Municipality

Kongsberg

Municipality no. 3303 · Buskerud · 29,169 inhabitants · KOSTRA group 9

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Where the municipality stands out

Best and worst municipalities for students No. 25 of 31 (36 of 100). No. 7 from the bottom.
Municipalities creating the most value No. 8 of 357 (816,498 kr).

Places among the ten highest or lowest in the tables under «Statistics». Each table has its own definition and source.

Municipality index · based on 2025

53 of 100

Between rank 4 and 13 of 27 in KOSTRA group 9 (rank 12 with the default weights). Between 58 and 193 of 357 in Norway (142 with the default weights).

The rank is shown as a range when it moves a lot with other weights, normalisations and handling of missing data. The range covers 90 per cent of 1,000 draws. Methodology

Development index 42 of 100: how the key figures have changed over about the last three years, compared with the group. Profile: High level · weaker development.

Sub-indices for the municipality against the group median
Part	Score (0–100)	Group median	Development (0–100)
Work and business	52	52	57
Economy	44	49	32
Population and growth	46	48	2
Work, education and housing	82	47	74
Health and living conditions	Second quarter of the groupShown as a quarter, not as a score or rank
Local economy (our company data)	62	56	79

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.

Similar municipalities

Vestre Toten 13,612 inhabitants · index 33
Haugesund 38,663 inhabitants · index 52
Gjøvik 31,350 inhabitants · index 46
Stord 19,276 inhabitants · index 52
Porsgrunn 37,435 inhabitants · index 42
Ålesund 59,663 inhabitants · index 53
Lillehammer 29,669 inhabitants · index 61
Molde 33,291 inhabitants · index 49

Chosen by population, centrality, commuting and industry structure (employment by industry), not by the index.

Summary analysis

Kongsberg has a municipality index of 53 of 100 against its KOSTRA group.

Strongest: Work, education and housing: 82 of 100 (group 47). Local economy (our company data): 62 of 100 (group 56).

No area is clearly below its peers.

Written by fixed rules from the figures. Describes the figures, does not explain causes. Not investment or financial advice. How the summary is made

Key figures from Statistics Norway

Work and business

Key figure	Value	Group median	National median	Source
Employed, share of age 20–66 (high scores high)	77.6% 2025	76.3%	76.7%	table 11618 figures from an earlier municipality number
Job coverage (jobs per employed resident) (shown, not in the index)	117.4% 2025	95.5%	90.0%	table 11618 figures from an earlier municipality number
Registered unemployed, share of labour force (low scores high)	1.5% 2025	1.5%	1.3%	table 13563 figures from an earlier municipality number
New enterprises per 1,000 inhabitants (high scores high)	8.0 2023	8.9	9.2	table 13701 figures from an earlier municipality number
Limited company bankruptcies per 1,000 inhabitants (low scores high)	0.4 2025	0.5	0.5	table 07165 figures from an earlier municipality number

Economy

Key figure	Value	Group median	National median	Source
Household income after tax, median (high scores high)	NOK 686,900 2024	NOK 693,200	NOK 657,600	table 06944 figures from an earlier municipality number
Net operating result, share of operating revenue (municipal group) (high scores high)	1.5% 2025	0.9%	1.3%	table 12143 figures from an earlier municipality number
Unrestricted reserves, share of operating revenue (high scores high)	1.7% 2025	8.6%	10.4%	table 12143 figures from an earlier municipality number
Net debt, share of operating revenue (low scores high)	89.6% 2025	96.4%	84.9%	table 12143 figures from an earlier municipality number
Net operating expenditure per inhabitant (shown, not in the index)	NOK 79,099 2025	NOK 78,761	NOK 96,691	table 12137 figures from an earlier municipality number
Gross operating revenue per inhabitant (shown, not in the index)	NOK 108,915 2025	NOK 112,754	NOK 141,010	table 12137 figures from an earlier municipality number
Gross income per person aged 17 and over, mean (shown, not in the index)	NOK 637,600 2024	NOK 589,500	NOK 567,200	table 03068 figures from an earlier municipality number
Gross income per person aged 17 and over, median (shown, not in the index)	NOK 546,600 2024	NOK 525,500	NOK 500,200	table 05671 figures from an earlier municipality number

Population and growth

Key figure	Value	Group median	National median	Source
Population on 1 January (shown, not in the index)	29,169 2026	25,569	5,447	table 11342 figures from an earlier municipality number
Population growth, last year (high scores high)	0.5% 2026	0.5%	0.3%	table 06913 figures from an earlier municipality number
Net migration per 1,000 inhabitants (shown, not in the index)	6.6 2025	2.7	4.1	table 06913 figures from an earlier municipality number some years withheld by SSB
Share aged 80 and over (shown, not in the index)	5.6% 2026	5.4%	6.3%	table 07459 figures from an earlier municipality number
Projected population growth to 2030 (main alternative) (high scores high)	0.8% 2026	1.1%	1.1%	table 14746
Projected population growth to 2050 (main alternative) (shown, not in the index)	10.5% 2026	7.0%	3.6%	table 14746

Work, education and housing

Key figure	Value	Group median	National median	Source
Net in-commuting, share of employed residents (shown, not in the index)	16.2% 2025	−3.8%	−10.2%	table 11616 figures from an earlier municipality number
Children aged 1–5 in kindergarten (high scores high)	98.0% 2025	96.2%	94.1%	table 13502 figures from an earlier municipality number
Share with university or college education (16 and over) (high scores high)	41.0% 2025	33.5%	27.5%	table 09429
Share living in overcrowded homes (low scores high)	7.3% 2025	7.6%	6.9%	table 14902
Detached houses, share of all dwellings (shown, not in the index)	51.9% 2026	58.3%	75.1%	table 06265 figures from an earlier municipality number
Net expenditure on culture per inhabitant (shown, not in the index)	NOK 4,079 2025	NOK 2,669	NOK 3,310	table 13135 figures from an earlier municipality number

Health and living conditions

Key figure	Value	Group median	National median	Source
Life expectancy at birth (15-year period) (high scores high)	83.2 years 2025	82.8 years	82.4 years	FHI table 508
Share in households with persistent low income (EU60) (low scores high)	9.6% 2024	7.7%	8.1%	FHI table 403
Completed upper secondary education (standardised) (high scores high)	86.4% 2025	81.2%	80.5%	FHI table 623
Young people satisfied with their health (Ungdata, latest survey) (high scores high)	63.7% 2025	64.3%	64.7%	FHI table 349
Disability benefit recipients aged 20–66 (standardised) (low scores high)	10.3% 2024	11.1%	11.2%	FHI table 787

Local economy (our company data)

Key figure	Value	Group median	National median	Source
Limited companies we follow per 1,000 inhabitants (high scores high)	53.7 2026	55.5	61.4	Our data
Median operating margin, companies we follow (shown, not in the index)	4.8% 2025	4.2%	4.4%	Our data
New bankruptcies and liquidations per 1,000 limited companies (low scores high)	2.6 2025	3.3	3.6	Our data

Public contracts

Key figure	Value	Group median	National median	Trend	Source
Share of the municipality's contracts (Doffin) won by local companies (shown, not in the index)	87.5% 2025	7.7%	10.0%		Our data

Education (shown, not counted)

Key figure	Value	Group median	National median	Source
Share with lower secondary as highest education (16 and over) (shown, not in the index)	20.3% 2025	23.3%	25.1%	table 09429
Share with upper secondary as highest education (16 and over) (shown, not in the index)	34.0% 2025	37.5%	42.0%	table 09429
Share with tertiary vocational education as highest (16 and over) (shown, not in the index)	4.3% 2025	3.7%	3.8%	table 09429
Municipal primary and lower secondary schools (shown, not in the index)	12 2025	10	3	table 11971 figures from an earlier municipality number
Pupils per municipal school (shown, not in the index)	242 2025	258	177	table 11971 figures from an earlier municipality number
Primary and lower secondary schools in operation (public and private) (shown, not in the index)	13 2026	12	4	Norwegian Mapping Authority and Directorate for Education (NSR)
Share of private primary and lower secondary schools (shown, not in the index)	7.7% 2026	10.0%	0.0%	Norwegian Mapping Authority and Directorate for Education (NSR)
Pupils per primary school (median, public and private) (shown, not in the index)	228 2026	214	146	Norwegian Mapping Authority and Directorate for Education (NSR)
Upper secondary schools in operation (shown, not in the index)	3 2026	2	1	Norwegian Mapping Authority and Directorate for Education (NSR)
Average lower secondary school points (shown, not in the index)	43 2025	42	42	table 12255 figures from an earlier municipality number some years withheld by SSB
Pupils at mastery levels 3–5, national reading test, year 8 (shown, not in the index)	65.1% 2025	63.3%	62.0%	table 12255 figures from an earlier municipality number some years withheld by SSB
Pupils at mastery levels 3–5, national numeracy test, year 8 (shown, not in the index)	69.5% 2025	63.7%	62.5%	table 12255 figures from an earlier municipality number some years withheld by SSB
Students in higher education, by place of study (shown, not in the index)	1,269 2025	1,269	2,020	table 03814 figures from an earlier municipality number
Students in higher education per 1,000 inhabitants, by place of study (shown, not in the index)	43.7 2025	44.1	60.1	table 03814 figures from an earlier municipality number

More figures: migration, age, housing and tourism (21 indicators)

Migration, births and immigration

Key figure	Value	Group median	National median	Source
Live births per 1,000 inhabitants (shown, not in the index)	7.4 2025	9.0	8.7	table 06913 figures from an earlier municipality number some years withheld by SSB
Natural increase per 1,000 inhabitants (shown, not in the index)	−1.2 2025	0.5	−1.5	table 06913 figures from an earlier municipality number some years withheld by SSB
Domestic in-migration per 1,000 inhabitants (shown, not in the index)	48.3 2025	48.3	43.4	table 09588 figures from an earlier municipality number
Domestic out-migration per 1,000 inhabitants (shown, not in the index)	43.7 2025	43.7	42.7	table 09588 figures from an earlier municipality number
Net domestic migration per 1,000 inhabitants (shown, not in the index)	4.6 2025	0.8	1.4	table 09588 figures from an earlier municipality number
Immigration per 1,000 inhabitants (shown, not in the index)	6.7 2025	6.3	6.1	table 09588 figures from an earlier municipality number
Emigration per 1,000 inhabitants (shown, not in the index)	4.7 2025	4.4	5.0	table 09588 figures from an earlier municipality number
Net immigration per 1,000 inhabitants (shown, not in the index)	2.0 2025	1.9	1.7	table 09588 figures from an earlier municipality number
Net domestic migration aged 0–17 per 1,000 inhabitants (shown, not in the index)	1.2 2025	1.3	1.0	table 13255 figures from an earlier municipality number
Net domestic migration aged 18–29 per 1,000 inhabitants (shown, not in the index)	1.8 2025	−1.7	−2.4	table 13255 figures from an earlier municipality number
Net domestic migration aged 30 and over per 1,000 inhabitants (shown, not in the index)	1.6 2025	1.6	2.5	table 13255 figures from an earlier municipality number

Age composition

Key figure	Value	Group median	National median	Source
Dependency ratio: aged 0–19 and 67+ per 100 aged 20–66 (shown, not in the index)	67 2025	69	73	table 11805 figures from an earlier municipality number
Share aged 0–15 (shown, not in the index)	15.8% 2025	17.7%	16.2%	table 11805 figures from an earlier municipality number
Share of young adults aged 18–39 (shown, not in the index)	27.5% 2025	26.9%	24.9%	table 11805 figures from an earlier municipality number
Share aged 67 and over (shown, not in the index)	18.8% 2025	18.8%	21.1%	table 11805 figures from an earlier municipality number

Housing, construction and tourism

Key figure	Value	Group median	National median	Source
Dwellings started per 1,000 inhabitants (shown, not in the index)	7.0 2025	2.4	2.1	table 05940 figures from an earlier municipality number
Dwellings completed per 1,000 inhabitants (shown, not in the index)	4.5 2025	3.1	2.2	table 05940 figures from an earlier municipality number
Average price per square metre, second-hand dwellings (shown, not in the index)	NOK 36,249 2025	NOK 37,179	NOK 24,852	table 14545
Dwelling sales (with price per square metre) (shown, not in the index)	530 2025	409	49	table 14545
Overnight stays in commercial accommodation (shown, not in the index)	102,497 2025	102,497	98,377	table 12898
Overnight stays per 1,000 inhabitants (shown, not in the index)	3,533.0 2025	3,533.0	7,313.3	table 12898

These figures are context and do not count in the municipality index. Migration and immigration are per 1,000 inhabitants on 1 January. Housing construction varies a lot from year to year in small municipalities, and the price per square metre rests on few sales where there are few sales. Source: Statistics Norway, CC BY 4.0.

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 · 2025

The largest industries by persons employed with their workplace in the municipality (17,293 in all in 2025), with the change since 2020.

Industry (SN2007)	Employed	Share	Change since 2020	Change in Norway	Location quotient	Trend
Produksjon av metallvarer, unntatt maskiner og utstyr 25	3,373	19.5%	54.4%	19.3%	23.10	Rising
Produksjon av andre transportmidler 30	1,476	8.5%	−7.3%	10.4%	15.57	Stable
Produksjon av datamaskiner og elektroniske og optiske produkter 26	1,382	8.0%	35.0%	28.6%	21.69	Rising
Undervisning 85	1,349	7.8%	17.1%	4.1%	0.96	Rising
Helsetjenester 86	1,219	7.0%	25.9%	13.3%	0.78	Rising
Detaljhandel, unntatt med motorvogner 47	1,031	6.0%	5.5%	4.0%	0.86	Stable
Pleie- og omsorgstjenester i institusjon 87	825	4.8%	11.8%	6.4%	0.87	Rising
Sosiale omsorgstjenester uten botilbud 88	825	4.8%	−22.1%	1.7%	0.76	Falling
Spesialisert bygge- og anleggsvirksomhet 43	497	2.9%	−20.2%	4.0%	0.60	Falling
Offentlig administrasjon og forsvar, og trygdeordninger underlagt offentlig forvaltning 84	454	2.6%	−1.7%	8.7%	0.41	Stable
Tjenester tilknyttet eiendomsdrift 81	372	2.2%	10.1%	6.0%	1.13	Stable
Serveringsvirksomhet 56	358	2.1%	51.7%	31.2%	0.76	Rising

A location quotient above 1 means the industry is larger here than in the rest of Norway (2 = twice the share). “Rising” and “Falling” need both at least a 10% change over five years and a change at least 5 percentage points better or worse than in Norway. Industries with fewer than 20 employed are shown as a three-year moving average and are not classified. Source: Statistics Norway, table 13470 (employed by workplace, 4th quarter).

See business development in the municipality

Housing and labour market · 2025

Kongsberg is a job municipality: there are more jobs than employed residents. The municipality has 17,291 jobs and 14,865 employed residents, and 77% of the residents work in the municipality.

Jobs (employed by workplace): 17,291
Employed residents: 14,865
Jobs per employed resident: 1.16
Commute in: 5,843
Commute out: 3,417

Where the residents work (outside the municipality)

Municipality	Employed	Share of employed residents
Drammen	759	5.1%
Oslo	675	4.5%
Øvre Eiker	254	1.7%
Notodden	173	1.2%
Bærum	154	1.0%

Where those who work here live (outside the municipality)

Municipality	Employed	Share of jobs
Drammen	1,167	6.7%
Øvre Eiker	1,146	6.6%
Notodden	611	3.5%
Flesberg	523	3.0%
Oslo	273	1.6%

Employed persons aged 15–74 in the 4th quarter, by home and work municipality (SSB 03321). Job municipality: at least 10% more jobs than employed residents. Home municipality: at least 10% fewer. Flows under 10 people are counted but not shown. Work on the continental shelf is shown as its own workplace.

Stress test: the oil downturn and the pandemic

How did employment and unemployment in the municipality develop in two downturns, compared with the country?

The oil downturn (2014–2016)

The number of jobs changed by −4.8% from 2014 to 2016, against −1.3% in the country: a weaker development than the country.

Measure	Kongsberg	Country	Difference
Change in jobs 2014–2016	−4.8%	−1.3%	−3.5 pp
Change in jobs 2014–2018 (recovery)	−7.0%	+2.0%	−9.0 pp
Change in registered unemployment 2014–2016	+0.8 pp	+0.3 pp	+0.4 pp
Registered unemployment 2014	1.6%	2.1%	–
Share of jobs in oil and gas 2014 (extraction and services)	0.0%	–	–

The change in jobs is in the quarter of municipalities with the weakest development in the period.

The pandemic (2019–2020)

The number of jobs changed by −0.5% from 2019 to 2020, about like the country (−0.9%).

Measure	Kongsberg	Country	Difference
Change in jobs 2019–2020	−0.5%	−0.9%	+0.4 pp
Change in jobs 2019–2022 (recovery)	+2.3%	+4.2%	−1.9 pp
Change in registered unemployment 2019–2020	+1.2 pp	+1.1 pp	+0.2 pp
Registered unemployment 2019	1.4%	1.8%	–

The change in jobs is in the second-strongest quarter of municipalities in the period.

Jobs are employed persons aged 15–74 by workplace in the 4th quarter (SSB 07984). Unemployment is registered unemployed as a share of the labour force (SSB 13563). The country is the sum of the municipalities, on today's municipality map. Within one percentage point counts as “about like the country”. Oil and gas is industry 05–09 (extraction and services), without the supply industry. pp = percentage points.

Cost and quality of services · 2025

Cost per user and one quality measure for three services, compared with the median of the municipality group (KOSTRA).

Service	Cost	Group median	Quality measure	Group median	Position against the group
Kindergarten cost per child in municipal kindergartens, share of qualified kindergarten teachers	NOK 337,077 +9% against the median	NOK 308,691	44%	42%	Higher cost, higher quality measure (27 municipalities in the group)
Primary school net expenditure per inhabitant aged 6–15, lower secondary school points	NOK 163,552 +3% against the median	NOK 158,122	43.4	41.8	Higher cost, higher quality measure (27 municipalities in the group)
Nursing homes expenditure per resident day, share of care staff with health education	NOK 6,415 +6% against the median	NOK 6,060	78%	72%	Higher cost, higher quality measure (27 municipalities in the group)

KOSTRA (SSB 12379, 13502, 12255 and 12209). One measure is not the whole quality of a service, and school points also reflect the pupils' background. Cost depends on settlement patterns and distances. The figures are a starting point for questions, not a grade.

Companies registered in the municipality

Limited companies we follow: 1,565
With accounts 2025: 621
Turnover 2025 (NOK): 72,153 MNOK
Median operating margin 2025: 4.8%

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

KONGSBERG DEFENCE & Aerospace AS 22,394 MNOK (2025)
Technipfmc Norge AS 21,125 MNOK (2025)
Kongsberg Maritime AS 16,630 MNOK (2025)
Gkn Aerospace Norway AS 2,043 MNOK (2025)
Kongsberg Automotive AS 1,950 MNOK (2025)
Bmo Entreprenør AS 809 MNOK (2025)
Siemens Energy Turbomachinery AS 736 MNOK (2025)
Mobile Ljosland AS 356 MNOK (2025)
Kongsberg Teknologipark AS 343 MNOK (2025)
Measurement Solutions Norway AS 250 MNOK (2025)
Knightec Group Norway AS 194 MNOK (2025)
Essilor Norge AS 174 MNOK (2024)
Kongsberg Entreprenør AS 163 MNOK (2025)
Forenede Montører AS 138 MNOK (2025)
Mobile Autopartner AS 125 MNOK (2025)

1,565 limited companies in the sectors we follow have their business address here.

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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

Kongsberg (3006) · renumbered 2024

In our articles

Commuter municipalities: where people live and where they workNo. 10 of 183 on net in-commuting, share of employed residents
Oslo starts the most firms, but small places show quieter ways to stay in businessNo. 135 of 181 on new enterprises per 1,000 inhabitants
Frøya holds Norway's biggest reserve yet posts a deficit; Hitra owes mostNo. 153 of 183 on unrestricted reserves, share of operating revenue
Røros reads at the top and finishes school near the bottom of the tableNo. 13 of 183 on average lower secondary school points
Where Norway's oldest municipalities are also the ones projected to shrinkNo. 97 of 183 on share aged 80 and over
Ål grew 5.6% in a year while Sel lost 2.7%No. 78 of 183 on population growth, last year
Where do people earn most, and where are the gaps widest?No. 78 of 183 on household income after tax, median
Young in Norway: the municipalities best set up for children and young peopleNo. 9 of 183 on the overall score
In Frøya, three companies hold 92.9% of the jobsNo. 2 of 181 on the three largest companies' share of the jobs

All articles

Indications based on open data. Not advice. Methodology

Source: Statistics Norway (SSB), table 03068, table 03321, table 03814, table 05671, table 05940, table 06265, table 06913, table 06944, table 07165, table 07459, table 07984, table 09429, table 09588, table 11342, table 11616, table 11618, table 11805, table 11971, table 12137, table 12143, table 12209, table 12255, table 12379, table 12898, table 13135, table 13255, table 13470, table 13502, table 13563, table 13701, table 14545, table 14746, table 14902, table kartverket:grunnskole, table kartverket:vgs, municipality map and KOSTRA groups from Klass. CC BY 4.0.

Source for health and living conditions: Norwegian Institute of Public Health (FHI), Folkehelsestatistikk, FHI table 349, FHI table 403, FHI table 508, FHI table 623, FHI table 787. NLOD 2.0.