NACE 49.410
Margins and profitability in freight transport by road
432 Norwegian companies in this industry. The median operating margin was 3.5 %, meaning what was left of revenue once every cost had been paid.
18 % 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 59,748,694 | NOK 60,308,658 |
| Operating profit | NOK 1,984,324 | NOK 5,242,317 |
| Revenue per employee | NOK 1,678,998 | NOK 1,793,530 |
Revenue per employee is calculated on the 417 of 432 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 -2.1 %, and one tenth above 10.7 %. That is the real spread in the industry, not an average.
Top against weakest third
- Top third
- 8.1 %
- Weakest third
- -0.3 %
- Spread
- 8 percentage points
- Equity ratio
- 28.4 %median of 432
Size
Profitability by size
| Revenue | Companies | Median operating margin |
|---|---|---|
| 5 to 20 m | 39 | 3.6 % |
| 20 to 100 m | 272 | 3.5 % |
| over 100 m | 113 | 3.5 % |
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 | 11 | |
| Sandnes | 8 | |
| Harstad | 8 | |
| Skien | 6 | |
| Porsgrunn | 5 | |
| Kristiansand S | 5 |
The six postal towns with the most companies in this industry, by registered business address.
Public contracts
Who in the industry wins public contracts
67 of 432 companies in the industry have won at least one public contract since 2022, that is 15.5 %.
Those that win have median revenue of NOK 64.7m, against NOK 59.6m for those that do not. That is 1.1× 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 107 contracts we find come most often from these buyers.
| Tromsø kommune | 12 | |
| Renovasjon i Grenland IKS | 10 | |
| Kristiansand kommune | 5 | |
| Renovest IKS | 4 | |
| Forsvaret v/Forsvarets logistikkorganisasjon | 3 |
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 freight transport by road
- What is a normal operating margin in freight transport by road?
- The median operating margin was 3.5 %, meaning what was left of revenue once every cost had been paid. Half of the 432 companies in the sample were above it, and half below.
- What separates the best from the weakest in freight transport by road?
- The top third had an operating margin of 8.1 %, against -0.3 % for the weakest. The spread is 8 percentage points, within the same industry, the same country and the same year.
- How many companies are there in freight transport by road in Norway?
- We hold filed accounts for 432 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 Freight transport by road generate per employee?
- The median company in Freight transport by road turns over NOK 1.7m per employee. The figure is calculated on the 417 of 432 companies that report an employee count.
- How many are loss-making in freight transport by road?
- 18 % of the companies in the sample posted a negative operating result.
- How large is a typical company in freight transport by road?
- Median revenue is NOK 59.7m. Half of the companies fall between NOK 34.8m and NOK 101.7m.
- How much do public contracts matter in freight transport by road?
- 67 of 432 companies, that is 15.5 %, have won at least one public contract since 2022. They have median revenue of NOK 64.7m, against NOK 59.6m for the rest.
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