NACE 88.993
Margins and profitability in work training and permanently adapted work
185 Norwegian companies in this industry. The median operating margin was 2.4 %, meaning what was left of revenue once every cost had been paid.
28 % 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 33,119,261 | NOK 29,406,131 |
| Operating profit | NOK 586,617 | NOK 2,260,090 |
| Revenue per employee | NOK 891,737 | NOK 779,283 |
Revenue per employee is calculated on the 182 of 185 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 -5.0 %, and one tenth above 9.8 %. That is the real spread in the industry, not an average.
Top against weakest third
- Top third
- 7.6 %
- Weakest third
- -1.7 %
- Spread
- 9 percentage points
- Equity ratio
- 68.3 %median of 185
Size
Profitability by size
| Revenue | Companies | Median operating margin |
|---|---|---|
| 5 to 20 m | 41 | 2.7 % |
| 20 to 100 m | 130 | 2.4 % |
| over 100 m | 12 | -1.1 % |
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 | 9 | |
| Øvre Ervik | 3 | |
| Ålesund | 3 | |
| Bergen | 3 | |
| Moss | 3 | |
| Askim | 3 |
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 185 companies in the industry have won at least one public contract since 2022, that is 16.8 %.
Those that win have median revenue of NOK 41.9m, against NOK 32.5m for those that do not. That is 1.3× 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 41 contracts we find come most often from these buyers.
| Arbeids og Velferdsetaten | 3 | |
| Bergen kommune - Innkjøp konsern | 3 | |
| Oslo Kommune v/ Økonomi- Og Forvaltningsetaten | 3 | |
| Kolumbus AS | 3 | |
| Sykehusinnkjøp HF | 2 |
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 operating margin was 2.4 %, meaning what was left of revenue once every cost had been paid. Half of the 185 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 had an operating margin of 7.6 %, against -1.7 % for the weakest. The spread is 9 percentage points, 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 185 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 Work training and permanently adapted work generate per employee?
- The median company in Work training and permanently adapted work turns over NOK 892,000 per employee. The figure is calculated on the 182 of 185 companies that report an employee count.
- How many are loss-making in work training and permanently adapted work?
- 28 % 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 NOK 33.1m. Half of the companies fall between NOK 20.3m and NOK 54.4m.
- How much do public contracts matter in work training and permanently adapted work?
- 31 of 185 companies, that is 16.8 %, have won at least one public contract since 2022. They have median revenue of NOK 41.9m, against NOK 32.5m for the rest.
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