Industry Breakdown of Companies
in Norway

Explore more than 698,851 Norway-based companies available in the HitHorizons database and see top industries and biggest players with highest sales and number of employees.

Current Country: Norway 698,851 (1.4%)
Largest Country: United Kingdom 7,928,336 (16.4%)
Total Number of Companies in Europe 48,406,837

According to our database, a total of more than 698,851 businesses are registered in Norway . That represents 1.44% of all companies available in the HitHorizons database. These Norway-based companies have a share of 1.73% of all sales generated by EU-based businesses and employ 1.49% of all EU employees.

Norway: TOP Industries

According to our database, the industry with the highest number of companies registered is Services (331,445 companies in total), followed by Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate (126,972) and Unknown industry (66,258).

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.

Norway: TOP Industries 698,851 registered companies

  Industry, Number of Companies Number of
Companies
Services 331,445 47.4% 331,445
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate 126,972 18.2% 126,972
Unknown industry 66,258 9.5% 66,258
Construction 47,423 6.8% 47,423
Retail Trade 42,990 6.2% 42,990
Wholesale Trade 24,385 3.5% 24,385
Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services 24,224 3.5% 24,224
Manufacturing 18,105 2.6% 18,105
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing 12,857 1.8% 12,857
Public Sector 2,155 0.3% 2,155
Mining 2,037 0.3% 2,037

Norway: 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 Norway are Membership organization (11.03%), Real property lessor (9.77%) and Non classified establishment (9.48%).

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.

Norway: Breakdown of Companies by SIC Code 698,851 registered companies

Norway: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales

According to our database, companies registered in the Norway generated € 1,540,019,368,139 in sales, which represents 1.73% of all sales generated by companies available in the HitHorizons database.

This TOP 10 list of companies operating in Norway 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.

Norway: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales 698,851 registered companies

  Company Name, Sales & Share Sales
1. Equinor ASA € 93.92B 6.1% € 93.92B
2. Amazon Web Services Emea Sarl, Norwegian Branch Nuf € 19.43B 1.26% € 19.43B
3. Norsk Hydro ASA € 17.73B 1.15% € 17.73B
4. Helse Sor-Øst Rhf € 9.791B 0.64% € 9.791B
5. Norgesgruppen ASA € 9.767B 0.63% € 9.767B
6. Odd Reitan Private Holding AS € 9.489B 0.62% € 9.489B
7. Aker BP ASA € 9.484B 0.62% € 9.484B
8. Reitan Retail AS € 9.323B 0.61% € 9.323B
9. Statkraft Sf € 8.05B 0.52% € 8.05B
10. Vår Energi ASA € 7.061B 0.46% € 7.061B
Total Sales of the TOP 10 Companies € 194.1B

Norway: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees

According to our database, companies registered in the UK employ 5,695,035 people, which represents 1.49% of all people employed by companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest number of employees is Oslo Kommune Utdanningsetaten (30,786), followed by Oslo Universitetssykehus Hf (26,791) and Forsvaret (22,512).

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.

Norway: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees 698,851 registered companies

  Company Name, Employees & Share Number of Employees
1. Oslo Kommune Utdanningsetaten 30,786 0.54% 30,786
2. Oslo Universitetssykehus Hf 26,791 0.47% 26,791
3. Forsvaret 22,512 0.4% 22,512
4. Equinor ASA 21,393 0.38% 21,393
5. Stavanger Kommune 17,818 0.31% 17,818
6. Bærum Kommune 15,879 0.28% 15,879
7. Helse Bergen Hf 14,837 0.26% 14,837
8. Akershus Universitetssykehus Hf 12,765 0.22% 12,765
9. St. Olavs Hospital Hf 12,583 0.22% 12,583
10. Vestre Viken Hf 11,732 0.21% 11,732
Total Number of Employees of the TOP 10 Companies 187,096

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