Margins and profitability in non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco
60 Norwegian companies in this industry. The median company kept 1.8 % of every krone.
18 % 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 -1.1 %, and one tenth above 8.5 %. That is the real spread in the industry, not an average.
Top against weakest third
Public contracts
Who in the industry wins public contracts
11 of 60 companies in the industry have won at least one public contract since 2022, that is 18.3 %.
Those that win have median revenue of 4.6 bn kr, against 653.4 m kr for those that do not. That is 7× as much. Note that this describes who wins, not evidence that contracts make companies large; large companies also find it easier to bid.
The 32 contracts we find come most often from these buyers.
- Kåfjord Kommune2
- Kongsvinger kommune2
- GKI Grenlandskommunenes Innkjøpsenhet2
- Dovre kommune---Felles innkjøpskontor for Nord-Gudbrandsdalen---Lesja kommune---Lom kommune---Sel kommune---Skjåk kommune---Vågå kommune2
- Kongsvinger Kommune2
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 non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco
- What is a normal operating margin in non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco?
- The median company kept 1.8 % of every krone. That means half of the 60 companies in the sample were above it, and half below.
- What separates the best from the weakest in non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco?
- The top third kept 5.7 % of every krone, against -0.2 % for the weakest third. The spread is 6 percentage points, and that is within the same industry, the same country and the same year.
- How many companies are there in non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco in Norway?
- We hold filed accounts for 60 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 non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco?
- 18 % of the companies in the sample posted a negative operating result.
- How large is a typical company in non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco?
- Median revenue is 725 m kr. Half of the companies fall between 168.8 m kr and 2.9 bn kr.
- How much do public contracts matter in non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco?
- 11 of 60 companies, that is 18.3 %, have won at least one public contract since 2022. They have median revenue of 4.6 bn kr, against 653.4 m kr for the rest.
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