Industry Breakdown of Companies in Iceland

This statistic shows TOP industries, TOP companies by sales and number of employees and the most common SIC codes in Iceland

The number of companies in Iceland is 118,438, which represents 0.26% of all 45,639,763 companies in the HitHorizons database. The country with the highest number of registered companies is United Kingdom with 6,756,179 companies.

Current Country:
Iceland 118,438 (0.3%)
Largest Country:
United Kingdom 6,756,179 (14.8%)
Total Number of Companies 45,639,763

TOP Industries in Iceland

The industry with the highest number of companies registered in Iceland is Unknown industry with 46,061 companies followed by Services and Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate with 29,792 and 14,618 companies respectively.

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TOP Industries in Iceland 118,438 registered companies

  Industry, Number of Companies Number of Companies
Unknown industry 46,061 38.9% 46,061
Services 29,792 25.2% 29,792
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate 14,618 12.3% 14,618
Construction 8,312 7.0% 8,312
Retail Trade 5,909 5.0% 5,909
Wholesale Trade 3,931 3.3% 3,931
Manufacturing 3,474 2.9% 3,474
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing 3,379 2.9% 3,379
Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services 2,692 2.3% 2,692
Public Sector 185 0.2% 185
Mining 85 0.1% 85

Breakdown of Companies in Iceland by SIC Code

The Standard Industrial Classification code (SIC code) allows to classify individual industries. The top three SIC codes for Iceland are Non classified establishment (38.89%), Real property lessor (5.11%) and Holding company (4.92%) .

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Breakdown of Companies in Iceland by SIC Code 118,438 registered companies

TOP 10 Companies by Sales Registered in Iceland

Companies registered in Iceland generate € 52,474,586,311 in sales per annum, which represents 0.07% of sales of all companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest sales is Marel hf. with € 1.361B followed by Hagar hf. and Eimskipafelag Islands hf. with € 960.3M and € 882.7M in sales respectively.

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TOP 10 Companies by Sales in Iceland 118,438 registered companies

  Company Name, Sales & Share Sales
1. Marel hf. € 1.361B 2.59% € 1.361B
2. Hagar hf. € 960.3M 1.83% € 960.3M
3. Eimskipafelag Islands hf. € 882.7M 1.68% € 882.7M
4. Alcoa a Islandi ehf. € 777.5M 1.48% € 777.5M
5. Nordural Grundartangi ehf. € 750.4M 1.43% € 750.4M
6. Rio Tinto a Islandi hf. € 670.7M 1.28% € 670.7M
7. Festi hf. € 617.9M 1.18% € 617.9M
8. Hagar verslanir ehf. € 611.8M 1.17% € 611.8M
9. Islandsbanki hf. € 541.7M 1.03% € 541.7M
10. Arion banki hf. € 512.5M 0.98% € 512.5M

TOP 10 Companies by Number of Employees Registered in Iceland

Companies registered in Iceland have 319,168 employees, which represents 0.08% of all employees of companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest number of employees is Reykjavikurborg with 7,596 people followed by Marel hf. and Landspitali with 7,140 and 4,221 employees respectively.

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TOP 10 Companies by Number of Employees in Iceland 118,438 registered companies

  Company Name, Employees & Share Employees
1. Reykjavikurborg 7,596 2.38% 7,596
2. Marel hf. 7,140 2.24% 7,140
3. Landspitali 4,221 1.32% 4,221
4. Ossur hf. 3,505 1.1% 3,505
5. Landspitalinn 2,600 0.81% 2,600
6. Icelandair Group hf. 2,087 0.65% 2,087
7. Velsmidja Arna Jons ehf 2,004 0.63% 2,004
8. HAUKABERG H F 2,000 0.63% 2,000
9. SER VERZLUN HARPRYDI SF 1,985 0.62% 1,985
10. RAFTAEK JASTODIN S F 1,983 0.62% 1,983

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