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Margins and profitability in operation of marine fish farms
73 Norwegian companies in this industry. The median operating margin was 7.2 %, meaning what was left of revenue once every cost had been paid.
21 % 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 432,234,587 | NOK 305,356,266 |
| Operating profit | NOK 28,094,520 | NOK 79,737,201 |
| Revenue per employee | NOK 9,672,579 | NOK 8,077,911 |
Revenue per employee is calculated on the 72 of 73 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 -12.5 %, and one tenth above 25.0 %. That is the real spread in the industry, not an average.
Top against weakest third
- Top third
- 19.4 %
- Weakest third
- -1.9 %
- Spread
- 21 percentage points
- Equity ratio
- 42.2 %median of 73
Geography
Where the companies are based
| Storebø | 4 | |
| Bergen | 4 | |
| Eikelandsosen | 4 | |
| Onarheim | 3 | |
| Norheimsund | 2 | |
| Rørvik | 2 |
The six postal towns with the most companies in this industry, by registered business address.
Public contracts
Who in the industry wins public contracts
4 of 73 companies in the industry have won at least one public contract since 2022, that is 5.5 %.
Only 4 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 4 contracts we find come most often from these buyers.
| UiT Norges arktiske universitet | 4 |
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 operation of marine fish farms
- What is a normal operating margin in operation of marine fish farms?
- The median operating margin was 7.2 %, meaning what was left of revenue once every cost had been paid. Half of the 73 companies in the sample were above it, and half below.
- What separates the best from the weakest in operation of marine fish farms?
- The top third had an operating margin of 19.4 %, against -1.9 % 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 operation of marine fish farms in Norway?
- We hold filed accounts for 73 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 Operation of marine fish farms generate per employee?
- The median company in Operation of marine fish farms turns over NOK 9.7m per employee. The figure is calculated on the 72 of 73 companies that report an employee count.
- How many are loss-making in operation of marine fish farms?
- 21 % of the companies in the sample posted a negative operating result.
- How large is a typical company in operation of marine fish farms?
- Median revenue is NOK 432.2m. Half of the companies fall between NOK 185.6m and NOK 976.9m.
- How much do public contracts matter in operation of marine fish farms?
- We find almost no public contracts in this industry since 2022, so public procurement appears to play little role here.
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