Teknisk tjenesteyting og forskning
FollowDownload sector report (PDF)0 companies ranked against comparable companies in four Morning company classes. Fiscal year 2019. Source: Brønnøysund Register Centre. Methodology
Ranking · 2019
No ranked companies in this class this year.
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
Climbers and fallers need at least two fiscal years with a score. Coming when next year's figures are fetched.
Top lists in the sector · 2019
Size
The largest by revenue and employees, and who earns the most per employee.
Highest revenue
No company meets the requirement this year.
Operating revenue.
Most employees
No company meets the requirement this year.
Employees according to the Central Coordinating Register.
Highest revenue per employee
No company meets the requirement this year.
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
No company meets the requirement this year.
Operating result divided by operating revenue.
Largest profit
No company meets the requirement this year.
Profit before tax.
Largest loss
No company meets the requirement this year.
Profit before tax, the largest negative.
Most solid
No company meets the requirement this year.
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
No company meets the requirement this year.
Revenue growth from the year before, only from at least NOK 10 million in revenue.
Largest revenue decline
No company meets the requirement this year.
Revenue decline from the year before, only from at least NOK 10 million in revenue.
Biggest climbers
Requires an index for two financial years.
Change in index points from the year before.
Biggest fallers
Requires an index for two financial years.
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 · 2019
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.
Too few ranked companies to draw the map.
Summary · fiscal year 2019
1 of 3 companies have negative equity.
All figures are for fiscal year 2019. Ranked: 0 operating companies. Holding companies, excluded companies and companies without enough data are shown but not ranked. How to read the index
- Growth is not included in the index: it needs the previous year's accounts.
- Consistency is not included in the index: it needs accounts for several years.
Climbers and fallers
Climbers need at least two fiscal years. They appear once next year's accounts are fetched or history is imported.
Needs attention · 2019
2 companies show at least one warning sign. Showing the 2 most important.
- criticalNuax ASNegative equity · Current ratio below 1 (0.86) · Loss before tax
- watchProkon Entreprenør ASVery low equity ratio (7.4%)
Sector map · 2019
Too few ranked companies to draw the map.
Scenario analysis: the sector's weakest year
The sector's weakest year was 2021, with a median operating margin of −0.2%.
Based on the 8 fiscal years we have. The analysis grows as more years are fetched or imported.
| Fiscal year | Median operating margin | Median equity ratio |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | – | – |
| 2020 | – | – |
| 2021 · weakest year | −0.2% | 4.0% |
| 2022 | 4.6% | 35.8% |
| 2023 | 5.8% | 38.6% |
| 2024 | 6.0% | 38.2% |
| 2025 | 5.5% | 38.6% |
| 2026 | 6.8% | 35.7% |
In 2021, 0 ranked companies did better than the sector, 1 about the same and 0 weaker.
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.
Export price of crude oil (kr per fat)
Export price of crude oil fell 17.6% in 2025; the sector's median operating margin fell 0.5 percentage points.
| Measure | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Export price of crude oil, annual average | 609 | 979 | 877 | 859 | 708 | 881 (so far) |
| Change from the year before | +61.1% | +60.8% | −10.5% | −2.0% | −17.6% | +24.5% |
| Sector's median operating margin | −0.2% | 4.6% | 5.8% | 6.0% | 5.5% | 6.8% |
Source: SSB (08799, CC BY 4.0). Source · fetched 2 November 2026
Policy rate (prosent)
Policy rate fell 0.20 percentage points in 2025; the sector's median operating margin fell 0.5 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 | −0.2% | 4.6% | 5.8% | 6.0% | 5.5% | 6.8% |
Source: Norges Bank (IR, NLOD 2.0). Source · fetched 2 November 2026
EUR/NOK (kr)
EUR/NOK rose 0.8% in 2025; the sector's median operating margin fell 0.5 percentage points.
| Measure | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EUR/NOK, annual average | 10.16 | 10.10 | 11.42 | 11.62 | 11.72 | 11.04 (so far) |
| Change from the year before | −5.2% | −0.6% | +13.1% | +1.8% | +0.8% | −5.8% |
| Sector's median operating margin | −0.2% | 4.6% | 5.8% | 6.0% | 5.5% | 6.8% |
Source: Norges Bank (EXR, NLOD 2.0). Source · fetched 2 November 2026
When export price of crude oil fell in 2025, 1,256 of 2,508 ranked companies kept their operating margin at or above the year before. Among the largest: Dnv AS (2.5% → 3.9%), Norconsult Norge AS (5.3% → 8.8%), Siemens Energy AS (10.9% → 14.1%), PGS Geophysical AS (−25.2% → 0.1%), Sweco Norge AS (9.2% → 9.7%).
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.
Enterprises, employment and turnover · 2024
- Enterprises
- 39,300
- +1.8% from 2023
- Persons employed
- 104,649
- +0.9% from 2023
- Turnover
- NOK 270.1 bn
- +6.7% from 2023
- Gross operating margin
- 9.6%
- Gross operating surplus divided by turnover
All enterprises, sole proprietorships included.
Bankruptcies in the industry
216 enterprise bankruptcies in the last four quarters (2025K4–2026K3). Change −17.9% against the four quarters before (263). That is about 5.5 per 1,000 enterprises.
Foreign-controlled enterprises · 2024
- Share of enterprises
- 2.6%
- Share of persons employed
- 19.6%
- Share of turnover
- 25.9%
SSB publishes this for groups of industries only. The figures are for the group “Faglig, vitenskapelig og teknisk tjenesteyting”.
Turnover index · Arkitekter og tekniske konsulenter
159.3 index, 2021 = 100, seasonally adjusted · 2026M08
−2.0% against 2025M08.
Monthly, 2023M08 to 2026M08.
Source: Statistics Norway (SSB), table 12910, table 10790, table 08085, table 13863. 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
- Aipex AS 832166472 Voluntary liquidation · 31 October 2026 · 0 MNOK (2025)
- Aker Offshore Wind USA AS 925218863 Voluntary liquidation · 31 October 2026
- Apex Venture AS 932159929 Voluntary liquidation · 31 October 2026 · 0 MNOK (2025)
- B Aspen Prosjektledelse AS 931015966 Voluntary liquidation · 31 October 2026 · 1 MNOK (2025)
- Bakke Illustrations AS 930852252 Voluntary liquidation · 31 October 2026 · 0 MNOK (2025)
- Bargutta AS 929672615 Voluntary liquidation · 31 October 2026 · 0 MNOK (2025)
- Bonvita Markedsføring Amdg AS 928635139 Voluntary liquidation · 31 October 2026 · 0 MNOK (2025)
- Cleanbed AS 986639411 Voluntary liquidation · 31 October 2026 · 0 MNOK (2025)
Industry codes (NACE)
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| 71* | Hele hovedgruppe 71 |
| 71.110 | Arkitektvirksomhet |
| 71.121 | Byggeteknisk konsulentvirksomhet |
| 71.122 | Geologiske undersøkelser |
| 71.123 | Utarbeidelse av kart og oppmåling |
| 71.129 | Annen teknisk konsulentvirksomhet |
| 71.200 | Teknisk prøving og analyse |
| 72* | Hele hovedgruppe 72 |
| 72.100 | Forskning og eksperimentell utvikling innenfor naturvitenskap og teknikk |
| 72.200 | Forskning og eksperimentell utvikling innenfor samfunnsvitenskap og humanistiske fag |
| 73* | Hele hovedgruppe 73 |
| 73.110 | Reklamebyråvirksomhet |
| 73.120 | Medieformidlingstjenester |
| 73.200 | Markeds- og opinionsundersøkelser |
| 73.300 | Pr og kommunikasjonstjenester |
| 74* | Hele hovedgruppe 74 |
| 74.110 | Industri-, produkt- og motedesignvirksomhet |
| 74.120 | Grafisk design og visuell kommunikasjonsdesign |
| 74.130 | Interiørdesignvirksomhet |
| 74.140 | Annen spesialisert designvirksomhet |
| 74.200 | Fotografvirksomhet |
| 74.300 | Oversettelses- og tolkevirksomhet |
| 74.910 | Patentmeglervirksomhet og markedsføringstjenester |
| 74.990 | All annen faglig, vitenskapelig og teknisk virksomhet ikke nevnt annet sted |
| 75* | Hele hovedgruppe 75 |
| 75.000 | Veterinærtjenester |