Start a business

Starting your own business and wondering where to begin? Start here!

Step-by-step startup guide

If you want to start a business in the Stavanger region, we recommend visiting Altinn. There, you’ll find a step-by-step startup guide and thorough instructions on how to get started.

For those who want to start small

Wondering whether it’s possible to open a tattoo studio in your basement? Or turn your greenhouse into a coffee bar? Maybe you want to sell things you’ve grown or produced yourself? You can read more about what’s required here.

Support organisations

These are companies and public institutions that work with the startup phase through collaboration with networks and directly with other businesses.

Skape
Skape offers three hours of free counselling for those who want to start a business. They also provide many useful courses.

Innovation Norway
Innovation Norway offers advisory services, competence-building and networking, as well as financing through grants and loans.

Ready to take your startup one step further? Read about accelerator programmes and cluster networks here.