Industry Breakdown of Companies
in Iceland

Explore more than 128,196 Iceland-based companies available in the HitHorizons database and see top industries and biggest players with highest sales and number of employees.

Current Country: Iceland 128,196 (0.3%)
Largest Country: United Kingdom 7,694,990 (16.4%)
Total Number of Companies in Europe 46,882,748

According to our database, a total of more than 128,196 businesses are registered in Iceland . That represents 0.27% of all companies available in the HitHorizons database. These Iceland-based companies have a share of 0.08% of all sales generated by EU-based businesses and employ 0.09% of all EU employees.

Iceland: TOP Industries

According to our database, the industry with the highest number of companies registered is Unknown industry (46,930 companies in total), followed by Services (34,067) and Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate (16,236).

This TOP 10 list was generated automatically using the latest data from the HitHorizons database. Search through the whole HitHorizons database using filtering criteria relevant for your search and get more data and insights on specific countries, industries, or segments with HitHorizons Screener.

Iceland: TOP Industries 128,196 registered companies

  Industry, Number of Companies Number of
Companies
Unknown industry 46,930 36.6% 46,930
Services 34,067 26.6% 34,067
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate 16,236 12.7% 16,236
Construction 9,513 7.4% 9,513
Retail Trade 6,510 5.1% 6,510
Wholesale Trade 4,228 3.3% 4,228
Manufacturing 3,732 2.9% 3,732
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing 3,652 2.8% 3,652
Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services 3,039 2.4% 3,039
Public Sector 199 0.2% 199
Mining 90 0.1% 90

Iceland: Breakdown of Companies by SIC Code

The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC Code) is used to assign companies to specific industries. According to our database, the top 3 SIC Codes for Iceland are Non classified establishment (36.61%), Holding company (5.16%) and Real property lessor (4.99%).

This breakdown was generated automarically using the latest data from the HitHorizons database. Search through the whole HitHorizons database using filtering criteria relevant for your search and find companies leading within individual SIC Codes, SIC Code distribution among individual countries, or SIC Code breakdowns within other industries using HitHorizons Screener.

Iceland: Breakdown of Companies by SIC Code 128,196 registered companies

Iceland: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales

According to our database, companies registered in the Iceland generated € 63,579,565,823 in sales, which represents 0.08% of all sales generated by companies available in the HitHorizons database.

This TOP 10 list of companies operating in Iceland was generated automatically using the latest data from the HitHorizons database. Search through the whole HitHorizons database using filtering criteria relevant for your search and get more data and insights on specific countries, industries, or segments with HitHorizons Screener.

Iceland: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales 128,196 registered companies

  Company Name, Sales & Share Sales
1. Marel hf. € 1.721B 2.71% € 1.721B
2. Icelandair Group hf. € 1.451B 2.28% € 1.451B
3. Icelandair ehf. € 1.372B 2.16% € 1.372B
4. Hagar hf. € 1.165B 1.83% € 1.165B
5. Islandsbanki hf. € 1.052B 1.66% € 1.052B
6. Festi hf. € 899.7M 1.42% € 899.7M
7. Eimskipafelag Islands hf. € 827.5M 1.3% € 827.5M
8. Brim hf. € 806.2M 1.27% € 806.2M
9. Nordural Grundartangi ehf. € 763.9M 1.2% € 763.9M
10. Alcoa a Islandi ehf. € 757.1M 1.19% € 757.1M
Total Sales of the TOP 10 Companies € 10.82B

Iceland: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees

According to our database, companies registered in the UK employ 329,016 people, which represents 0.09% of all people employed by companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest number of employees is Marel hf. (8,018), followed by Reykjavikurborg (7,596) and Landspitali (4,221).

This TOP 10 list of companies with the highest number of employees was generated automatically using the latest data from the HitHorizons database. Search through the whole HitHorizons database using filtering criteria relevant for your search and get more data and insights on specific countries, industries, or segments with HitHorizons Screener.

Iceland: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees 128,196 registered companies

  Company Name, Employees & Share Number of Employees
1. Marel hf. 8,018 2.44% 8,018
2. Reykjavikurborg 7,596 2.31% 7,596
3. Landspitali 4,221 1.28% 4,221
4. Embla Medical hf. 3,505 1.07% 3,505
5. Landspitalinn 2,600 0.79% 2,600
6. Icelandair Group hf. 2,087 0.63% 2,087
7. Velsmidja Arna Jons ehf 2,004 0.61% 2,004
8. Icelandair ehf. 1,815 0.55% 1,815
9. Kopavogsbaer 1,700 0.52% 1,700
10. Eimskipafelag Islands hf. 1,624 0.49% 1,624
Total Number of Employees of the TOP 10 Companies 35,170

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