Business development

Business development in Frogn

How jobs have changed, where the municipality is exposed, and which industries are related to its strengths. The figures show relationships, not recommendations. Back to Frogn

Change in jobs 2020–2025

The number of jobs in Frogn changed by +438 (+10.0%) from 2020 to 2025, against +8.7% in Norway. The table splits the change in three parts.

The change in jobs split into national growth, industry mix and local conditions
PartJobsWhat it means
National growth+384If every industry in the municipality had grown like jobs in Norway (+8.7%).
Industry mix−20Added or lost because the municipality has many jobs in industries growing faster or slower than Norway.
Local conditions+74The rest: the industries did better or worse here than the same industries in Norway.
Total change+438From 4,394 to 4,832 jobs in the industries included.

Industries that did better here than in Norway

Industry (SN2007)ChangeGrowth hereGrowth in Norway
Agentur- og engroshandel, unntatt med motorvogner 46 +190+81%+4%
Helsetjenester 86 +80+38%+13%
Lagring og andre tjenester tilknyttet transport 52 +64+88%+19%
Annen forretningsmessig tjenesteyting 82 +42+323%−11%
Pleie- og omsorgstjenester i institusjon 87 +61+15%+6%

Industries that did worse here than in Norway

Industry (SN2007)ChangeGrowth hereGrowth in Norway
Arkitektvirksomhet og teknisk konsulentvirksomhet, og teknisk prøving og analyse 71 −27−20%+17%
Produksjon av nærings- og nytelsesmidler 10 −39−93%+11%
Sports- og fritidsaktiviteter og drift av fornøyelsesetablissementer 93 −13−10%+24%
Offentlig administrasjon og forsvar, og trygdeordninger underlagt offentlig forvaltning 84 −18−6%+9%
Juridisk og regnskapsmessig tjenesteyting 69 −32−54%+13%

Employed persons by workplace and industry (SN2007, 2-digit), 4th quarter (SSB 13470). The tables are sorted by local conditions: the change beyond what national growth and the industry mix explain. 2 industries without figures in both years are left out.

How dependent is the municipality on a few industries?

Share of jobs in the three largest industries
30%
Median in the municipality group: 31%
Industries with jobs
54
Concentration (HHI, 0–10,000)
601
Median in the municipality group: 610

Jobs are spread over industries about as in similar municipalities.

The largest company we follow with its business address in the municipality has 250 employees in the whole company: Volvo Maskin AS.

HHI is the sum of squared shares: a higher number means jobs are concentrated in fewer industries. Employees count the whole company, not only jobs in the municipality.

Strengths and related industries

The municipality has a larger share of jobs than Norway in: Oppsamling og behandling av avløpsvann, Oppføring av bygninger, Spesialisert bygge- og anleggsvirksomhet, Agentur- og engroshandel, unntatt med motorvogner, Detaljhandel, unntatt med motorvogner, Landtransport og rørtransport, Lagring og andre tjenester tilknyttet transport, Omsetning og drift av fast eiendom. and 10 more.

Industry (SN2007)Closeness to the municipality's strengthsGrowth in NorwayMost related to
Tjenester tilknyttet eiendomsdrift 81 36%+6%Landtransport og rørtransport, Spesialisert bygge- og anleggsvirksomhet, Detaljhandel, unntatt med motorvogner
Overnattingsvirksomhet 55 34%+46%Detaljhandel, unntatt med motorvogner, Oppføring av bygninger, Spesialisert bygge- og anleggsvirksomhet
Produksjon av nærings- og nytelsesmidler 10 34%+11%Landtransport og rørtransport, Oppføring av bygninger, Pleie- og omsorgstjenester i institusjon
Skogbruk og tjenester tilknyttet skogbruk 02 33%+2%Detaljhandel, unntatt med motorvogner, Landtransport og rørtransport, Annen personlig tjenesteyting
Handel med og reparasjon av motorvogner 45 32%+10%Detaljhandel, unntatt med motorvogner, Landtransport og rørtransport, Spesialisert bygge- og anleggsvirksomhet

Related industries often appear together with the municipality's strengths in other municipalities, are not a strength here, and grow in Norway. Closeness shows how much of what usually comes with the industry the municipality already has. It is a starting point for questions, not a recommendation.

The companies driving growth

Companies in the sectors we follow, with their business address in the municipality, sorted by the increase in revenue from the year before (NOK accounts only).

Indications based on open data. Not advice. Methodology

Source: Statistics Norway (SSB), table 13470. CC BY 4.0. Company figures: our calculations from annual accounts (Brønnøysund Register Centre).