Margins and profitability in construction of residential and non-residential buildings
652 Norwegian companies in this industry. The median company kept 3.1 % of every krone.
23 % of the companies in this industry posted a negative operating result that year.
The distribution
What companies in the industry earned
One tenth of companies fell below -4.2 %, and one tenth above 9.6 %. That is the real spread in the industry, not an average.
Top against weakest third
Size
Profitability by size
| Revenue | Companies | Median operating margin |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 5 m | 17 | -0.6 % |
| 5 to 20 m | 66 | 2.7 % |
| 20 to 100 m | 354 | 3.0 % |
| over 100 m | 215 | 3.4 % |
Companies are split into revenue bands, with the median margin in each. Bands with fewer than ten companies are omitted, because the median becomes too unstable to show.
Geography
Where the companies are based
- Oslo2
- Kongsvinger1
- Bodø1
- Lysaker1
The six postal towns with the most companies in this industry, by registered business address.
Public contracts
Who in the industry wins public contracts
190 of 652 companies in the industry have won at least one public contract since 2022, that is 29.1 %.
Those that win have median revenue of 107.6 m kr, against 51.9 m kr for those that do not. That is 2.1× as much. Note that this describes who wins, not evidence that contracts make companies large; large companies also find it easier to bid.
The 512 contracts we find come most often from these buyers.
- Rogaland fylkeskommune23
- Statsbygg21
- Asker kommune15
- Oslo kommune v/ Oslobygg KF15
- Lillestrøm Kommune14
Contracts come from Doffin and TED. Our collection is not complete, and TED covers only contracts above the EEA threshold, so the figures are a floor and not a full count. We say what we find, not what exists.
Questions and answers
Common questions about construction of residential and non-residential buildings
- What is a normal operating margin in construction of residential and non-residential buildings?
- The median company kept 3.1 % of every krone. That means half of the 652 companies in the sample were above it, and half below.
- What separates the best from the weakest in construction of residential and non-residential buildings?
- The top third kept 7.9 % of every krone, against -1.8 % for the weakest third. The spread is 10 percentage points, and that is within the same industry, the same country and the same year.
- How many companies are there in construction of residential and non-residential buildings in Norway?
- We hold filed accounts for 652 Norwegian companies on this industry code with at least one million kroner in revenue. The real number is higher, since dormant and very small companies are excluded.
- How many are loss-making in construction of residential and non-residential buildings?
- 23 % of the companies in the sample posted a negative operating result.
- How large is a typical company in construction of residential and non-residential buildings?
- Median revenue is 60.4 m kr. Half of the companies fall between 32.2 m kr and 134 m kr.
- How much do public contracts matter in construction of residential and non-residential buildings?
- 190 of 652 companies, that is 29.1 %, have won at least one public contract since 2022. They have median revenue of 107.6 m kr, against 51.9 m kr for the rest.
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