Margins and profitability in production of meat and poultry meat products

Revenue and operating profit

Revenue per employee is calculated on the 42 of 42 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.

What companies in the industry earned

One tenth of companies fell below 0.0 %, and one tenth above 9.3 %. That is the real spread in the industry, not an average.

Top against weakest third

Top third

6.9 %

Weakest third

0.2 %

Spread

7 percentage points

Equity ratio

43.8 %median of 42

Profitability by size

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.

Where the companies are based

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

Who in the industry wins public contracts

2 of 42 companies in the industry have won at least one public contract since 2022, that is 4.8 %.

Only 2 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 3 contracts we find come most often from these buyers.

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.

Common questions about production of meat and poultry meat products

What is a normal operating margin in production of meat and poultry meat products?

The median operating margin was 4.1 %, meaning what was left of revenue once every cost had been paid. Half of the 42 companies in the sample were above it, and half below.

What separates the best from the weakest in production of meat and poultry meat products?

The top third had an operating margin of 6.9 %, against 0.2 % for the weakest. The spread is 7 percentage points, within the same industry, the same country and the same year.

How many companies are there in production of meat and poultry meat products in Norway?

We hold filed accounts for 42 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 Production of meat and poultry meat products generate per employee?

The median company in Production of meat and poultry meat products turns over NOK 3.1m per employee. The figure is calculated on the 42 of 42 companies that report an employee count.

How many are loss-making in production of meat and poultry meat products?

10 % of the companies in the sample posted a negative operating result.

How large is a typical company in production of meat and poultry meat products?

Median revenue is NOK 120.7m. Half of the companies fall between NOK 42.6m and NOK 264.8m.

How much do public contracts matter in production of meat and poultry meat products?

We find almost no public contracts in this industry since 2022, so public procurement appears to play little role here.

• Open tenders in this industry→Notices with a deadline still ahead, collected from Doffin and TED every morning.
• Check a company→Enter the name and see operating margin, equity and public contracts measured against everyone else in the same industry.

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