BRANCH GROUP AS
Score · fiscal year 2025
55of 100
How to read this: the company is ahead of 60 % of small companies in the same sector in 2025. What does this mean?
Rank: 15,422 of 38,670 · Handel
Profile
Elephant · Steward
Lower profitability, high solidity
Position against comparable companies in 2025, not a verdict on the company. Based on profitability 27 and solidity 74 out of 100 among small companies in the same sector in 2025. Methodology
Against the sector
BRANCH GROUP AS is 5 points above the median for small companies in the same sector in 2025.
Median score 50 among 36,110 companies.
Against small companies in the same sector in 2025: operating margin −1,252.5% (median 2.5%) and equity ratio 73.6% (median 38.3%).
The numbers behind the score
| Measure | Company | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 0 MNOK | 3 MNOK |
| Operating margin | −1,252.5% | 2.5% |
| Profit margin | 644.5% | 2.2% |
| Return on assets | 5.0% | 4.0% |
| Equity ratio | 73.6% | 38.3% |
| Debt-to-equity | 0.36 | 0.99 |
| Current ratio | 3.79 | 1.70 |
| Revenue growth | – | 3.5% |
The median and “ahead of” refer to small companies in the same sector in 2025. The bar shows the share of companies the figure is ahead of.
With an index of 55, BRANCH GROUP AS does better than 60% of small companies in the same sector (36,579 companies) in 2025.
Score 2023–2025
- BRANCH GROUP AS
- Median: small companies in the same sector
BRANCH GROUP AS has a score of 55 for 2025, rank 15,422 of 38,670 in the sector.
Strongest: Liquidity: percentile 76 against peers, current ratio 3.79 against a median of 1.70. Solidity: percentile 74 against peers, equity ratio 73.6% against a median of 38.3%.
Weakest: Profitability: percentile 27 against peers, operating margin −1,252.5% against a median of 2.5%.
Worth a closer look
- The operating margin is lower than at three in four companies in the sector. Where do costs differ from competitors? Based on: operating margin −1,252.5% (median 2.5%).
- What lies behind weak profitability, and will it last?
Written by fixed rules from the figures. Describes the figures, does not explain causes. Not investment or financial advice. How the summary is made
What the numbers say
BRANCH GROUP AS had an operating margin of −1,252.5% and an equity ratio of 73.6% in 2025, and ranks 15,422 of 38,670 in Handel.
From 2024 to 2025: went from a loss to a profit before tax.
This text is generated automatically from the 2025 accounts.
Three simple methods
The methods give between 0 MNOK and 1 MNOK.
| Method | Multiple | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| P/E | 10.0 | 0 MNOK |
| EV/EBIT | 8.0 | not meaningful |
| P/B | 1.0 | 1 MNOK |
A mechanical estimate from public accounts, not advice. Mechanical estimate from public accounts with fixed multiples. Not a valuation and not advice to buy or sell. The multiples are provisional default values and must be adjusted per sector before the figures are used for anything. See the calculation
Worth a closer look
- watch
The operating margin is lower than at three in four companies in the sector. Where do costs differ from competitors?
Based on: Operating margin −1,252.5% (median 2.5%).
Indications based on the latest annual accounts from open data. Not investment or financial advice.
Financial costs were 0.0% of the debt in 2025. The policy rate averaged 4.30 % the same year. This is a plain description of what the debt cost, not a model of interest sensitivity.
Data quality
- watch Extreme margin: check the figures
Scenario analysis: the sector's weakest year
We have no accounts for 2017, the sector's weakest year, for this company.
The sector's weakest year was 2017, with a median operating margin of −65.6%. Based on the 11 fiscal years we have. The analysis grows as more years are fetched or imported. Methodology
What the score is made of
| Profitability | 27 | weight 30% |
|---|---|---|
| Solidity | 74 | weight 25% |
| Liquidity | 76 | weight 15% |
| Growth | – | no data, left out |
| Consistency | 60 | weight 15% |
Durability: 52 (average over 3 years)
Index version 2. Data completeness 85%: the share of the weights that had data.
Questions and answers
How profitable is BRANCH GROUP AS?
The operating margin was −1,252.5% in 2025, against a median of 2.5% among small companies in the same sector. Return on assets was 5.0%.
How solid is BRANCH GROUP AS?
The equity ratio was 73.6% in 2025 (median 38.3%). Debt-to-equity was 0.36 (median 0.99).
What is the liquidity of BRANCH GROUP AS like?
The current ratio was 3.79 in 2025 (median 1.70).
How does BRANCH GROUP AS compare in Handel?
BRANCH GROUP AS ranks 15,422 of 38,670 in Handel for 2025. Among companies of the same size (small companies) it ranks 14,475 of 36,579.
From the Central Coordinating Register
- Org. no.
- 885179282
- Legal form
- AS
- Sector
- Handel (46.190)
- Size tier
- small
- Employees
- 0–4 (not registered)
- Founded
- 25 November 2002 23 years in operation
- Share capital
- 0.10 MNOK
- Business address
- Nedre Slottsgate 15, 0157 OSLO
- Municipality
- Oslo rank 63–221 of 357 in Norway
- Audit
- Audit opted out from 30 November 2016
- Latest accounts filed
- 2025
- Website
- www.branchservice.com
- LEI
- 1595RXLSUG49VP4SQN44 not renewed (lapsed)
Source: Central Coordinating Register, Brønnøysund Register Centre. The employee count is reported by the company and may be older than the accounts. See the company at the Brønnøysund Register Centre
Ownership and roles
- Chair of the board
- Stefan Marx
- Deputy member
- Ted Vikane
Source: Central Coordinating Register, fetched 29 October 2026. Only names are shown.
- Parent company
- No parent company: owned by persons
Source: GLEIF (Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation), fetched 29 October 2026. The parent is the one the company itself reported to GLEIF.
Owners and shareholdings will appear here once the shareholder data extract is in place.
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Figures last fetched 26 October 2026.
Year by year · 2023–2025
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Index | 53 | 48 | 55 | |
| Rank | 15,185 | 20,379 | 15,422 | |
| Operating margin | −53.0% | – | −1,252.5% | |
| Return on assets | −3.3% | −17.3% | 5.0% | |
| Equity ratio | 68.0% | 68.8% | 73.6% | |
| Current ratio | 3.12 | 3.20 | 3.79 | |
| Revenue growth | – | – | – |
Accounts
From the Brønnøysund Register Centre, in the company's reporting currency (NOK).
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 0.2 MNOK | – | 0.0 MNOK |
| Operating profit | −0.1 MNOK | −0.2 MNOK | −0.1 MNOK |
| Profit before tax | 0.0 MNOK | −0.1 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK |
| Net profit | 0.0 MNOK | −0.1 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK |
| Financial expenses | 0.0 MNOK | – | 0.0 MNOK |
| Total assets | 0.9 MNOK | 0.7 MNOK | 0.7 MNOK |
| Current assets | 0.9 MNOK | 0.7 MNOK | 0.7 MNOK |
| Equity | 0.6 MNOK | 0.5 MNOK | 0.5 MNOK |
| Retained earnings | 0.5 MNOK | 0.4 MNOK | 0.4 MNOK |
| Total liabilities | 0.3 MNOK | 0.2 MNOK | 0.2 MNOK |
| Current liabilities | 0.3 MNOK | 0.2 MNOK | 0.2 MNOK |
Source: Brønnøysund Register Centre (Register of Company Accounts), fetched 26 October 2026, accounts id 6733306.
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