Municipality

Lillehammer

Municipality no. 3405 · Innlandet · 29,669 inhabitants · KOSTRA group 9

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Where the municipality stands out

Where people move to and from No. 4 of 183 (21.82 per 1,000).
Best and worst municipalities for students No. 4 of 31 (77 of 100).
The municipalities growing and shrinking the most No. 5 of 183 (2.3%).

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

61 of 100

Between rank 3 and 14 of 27 in KOSTRA group 9 (rank 4 with the default weights). Between 21 and 194 of 357 in Norway (59 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 58 of 100: how the key figures have changed over about the last three years, compared with the group. Profile: High level · improving.

Sub-indices for the municipality against the group median
Part	Score (0–100)	Group median	Development (0–100)
Work and business	68	52	52
Economy	30	49	62
Population and growth	98	48	98
Work, education and housing	60	47	22
Health and living conditions	Second quarter of the groupShown as a quarter, not as a score or rank
Local economy (our company data)	31	56	23

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

Gjøvik 31,350 inhabitants · index 46
Haugesund 38,663 inhabitants · index 52
Kongsvinger 18,191 inhabitants · index 39
Ålesund 59,663 inhabitants · index 53
Arendal 46,603 inhabitants · index 37
Molde 33,291 inhabitants · index 49
Bodø 53,638 inhabitants · index 51
Tønsberg 60,246 inhabitants · index 60

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

Summary analysis

Lillehammer has a municipality index of 61 of 100 against its KOSTRA group.

Strongest: Population and growth: 98 of 100 (group 48). Work and business: 68 of 100 (group 52).

Weakest: Economy: 30 of 100 (group 49). Local economy (our company data): 31 of 100 (group 56).

Worth a closer look

Net operating result, share of operating revenue (municipal group): 0.3% against 0.9% in the group (2025).
New bankruptcies and liquidations per 1,000 limited companies: 5.9 against 3.3 in the group (2025).

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)	77.4% 2025	76.3%	76.7%	table 11618
Job coverage (jobs per employed resident) (shown, not in the index)	116.8% 2025	95.5%	90.0%	table 11618
Registered unemployed, share of labour force (low scores high)	0.9% 2025	1.5%	1.3%	table 13563
New enterprises per 1,000 inhabitants (high scores high)	9.6 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 665,000 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)	0.3% 2025	0.9%	1.3%	table 12143
Unrestricted reserves, share of operating revenue (high scores high)	8.6% 2025	8.6%	10.4%	table 12143
Net debt, share of operating revenue (low scores high)	109.3% 2025	96.4%	84.9%	table 12143
Net operating expenditure per inhabitant (shown, not in the index)	NOK 81,211 2025	NOK 78,761	NOK 96,691	table 12137
Gross operating revenue per inhabitant (shown, not in the index)	NOK 126,912 2025	NOK 112,754	NOK 141,010	table 12137
Gross income per person aged 17 and over, mean (shown, not in the index)	NOK 592,000 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 525,500 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)	29,669 2026	25,569	5,447	table 11342
Population growth, last year (high scores high)	2.3% 2026	0.5%	0.3%	table 06913 figures from an earlier municipality number
Net migration per 1,000 inhabitants (shown, not in the index)	21.8 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)	6.2% 2026	5.4%	6.3%	table 07459 figures from an earlier municipality number
Projected population growth to 2030 (main alternative) (high scores high)	5.3% 2026	1.1%	1.1%	table 14746
Projected population growth to 2050 (main alternative) (shown, not in the index)	12.3% 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)	16.3% 2025	−3.8%	−10.2%	table 11616
Children aged 1–5 in kindergarten (high scores high)	96.8% 2025	96.2%	94.1%	table 13502
Share with university or college education (16 and over) (high scores high)	44.3% 2025	33.5%	27.5%	table 09429
Share living in overcrowded homes (low scores high)	10.3% 2025	7.6%	6.9%	table 14902
Detached houses, share of all dwellings (shown, not in the index)	41.7% 2026	58.3%	75.1%	table 06265
Net expenditure on culture per inhabitant (shown, not in the index)	NOK 3,642 2025	NOK 2,669	NOK 3,310	table 13135

Health and living conditions

Key figure	Value	Group median	National median	Source
Life expectancy at birth (15-year period) (high scores high)	83.0 years 2025	82.8 years	82.4 years	FHI table 508
Share in households with persistent low income (EU60) (low scores high)	9.3% 2024	7.7%	8.1%	FHI table 403
Completed upper secondary education (standardised) (high scores high)	81.2% 2025	81.2%	80.5%	FHI table 623
Young people satisfied with their health (Ungdata, latest survey) (high scores high)	68.5% 2025	64.3%	64.7%	FHI table 349
Disability benefit recipients aged 20–66 (standardised) (low scores high)	9.4% 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)	51.7 2026	55.5	61.4	Our data
Median operating margin, companies we follow (shown, not in the index)	4.4% 2025	4.2%	4.4%	Our data
New bankruptcies and liquidations per 1,000 limited companies (low scores high)	5.9 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)	0.0% 2021	20.0%	9.6%		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)	18.9% 2025	23.3%	25.1%	table 09429
Share with upper secondary as highest education (16 and over) (shown, not in the index)	33.4% 2025	37.5%	42.0%	table 09429
Share with tertiary vocational education as highest (16 and over) (shown, not in the index)	3.0% 2025	3.7%	3.8%	table 09429
Municipal primary and lower secondary schools (shown, not in the index)	10 2025	10	3	table 11971
Pupils per municipal school (shown, not in the index)	286 2025	258	177	table 11971
Primary and lower secondary schools in operation (public and private) (shown, not in the index)	12 2026	12	4	Norwegian Mapping Authority and Directorate for Education (NSR)
Share of private primary and lower secondary schools (shown, not in the index)	25.0% 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)	166 2026	214	146	Norwegian Mapping Authority and Directorate for Education (NSR)
Upper secondary schools in operation (shown, not in the index)	4 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 some years withheld by SSB
Pupils at mastery levels 3–5, national reading test, year 8 (shown, not in the index)	69.5% 2025	63.3%	62.0%	table 12255 some years withheld by SSB
Pupils at mastery levels 3–5, national numeracy test, year 8 (shown, not in the index)	61.7% 2025	63.7%	62.5%	table 12255 some years withheld by SSB
Students in higher education, by place of study (shown, not in the index)	5,428 2025	1,269	2,020	table 03814
Students in higher education per 1,000 inhabitants, by place of study (shown, not in the index)	187.1 2025	44.1	60.1	table 03814

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)	10.0 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)	0.7 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)	69.9 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)	52.3 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)	17.7 2025	0.8	1.4	table 09588 figures from an earlier municipality number
Immigration per 1,000 inhabitants (shown, not in the index)	8.8 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)	4.1 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)	2.8 2025	1.3	1.0	table 13255
Net domestic migration aged 18–29 per 1,000 inhabitants (shown, not in the index)	11.6 2025	−1.7	−2.4	table 13255
Net domestic migration aged 30 and over per 1,000 inhabitants (shown, not in the index)	3.3 2025	1.6	2.5	table 13255

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)	69 2025	69	73	table 11805
Share aged 0–15 (shown, not in the index)	15.9% 2025	17.7%	16.2%	table 11805
Share of young adults aged 18–39 (shown, not in the index)	29.5% 2025	26.9%	24.9%	table 11805
Share aged 67 and over (shown, not in the index)	19.7% 2025	18.8%	21.1%	table 11805

Housing, construction and tourism

Key figure	Value	Group median	National median	Source
Dwellings started per 1,000 inhabitants (shown, not in the index)	0.8 2025	2.4	2.1	table 05940 figures from an earlier municipality number
Dwellings completed per 1,000 inhabitants (shown, not in the index)	1.1 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 38,987 2025	NOK 37,179	NOK 24,852	table 14545
Dwelling sales (with price per square metre) (shown, not in the index)	607 2025	409	49	table 14545
Overnight stays in commercial accommodation (shown, not in the index)	498,242 2025	102,497	98,377	table 12898
Overnight stays per 1,000 inhabitants (shown, not in the index)	17,174.2 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 (17,370 in all in 2025), with the change since 2020.

Industry (SN2007)	Employed	Share	Change since 2020	Change in Norway	Location quotient	Trend
Helsetjenester 86	2,573	14.8%	14.9%	13.3%	1.63	Stable
Offentlig administrasjon og forsvar, og trygdeordninger underlagt offentlig forvaltning 84	1,743	10.0%	5.9%	8.7%	1.56	Stable
Detaljhandel, unntatt med motorvogner 47	1,554	8.9%	13.4%	4.0%	1.29	Rising
Undervisning 85	1,532	8.8%	6.6%	4.1%	1.09	Stable
Spesialisert bygge- og anleggsvirksomhet 43	1,041	6.0%	20.3%	4.0%	1.26	Rising
Pleie- og omsorgstjenester i institusjon 87	1,014	5.8%	1.7%	6.4%	1.07	Stable
Sosiale omsorgstjenester uten botilbud 88	994	5.7%	−6.6%	1.7%	0.91	Stable
Serveringsvirksomhet 56	555	3.2%	23.3%	31.2%	1.18	Stable
Agentur- og engroshandel, unntatt med motorvogner 46	493	2.8%	−2.6%	4.4%	0.79	Stable
Handel med og reparasjon av motorvogner 45	415	2.4%	−3.9%	10.0%	1.28	Stable
Tjenester tilknyttet informasjonsteknologi 62	378	2.2%	25.6%	32.3%	0.90	Stable
Landtransport og rørtransport 49	322	1.9%	−23.9%	7.8%	0.81	Falling

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

Lillehammer is a job municipality: there are more jobs than employed residents. The municipality has 17,373 jobs and 14,939 employed residents, and 73% of the residents work in the municipality.

Jobs (employed by workplace): 17,373
Employed residents: 14,939
Jobs per employed resident: 1.16
Commute in: 6,444
Commute out: 4,010

Where the residents work (outside the municipality)

Municipality	Employed	Share of employed residents
Oslo	676	4.5%
Ringsaker	544	3.6%
Hamar	443	3.0%
Øyer	423	2.8%
Gjøvik	420	2.8%

Where those who work here live (outside the municipality)

Municipality	Employed	Share of jobs
Ringsaker	1,268	7.3%
Gausdal	1,058	6.1%
Øyer	805	4.6%
Gjøvik	576	3.3%
Oslo	315	1.8%

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 +3.3% from 2014 to 2016, against −1.3% in the country: a stronger development than the country.

Measure	Lillehammer	Country	Difference
Change in jobs 2014–2016	+3.3%	−1.3%	+4.5 pp
Change in jobs 2014–2018 (recovery)	+3.9%	+2.0%	+1.9 pp
Change in registered unemployment 2014–2016	−0.1 pp	+0.3 pp	−0.4 pp
Registered unemployment 2014	1.1%	2.1%	–
Share of jobs in oil and gas 2014 (extraction and services)	0.2%	–	–

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

The pandemic (2019–2020)

The number of jobs changed by −2.7% from 2019 to 2020, against −0.9% in the country: a weaker development than the country.

Measure	Lillehammer	Country	Difference
Change in jobs 2019–2020	−2.7%	−0.9%	−1.8 pp
Change in jobs 2019–2022 (recovery)	−0.9%	+4.2%	−5.0 pp
Change in registered unemployment 2019–2020	+0.6 pp	+1.1 pp	−0.5 pp
Registered unemployment 2019	1.0%	1.8%	–

The change in jobs is in the quarter of municipalities with the weakest development 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 312,909 +1% against the median	NOK 308,691	40%	42%	Higher cost, lower quality measure (27 municipalities in the group)
Primary school net expenditure per inhabitant aged 6–15, lower secondary school points	NOK 151,288 −4% against the median	NOK 158,122	42.7	41.8	Lower cost, higher quality measure (27 municipalities in the group)
Nursing homes expenditure per resident day, share of care staff with health education	NOK 5,288 −13% against the median	NOK 6,060	68%	72%	Lower cost, lower 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: 1,534
With accounts 2026: 3
Turnover 2026 (NOK): 234 MNOK
Median operating margin 2026: too few companies

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

Hafslund Kraft Innlandet AS 4,072 MNOK (2025)
Anlegg Øst Entreprenør AS 2,004 MNOK (2025)
Gausdal Landhandleri AS 1,812 MNOK (2025)
Eidsiva Digital AS 1,221 MNOK (2025)
Saferoad Traffic AS 714 MNOK (2025)
Bergseng Drift AS 532 MNOK (2025)
Ikomm AS 493 MNOK (2025)
P4 Radio Hele Norge AS 363 MNOK (2025)
Husumgruppen AS 320 MNOK (2025)
ØMF EVENSEN & Evensen AS 290 MNOK (2025)
Owren AS 232 MNOK (2026)
Gjerdalen Entreprenør AS 185 MNOK (2025)
Styrmand AS 182 MNOK (2025)
Aquatiq AS 175 MNOK (2025)
Haug og Ruud VVS AS 166 MNOK (2025)

1,534 limited companies in the sectors we follow have their business address here.

Latest awards from buyers in the municipality

Malerarbeid og gulvlegging, rammeavtale Lillehammer Boligstiftelse · 8 September 2026
Anskaffelse av maskinvare til distribuert lagring Kulturit AS · 31 August 2026
Kontraktstildeling - Pasient- og kollegavarslingssystem til Ringebu kommune Lillehammer Kommune · 6 July 2026
Toppstyringssystem for renseanleggene i Enebakk Kommune Ikomm AS · 19 May 2026
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Transport av biogjødsel, rammeavtale Mjøsanlegget AS · 14 April 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

Lillehammer (0501) · renumbered 2020

In our articles

Commuter municipalities: where people live and where they workNo. 9 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. 82 of 181 on new enterprises per 1,000 inhabitants
Frøya holds Norway's biggest reserve yet posts a deficit; Hitra owes mostNo. 90 of 183 on unrestricted reserves, share of operating revenue
Røros reads at the top and finishes school near the bottom of the tableNo. 38 of 183 on average lower secondary school points
Where Norway's oldest municipalities are also the ones projected to shrinkNo. 55 of 183 on share aged 80 and over
Ål grew 5.6% in a year while Sel lost 2.7%No. 5 of 183 on population growth, last year
Where do people earn most, and where are the gaps widest?No. 101 of 183 on household income after tax, median
Young in Norway: the municipalities best set up for children and young peopleNo. 10 of 183 on the overall score
In Frøya, three companies hold 92.9% of the jobsNo. 121 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.