NACE 71.110
Margins and profitability in architectural activities
159 Norwegian companies in this industry. The median operating margin was 4.0 %, meaning what was left of revenue once every cost had been paid.
23 % 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 23,794,487 | NOK 25,892,266 |
| Operating profit | NOK 636,458 | NOK 2,796,569 |
| Revenue per employee | NOK 1,506,978 | NOK 1,540,090 |
Revenue per employee is calculated on the 138 of 159 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 -5.2 %, and one tenth above 16.2 %. That is the real spread in the industry, not an average.
Top against weakest third
- Top third
- 12.7 %
- Weakest third
- -2.2 %
- Spread
- 15 percentage points
- Equity ratio
- 37.8 %median of 159
Size
Profitability by size
| Revenue | Companies | Median operating margin |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 5 m | 20 | 2.9 % |
| 5 to 20 m | 55 | 3.2 % |
| 20 to 100 m | 73 | 6.1 % |
| over 100 m | 11 | 0.5 % |
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 | 58 | |
| Bergen | 9 | |
| Trondheim | 7 | |
| Tromsø | 3 | |
| Tønsberg | 3 | |
| Drammen | 3 |
The six postal towns with the most companies in this industry, by registered business address.
Public contracts
Who in the industry wins public contracts
137 of 159 companies in the industry have won at least one public contract since 2022, that is 86.2 %.
Those that win have median revenue of NOK 19.8m, against NOK 35.3m for those that do not. That is 0.6× 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 456 contracts we find come most often from these buyers.
| Øvre Romerike Innkjøpssamarbeid | 39 | |
| Oslobygg KF | 30 | |
| Horten kommune | 29 | |
| Viken Vest Innkjøpssamarbeid (VVI) | 25 | |
| Asker kommune | 22 |
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 architectural activities
- What is a normal operating margin in architectural activities?
- The median operating margin was 4.0 %, meaning what was left of revenue once every cost had been paid. Half of the 159 companies in the sample were above it, and half below.
- What separates the best from the weakest in architectural activities?
- The top third had an operating margin of 12.7 %, against -2.2 % for the weakest. The spread is 15 percentage points, within the same industry, the same country and the same year.
- How many companies are there in architectural activities in Norway?
- We hold filed accounts for 159 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 Architectural activities generate per employee?
- The median company in Architectural activities turns over NOK 1.5m per employee. The figure is calculated on the 138 of 159 companies that report an employee count.
- How many are loss-making in architectural activities?
- 23 % of the companies in the sample posted a negative operating result.
- How large is a typical company in architectural activities?
- Median revenue is NOK 23.8m. Half of the companies fall between NOK 10.3m and NOK 41.9m.
- How much do public contracts matter in architectural activities?
- 137 of 159 companies, that is 86.2 %, have won at least one public contract since 2022. They have median revenue of NOK 19.8m, against NOK 35.3m for the rest.
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