Industry Breakdown of Companies
in Norway

Explore more than 734,885 Norway-based companies available in the HitHorizons database and see top industries and biggest players with highest sales and number of employees.

Current Country: Norway 734,885 (1.6%)
Largest Country: United Kingdom 7,415,758 (16.2%)
Total Number of Companies in Europe 45,759,154

According to our database, a total of more than 734,885 businesses are registered in Norway . That represents 1.61% of all companies available in the HitHorizons database. These Norway-based companies have a share of 1.61% of all sales generated by EU-based businesses and employ 1.72% of all EU employees.

Norway: TOP Industries

According to our database, the industry with the highest number of companies registered is Services (309,320 companies in total), followed by Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate (120,388) and Unknown industry (99,754).

This TOP 10 list was generated automatically using the latest data from the HitHorizons database. Search through the whole HitHorizons database using filtering criteria relevant for your search and get more data and insights on specific countries, industries, or segments with HitHorizons Screener.

Norway: TOP Industries 734,885 registered companies

  Industry, Number of Companies Number of
Companies
Services 309,320 42.1% 309,320
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate 120,388 16.4% 120,388
Unknown industry 99,754 13.6% 99,754
Construction 68,021 9.3% 68,021
Retail Trade 46,953 6.4% 46,953
Wholesale Trade 26,719 3.6% 26,719
Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services 22,626 3.1% 22,626
Manufacturing 22,592 3.1% 22,592
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing 14,082 1.9% 14,082
Public Sector 2,241 0.3% 2,241
Mining 2,189 0.3% 2,189

Norway: Breakdown of Companies by SIC Code

The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC Code) is used to assign companies to specific industries. According to our database, the top 3 SIC Codes for Norway are Non classified establishment (13.57%), Membership organization (11.45%) and Real property lessor (10.1%).

This breakdown was generated automarically using the latest data from the HitHorizons database. Search through the whole HitHorizons database using filtering criteria relevant for your search and find companies leading within individual SIC Codes, SIC Code distribution among individual countries, or SIC Code breakdowns within other industries using HitHorizons Screener.

Norway: Breakdown of Companies by SIC Code 734,885 registered companies

Norway: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales

According to our database, companies registered in the Norway generated € 1,399,023,710,511 in sales, which represents 1.61% of all sales generated by companies available in the HitHorizons database.

This TOP 10 list of companies operating in Norway was generated automatically using the latest data from the HitHorizons database. Search through the whole HitHorizons database using filtering criteria relevant for your search and get more data and insights on specific countries, industries, or segments with HitHorizons Screener.

Norway: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales 734,885 registered companies

  Company Name, Sales & Share Sales
1. Equinor ASA € 94.85B 6.78% € 94.85B
2. Norsk Hydro ASA € 16.27B 1.16% € 16.27B
3. Yara International ASA € 13.7B 0.98% € 13.7B
4. Amazon Web Services Emea Sarl, Norwegian Branch € 13.53B 0.97% € 13.53B
5. Aker BP ASA € 12.05B 0.86% € 12.05B
6. Statkraft Sf € 10.38B 0.74% € 10.38B
7. Norgesgruppen ASA € 9.16B 0.65% € 9.16B
8. Odd Reitan Private Holding AS € 8.913B 0.64% € 8.913B
9. Reitan Retail AS € 8.767B 0.63% € 8.767B
10. Helse Sør-øst Rhf € 8.331B 0.6% € 8.331B
Total Sales of the TOP 10 Companies € 196B

Norway: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees

According to our database, companies registered in the UK employ 6,630,963 people, which represents 1.72% of all people employed by companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest number of employees is Oslo Kommune Utdanningsetaten (27,922), followed by Oslo Universitetssykehus Hf (26,682) and Equinor ASA (21,370).

This TOP 10 list of companies with the highest number of employees was generated automatically using the latest data from the HitHorizons database. Search through the whole HitHorizons database using filtering criteria relevant for your search and get more data and insights on specific countries, industries, or segments with HitHorizons Screener.

Norway: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees 734,885 registered companies

  Company Name, Employees & Share Number of Employees
1. Oslo Kommune Utdanningsetaten 27,922 0.42% 27,922
2. Oslo Universitetssykehus Hf 26,682 0.4% 26,682
3. Equinor ASA 21,370 0.32% 21,370
4. Forsvaret 21,113 0.32% 21,113
5. Stavanger Kommune 17,468 0.26% 17,468
6. Bærum Kommune 15,463 0.23% 15,463
7. Helse Bergen Hf 14,173 0.21% 14,173
8. Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet Ntnu 12,442 0.19% 12,442
9. St. Olavs Hospital Hf 12,301 0.19% 12,301
10. Akershus Universitetssykehus Hf 12,240 0.18% 12,240
Total Number of Employees of the TOP 10 Companies 181,174

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