Lesja
Municipality index · based on 2025
58 of 100
Rank 10 of 25 in KOSTRA group 14. 94 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) | 83.5% 2025 | table 11618 |
| Job coverage (jobs per employed resident) (shown, not in the index) | 83.3% 2025 | table 11618 |
| Registered unemployed, share of labour force (low scores high) | 0.4% 2025 | table 13563 figures from an earlier municipality number |
| New enterprises per 1,000 inhabitants (high scores high) | 9.7 2023 | table 13701 figures from an earlier municipality number |
| Limited company bankruptcies per 1,000 inhabitants (low scores high) | 0.5 2025 | table 07165 figures from an earlier municipality number |
Economy
| Key figure | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Household income after tax, median (high scores high) | NOK 675,500 2024 | table 06944 figures from an earlier municipality number |
| Net operating result, share of operating revenue (municipal group) (high scores high) | 6.1% 2025 | table 12143 |
| Unrestricted reserves, share of operating revenue (high scores high) | 26.3% 2025 | table 12143 |
| Net debt, share of operating revenue (low scores high) | 72.5% 2025 | table 12143 |
Population and growth
| Key figure | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Population on 1 January (shown, not in the index) | 1,966 2026 | table 11342 |
| Population growth, last year (high scores high) | −2.0% 2026 | table 06913 figures from an earlier municipality number |
| Net migration per 1,000 inhabitants (high scores high) | −16.9 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
- 33
- With accounts 2025
- 18
- Turnover 2025 (NOK)
- 318 MNOK
- Median operating margin 2025
- −2.7%
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
- LESJA BULLDOZERLAG AS 227 MNOK (2025)
- AS LESJASKOG HANDELSFORENING 53 MNOK (2025)
- LESJAVERK BUTIKKDRIFT AS 8 MNOK (2025)
- EIENDOM & UTLEIE AS 7 MNOK (2025)
- TORSGÅRD MUR OG BYGG AS 4 MNOK (2025)
- LYFTINGSMO BYGG & ENTREPRENØR AS 3 MNOK (2025)
- BYGGMESTER SLETTAHAUG AS 3 MNOK (2025)
- A.ENSTAD BYGG AS 3 MNOK (2025)
- MØLMSHAUG FJELLSPRENGNING AS 2 MNOK (2025)
- BYGGMESTER KRISTOFFER MØMB AS 2 MNOK (2025)
- BB STORHAUG AS 1 MNOK (2025)
- OIIOII AS 1 MNOK (2025)
- HILDEGUNN BRØSTE AS 1 MNOK (2025)
- THØRING & AAHEIM AS 1 MNOK (2025)
- STUEFLOTTEN AS 1 MNOK (2025)
33 limited companies in the sectors we follow have their business address here.
Latest awards from buyers in the municipality
No awards from buyers in the municipality have been fetched yet.
Earlier municipalities
- Lesja (0512) · renumbered 2020
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.