Margins and profitability in wired, wireless, and satellite telecommunication activities
51 Norwegian companies in this industry. The median company kept 7.5 % of every krone.
20 % 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 -6.4 %, and one tenth above 27.4 %. 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 | 15 | 7.5 % |
| over 100 m | 34 | 9.0 % |
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
- Kristiansand S2
- Alta1
- Førde1
The six postal towns with the most companies in this industry, by registered business address.
Public contracts
Who in the industry wins public contracts
18 of 51 companies in the industry have won at least one public contract since 2022, that is 35.3 %.
Those that win have median revenue of 274.3 m kr, against 266.1 m kr for those that do not. That is 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 75 contracts we find come most often from these buyers.
- Vestland fylkeskommune10
- Anskaffelser i Akershus, Buskerud og Østfold KO4
- Statens innkjøpssenter v/DFØ3
- Sandnes kommune3
- Viken fylkeskommune3
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 wired, wireless, and satellite telecommunication activities
- What is a normal operating margin in wired, wireless, and satellite telecommunication activities?
- The median company kept 7.5 % of every krone. That means half of the 51 companies in the sample were above it, and half below.
- What separates the best from the weakest in wired, wireless, and satellite telecommunication activities?
- The top third kept 22.3 % of every krone, against -1.9 % for the weakest third. The spread is 24 percentage points, and that is within the same industry, the same country and the same year.
- How many companies are there in wired, wireless, and satellite telecommunication activities in Norway?
- We hold filed accounts for 51 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 wired, wireless, and satellite telecommunication activities?
- 20 % of the companies in the sample posted a negative operating result.
- How large is a typical company in wired, wireless, and satellite telecommunication activities?
- Median revenue is 266.1 m kr. Half of the companies fall between 58.7 m kr and 634.9 m kr.
- How much do public contracts matter in wired, wireless, and satellite telecommunication activities?
- 18 of 51 companies, that is 35.3 %, have won at least one public contract since 2022. They have median revenue of 274.3 m kr, against 266.1 m kr for the rest.
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