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Municipality index · based on 2025
43 of 100
Rank 10 of 13 in KOSTRA group 8. 243 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) | 77.6% 2025 | table 11618 |
| Job coverage (jobs per employed resident) (shown, not in the index) | 99.5% 2025 | table 11618 |
| Registered unemployed, share of labour force (low scores high) | 0.9% 2025 | table 13563 |
| New enterprises per 1,000 inhabitants (high scores high) | 6.7 2023 | table 13701 |
| Limited company bankruptcies per 1,000 inhabitants (low scores high) | 0.4 2025 | table 07165 |
Economy
| Key figure | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Household income after tax, median (high scores high) | NOK 649,400 2024 | table 06944 |
| Net operating result, share of operating revenue (municipal group) (high scores high) | 0.0% 2025 | table 12143 |
| Unrestricted reserves, share of operating revenue (high scores high) | 7.9% 2025 | table 12143 |
| Net debt, share of operating revenue (low scores high) | 110.5% 2025 | table 12143 |
Population and growth
| Key figure | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Population on 1 January (shown, not in the index) | 13,481 2026 | table 11342 |
| Population growth, last year (high scores high) | 0.0% 2026 | table 06913 |
| Net migration per 1,000 inhabitants (high scores high) | 2.2 2025 | table 06913 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
- 162
- 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
- LINEA AS 752 MNOK (2025)
- HELGELAND KRAFT STRØM AS 692 MNOK (2025)
- HELGELAND KRAFT VANNKRAFT AS 243 MNOK (2025)
- PAUL NYGAARD AS 225 MNOK (2025)
- FRITIDSSENTRET AS 125 MNOK (2025)
- ROBIN ELDNES AS 116 MNOK (2025)
- HELGELAND KRAFT AS 101 MNOK (2025)
- FUNDRA AS 85 MNOK (2025)
- SMISTO KRAFT AS 58 MNOK (2025)
- NYE NORDLANDTAK AS 51 MNOK (2025)
- RUNE LYNG AS 50 MNOK (2025)
- TRUCK OG MASKIN AGRO AS 42 MNOK (2025)
- HELGELAND PORTSERVICE AS 23 MNOK (2025)
- BUNNPRIS OLDERSKOG AS 20 MNOK (2025)
- HARALD GRANMO AS 14 MNOK (2025)
162 limited companies in the sectors we follow have their business address here.
Latest awards from buyers in the municipality
- Intensjonskunngjøring - C1 renovasjonsbiler SHMIL Søndre Helgeland Miljøverk IKS (SHMIL) · 24 June 2026
- Transport og behandling av trevirke SHMIL Søndre Helgeland Miljøverk IKS (SHMIL) · 16 June 2026
- Kjøp av renovasjonsbiler - SHMIL Søndre Helgeland Miljøverk IKS (SHMIL) · 21 April 2026
- Transport og behandling av restavfall SHMIL Søndre Helgeland Miljøverk IKS (SHMIL) · 23 March 2026
- Kjøp av elektrisk kvern SHMIL Søndre Helgeland Miljøverk IKS (SHMIL) · 7 July 2025
- Containertransport SHMIL Søndre Helgeland Miljøverk IKS (SHMIL) · 23 December 2024
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
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.