Norwegian Finanstilsynet has published statistics for the first half of 2025 on debt collection firms, showing a small year-on-year increase in the number of ongoing collection cases and a marked rise in amounts collected, while the overall stock of claims under collection was broadly unchanged in nominal terms. At the end of the first half of 2025, debt collection firms had 6,510,827 cases under execution, up 0.8% from the same point a year earlier. Amounts collected, defined as payments from debtors to debt collection firms, rose 15.3% versus the first half of 2024, or 12% after inflation adjustment. The total claims under collection stood at NOK 129.3 billion, approximately unchanged year-on-year in nominal terms but down 2.8% in inflation-adjusted terms.
Norwegian Finanstilsynet 2025-10-16
Norwegian Finanstilsynet reports 6.51 million debt collection cases and NOK 129.3 billion under collection in first half of 2025
Norwegian Finanstilsynet reported a 0.8% increase in ongoing debt collection cases and a 15.3% rise in amounts collected in the first half of 2025 compared to the previous year. The total claims under collection remained stable at NOK 129.3 billion in nominal terms but decreased by 2.8% when adjusted for inflation.