NACE 90.390
Margins and profitability in other support activities to arts and performing arts
49 Norwegian companies in this industry. The median operating margin was 2.3 %, meaning what was left of revenue once every cost had been paid.
29 % 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 21,045,274 | NOK 20,999,557 |
| Operating profit | NOK 485,015 | NOK 1,161,011 |
| Revenue per employee | NOK 543,832 | NOK 537,278 |
Revenue per employee is calculated on the 44 of 49 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 -7.9 %, and one tenth above 11.5 %. That is the real spread in the industry, not an average.
Top against weakest third
- Top third
- 6.9 %
- Weakest third
- -5.6 %
- Spread
- 13 percentage points
- Equity ratio
- 27.5 %median of 49
Size
Profitability by size
| Revenue | Companies | Median operating margin |
|---|---|---|
| 5 to 20 m | 15 | 1.7 % |
| 20 to 100 m | 19 | 2.6 % |
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 | 8 | |
| Stavanger | 3 | |
| Trondheim | 3 | |
| Bodø | 3 | |
| Tromsø | 2 | |
| Ålesund | 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
11 of 49 companies in the industry have won at least one public contract since 2022, that is 22.4 %.
Those that win have median revenue of NOK 39.3m, against NOK 19.7m for those that do not. That is 2× 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 23 contracts we find come most often from these buyers.
| Universitetet i Bergen | 4 | |
| Bodø2024 IKS | 4 | |
| Tromsø kommune | 2 | |
| NTNU | 2 | |
| Steinkjer kommune | 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 other support activities to arts and performing arts
- What is a normal operating margin in other support activities to arts and performing arts?
- The median operating margin was 2.3 %, meaning what was left of revenue once every cost had been paid. Half of the 49 companies in the sample were above it, and half below.
- What separates the best from the weakest in other support activities to arts and performing arts?
- The top third had an operating margin of 6.9 %, against -5.6 % for the weakest. The spread is 13 percentage points, within the same industry, the same country and the same year.
- How many companies are there in other support activities to arts and performing arts in Norway?
- We hold filed accounts for 49 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 Other support activities to arts and performing arts generate per employee?
- The median company in Other support activities to arts and performing arts turns over NOK 544,000 per employee. The figure is calculated on the 44 of 49 companies that report an employee count.
- How many are loss-making in other support activities to arts and performing arts?
- 29 % of the companies in the sample posted a negative operating result.
- How large is a typical company in other support activities to arts and performing arts?
- Median revenue is NOK 21m. Half of the companies fall between NOK 6.4m and NOK 47.2m.
- How much do public contracts matter in other support activities to arts and performing arts?
- 11 of 49 companies, that is 22.4 %, have won at least one public contract since 2022. They have median revenue of NOK 39.3m, against NOK 19.7m for the rest.
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