Business development

Business development in Grane

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 Grane

Change in jobs 2020–2025

The number of jobs in Grane changed by −100 (−17.2%) 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+51If every industry in the municipality had grown like jobs in Norway (+8.7%).
Industry mix−41Added or lost because the municipality has many jobs in industries growing faster or slower than Norway.
Local conditions−109The rest: the industries did better or worse here than the same industries in Norway.
Total change−100From 580 to 480 jobs in the industries included.

Industries that did better here than in Norway

Industry (SN2007)ChangeGrowth hereGrowth in Norway
Tjenester tilknyttet eiendomsdrift 81 +21+420%+6%
Helsetjenester 86 +20+105%+13%
Arkitektvirksomhet og teknisk konsulentvirksomhet, og teknisk prøving og analyse 71 +7–+17%
Reisebyrå- og reisearrangørvirksomhet og tilknyttede tjenester 79 +4+133%+33%
Reparasjon og installasjon av maskiner og utstyr 33 +3–+15%

Industries that did worse here than in Norway

Industry (SN2007)ChangeGrowth hereGrowth in Norway
Sosiale omsorgstjenester uten botilbud 88 −41−56%+2%
Spesialisert bygge- og anleggsvirksomhet 43 −30−47%+4%
Anleggsvirksomhet 42 −16−100%+10%
Pleie- og omsorgstjenester i institusjon 87 −9−16%+6%
Offentlig administrasjon og forsvar, og trygdeordninger underlagt offentlig forvaltning 84 −7−19%+9%

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
40%
Median in the municipality group: 38%
Industries with jobs
22
Concentration (HHI, 0–10,000)
938
Median in the municipality group: 816

Jobs are spread over industries about as in similar municipalities.

The largest company we follow with its business address in the municipality has 109 employees in the whole company: Norgesvinduet Svenningdal 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: Jordbruk og tjenester tilknyttet jordbruk, jakt og viltstell, Produksjon av trelast og varer av tre, kork, strå og flettematerialer, unntatt møbler, Spesialisert bygge- og anleggsvirksomhet, Tjenester tilknyttet eiendomsdrift, Pleie- og omsorgstjenester i institusjon, Sosiale omsorgstjenester uten botilbud.

Industry (SN2007)Closeness to the municipality's strengthsGrowth in NorwayMost related to
Undervisning 85 23%+4%Sosiale omsorgstjenester uten botilbud, Spesialisert bygge- og anleggsvirksomhet, Pleie- og omsorgstjenester i institusjon
Landtransport og rørtransport 49 21%+8%Tjenester tilknyttet eiendomsdrift, Spesialisert bygge- og anleggsvirksomhet, Jordbruk og tjenester tilknyttet jordbruk, jakt og viltstell
Skogbruk og tjenester tilknyttet skogbruk 02 19%+2%Produksjon av trelast og varer av tre, kork, strå og flettematerialer, unntatt møbler, Tjenester tilknyttet eiendomsdrift, Spesialisert bygge- og anleggsvirksomhet
Produksjon av nærings- og nytelsesmidler 10 18%+11%Jordbruk og tjenester tilknyttet jordbruk, jakt og viltstell, Pleie- og omsorgstjenester i institusjon, Sosiale omsorgstjenester uten botilbud
Overnattingsvirksomhet 55 17%+46%Jordbruk og tjenester tilknyttet jordbruk, jakt og viltstell, Spesialisert bygge- og anleggsvirksomhet, Tjenester tilknyttet eiendomsdrift

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).