NACE 74.990

Margins and profitability in all other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

59 Norwegian companies in this industry. The median operating margin was 7.0 %, meaning what was left of revenue once every cost had been paid.

19 % of the companies in this industry posted a negative operating result that year.

In kroner

Revenue and operating profit

Revenue and operating profit
Median companyTop third
RevenueNOK 38,485,820NOK 57,763,863
Operating profitNOK 1,552,194NOK 13,576,463
Revenue per employeeNOK 1,774,659NOK 2,370,292

Revenue per employee is calculated on the 55 of 59 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 -5.6 %, and one tenth above 27.5 %. That is the real spread in the industry, not an average.

Top against weakest third

Top third
25.5 %
Weakest third
-0.2 %
Spread
26 percentage points
Equity ratio
35.9 %median of 59

Size

Profitability by size

Profitability by size
RevenueCompaniesMedian operating margin
5 to 20 m174.5 %
20 to 100 m247.1 %
over 100 m139.4 %

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

Where the companies are based
Oslo20
Bergen4
Trondheim4
Vågå2
Sandnes2
Laksevåg2

The six postal towns with the most companies in this industry, by registered business address.

Public contracts

Who in the industry wins public contracts

24 of 59 companies in the industry have won at least one public contract since 2022, that is 40.7 %.

Those that win have median revenue of NOK 14.3m, against NOK 62.8m for those that do not. That is 0.2× 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 45 contracts we find come most often from these buyers.

Who puts them out to tender
Statsbygg4
Statsforvalterens fellestjenester (STAF)2
Novari IKS2
Forsvarsbygg2
NTNU1

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 all other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

What is a normal operating margin in all other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.?
The median operating margin was 7.0 %, meaning what was left of revenue once every cost had been paid. Half of the 59 companies in the sample were above it, and half below.
What separates the best from the weakest in all other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.?
The top third had an operating margin of 25.5 %, against -0.2 % for the weakest. The spread is 26 percentage points, within the same industry, the same country and the same year.
How many companies are there in all other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c. in Norway?
We hold filed accounts for 59 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 All other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c. generate per employee?
The median company in All other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c. turns over NOK 1.8m per employee. The figure is calculated on the 55 of 59 companies that report an employee count.
How many are loss-making in all other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.?
19 % of the companies in the sample posted a negative operating result.
How large is a typical company in all other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.?
Median revenue is NOK 38.5m. Half of the companies fall between NOK 13.3m and NOK 89.7m.
How much do public contracts matter in all other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.?
24 of 59 companies, that is 40.7 %, have won at least one public contract since 2022. They have median revenue of NOK 14.3m, against NOK 62.8m for the rest.

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Method. 59 companies registered on industry code 74.990 (All other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.) with filed accounts and at least one million kroner in revenue. The figures come from the Norwegian Register of Business Enterprises and are public. Operating margin is operating profit divided by operating revenue.

All figures are from the 2025 accounts as filed with the Brønnøysund Register Centre. The year comes from the accounting period, not from the filing date, so every company appears with the year its figures actually cover.

We show one cross-section and no trend line. Our database has broad coverage for 2024 and 2025, but only a small and non-random sample for the years before. A curve over a longer period would therefore measure who we happened to collect, not what happened in the industry.

Companies with under one million in revenue are excluded, because dormant limited companies would otherwise pull the median down. We do not publish an industry page until we hold at least 30 companies.

This is a description of an industry, not a ranking of companies. We name no individual company here.

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