Margins and profitability in business and other management consultancy activities

Revenue and operating profit

Median, not mean. A mean would be pulled up by the largest companies in the industry, and would say little about a typical one.

What companies in the industry earned

One tenth of companies fell below -8.8 %, and one tenth above 56.1 %. That is the real spread in the industry, not an average.

Top against weakest third

Top third

40.8 %

Weakest third

-2.6 %

Spread

43 percentage points

Equity ratio

40.3 %median of 1,205

Profitability by size

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.

Where the companies are based

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

Who in the industry wins public contracts

138 of 1,206 companies in the industry have won at least one public contract since 2022, that is 11.4 %.

Those that win have median revenue of NOK 18m, against NOK 2.7m for those that do not. That is 6.6× 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 501 contracts we find come most often from these buyers.

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.

Common questions about business and other management consultancy activities

What is a normal operating margin in business and other management consultancy activities?

The median operating margin was 8.6 %, meaning what was left of revenue once every cost had been paid. Half of the 1,206 companies in the sample were above it, and half below.

What separates the best from the weakest in business and other management consultancy activities?

The top third had an operating margin of 40.8 %, against -2.6 % for the weakest. The spread is 43 percentage points, within the same industry, the same country and the same year.

How many companies are there in business and other management consultancy activities in Norway?

We hold filed accounts for 1,206 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 business and other management consultancy activities?

22 % of the companies in the sample posted a negative operating result.

How large is a typical company in business and other management consultancy activities?

Median revenue is NOK 3m. Half of the companies fall between NOK 1.8m and NOK 9.2m.

How much do public contracts matter in business and other management consultancy activities?

138 of 1,206 companies, that is 11.4 %, have won at least one public contract since 2022. They have median revenue of NOK 18m, against NOK 2.7m for the rest.

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