Finans og forsikring
FollowDownload sector report (PDF)387 companies ranked against comparable companies in four Morning company classes. Fiscal year 2025. Source: Brønnøysund Register Centre. Methodology
Ranking · 2025 · Morning class Small
The rank is the rank in the class. A class with fewer than ten companies is compared with the whole sector. Full ranking · Press mode
Biggest moves · Morning class Small
- Galant Forsikring AS+26
From 2024 to 2025: went from a loss to a profit before tax and revenue grew by 94%.
- Caaby AS+25
From 2024 to 2025: the operating margin rose from −257.5% to 99.5% and revenue grew by 115%.
- Lawi Holding AS−24
From 2024 to 2025: revenue grew by 201% and the operating margin fell from 17.8% to 8.5%.
- SÖDERBERG & Partners Distribusjon AS+21
From 2024 to 2025: the operating margin rose from −13.0% to 12.4% and went from a loss to a profit before tax.
Finans og forsikring, Morning class Large: 26 ranked companies in fiscal year 2025.
Best in the sector: Salt Value AS (score 83, operating margin 76.7%, equity ratio 98.9%). Verdipapirsentralen ASA (score 73, operating margin 49.6%, equity ratio 79.0%). DNB Asset Management AS (score 67, operating margin 51.4%, equity ratio 39.4%).
Weakest in the sector: Oslo Pensjonsforsikring AS (score 32, operating margin 2.5%, equity ratio 9.2%). Nord Pool AS (score 33, operating margin 47.8%, equity ratio 5.8%). Abg Sundal Collier ASA (score 34, operating margin 29.6%, equity ratio 13.8%).
Worth a closer look
- The median operating margin rose from 21.3% in 2024 to 24.1% in 2025 (2.8 percentage points).
- The median equity ratio fell from 41.5% in 2024 to 38.1% in 2025 (3.4 percentage points).
- The median revenue growth fell from 20.4% in 2024 to 14.4% in 2025 (6.0 percentage points).
- The share with a loss went from 8% in 2024 to 7% in 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
Top lists in the sector · 2025 · Morning class Small
The five largest companies account for 12% of the sector's revenue. Combined profit before tax for the 73 ranked companies: 487 MNOK.
Size
The largest by revenue and employees, and who earns the most per employee.
Highest revenue
- ERGA & Partnere AS 50 MNOK
- Norske Finansielle Referanser AS 47 MNOK
- Inak 3 AS 45 MNOK
- Byggmesterforsikring AS 43 MNOK
- Union Forvaltning AS 42 MNOK
Operating revenue.
Most employees
- SÖDERBERG & Partners Distribusjon AS 44
- ERGA & Partnere AS 42
- Østfold Forsikring AS 38
- Lawi Holding AS 34
- Galant Forsikring AS 30
Employees according to the Central Coordinating Register.
Highest revenue per employee
- Oslo Merchant Partners Capital AS 6.2 MNOK
- Equro Issuer Services AS 5.3 MNOK
- Union Forvaltning AS 5.3 MNOK
- Onesettle AS 4.7 MNOK
- Explore Equity AS 4.4 MNOK
Only companies with at least 5 employees.
Profit and balance
Who earns the most, who loses the most, and who has the strongest balance sheet.
Highest operating margin
- Viking Growth 27 AS 115.0%
- Caaby AS 99.5%
- Finyield AS 99.2%
- HV Capital Nef AS 98.9%
- Karoline AS 98.9%
Operating result divided by operating revenue.
Largest profit
- Wieco AS 109 MNOK
- Petroservice AS 42 MNOK
- Markstøl Invest AS 37 MNOK
- Vartdal Fiskeriselskap AS 32 MNOK
- Inak 3 AS 30 MNOK
Profit before tax.
Largest loss
- Leeward AS −212 MNOK
- Fundingpartner AS −7 MNOK
- Byggmesterforsikring AS −4 MNOK
- Van Ameyde Norway AS −3 MNOK
- Njord Kapitalforvaltning AS −2 MNOK
Profit before tax, the largest negative.
Most solid
- Startuplab Founders Fund i AS 100.0%
- Pref 2023 AS 100.0%
- Viking Growth 27 AS 99.9%
- Skipsaksjeselskapet Kollen AS 99.8%
- Scilla Invest AS 99.8%
Equity ratio: equity divided by total assets.
Growth and movement
Who grows and falls the most in revenue, and who has climbed or fallen the most on the index since the year before.
Fastest growth
- Inak 3 AS +273.8%
- Lawi Holding AS +201.3%
- Petroservice AS +147.6%
- Caaby AS +114.5%
- Galant Forsikring AS +93.8%
Revenue growth from the year before, only from at least NOK 10 million in revenue.
Largest revenue decline
- Chamar AS −68.8%
- Wieco AS −60.1%
- Oslo Merchant Partners Capital AS −34.1%
- Herskedal Holding AS −27.4%
- Norwegian Insurance Management AS −21.4%
Revenue decline from the year before, only from at least NOK 10 million in revenue.
Biggest climbers
- Galant Forsikring AS +26.0 points
- Caaby AS +25.2 points
- SÖDERBERG & Partners Distribusjon AS +21.0 points
- Klippen Forsikring AS +20.2 points
- Inak 3 AS +19.6 points
Change in index points from the year before.
Biggest fallers
- Lawi Holding AS −24.0 points
- Herskedal Holding AS −19.0 points
- Stjørdal Forsikringssenter AS −16.3 points
- Viking Assistance AS −15.1 points
- Byggmesterforsikring AS −13.0 points
Change in index points from the year before.
The lists cover ranked companies in the class: operating companies with at least NOK 1m in revenue, without holding companies and excluded ones. Size lists (revenue, profit, employees) count each group once. Source: Brønnøysund Register Centre. Amounts in other currencies are converted at Norges Bank's rates.
Positions in the sector · 2025 · Morning class Small
Each company is placed by profitability and solidity, measured as a place from 0 to 100 against the others in the same sector and Morning company class. The bubble shows revenue. Hover over or tap a bubble for the figures, filter by profile or search for a company.
Bubble size shows relative revenue, not exact figures. Dashed lines show where the 5 companies that moved most stood in 2024 (small ring).
- Caaby AS profitability 0 → 79, solidity 0 → 11
- SÖDERBERG & Partners Distribusjon AS profitability 1 → 55, solidity 27 → 46
- Iam Insurance AS profitability 28 → 67, solidity 15 → 8
- Viking Assistance AS profitability 70 → 33, solidity 62 → 57
- Fram Insurance Brokers AS profitability 77 → 59, solidity 26 → 53
Lion · LeaderHigh profitability, high solidity
Cheetah · SprinterHigh profitability, lower solidity
Elephant · StewardLower profitability, high solidity
Beaver · BuilderLower profitability, lower solidity
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Summary · fiscal year 2025 · Morning class Small
The sector's median operating margin is 23.0%. 2 of 80 companies have negative equity. The median equity ratio is 49.8%.
All figures are for fiscal year 2025. Ranked: 74 operating companies. Holding companies, excluded companies and companies without enough data are shown but not ranked. How to read the index
The total counts each group once: 1 subsidiaries (40 MNOK in revenue) are left out of totals and size lists because their parent in the sector has at least as much revenue, so their sales can run through the parent. They are ranked as usual. Methodology
- 1 company reports in another currency. Its revenue is converted at the mean rate for the accounting period and makes up 2% of the total.
Climbers and fallers · Morning class Small
Change in rank from 2024 to 2025, for 54 companies ranked in both years.
Climbers
- 40Caaby ASfrom rank 76 to 3649
- 37Klippen Forsikring ASfrom rank 64 to 2752
- 36SÖDERBERG & Partners Distribusjon ASfrom rank 65 to 2952
- 26Galant Forsikring ASfrom rank 80 to 5440
- 25Iam Insurance ASfrom rank 75 to 5042
Fallers
- 30Lawi Holding ASfrom rank 10 to 4048
- 21Viking Assistance ASfrom rank 22 to 4346
- 16Stjørdal Forsikringssenter ASfrom rank 49 to 6530
- 15Haugaland Forsikringssenter ASfrom rank 27 to 4247
- 14Herskedal Holding ASfrom rank 2 to 1665
Awards · 2025 · Morning class Small
Needs attention · 2025 · Morning class Small
24 companies show at least one warning sign. Showing the 15 most important.
- criticalLeeward ASNegative equity · Current ratio below 1 (−76.16) · Loss before tax
- criticalVan Ameyde Norway ASNegative equity · Loss before tax
- watchØstfold Forsikring ASVery low equity ratio (1.3%) · Current ratio below 1 (0.77)
- watchAkershus Forsikringssenter ASVery low equity ratio (3.6%) · Current ratio below 1 (0.97)
- watchUnion Forsikring ASVery low equity ratio (5.5%) · Current ratio below 1 (0.97)
- watchERGA & Partnere ASVery low equity ratio (2.8%)
- watchByggmesterforsikring ASLoss before tax
- watchUnion Forvaltning ASLoss before tax
- watchCaaby ASVery low equity ratio (3.0%)
- watchNjord Kapitalforvaltning ASLoss before tax
- watchFundingpartner ASLoss before tax
- watchNordvest Forsikringssenter ASVery low equity ratio (2.3%)
- watchIam Insurance ASVery low equity ratio (2.8%)
- watchOslo Forsikringssenter ASVery low equity ratio (1.6%)
- watchSector Capital ASLoss before tax
Sector map · 2025 · Morning class Small
Profitability against solidity for the ranked companies. Size shows revenue. Coral triangle: negative equity. Click to open the company. Outliers are placed on the edge.
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Holding and investment companies · 2025
1,833 companies in the sector are holding or investment companies. They are kept out of the ranking above, since revenue, margins and growth say little about a company that lives from ownership. They are ranked on their own here: 596 have at least 10 MNOK in assets and are listed.
| Rank | Company | Score | Equity ratio | Return on assets | Current ratio | Total assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Torricks Holding AS | 97 | 100.0% | 99.1% | – | 14 MNOK |
| 2 | Photo Invest Holding AS | 96 | 100.0% | 117.9% | – | 24 MNOK |
| 3 | Magellan Capital AS | 96 | 100.0% | 86.0% | – | 10 MNOK |
| 4 | Storstad Holding AS | 95 | 100.0% | 98.4% | 5,581.26 | 41 MNOK |
| 5 | GA Bilben Holding AS | 95 | 100.0% | 82.6% | – | 17 MNOK |
| 6 | Wangen Holding AS | 92 | 100.0% | 50.9% | – | 18 MNOK |
| 7 | Brekke Investering AS | 90 | 100.0% | 35.4% | – | 41 MNOK |
| 8 | Haveland Holding AS | 90 | 100.0% | 56.2% | 1,689.40 | 19 MNOK |
| 9 | R Hetland Holding AS | 90 | 100.0% | 33.9% | – | 12 MNOK |
| 10 | SAGA CAPITAL | 89 | 100.0% | 30.1% | – | 15 MNOK |
| 11 | Einar Holding AS | 88 | 99.8% | 98.2% | 414.83 | 25 MNOK |
| 12 | Ulsrud Invest AS | 88 | 99.8% | 81.7% | 386.26 | 14 MNOK |
| 13 | ARETE CAPITAL | 87 | 99.8% | 77.3% | 506.59 | 17 MNOK |
| 14 | Aksa Holding AS | 87 | 99.9% | 60.1% | 414.98 | 51 MNOK |
| 15 | TI MO Invest AS | 87 | 99.8% | 70.0% | 548.57 | 31 MNOK |
| 16 | Atlantis Invest AS | 86 | 100.0% | 24.8% | – | 14 MNOK |
| 17 | Faso Holding AS | 86 | 100.0% | 27.0% | 2,108.58 | 14 MNOK |
| 18 | Exa Invest AS | 85 | 99.9% | 34.0% | 752.57 | 20 MNOK |
| 19 | Gos Holding AS | 85 | 100.0% | 22.4% | – | 20 MNOK |
| 20 | Viridis Holding AS | 85 | 99.9% | 28.1% | 1,266.80 | 25 MNOK |
Show all 100
Score 0–100 against the other holding companies in the sector: equity ratio 40 %, return on assets 40 % and current ratio 20 %. Methodology
In our articles
- Finance earns 58.3% on operations; the typical Norwegian industry makes 5.7%No. 1 of 22 on median operating margin
Scenario analysis: the sector's weakest year
The sector's weakest year was 2026, with a median operating margin of −13.5%.
Based on the 6 fiscal years we have. The analysis grows as more years are fetched or imported.
| Fiscal year | Median operating margin | Median equity ratio |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | −3.9% | −45.5% |
| 2022 | 8.5% | 12.4% |
| 2023 | 31.6% | 65.1% |
| 2024 | 35.8% | 69.3% |
| 2025 | 40.3% | 75.7% |
| 2026 · weakest year | −13.5% | 22.3% |
In 2026, 1 ranked companies did better than the sector, 0 about the same and 0 weaker.
Held up best in 2026
- 1Lockton Norway ASequity ratio 22.3%−13.5%
Better than the sector: operating margin at or above the sector median and no loss or negative equity. Weaker: operating margin below the median and a loss or negative equity. Otherwise about the same as the sector. Methodology
Drivers in the sector
Interest rates, prices and exchange rates that shape the sector's year, next to the sector's median operating margin. The drivers are context and are not part of the index.
Policy rate (prosent)
Policy rate fell 0.20 percentage points in 2025; the sector's median operating margin rose 4.5 percentage points.
| Measure | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Policy rate, annual average | 0.08 | 1.32 | 3.54 | 4.50 | 4.30 | 4.17 (so far) |
| Change from the year before | −0.28 percentage points | +1.24 percentage points | +2.22 percentage points | +0.96 percentage points | −0.20 percentage points | −0.12 percentage points |
| Sector's median operating margin | −3.9% | 8.5% | 31.6% | 35.8% | 40.3% | −13.5% |
Source: Norges Bank (IR, NLOD 2.0). Source · fetched 3 November 2026
Consumer price index (indeks (2025 = 100))
Consumer price index rose 3.0% in 2025; the sector's median operating margin rose 4.5 percentage points.
| Measure | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consumer price index, annual average | 84.3 | 89.2 | 94.1 | 97.0 | 100.0 | 102.9 (so far) |
| Change from the year before | +3.5% | +5.8% | +5.5% | +3.2% | +3.0% | +2.9% |
| Sector's median operating margin | −3.9% | 8.5% | 31.6% | 35.8% | 40.3% | −13.5% |
Source: SSB (14710, CC BY 4.0). Source · fetched 3 November 2026
When policy rate fell in 2025, 191 of 350 ranked companies kept their operating margin at or above the year before. Among the largest: Storebrand Asset Management AS (9.5% → 21.3%), DNB Asset Management AS (50.7% → 51.4%), Vipps Mobilepay AS (−44.2% → −6.3%), Arctic Securities AS (12.4% → 18.5%), HV Capital Vii AS (87.9% → 97.5%).
We show the drivers and the margin side by side and claim no cause. Sensitivity per company is not computed until we have at least 10 years of accounts per company: with three years such figures are false precision.
The sector in Norway (SSB)
The whole industry as Statistics Norway counts it: every enterprise, not only the limited companies we rank. Use these figures as background for the ranking above.
Bankruptcies in the industry
16 enterprise bankruptcies in the last four quarters (2025K4–2026K3). Change +60.0% against the four quarters before (10).
Source: Statistics Norway (SSB), table 10790. CC BY 4.0. Our industry codes (SN2025) are linked to SSB’s (SN2007) with SSB’s correspondence table in Klass.
Latest bankruptcies and liquidations
- Viken Forsikring AS 999529755 Bankruptcy · 2 November 2026 · 3 MNOK (2025)
- A1-Invest AS 989177567 Voluntary liquidation · 31 October 2026
- Børke Holding AS 988938955 Voluntary liquidation · 31 October 2026 · 0 MNOK (2025)
- Jamst Invest AS 989255819 Voluntary liquidation · 31 October 2026
- Johnsen VVS Invest AS 920725953 Voluntary liquidation · 31 October 2026 · 0 MNOK (2025)
- KJELKA EIENDOM & Invest AS 989261592 Voluntary liquidation · 31 October 2026 · 1 MNOK (2025)
- Sakka Holding AS 920730671 Voluntary liquidation · 31 October 2026 · 0 MNOK (2025)
- Chamar Shipping AS 911954753 Voluntary liquidation · 30 October 2026
Industry codes (NACE)
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| 64* | Hele hovedgruppe 64 |
| 64.190 | Banker og kredittforetak |
| 64.210 | Holdingforetak i finanskonsern |
| 64.220 | Spesielle holdingselskaper |
| 64.312 | Alternative investeringsfond (aif) som ikke er verdipapirfond |
| 64.322 | Egeninvesteringsselskaper i finansielle konsern og for offentlig forvaltning |
| 64.323 | Andre egeninvesteringsselskaper |
| 64.920 | Annen kredittgivning |
| 64.990 | Annen finansieringsvirksomhet ikke nevnt annet sted |
| 65* | Hele hovedgruppe 65 |
| 65.110 | Livsforsikring |
| 65.120 | Skadeforsikring |
| 66* | Hele hovedgruppe 66 |
| 66.110 | Administrasjon av finansmarkeder |
| 66.120 | Verdipapirmegling |
| 66.190 | Andre tjenester tilknyttet finansieringsvirksomhet og kollektive investeringsfond |
| 66.210 | Risiko- og skadevurdering |
| 66.220 | Forsikringsformidling |
| 66.290 | Tjenester tilknyttet forsikringsvirksomhet ikke nevnt annet sted |
| 66.300 | Fondsforvaltningsvirksomhet |