NACE 43.223
Margins and profitability in ventilation installation
270 Norwegian companies in this industry. The median operating margin was 5.0 %, meaning what was left of revenue once every cost had been paid.
23 % 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 10,632,676 | NOK 11,302,775 |
| Operating profit | NOK 392,280 | NOK 1,801,374 |
| Revenue per employee | NOK 1,848,586 | NOK 2,386,228 |
Revenue per employee is calculated on the 163 of 270 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 -8.2 %, and one tenth above 18.7 %. That is the real spread in the industry, not an average.
Top against weakest third
- Top third
- 13.0 %
- Weakest third
- -3.0 %
- Spread
- 16 percentage points
- Equity ratio
- 34.2 %median of 270
Size
Profitability by size
| Revenue | Companies | Median operating margin |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 5 m | 82 | 3.5 % |
| 5 to 20 m | 93 | 4.0 % |
| 20 to 100 m | 72 | 6.5 % |
| over 100 m | 23 | 7.1 % |
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
| Oslo | 28 | |
| Sandnes | 7 | |
| Askim | 6 | |
| Lysaker | 6 | |
| Ålesund | 5 | |
| Trondheim | 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
40 of 270 companies in the industry have won at least one public contract since 2022, that is 14.8 %.
Those that win have median revenue of NOK 70.6m, against NOK 7.5m for those that do not. That is 9.5× 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 228 contracts we find come most often from these buyers.
| Statsbygg | 17 | |
| Forsvarsbygg | 15 | |
| NTNU | 13 | |
| Rogaland fylkeskommune | 12 | |
| Sykehusinnkjøp HF | 10 |
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 ventilation installation
- What is a normal operating margin in ventilation installation?
- The median operating margin was 5.0 %, meaning what was left of revenue once every cost had been paid. Half of the 270 companies in the sample were above it, and half below.
- What separates the best from the weakest in ventilation installation?
- The top third had an operating margin of 13.0 %, against -3.0 % 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 ventilation installation in Norway?
- We hold filed accounts for 270 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 Ventilation installation generate per employee?
- The median company in Ventilation installation turns over NOK 1.8m per employee. The figure is calculated on the 163 of 270 companies that report an employee count.
- How many are loss-making in ventilation installation?
- 23 % of the companies in the sample posted a negative operating result.
- How large is a typical company in ventilation installation?
- Median revenue is NOK 10.6m. Half of the companies fall between NOK 3.8m and NOK 36.1m.
- How much do public contracts matter in ventilation installation?
- 40 of 270 companies, that is 14.8 %, have won at least one public contract since 2022. They have median revenue of NOK 70.6m, against NOK 7.5m for the rest.
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