Margins and profitability in wholesale of information and communication equipment
88 Norwegian companies in this industry. The median company kept 2.6 % of every krone.
28 % 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 -7.4 %, and one tenth above 11.1 %. 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 | 43 | 4.0 % |
| over 100 m | 35 | 3.2 % |
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.
Public contracts
Who in the industry wins public contracts
39 of 88 companies in the industry have won at least one public contract since 2022, that is 44.3 %.
Those that win have median revenue of 51 m kr, against 75.3 m kr for those that do not. That is 0.7× as much. Note that this describes who wins, not evidence that contracts make companies large; large companies also find it easier to bid.
The 300 contracts we find come most often from these buyers.
- Ålesund kommune14
- Statens vegvesen13
- Vestland fylkeskommune10
- Statens innkjøpssenter v/DFØ9
- Karmøy kommune8
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 wholesale of information and communication equipment
- What is a normal operating margin in wholesale of information and communication equipment?
- The median company kept 2.6 % of every krone. That means half of the 88 companies in the sample were above it, and half below.
- What separates the best from the weakest in wholesale of information and communication equipment?
- The top third kept 7.7 % of every krone, against -4.5 % for the weakest third. The spread is 12 percentage points, and that is within the same industry, the same country and the same year.
- How many companies are there in wholesale of information and communication equipment in Norway?
- We hold filed accounts for 88 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 wholesale of information and communication equipment?
- 28 % of the companies in the sample posted a negative operating result.
- How large is a typical company in wholesale of information and communication equipment?
- Median revenue is 67.2 m kr. Half of the companies fall between 38.6 m kr and 305.6 m kr.
- How much do public contracts matter in wholesale of information and communication equipment?
- 39 of 88 companies, that is 44.3 %, have won at least one public contract since 2022. They have median revenue of 51 m kr, against 75.3 m kr for the rest.
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