NACE 78.100
Margins and profitability in activities of employment placement agencies
50 Norwegian companies in this industry. The median operating margin was 1.6 %, meaning what was left of revenue once every cost had been paid.
36 % of the companies in this industry posted a negative operating result that year.
In kroner
Revenue and operating profit
| Median company | Top third | |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | NOK 18,565,024 | NOK 19,586,042 |
| Operating profit | NOK 200,628 | NOK 1,899,961 |
| Revenue per employee | NOK 790,764 | NOK 830,770 |
Revenue per employee is calculated on the 42 of 50 companies that report an employee count, as the median of the ratio within each company.
Median, not mean. A mean would be pulled up by the largest companies in the industry, and would say little about a typical one.
The distribution
What companies in the industry earned
One tenth of companies fell below -19.2 %, and one tenth above 15.2 %. That is the real spread in the industry, not an average.
Top against weakest third
- Top third
- 12.5 %
- Weakest third
- -5.7 %
- Spread
- 18 percentage points
- Equity ratio
- 19.3 %median of 50
Size
Profitability by size
| Revenue | Companies | Median operating margin |
|---|---|---|
| 5 to 20 m | 19 | 0.1 % |
| 20 to 100 m | 18 | 2.5 % |
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
| Oslo | 15 | |
| Bergen | 2 | |
| Kristiansand S | 2 | |
| Odda | 1 | |
| Fjellhamar | 1 | |
| Rådal | 1 |
The six postal towns with the most companies in this industry, by registered business address.
Public contracts
Who in the industry wins public contracts
21 of 50 companies in the industry have won at least one public contract since 2022, that is 42.0 %.
Those that win have median revenue of NOK 17.8m, against NOK 19.3m for those that do not. That is 0.9× as much. It describes who wins, not evidence that contracts make companies large; large companies also find it easier to bid.
Who puts them out to tender
The 112 contracts we find come most often from these buyers.
| Entur AS | 9 | |
| Vygruppen AS | 5 | |
| Politiets fellestjenester | 5 | |
| Norsk Tipping AS | 4 | |
| Viken Vest Innkjøpssamarbeid (VVI) | 4 |
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 activities of employment placement agencies
- What is a normal operating margin in activities of employment placement agencies?
- The median operating margin was 1.6 %, meaning what was left of revenue once every cost had been paid. Half of the 50 companies in the sample were above it, and half below.
- What separates the best from the weakest in activities of employment placement agencies?
- The top third had an operating margin of 12.5 %, against -5.7 % for the weakest. The spread is 18 percentage points, within the same industry, the same country and the same year.
- How many companies are there in activities of employment placement agencies in Norway?
- We hold filed accounts for 50 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 much revenue does a company in Activities of employment placement agencies generate per employee?
- The median company in Activities of employment placement agencies turns over NOK 791,000 per employee. The figure is calculated on the 42 of 50 companies that report an employee count.
- How many are loss-making in activities of employment placement agencies?
- 36 % of the companies in the sample posted a negative operating result.
- How large is a typical company in activities of employment placement agencies?
- Median revenue is NOK 18.6m. Half of the companies fall between NOK 8.8m and NOK 35.3m.
- How much do public contracts matter in activities of employment placement agencies?
- 21 of 50 companies, that is 42.0 %, have won at least one public contract since 2022. They have median revenue of NOK 17.8m, against NOK 19.3m for the rest.
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