Margins and profitability in work training and permanently adapted work
175 Norwegian companies in this industry. The median company kept 3.0 % of every krone.
27 % 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 -5.0 %, and one tenth above 10.1 %. That is the real spread in the industry, not an average.
Top against weakest third
Size
Profitability by size
| Revenue | Companies | Median operating margin |
|---|---|---|
| 5 to 20 m | 43 | 3.5 % |
| 20 to 100 m | 121 | 2.8 % |
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
- Oslo2
- Bergen1
- Rådal1
- Volda1
- Trøgstad1
- Moss1
The six postal towns with the most companies in this industry, by registered business address.
Public contracts
Who in the industry wins public contracts
30 of 175 companies in the industry have won at least one public contract since 2022, that is 17.1 %.
Those that win have median revenue of 36.8 m kr, against 32.5 m kr for those that do not. That is 1.1× as much. Note that this describes who wins, not evidence that contracts make companies large; large companies also find it easier to bid.
The 38 contracts we find come most often from these buyers.
- Kolumbus AS3
- Oslo Kommune v/ Økonomi- Og Forvaltningsetaten3
- Bergen kommune - Innkjøp konsern3
- Arbeids OG Velferdsetaten3
- Moss kommune2
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 work training and permanently adapted work
- What is a normal operating margin in work training and permanently adapted work?
- The median company kept 3.0 % of every krone. That means half of the 175 companies in the sample were above it, and half below.
- What separates the best from the weakest in work training and permanently adapted work?
- The top third kept 8.3 % of every krone, against -1.8 % for the weakest third. The spread is 10 percentage points, and that is within the same industry, the same country and the same year.
- How many companies are there in work training and permanently adapted work in Norway?
- We hold filed accounts for 175 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 work training and permanently adapted work?
- 27 % of the companies in the sample posted a negative operating result.
- How large is a typical company in work training and permanently adapted work?
- Median revenue is 32.7 m kr. Half of the companies fall between 18.7 m kr and 51.3 m kr.
- How much do public contracts matter in work training and permanently adapted work?
- 30 of 175 companies, that is 17.1 %, have won at least one public contract since 2022. They have median revenue of 36.8 m kr, against 32.5 m kr for the rest.
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