmacies in Norway. The register includes information on industry, chain affiliation, turnover, number of employees and profit.

Real Estate Transactions in the Media

Purchases and sales of property and property companies covered in the media. Data from Placepoint. Placepoint collects information and links about purchases and sales of property and property companies covered in the media.

Grocery Chains

All grocery stores in Norway, built on data from Geodata AS. Shows all grocery stores in Norway. The information is based on data from the chains themselves, supplemented with details from Iper AS. For each store there is information on name, address, telephone number, turnover, profit and chain affiliation.

Grocery chains – heat map

Heat map based on grocery stores in Norway. Density map based on all grocery stores in Norway, useful for identifying areas with high or low coverage.

Facilities register

The Ministry of Culture's register of sports facilities, cultural buildings and outdoor recreation facilities. Data from Kulturdepartementet. The Ministry of Culture's register of sports facilities, cultural buildings, outdoor recreation facilities and grants.

Ownership and Company Structure

Company owners, a link to proff.no, NACE classification and company structure. Data from Placepoint. The map layer contains company owners, a link to proff.no, NACE codes and company structure. The map layer shows the ultimate owner. The legend is based on NACE classification, with colour only for the 10 most common industries.

Shopping centres

Shown by size of total turnover, includes information on the number of shops. Data from Geodata AS. Shown by total turnover where available; includes visitor numbers, usable floor area, sales floor area, number of staff, number of shops, parking, owners and contact information. Weekly when the source updates.

Fuel stations

Information on chain, number of employees and accounts. Data from Geodata AS. Chain, number of employees and accounts where available. Weekly updates when the owner updates.

Commercial buildings

All building types that can be associated with business use, from the matrikkel. It supplements the other business layers with the physical building from the matrikkel. Shows all building types linked to business use from the matrikkel. Building geometry comes from FKB. Retail trade Shop building Shopping mall, department store Fuel station Fitness studio Exhibition and congress building Bank building, post office building Industry Factory building Workshop building Other industrial building Central kitchen, canteen building Warehouse and logistics Warehouse hall Other storage building Cold and freezer storage Postal terminal Freight terminal Food and accommodation Camping/rental cabin Hotel building Motel building Hostel, guest house Other hotel building Apartment Other building for accommodation Restaurant building, cafe building Street food outlet, kiosk building Other restaurant building Office Office and administration building, town hall Other office building Media building Other commercial building

Department stores

All department stores in Norway. The register includes information on industry, chain affiliation, turnover, number of employees and profit. All department stores in Norway. The register includes information on industry, chain affiliation, turnover, number of employees and profit.

The datasets behind

Datasets in Business

Facilities register

The national register of sports facilities, cultural buildings and outdoor recreation facilities that have received or applied for gaming funds, managed by the Ministry of Culture and Equality (KUD).

About the dataset

Pharmacies

All pharmacies in Norway with chain affiliation (Apotek 1, Vitusapotek, Boots,...), industry codes, revenue, number of employees and operating profit.

About the dataset

Building materials stores

All building materials stores in Norway, including chains such as Maxbo, Byggmakker, Coop Obs Bygg, Optimera/Montér and Bauhaus, with chain affiliation, industry codes, revenue, number of employees and operating profit.

About the dataset

Grocery Chains

All grocery stores in Norway, including REMA 1000, Kiwi, Coop Extra/Mega/Prix, Meny, Spar, Joker and Bunnpris, with name, address, phone number, net revenue, operating profit and chain affiliation.

About the dataset

Grocery chains – heat map

Density map based on all grocery stores in Norway, useful for identifying areas with high or low coverage.

About the dataset

Real Estate Transactions in the Media

Our derived overview of purchases and sales of property and property companies reported in the media. These are typically larger commercial property transactions and company sales covered by Estate Nyheter, DN Eiendom, E24, Finansavisen and similar publications.

About the dataset

Ownership and Company Structure

Our compilation of businesses, their parent companies and NACE industry classification.

About the dataset

GP

Overview of GPs in Norway with the number of open places, waiting list length, score, gender and age.

About the dataset

Garden centres

All garden centres in Norway, including chains such as Plantasjen, Mester Grønn and Hageland, with chain affiliation, industry codes, revenue, number of employees and operating profit.

About the dataset

Questions

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How do I turn on the Business layers in Fusion?

Click Map layers at the top right of the map, select the category in the list on the left and turn on the layer. You can have several layers on at once, over the same property.

Where do the layers come from?

The sources are listed in the table above, including Placepoint, Geodata AS, Geodata AS. Datasets: Fast food restaurants, Geodata AS. Datasets: Fitness centre. Each layer shows its source and date.

Can I get the same data programmatically?

Yes. The datasets behind the layers are available in the Placepoint API and in Placepoint AI through MCP.

Other categories

The layers and descriptions come from the documentation, synced 16 October 2026.

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