Horten
Municipality index · based on 2025
37 of 100
Rank 23 of 27 in KOSTRA group 9. 297 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) | 71.8% 2025 | table 11618 figures from an earlier municipality number |
| Job coverage (jobs per employed resident) (shown, not in the index) | 91.0% 2025 | table 11618 figures from an earlier municipality number |
| Registered unemployed, share of labour force (low scores high) | 2.4% 2025 | table 13563 figures from an earlier municipality number |
| New enterprises per 1,000 inhabitants (high scores high) | 9.0 2023 | table 13701 figures from an earlier municipality number |
| Limited company bankruptcies per 1,000 inhabitants (low scores high) | 0.6 2025 | table 07165 figures from an earlier municipality number |
Economy
| Key figure | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Household income after tax, median (high scores high) | NOK 644,100 2024 | table 06944 figures from an earlier municipality number |
| Net operating result, share of operating revenue (municipal group) (high scores high) | 2.4% 2025 | table 12143 figures from an earlier municipality number |
| Unrestricted reserves, share of operating revenue (high scores high) | 9.3% 2025 | table 12143 figures from an earlier municipality number |
| Net debt, share of operating revenue (low scores high) | 106.4% 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) | 28,173 2026 | table 11342 figures from an earlier municipality number |
| Population growth, last year (high scores high) | 0.5% 2026 | table 06913 figures from an earlier municipality number |
| Net migration per 1,000 inhabitants (high scores high) | 6.6 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
- 307
- With accounts 2025
- 196
- Turnover 2025 (NOK)
- 2,087 MNOK
- Median operating margin 2025
- 2.8%
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
- BIKESHOP AS 323 MNOK (2025)
- KOLBERG CASPARY LAUTOM AS 211 MNOK (2025)
- UNIDENT AS 174 MNOK (2025)
- RCØ DAGLIGVARE AS 133 MNOK (2025)
- VIMLO AS 81 MNOK (2025)
- HBP PROSJEKT AS 80 MNOK (2025)
- ELKJØP STORMARKED HORTEN AS 78 MNOK (2025)
- SILJE BORNØ ANDERSEN AS 69 MNOK (2025)
- SIDDIQI AS 59 MNOK (2025)
- MULTILUFT AS 43 MNOK (2025)
- BYGGMESTER SVEIN JACOBSEN AS 40 MNOK (2025)
- FERNO NORDEN MILITARY SYSTEMS AS 38 MNOK (2025)
- SAFENOR AS 37 MNOK (2025)
- BEXRUD BIL AS 33 MNOK (2025)
- TOTALTAK AS 29 MNOK (2025)
307 limited companies in the sectors we follow have their business address here.
Latest awards from buyers in the municipality
- 26203 Gatelys, rammeavtale Innkjøpskontoret AS · 20 October 2026
- 26171 Planlegging av sikringstiltak i Øystesevassdraget Innkjøpskontoret AS · 30 September 2026
- 26126 (RA-26-002-GR) Rådgivende ingeniørtjenester, rammeavtale Innkjøpskontoret AS · 28 September 2026
- 26178 Analyseinstrument til lab Innkjøpskontoret AS · 28 September 2026
- 26160 Næringsmidler, rammeavtale Innkjøpskontoret AS · 24 September 2026
- 26168 (2026-122) Transporttjenester - Turbusskjøring, rammeavtale Innkjøpskontoret AS · 17 September 2026
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
- Horten (3801) · 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.