Municipality

Vestre Toten

Municipality no. 3443 · Innlandet · 13,612 inhabitants · KOSTRA group 7

Municipality index · based on 2025

32 of 100

Between rank 29 and 38 of 38 in KOSTRA group 7 (rank 36 with the default weights). Between 272 and 350 of 357 in Norway (336 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 53 of 100: how the key figures have changed over about the last three years, compared with the group. Profile: Lower level · improving.

No figures for public contracts; the weights are spread over the other parts.

Sub-indices for the municipality against the group median
Part	Score (0–100)	Group median	Development (0–100)	Score as a bar
Work and business	44	49	39
Economy	10	48	71
Population and growth	26	50	53
Work, education and housing	63	55	42
Health and living conditions	Third quarter of the group			Shown as a quarter, not as a score or rank
Local economy (our company data)	42	47	83
Public contracts	–	50	–	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.

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)	75.0% 2025	76.9%	76.7%	table 11618
Job coverage (jobs per employed resident) (shown, not in the index)	111.0% 2025	82.4%	90.0%	table 11618
Registered unemployed, share of labour force (low scores high)	1.4% 2025	1.6%	1.3%	table 13563
New enterprises per 1,000 inhabitants (high scores high)	6.2 2023	9.2	9.2	table 13701 figures from an earlier municipality number
Limited company bankruptcies per 1,000 inhabitants (low scores high)	0.3 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 629,400 2024	NOK 706,900	NOK 657,600	table 06944 figures from an earlier municipality number
Net operating result, share of operating revenue (municipal group) (high scores high)	−1.6% 2025	1.9%	1.3%	table 12143
Unrestricted reserves, share of operating revenue (high scores high)	0.1% 2025	7.3%	10.4%	table 12143
Net debt, share of operating revenue (low scores high)	120.5% 2025	95.2%	84.9%	table 12143
Net operating expenditure per inhabitant (shown, not in the index)	NOK 79,411 2025	NOK 80,968	NOK 96,691	table 12137
Gross operating revenue per inhabitant (shown, not in the index)	NOK 111,790 2025	NOK 115,279	NOK 141,010	table 12137

Population and growth

Key figure	Value	Group median	National median	Source
Population on 1 January (shown, not in the index)	13,612 2026	15,198	5,447	table 11342
Population growth, last year (high scores high)	−0.3% 2026	0.5%	0.3%	table 06913 figures from an earlier municipality number
Net migration per 1,000 inhabitants (shown, not in the index)	−1.5 2025	4.4	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)	6.4% 2026	5.3%	6.3%	table 07459 figures from an earlier municipality number
Projected population growth to 2030 (main alternative) (high scores high)	0.8% 2026	1.5%	1.1%	table 14746
Projected population growth to 2050 (main alternative) (shown, not in the index)	6.6% 2026	9.4%	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)	10.8% 2025	−16.5%	−10.2%	table 11616
Children aged 1–5 in kindergarten (high scores high)	95.4% 2025	94.1%	94.1%	table 13502
Share with university or college education (16 and over) (high scores high)	25.0% 2025	28.2%	27.5%	table 09429
Share living in overcrowded homes (low scores high)	4.9% 2025	6.8%	6.9%	table 14902
Detached houses, share of all dwellings (shown, not in the index)	69.4% 2026	65.6%	75.1%	table 06265
Net expenditure on culture per inhabitant (shown, not in the index)	NOK 2,330 2025	NOK 2,719	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)	82.0 years 2025	82.6 years	82.4 years	FHI table 508
Share in households with persistent low income (EU60) (low scores high)	6.4% 2024	7.7%	8.1%	FHI table 403
Completed upper secondary education (standardised) (high scores high)	82.9% 2025	83.0%	80.5%	FHI table 623
Young people satisfied with their health (Ungdata, latest survey) (high scores high)	58.3% 2025	65.4%	64.7%	FHI table 349
Disability benefit recipients aged 20–66 (standardised) (low scores high)	15.0% 2024	10.6%	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)	8.2 2026	14.7	16.7	Our data
Median operating margin, companies we follow (shown, not in the index)	2.6% 2025	2.6%	3.2%	Our data
New bankruptcies and liquidations per 1,000 limited companies (low scores high)	8.9 2025	14.7	13.5	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)	– 2025	7.8%	11.9%		Our data

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 (7,405 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	1,731	23.4%	80.3%	19.3%	27.69	Rising
Helsetjenester 86	783	10.6%	3.4%	13.3%	1.16	Stable
Produksjon av motorvogner og tilhengere 29	664	9.0%	−2.1%	3.4%	95.90	Stable
Produksjon av metaller 24	618	8.3%	−9.5%	4.6%	21.89	Stable
Undervisning 85	395	5.3%	−5.5%	4.1%	0.66	Stable
Sosiale omsorgstjenester uten botilbud 88	389	5.3%	9.3%	1.7%	0.83	Stable
Pleie- og omsorgstjenester i institusjon 87	374	5.1%	−9.7%	6.4%	0.92	Stable
Detaljhandel, unntatt med motorvogner 47	318	4.3%	0.6%	4.0%	0.62	Stable
Spesialisert bygge- og anleggsvirksomhet 43	233	3.1%	5.4%	4.0%	0.66	Stable
Offentlig administrasjon og forsvar, og trygdeordninger underlagt offentlig forvaltning 84	202	2.7%	9.8%	8.7%	0.42	Stable
Jordbruk og tjenester tilknyttet jordbruk, jakt og viltstell 01	163	2.2%	−13.3%	−2.5%	1.74	Falling
Landtransport og rørtransport 49	158	2.1%	19.7%	7.8%	0.93	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

Vestre Toten is a job municipality: there are more jobs than employed residents. The municipality has 7,405 jobs and 6,686 employed residents, and 54% of the residents work in the municipality.

Jobs (employed by workplace): 7,405
Employed residents: 6,686
Jobs per employed resident: 1.11
Commute in: 3,775
Commute out: 3,056

Where the residents work (outside the municipality)

Municipality	Employed	Share of employed residents
Gjøvik	1,673	25.0%
Østre Toten	469	7.0%
Oslo	193	2.9%
Gran	125	1.9%
Ringsaker	105	1.6%

Where those who work here live (outside the municipality)

Municipality	Employed	Share of jobs
Gjøvik	1,699	22.9%
Østre Toten	1,061	14.3%
Søndre Land	233	3.1%
Ringsaker	136	1.8%
Gran	91	1.2%

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 +0.5% from 2014 to 2016, against −1.3% in the country: a stronger development than the country.

Measure	Vestre Toten	Country	Difference
Change in jobs 2014–2016	+0.5%	−1.3%	+1.8 pp
Change in jobs 2014–2018 (recovery)	+5.2%	+2.0%	+3.2 pp
Change in registered unemployment 2014–2016	−0.1 pp	+0.3 pp	−0.4 pp
Registered unemployment 2014	1.4%	2.1%	–
Share of jobs in oil and gas 2014 (extraction and services)	0.2%	–	–

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

The pandemic (2019–2020)

The number of jobs changed by −3.0% from 2019 to 2020, against −0.9% in the country: a weaker development than the country.

Measure	Vestre Toten	Country	Difference
Change in jobs 2019–2020	−3.0%	−0.9%	−2.1 pp
Change in jobs 2019–2022 (recovery)	+0.2%	+4.2%	−4.0 pp
Change in registered unemployment 2019–2020	+1.0 pp	+1.1 pp	−0.1 pp
Registered unemployment 2019	1.7%	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 304,048 +4% against the median	NOK 291,355	42%	43%	Higher cost, lower quality measure (38 municipalities in the group)
Primary school net expenditure per inhabitant aged 6–15, lower secondary school points	NOK 182,792 +13% against the median	NOK 161,523	41.1	41.4	Higher cost, lower quality measure (38 municipalities in the group)
Nursing homes expenditure per resident day, share of care staff with health education	NOK 6,665 +12% against the median	NOK 5,961	70%	75%	Higher cost, lower quality measure (38 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: 110
With accounts 2025: 78
Turnover 2025 (NOK): 780 MNOK
Median operating margin 2025: 2.2%

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

ARVE NYHUS AS 115 MNOK (2025)
NORSKE NÄRKO AS 110 MNOK (2025)
MAGNE SVEEN AS 109 MNOK (2025)
BI SERVICE AS 72 MNOK (2025)
HOOGENDOORN AS 54 MNOK (2025)
EINA HANDELSSENTER AS 51 MNOK (2025)
RAUFOSS ELEKTRO AS 39 MNOK (2025)
WANGEN AS 34 MNOK (2025)
SUPERSTATE AS 33 MNOK (2025)
RØRLEGGERFIRMA LIEN & CO AS 30 MNOK (2025)
INNLANDET ELEKTROTAVLER AS 16 MNOK (2025)
TELEKIOSKEN RAUFOSS AS 14 MNOK (2025)
2 ROM OG KJØKKEN AS 10 MNOK (2025)
SG SERVICE AS 10 MNOK (2025)
GLOMSTAD MOTOR AS 9 MNOK (2025)

110 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

Vestre Toten (0529) · renumbered 2020

Indications based on open data. Not advice. Methodology

Source: Statistics Norway (SSB), table 03321, table 06265, table 06913, table 06944, table 07165, table 07459, table 07984, table 09429, table 11342, table 11616, table 11618, table 12137, table 12143, table 12209, table 12255, table 12379, table 13135, table 13470, table 13502, table 13563, table 13701, table 14746, table 14902, 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.