Industry Breakdown of Companies
in Norway

Explore more than 687,729 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 687,729 (1.5%)
Largest Country: United Kingdom 7,837,937 (16.5%)
Total Number of Companies in Europe 47,403,667

According to our database, a total of more than 687,729 businesses are registered in Norway . That represents 1.45% of all companies available in the HitHorizons database. These Norway-based companies have a share of 1.55% of all sales generated by EU-based businesses and employ 1.76% of all EU employees.

Norway: TOP Industries

According to our database, the industry with the highest number of companies registered is Services (293,523 companies in total), followed by Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate (121,179) and Unknown industry (81,948).

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 687,729 registered companies

  Industry, Number of Companies Number of
Companies
Services 293,523 42.7% 293,523
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate 121,179 17.6% 121,179
Unknown industry 81,948 11.9% 81,948
Construction 62,563 9.1% 62,563
Retail Trade 43,577 6.3% 43,577
Wholesale Trade 25,367 3.7% 25,367
Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services 21,164 3.1% 21,164
Manufacturing 21,031 3.1% 21,031
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing 13,169 1.9% 13,169
Public Sector 2,162 0.3% 2,162
Mining 2,046 0.3% 2,046

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 Non classified establishment (11.92%), Real property lessor (11.28%) and Membership organization (11.13%).

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 687,729 registered companies

Norway: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales

According to our database, companies registered in the Norway generated € 1,360,783,079,006 in sales, which represents 1.55% 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 687,729 registered companies

  Company Name, Sales & Share Sales
1. Equinor ASA € 92.56B 6.8% € 92.56B
2. Norsk Hydro ASA € 17.11B 1.26% € 17.11B
3. Amazon Web Services Emea Sarl, Norwegian Branch Nuf € 16.66B 1.22% € 16.66B
4. Aker BP ASA € 11.06B 0.81% € 11.06B
5. Helse Sor-Øst Rhf € 9.648B 0.71% € 9.648B
6. Norgesgruppen ASA € 9.624B 0.71% € 9.624B
7. Odd Reitan Private Holding AS € 9.351B 0.69% € 9.351B
8. Reitan Retail AS € 9.187B 0.68% € 9.187B
9. Statkraft Sf € 7.933B 0.58% € 7.933B
10. Telenor ASA € 6.717B 0.49% € 6.717B
Total Sales of the TOP 10 Companies € 189.8B

Norway: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees

According to our database, companies registered in the UK employ 6,662,450 people, which represents 1.76% of all people employed by companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest number of employees is Oslo Universitetssykehus Hf (26,248), followed by Oslo Kommune Utdanningsetaten (24,954) and Forsvaret (22,128).

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 687,729 registered companies

  Company Name, Employees & Share Number of Employees
1. Oslo Universitetssykehus Hf 26,248 0.39% 26,248
2. Oslo Kommune Utdanningsetaten 24,954 0.37% 24,954
3. Forsvaret 22,128 0.33% 22,128
4. Equinor ASA 21,528 0.32% 21,528
5. Stavanger Kommune 16,995 0.26% 16,995
6. Bærum Kommune 14,717 0.22% 14,717
7. Helse Bergen Hf 14,589 0.22% 14,589
8. Akershus Universitetssykehus Hf 12,415 0.19% 12,415
9. St. Olavs Hospital Hf 12,158 0.18% 12,158
10. Vestre Viken Hf 11,301 0.17% 11,301
Total Number of Employees of the TOP 10 Companies 177,033

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