NACE 78.200
Margins and profitability in temporary employment agency activities and other human resource provisions
324 Norwegian companies in this industry. The median operating margin was 2.2 %, meaning what was left of revenue once every cost had been paid.
24 % 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 53,923,819 | NOK 61,820,332 |
| Operating profit | NOK 956,221 | NOK 4,510,928 |
| Revenue per employee | NOK 706,587 | NOK 812,369 |
Revenue per employee is calculated on the 322 of 324 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 9.1 %. That is the real spread in the industry, not an average.
Top against weakest third
- Top third
- 6.8 %
- Weakest third
- -1.6 %
- Spread
- 8 percentage points
- Equity ratio
- 12.7 %median of 324
Size
Profitability by size
| Revenue | Companies | Median operating margin |
|---|---|---|
| 5 to 20 m | 48 | 1.8 % |
| 20 to 100 m | 172 | 2.0 % |
| over 100 m | 95 | 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 | 73 | |
| Bergen | 13 | |
| Stavanger | 13 | |
| Sandnes | 12 | |
| Trondheim | 8 | |
| Kristiansand S | 5 |
The six postal towns with the most companies in this industry, by registered business address.
Public contracts
Who in the industry wins public contracts
57 of 324 companies in the industry have won at least one public contract since 2022, that is 17.6 %.
Those that win have median revenue of NOK 95.2m, against NOK 47.8m 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 357 contracts we find come most often from these buyers.
| Lørenskog kommune | 23 | |
| Malvik kommune | 19 | |
| Tromsø kommune | 19 | |
| Universitetet i Bergen | 16 | |
| Sandnes kommune | 15 |
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 temporary employment agency activities and other human resource provisions
- What is a normal operating margin in temporary employment agency activities and other human resource provisions?
- The median operating margin was 2.2 %, meaning what was left of revenue once every cost had been paid. Half of the 324 companies in the sample were above it, and half below.
- What separates the best from the weakest in temporary employment agency activities and other human resource provisions?
- The top third had an operating margin of 6.8 %, against -1.6 % for the weakest. The spread is 8 percentage points, within the same industry, the same country and the same year.
- How many companies are there in temporary employment agency activities and other human resource provisions in Norway?
- We hold filed accounts for 324 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 Temporary employment agency activities and other human resource provisions generate per employee?
- The median company in Temporary employment agency activities and other human resource provisions turns over NOK 707,000 per employee. The figure is calculated on the 322 of 324 companies that report an employee count.
- How many are loss-making in temporary employment agency activities and other human resource provisions?
- 24 % of the companies in the sample posted a negative operating result.
- How large is a typical company in temporary employment agency activities and other human resource provisions?
- Median revenue is NOK 53.9m. Half of the companies fall between NOK 27.4m and NOK 123.3m.
- How much do public contracts matter in temporary employment agency activities and other human resource provisions?
- 57 of 324 companies, that is 17.6 %, have won at least one public contract since 2022. They have median revenue of NOK 95.2m, against NOK 47.8m for the rest.
Next
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