Skien
Municipality index · based on 2025
36 of 100
Rank 8 of 10 in KOSTRA group 11. 302 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) | 73.4% 2025 | table 11618 figures from an earlier municipality number |
| Job coverage (jobs per employed resident) (shown, not in the index) | 100.9% 2025 | table 11618 figures from an earlier municipality number |
| Registered unemployed, share of labour force (low scores high) | 2.0% 2025 | table 13563 figures from an earlier municipality number |
| New enterprises per 1,000 inhabitants (high scores high) | 8.3 2023 | table 13701 figures from an earlier municipality number |
| Limited company bankruptcies per 1,000 inhabitants (low scores high) | 0.7 2025 | table 07165 figures from an earlier municipality number |
Economy
| Key figure | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Household income after tax, median (high scores high) | NOK 639,800 2024 | table 06944 figures from an earlier municipality number |
| 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) | 13.1% 2025 | table 12143 figures from an earlier municipality number |
| Net debt, share of operating revenue (low scores high) | 84.6% 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) | 56,906 2026 | table 11342 figures from an earlier municipality number |
| Population growth, last year (high scores high) | 0.1% 2026 | table 06913 figures from an earlier municipality number |
| Net migration per 1,000 inhabitants (high scores high) | 2.0 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
- 909
- With accounts 2026
- 1
- Turnover 2026 (NOK)
- 8 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
- SOLBERG BIL AS 603 MNOK (2025)
- ERIK TANCHE NILSSEN AS 368 MNOK (2025)
- SPOT AS 300 MNOK (2025)
- RESERVOIR STURGEON AS 247 MNOK (2025)
- RESERVOIR FARADAY AS 246 MNOK (2025)
- ELEKTRO 4 AS 240 MNOK (2025)
- GRENLAND BILSERVICE AS 203 MNOK (2025)
- SAGA MAT AS 194 MNOK (2025)
- G. COWARD AS 186 MNOK (2025)
- MATHUSET FROGNER AS 115 MNOK (2025)
- RESERVOIR NEWTON AS 109 MNOK (2025)
- STEEN-HANSEN MASKIN AS 108 MNOK (2025)
- JEMO ENTREPRENØR AS 107 MNOK (2025)
- GS DAGLIGVAREDRIFT AS 106 MNOK (2025)
- AUTOBUDGET AS 103 MNOK (2025)
909 limited companies in the sectors we follow have their business address here.
Latest awards from buyers in the municipality
- Skogmo Vgs - Riving og ombygging av arealer Telemark fylkeskommune · 23 October 2026
- Skogmo Vgs - Talevarslingsanlegg (PLIVO) Telemark fylkeskommune · 13 October 2026
- Kurs- og ettertudanning: undervisning i byggrelaterte emner 2026_2027 Fagskolen Vestfold og Telemark · 18 June 2026
- Balling, mellomlagring og omlasting av husholdningsplast Renovasjon i Grenland IKS · 1 June 2026
- Rammeavtale Reisebyråtjenester Telemark fylkeskommune · 20 May 2026
- Samspillsentreprise - Nybygg, rehabilitering og ombygging av Porsgrunn videregående skole Telemark fylkeskommune · 8 May 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
- Skien (3807) · 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.