Margins and profitability in wholesale of other household goods
69 Norwegian companies in this industry. The median company kept 3.6 % of every krone.
23 % of the companies in this industry posted a negative operating result that year.
The distribution
What companies in the industry earned
One tenth of companies fell below -5.7 %, and one tenth above 14.8 %. That is the real spread in the industry, not an average.
Top against weakest third
Size
Profitability by size
| Revenue | Companies | Median operating margin |
|---|---|---|
| 20 to 100 m | 17 | 2.9 % |
| over 100 m | 42 | 3.5 % |
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
- Arnatveit1
- Skien1
- Drammen1
- Verdal1
The six postal towns with the most companies in this industry, by registered business address.
Public contracts
Who in the industry wins public contracts
31 of 69 companies in the industry have won at least one public contract since 2022, that is 44.9 %.
Those that win have median revenue of 122.9 m kr, against 151.1 m kr for those that do not. That is 0.8× as much. Note that this describes who wins, not evidence that contracts make companies large; large companies also find it easier to bid.
The 252 contracts we find come most often from these buyers.
- Tromsø kommune12
- Sarpsborg kommune11
- Ålesund kommune11
- Viken Vest Innkjøpssamarbeid (VVI)11
- Innherred Anskaffelser8
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 wholesale of other household goods
- What is a normal operating margin in wholesale of other household goods?
- The median company kept 3.6 % of every krone. That means half of the 69 companies in the sample were above it, and half below.
- What separates the best from the weakest in wholesale of other household goods?
- The top third kept 10.5 % of every krone, against -2.2 % for the weakest third. The spread is 13 percentage points, and that is within the same industry, the same country and the same year.
- How many companies are there in wholesale of other household goods in Norway?
- We hold filed accounts for 69 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 many are loss-making in wholesale of other household goods?
- 23 % of the companies in the sample posted a negative operating result.
- How large is a typical company in wholesale of other household goods?
- Median revenue is 144.6 m kr. Half of the companies fall between 42.6 m kr and 277.5 m kr.
- How much do public contracts matter in wholesale of other household goods?
- 31 of 69 companies, that is 44.9 %, have won at least one public contract since 2022. They have median revenue of 122.9 m kr, against 151.1 m kr for the rest.
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