Margins and profitability in wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories

Revenue and operating profit

Revenue per employee is calculated on the 34 of 34 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 -2.7 %, and one tenth above 14.7 %. That is the real spread in the industry, not an average.

Top against weakest third

Top third

12.8 %

Weakest third

-1.0 %

Spread

14 percentage points

Equity ratio

32.1 %median of 34

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

7 of 34 companies in the industry have won at least one public contract since 2022, that is 20.6 %.

Only 7 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 16 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 wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories

What is a normal operating margin in wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories?

The median operating margin was 4.6 %, meaning what was left of revenue once every cost had been paid. Half of the 34 companies in the sample were above it, and half below.

What separates the best from the weakest in wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories?

The top third had an operating margin of 12.8 %, against -1.0 % for the weakest. The spread is 14 percentage points, within the same industry, the same country and the same year.

How many companies are there in wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories in Norway?

We hold filed accounts for 34 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 Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories generate per employee?

The median company in Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories turns over NOK 4.6m per employee. The figure is calculated on the 34 of 34 companies that report an employee count.

How many are loss-making in wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories?

21 % of the companies in the sample posted a negative operating result.

How large is a typical company in wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories?

Median revenue is NOK 201.4m. Half of the companies fall between NOK 88.4m and NOK 282.8m.

How much do public contracts matter in wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories?

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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