Margins and profitability in other software publishing
119 Norwegian companies in this industry. The median company kept 8.3 % of every krone.
29 % 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 -17.9 %, and one tenth above 29.8 %. That is the real spread in the industry, not an average.
Top against weakest third
Size
Profitability by size
| Revenue | Companies | Median operating margin |
|---|---|---|
| 20 to 100 m | 58 | 5.5 % |
| over 100 m | 55 | 14.1 % |
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
- Oslo4
- Trondheim1
- Larvik1
The six postal towns with the most companies in this industry, by registered business address.
Public contracts
Who in the industry wins public contracts
42 of 119 companies in the industry have won at least one public contract since 2022, that is 35.3 %.
Those that win have median revenue of 72.2 m kr, against 93.1 m kr for those that do not. That is 0.8× as much. Note that this describes who wins, not evidence that contracts make companies large; large companies also find it easier to bid.
The 83 contracts we find come most often from these buyers.
- Statens vegvesen4
- Norsk Helsenett SF4
- Ålesund kommune3
- Novari IKS3
- Politiets fellestjenester3
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 other software publishing
- What is a normal operating margin in other software publishing?
- The median company kept 8.3 % of every krone. That means half of the 119 companies in the sample were above it, and half below.
- What separates the best from the weakest in other software publishing?
- The top third kept 26.3 % of every krone, against -9.1 % for the weakest third. The spread is 35 percentage points, and that is within the same industry, the same country and the same year.
- How many companies are there in other software publishing in Norway?
- We hold filed accounts for 119 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 other software publishing?
- 29 % of the companies in the sample posted a negative operating result.
- How large is a typical company in other software publishing?
- Median revenue is 83.2 m kr. Half of the companies fall between 50.4 m kr and 220.3 m kr.
- How much do public contracts matter in other software publishing?
- 42 of 119 companies, that is 35.3 %, have won at least one public contract since 2022. They have median revenue of 72.2 m kr, against 93.1 m kr for the rest.
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