What is a normal operating margin in general cleaning of buildings?

The median operating margin was 3.8 %, meaning what was left of revenue once every cost had been paid. Half of the 795 companies in the sample were above it, and half below.

What separates the best from the weakest in general cleaning of buildings?

The top third had an operating margin of 12.6 %, against -2.8 % 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 general cleaning of buildings in Norway?

We hold filed accounts for 795 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 General cleaning of buildings generate per employee?

The median company in General cleaning of buildings turns over NOK 419,000 per employee. The figure is calculated on the 612 of 795 companies that report an employee count.

How many are loss-making in general cleaning of buildings?

27 % of the companies in the sample posted a negative operating result.

How large is a typical company in general cleaning of buildings?

Median revenue is NOK 3.7m. Half of the companies fall between NOK 1.9m and NOK 7.8m.

How much do public contracts matter in general cleaning of buildings?

40 of 795 companies, that is 5.0 %, have won at least one public contract since 2022. They have median revenue of NOK 34.2m, against NOK 3.5m for the rest.

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Margins and profitability in general cleaning of buildings

795 Norwegian companies in this industry. The median operating margin was 3.8 %, 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

Revenue and operating profit
	Median company	Top third
Revenue	NOK 3,690,848	NOK 3,728,712
Operating profit	NOK 154,886	NOK 593,514
Revenue per employee	NOK 419,087	NOK 455,331

Revenue per employee is calculated on the 612 of 795 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 -6.6 %, and one tenth above 17.2 %. That is the real spread in the industry, not an average.

Top against weakest third

Top third: 12.6 %
Weakest third: -2.8 %
Spread: 15 percentage points
Equity ratio: 19.4 %median of 793

Size

Profitability by size

Profitability by size
Revenue	Companies	Median operating margin
1 to 5 m	481	2.5 %
5 to 20 m	232	4.9 %
20 to 100 m	63	6.1 %
over 100 m	19	5.1 %

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
Oslo		156
Trondheim		24
Drammen		18
Sandnes		14
Stavanger		12
Skedsmokorset		11

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

Public contracts

Who in the industry wins public contracts

40 of 795 companies in the industry have won at least one public contract since 2022, that is 5.0 %.

Those that win have median revenue of NOK 34.2m, against NOK 3.5m for those that do not. That is 9.7× 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 257 contracts we find come most often from these buyers.

Who puts them out to tender
Domstoladministrasjonen		19
Rælingen kommune		9
Asker kommune		9
Digitaliseringsdirektoratet		6
Norges miljø- og biovitenskapelige universitet		6

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 general cleaning of buildings

What is a normal operating margin in general cleaning of buildings?: The median operating margin was 3.8 %, meaning what was left of revenue once every cost had been paid. Half of the 795 companies in the sample were above it, and half below.
What separates the best from the weakest in general cleaning of buildings?: The top third had an operating margin of 12.6 %, against -2.8 % 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 general cleaning of buildings in Norway?: We hold filed accounts for 795 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 General cleaning of buildings generate per employee?: The median company in General cleaning of buildings turns over NOK 419,000 per employee. The figure is calculated on the 612 of 795 companies that report an employee count.
How many are loss-making in general cleaning of buildings?: 27 % of the companies in the sample posted a negative operating result.
How large is a typical company in general cleaning of buildings?: Median revenue is NOK 3.7m. Half of the companies fall between NOK 1.9m and NOK 7.8m.
How much do public contracts matter in general cleaning of buildings?: 40 of 795 companies, that is 5.0 %, have won at least one public contract since 2022. They have median revenue of NOK 34.2m, against NOK 3.5m for the rest.

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