NACE 68.310

Margins and profitability in intermediation service activities for real estate activities

408 Norwegian companies in this industry. The median operating margin was 8.9 %, meaning what was left of revenue once every cost had been paid.

14 % of the companies in this industry posted a negative operating result that year.

In kroner

Revenue and operating profit

Revenue and operating profit
Median companyTop third
RevenueNOK 17,928,979NOK 22,260,502
Operating profitNOK 1,255,245NOK 3,641,987
Revenue per employeeNOK 2,130,105NOK 2,510,364

Revenue per employee is calculated on the 319 of 408 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 -4.0 %, and one tenth above 21.9 %. That is the real spread in the industry, not an average.

Top against weakest third

Top third
17.3 %
Weakest third
0.8 %
Spread
16 percentage points
Equity ratio
29.3 %median of 408

Size

Profitability by size

Profitability by size
RevenueCompaniesMedian operating margin
1 to 5 m585.4 %
5 to 20 m1696.8 %
20 to 100 m16311.7 %
over 100 m187.1 %

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
Oslo111
Stavanger18
Trondheim15
Bergen15
Drammen12
Kristiansand S10

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

Public contracts

Who in the industry wins public contracts

17 of 408 companies in the industry have won at least one public contract since 2022, that is 4.2 %.

Those that win have median revenue of NOK 35.4m, against NOK 17m for those that do not. That is 2.1× 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 28 contracts we find come most often from these buyers.

Who puts them out to tender
NTNU5
Frogn kommune4
Nye Veier3
Innherred Anskaffelser2
Oslo kommune v/ Boligbygg Oslo KF2

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 intermediation service activities for real estate activities

What is a normal operating margin in intermediation service activities for real estate activities?
The median operating margin was 8.9 %, meaning what was left of revenue once every cost had been paid. Half of the 408 companies in the sample were above it, and half below.
What separates the best from the weakest in intermediation service activities for real estate activities?
The top third had an operating margin of 17.3 %, against 0.8 % for the weakest. The spread is 16 percentage points, within the same industry, the same country and the same year.
How many companies are there in intermediation service activities for real estate activities in Norway?
We hold filed accounts for 408 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 Intermediation service activities for real estate activities generate per employee?
The median company in Intermediation service activities for real estate activities turns over NOK 2.1m per employee. The figure is calculated on the 319 of 408 companies that report an employee count.
How many are loss-making in intermediation service activities for real estate activities?
14 % of the companies in the sample posted a negative operating result.
How large is a typical company in intermediation service activities for real estate activities?
Median revenue is NOK 17.9m. Half of the companies fall between NOK 9.5m and NOK 29.4m.
How much do public contracts matter in intermediation service activities for real estate activities?
17 of 408 companies, that is 4.2 %, have won at least one public contract since 2022. They have median revenue of NOK 35.4m, against NOK 17m for the rest.

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Method. 408 companies registered on industry code 68.310 (Intermediation service activities for real estate activities) with filed accounts and at least one million kroner in revenue. The figures come from the Norwegian Register of Business Enterprises and are public. Operating margin is operating profit divided by operating revenue.

All figures are from the 2025 accounts as filed with the Brønnøysund Register Centre. The year comes from the accounting period, not from the filing date, so every company appears with the year its figures actually cover.

We show one cross-section and no trend line. Our database has broad coverage for 2024 and 2025, but only a small and non-random sample for the years before. A curve over a longer period would therefore measure who we happened to collect, not what happened in the industry.

Companies with under one million in revenue are excluded, because dormant limited companies would otherwise pull the median down. We do not publish an industry page until we hold at least 30 companies.

This is a description of an industry, not a ranking of companies. We name no individual company here.

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