NACE 43.330
Margins and profitability in floor and wall covering
33 Norwegian companies in this industry. The median operating margin was 6.5 %, meaning what was left of revenue once every cost had been paid.
27 % 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 49,281,263 | NOK 49,281,263 |
| Operating profit | NOK 3,352,293 | NOK 5,677,218 |
| Revenue per employee | NOK 1,664,660 | NOK 2,295,509 |
Revenue per employee is calculated on the 32 of 33 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 -11.7 %, and one tenth above 16.6 %. That is the real spread in the industry, not an average.
Top against weakest third
- Top third
- 16.4 %
- Weakest third
- -4.2 %
- Spread
- 21 percentage points
- Equity ratio
- 32.7 %median of 33
Geography
Where the companies are based
| Oslo | 4 | |
| Sandnes | 2 | |
| Sistranda | 1 | |
| Rudshøgda | 1 | |
| Gratangen | 1 | |
| Lindesnes | 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
9 of 33 companies in the industry have won at least one public contract since 2022, that is 27.3 %.
Only 9 companies in the industry have won a public contract since 2022. That is too few for us to say how large they are compared with the rest.
Who puts them out to tender
The 14 contracts we find come most often from these buyers.
| Universitetet i Bergen | 2 | |
| Sykehusinnkjøp HF | 2 | |
| Lier Eiendomsselskap KF | 1 | |
| Ofa IKS | 1 | |
| Viken Vest Innkjøpssamarbeid (VVI) | 1 |
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 floor and wall covering
- What is a normal operating margin in floor and wall covering?
- The median operating margin was 6.5 %, meaning what was left of revenue once every cost had been paid. Half of the 33 companies in the sample were above it, and half below.
- What separates the best from the weakest in floor and wall covering?
- The top third had an operating margin of 16.4 %, against -4.2 % for the weakest. The spread is 21 percentage points, within the same industry, the same country and the same year.
- How many companies are there in floor and wall covering in Norway?
- We hold filed accounts for 33 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 Floor and wall covering generate per employee?
- The median company in Floor and wall covering turns over NOK 1.7m per employee. The figure is calculated on the 32 of 33 companies that report an employee count.
- How many are loss-making in floor and wall covering?
- 27 % of the companies in the sample posted a negative operating result.
- How large is a typical company in floor and wall covering?
- Median revenue is NOK 49.3m. Half of the companies fall between NOK 29.2m and NOK 100.4m.
- How much do public contracts matter in floor and wall covering?
- We find almost no public contracts in this industry since 2022, so public procurement appears to play little role here.
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