Industry Breakdown of Companies in Norway

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

The number of companies in Norway is 709,393, which represents 1.55% 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:
Norway 709,393 (1.6%)
Largest Country:
United Kingdom 6,756,179 (14.8%)
Total Number of Companies 45,639,763

TOP Industries in Norway

The industry with the highest number of companies registered in Norway is Services with 296,668 companies followed by Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate and Unknown industry with 119,051 and 100,302 companies respectively.

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TOP Industries in Norway 709,393 registered companies

  Industry, Number of Companies Number of Companies
Services 296,668 41.8% 296,668
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate 119,051 16.8% 119,051
Unknown industry 100,302 14.1% 100,302
Construction 63,701 9.0% 63,701
Retail Trade 43,538 6.1% 43,538
Wholesale Trade 25,881 3.6% 25,881
Manufacturing 21,490 3.0% 21,490
Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services 21,130 3.0% 21,130
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing 13,213 1.9% 13,213
Public Sector 2,272 0.3% 2,272
Mining 2,147 0.3% 2,147

Breakdown of Companies in Norway by SIC Code

The Standard Industrial Classification code (SIC code) allows to classify individual industries. The top three SIC codes for Norway are Non classified establishment (14.14%), Membership organization (11.68%) and Real property lessor (10.19%) .

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Breakdown of Companies in Norway by SIC Code 709,393 registered companies

TOP 10 Companies by Sales Registered in Norway

Companies registered in Norway generate € 1,300,910,960,093 in sales per annum, which represents 1.68% of sales of all companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest sales is Equinor ASA with € 77.29B followed by Bnp Paribas S.a. Norway Branch and Norsk Hydro ASA with € 21.06B and € 15.16B in sales respectively.

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TOP 10 Companies by Sales in Norway 709,393 registered companies

  Company Name, Sales & Share Sales
1. Equinor ASA € 77.29B 5.94% € 77.29B
2. Bnp Paribas S.a. Norway Branch € 21.06B 1.62% € 21.06B
3. Norsk Hydro ASA € 15.16B 1.17% € 15.16B
4. Yara International ASA € 14.12B 1.09% € 14.12B
5. Kommunal Landspensjonskasse Gjensidig Forsikringsselskap € 12.43B 0.96% € 12.43B
6. Storebrand Livsforsikring AS € 11.05B 0.85% € 11.05B
7. Telenor ASA € 10.93B 0.84% € 10.93B
8. Norgesgruppen ASA € 10.18B 0.78% € 10.18B
9. Nordea Bank Abp, Filial i Norge € 9.675B 0.74% € 9.675B
10. Helse Sør-øst Rhf € 9.486B 0.73% € 9.486B

TOP 10 Companies by Number of Employees Registered in Norway

Companies registered in Norway have 6,284,484 employees, which represents 1.62% of all employees of companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest number of employees is Oslo Kommune Utdanningsetaten with 28,141 people followed by Oslo Universitetssykehus Hf and Forsvaret with 26,149 and 20,034 employees respectively.

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TOP 10 Companies by Number of Employees in Norway 709,393 registered companies

  Company Name, Employees & Share Employees
1. Oslo Kommune Utdanningsetaten 28,141 0.45% 28,141
2. Oslo Universitetssykehus Hf 26,149 0.42% 26,149
3. Forsvaret 20,034 0.32% 20,034
4. Equinor ASA 19,714 0.31% 19,714
5. Stavanger Kommune 16,599 0.26% 16,599
6. Bærum Kommune 15,166 0.24% 15,166
7. Helse Bergen Hf 14,269 0.23% 14,269
8. Norges Teknisk-naturvitenskapelige Universitet Ntnu 12,786 0.2% 12,786
9. St. Olavs Hospital Hf 11,999 0.19% 11,999
10. Posten Norge AS 11,900 0.19% 11,900

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