Industry Breakdown of Companies
in Norway
Explore more than 729,799 Norway-based companies available in the HitHorizons database and see top industries and biggest players with highest sales and number of employees.
According to our database, a total of more than 729,799 businesses are registered in Norway . That represents 1.63% of all companies available in the HitHorizons database. These Norway-based companies have a share of 1.38% of all sales generated by EU-based businesses and employ 1.65% of all EU employees.
Norway: TOP Industries
According to our database, the industry with the highest number of companies registered is Services (305,728 companies in total), followed by Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate (120,449) and Unknown industry (96,782).
Norway: TOP Industries 729,799 registered companies
| Industry, Number of Companies | Number of Companies |
Market Share | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Services 305,728 41.9% | 305,728 | 41.9% | ||
| Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate 120,449 16.5% | 120,449 | 16.5% | ||
| Unknown industry 96,782 13.3% | 96,782 | 13.3% | ||
| Construction 68,513 9.4% | 68,513 | 9.4% | ||
| Retail Trade 47,165 6.5% | 47,165 | 6.5% | ||
| Wholesale Trade 26,504 3.6% | 26,504 | 3.6% | ||
| Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services 23,080 3.2% | 23,080 | 3.2% | ||
| Manufacturing 22,661 3.1% | 22,661 | 3.1% | ||
| Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing 14,551 2.0% | 14,551 | 2.0% | ||
| Public Sector 2,219 0.3% | 2,219 | 0.3% | ||
| Mining 2,147 0.3% | 2,147 | 0.3% |
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 (13.26%), Membership organization (11.41%) and Real property lessor (10.17%).
Norway: Breakdown of Companies by SIC Code 729,799 registered companies
Norway: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales
According to our database, companies registered in the Norway generated € 1,128,869,900,723 in sales, which represents 1.38% of all sales generated by companies available in the HitHorizons database.
Norway: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales 729,799 registered companies
| Company Name, Sales & Share | Sales | Market Share | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Equinor ASA € 126.8B 11.24% | € 126.8B | 11.24% | |
| 2. | Bnp Paribas S.a. Norway Branch € 23.03B 2.04% | € 23.03B | 2.04% | |
| 3. | Norsk Hydro ASA € 18.69B 1.66% | € 18.69B | 1.66% | |
| 4. | Amazon Web Services Emea Sarl, Norwegian Branch € 10.73B 0.95% | € 10.73B | 0.95% | |
| 5. | Odd Reitan Private Holding AS € 8.473B 0.75% | € 8.473B | 0.75% | |
| 6. | Reitan Retail AS € 8.352B 0.74% | € 8.352B | 0.74% | |
| 7. | Nuovo Pignone International S.r.l € 8.138B 0.72% | € 8.138B | 0.72% | |
| 8. | Abn Amro Bank N.v., Oslo Branch € 6.93B 0.61% | € 6.93B | 0.61% | |
| 9. | A/S Norske Shell € 6.094B 0.54% | € 6.094B | 0.54% | |
| 10. | Orkla ASA € 5.12B 0.45% | € 5.12B | 0.45% | |
| Total Sales of the TOP 10 Companies | € 222.4B | 19.7% |
Norway: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees
According to our database, companies registered in the UK employ 6,398,793 people, which represents 1.65% of all people employed by companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest number of employees is Oslo Kommune Utdanningsetaten (26,714), followed by Oslo Universitetssykehus Hf (26,556) and Forsvaret (20,513).
Norway: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees 729,799 registered companies
| Company Name, Employees & Share | Number of Employees | Market Share | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Oslo Kommune Utdanningsetaten 26,714 0.42% | 26,714 | 0.42% | |
| 2. | Oslo Universitetssykehus Hf 26,556 0.42% | 26,556 | 0.42% | |
| 3. | Forsvaret 20,513 0.32% | 20,513 | 0.32% | |
| 4. | Equinor ASA 20,460 0.32% | 20,460 | 0.32% | |
| 5. | Stavanger Kommune 17,155 0.27% | 17,155 | 0.27% | |
| 6. | Bærum Kommune 15,212 0.24% | 15,212 | 0.24% | |
| 7. | Helse Bergen Hf 14,258 0.22% | 14,258 | 0.22% | |
| 8. | Norges Teknisk-naturvitenskapelige Universitet Ntnu 13,186 0.21% | 13,186 | 0.21% | |
| 9. | St. Olavs Hospital Hf 12,254 0.19% | 12,254 | 0.19% | |
| 10. | Akershus Universitetssykehus Hf 11,993 0.19% | 11,993 | 0.19% | |
| Total Number of Employees of the TOP 10 Companies | 178,301 | 2.79% |
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