Hammerfest - Hámmerfeasta
Municipality index · based on 2025
51 of 100
Rank 7 of 13 in KOSTRA group 8. 173 of 357 nationally.
| Part | Score (0–100) | Group median | Development (0–100) | Score as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Work and business | – | – | – | No figures |
| Economy | – | – | – | No figures |
| Population and growth | – | – | – | No figures |
| Work, education and housing | – | – | – | No figures |
| Health and living conditions | – | No figures | ||
| Local economy (our company data) | – | – | – | No figures |
| Public contracts | – | – | – | Comes when Doffin is connected (weight 0) |
The score is the percentile rank in the group: 50 means middle of the pack among municipalities like it. The index does not measure the quality of services.
Level and development in the group
Too few municipalities with both level and development.
Similar municipalities
Not computed yet.
Key figures from Statistics Norway
Work and business
| Key figure | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Employed, share of age 20–66 (high scores high) | 78.9% 2025 | table 11618 figures from an earlier municipality number |
| Job coverage (jobs per employed resident) (shown, not in the index) | 106.0% 2025 | table 11618 figures from an earlier municipality number |
| Registered unemployed, share of labour force (low scores high) | 1.2% 2025 | table 13563 figures from an earlier municipality number |
| New enterprises per 1,000 inhabitants (high scores high) | 6.3 2023 | table 13701 figures from an earlier municipality number |
| Limited company bankruptcies per 1,000 inhabitants (low scores high) | 0.4 2025 | table 07165 figures from an earlier municipality number |
Economy
| Key figure | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Household income after tax, median (high scores high) | NOK 681,600 2024 | table 06944 figures from an earlier municipality number some years withheld by SSB |
| Net operating result, share of operating revenue (municipal group) (high scores high) | 0.9% 2025 | table 12143 figures from an earlier municipality number |
| Unrestricted reserves, share of operating revenue (high scores high) | 6.2% 2025 | table 12143 figures from an earlier municipality number |
| Net debt, share of operating revenue (low scores high) | 167.4% 2025 | table 12143 figures from an earlier municipality number |
Population and growth
| Key figure | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Population on 1 January (shown, not in the index) | 11,391 2026 | table 11342 figures from an earlier municipality number |
| Population growth, last year (high scores high) | 0.6% 2026 | table 06913 figures from an earlier municipality number |
| Net migration per 1,000 inhabitants (high scores high) | 5.9 2025 | table 06913 figures from an earlier municipality number some years withheld by SSB |
Each key figure is for the year shown beside it. Municipalities that merged or were renumbered get the figures from the old number where Statistics Norway has not recalculated them.
Industries in the municipality
Industry figures for the municipality have not been fetched yet.
Housing and labour market
Commuting figures have not been fetched yet.
Stress test: the oil downturn and the pandemic
The stress test has not been computed yet.
Cost and quality of services
KOSTRA figures for cost and quality have not been fetched yet.
Companies registered in the municipality
- Limited companies we follow
- 209
- With accounts 2025
- 116
- Turnover 2025 (NOK)
- 3,502 MNOK
- Median operating margin 2025
- 4.5%
Only limited companies in the sectors we follow, by business address. The head office can be elsewhere than the activity. Companies reporting in another currency than NOK are left out of turnover.
Largest companies in the municipality
- SCANFISH NORWAY AS 868 MNOK (2025)
- FINNMARK HAVFISKE AS 739 MNOK (2025)
- HK CREW AS 395 MNOK (2025)
- HAMMERFEST INDUSTRIFISKE AS 343 MNOK (2025)
- BARENTS NATURGASS AS 322 MNOK (2025)
- ELKJØP HAMMERFEST AS 73 MNOK (2025)
- ESBEN SIMONSEN AS 67 MNOK (2025)
- KAROLINE RODAL AS 65 MNOK (2025)
- AS BIL & BO 47 MNOK (2025)
- GRAVEPARTNER AS 38 MNOK (2025)
- FINNMARK KYSTFISKE AS 38 MNOK (2025)
- HAMMERFEST AUTO SALG AS 37 MNOK (2025)
- G. HAGEN AS 33 MNOK (2025)
- NYBOLOFT BYGGEVARE AS 33 MNOK (2025)
- RYPEFJORD DAGLIGVARE AS 31 MNOK (2025)
209 limited companies in the sectors we follow have their business address here.
Latest awards from buyers in the municipality
- Rehabilitering av tak Storgata 17 Hammerfest Kommune · 4 March 2026
- Avfallsposer til optisk sortering Finnmark Ressursselskap AS · 26 August 2025
From Doffin. The buyer's address decides the municipality; state agencies are often where their head office is.
Contains data under the Norwegian licence for public data (NLOD 2.0) made available by Doffin/the Norwegian Agency for Public and Financial Management (DFØ). NLOD 2.0
Earlier municipalities
- Hammerfest - Hámmerfeasta (5406) · renumbered 2024
Indications based on open data. Not advice. Methodology
Source: Statistics Norway (SSB), table 06913, table 06944, table 07165, table 11342, table 11618, table 12143, table 13563, table 13701, municipality map and KOSTRA groups from Klass. CC BY 4.0.