Transport og lagring
FollowDownload sector report (PDF)0 companies ranked against comparable companies in four Morning company classes. Fiscal year 2020. Source: Brønnøysund Register Centre. Methodology
Ranking · 2020
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 · 2020
The five largest companies account for 98% of the sector's revenue.
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 · 2020
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 2020
1 of 6 companies have negative equity.
All figures are for fiscal year 2020. 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 · 2020
3 companies show at least one warning sign. Showing the 3 most important.
- criticalScandinavian Taxi ASNegative equity · Loss before tax
- watchAgder Maskintransport ASVery low equity ratio (2.0%) · Current ratio below 1 (0.93)
- watchNbd Concept ASVery low equity ratio (4.2%)
Sector map · 2020
Too few ranked companies to draw the map.
In our articles
- Property and finance earn the margins, but not the securityNo. 18 of 22 on median operating margin
- Boards of water, mining and shipping firms are oldest; IT and construction youngestNo. 9 of 22 on median board age
Scenario analysis: the sector's weakest year
The sector's weakest year was 2022, with a median operating margin of 3.0%.
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 | – | – |
| 2022 · weakest year | 3.0% | 17.0% |
| 2023 | 4.1% | 30.7% |
| 2024 | 3.8% | 30.5% |
| 2025 | 3.8% | 29.8% |
| 2026 | 4.1% | 20.3% |
In 2022, 20 ranked companies did better than the sector, 7 about the same and 12 weaker.
Held up best in 2022
- 1Mcs Oasen ASequity ratio 40.9%57.4%
- 2Friberg Bilberging ASequity ratio 90.8%44.0%
- 3H.J MAURITZEN & Sønn Lastebilutleie ASequity ratio 44.6%42.7%
- 4Ama Andersen ASequity ratio 43.4%39.4%
- 5Falkon Transport ASequity ratio 56.6%32.3%
- 6Kolsrud Services ASequity ratio 46.6%27.0%
- 7Grønn Leveranse ASequity ratio 46.2%25.6%
- 8Hts Mosjøen ASequity ratio 72.3%19.2%
- 9Busstransport ASequity ratio 16.4%18.4%
- 10Tromsø Budbil Sentral ASequity ratio 23.6%17.6%
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.
Turnover index: transport and storage (49–53, incl. shipping) (indeks (2021 = 100))
| Measure | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover index: transport and storage (49–53, incl. shipping), annual average | – | – | – | – | – |
| Change from the year before | – | – | – | – | – |
| Sector's median operating margin | 3.0% | 4.1% | 3.8% | 3.8% | 4.1% |
Source: SSB (13863, CC BY 4.0). Source
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 0.0 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 | – | 3.0% | 4.1% | 3.8% | 3.8% | 4.1% |
Source: SSB (08799, CC BY 4.0). Source · fetched 4 November 2026
Consumer price index (indeks (2025 = 100))
Consumer price index rose 3.0% in 2025; the sector's median operating margin fell 0.0 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 | – | 3.0% | 4.1% | 3.8% | 3.8% | 4.1% |
Source: SSB (14710, CC BY 4.0). Source · fetched 4 November 2026
Policy rate (prosent)
Policy rate fell 0.20 percentage points in 2025; the sector's median operating margin fell 0.0 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 | – | 3.0% | 4.1% | 3.8% | 3.8% | 4.1% |
Source: Norges Bank (IR, NLOD 2.0). Source · fetched 4 November 2026
When export price of crude oil fell in 2025, 783 of 1,609 ranked companies kept their operating margin at or above the year before. Among the largest: Norwegian Air Shuttle Aoc AS (0.8% → 2.0%), Posten Bring AS (−0.1% → 4.8%), Avinor AS (9.1% → 18.7%), VY Buss AS (2.2% → 3.2%), Norwegian Air AS (−34.2% → 19.2%).
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
- 20,701
- −0.1% from 2023
- Persons employed
- 128,218
- +0.2% from 2023
- Turnover
- NOK 335.7 bn
- +7.9% from 2023
- Gross operating margin
- 7.7%
- Gross operating surplus divided by turnover
All enterprises, sole proprietorships included.
Bankruptcies in the industry
175 enterprise bankruptcies in the last four quarters (2025K4–2026K3). Change −3.3% against the four quarters before (181). That is about 8.5 per 1,000 enterprises.
Foreign-controlled enterprises · 2024
- Share of enterprises
- 2.3%
- Share of persons employed
- 19.9%
- Share of turnover
- 24.5%
SSB publishes this for groups of industries only. The figures are for the group “Transport og lagring”.
Turnover index · Transport og lagring
139.7 index, 2021 = 100, seasonally adjusted · 2026M08
+4.3% 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
- Balder Bulk AS 915644686 Bankruptcy · 2 November 2026 · 321 MNOK (2025)
- Nordisk Taxiselskap AS 934199529 Bankruptcy · 2 November 2026 · 1 MNOK (2025)
- ALPHA TRANSPORT & Import AS 917482772 Voluntary liquidation · 31 October 2026 · 1 MNOK (2025)
- Egstad Transport AS 815523962 Voluntary liquidation · 31 October 2026 · 1 MNOK (2025)
- Liberty Shipping AS 989039350 Voluntary liquidation · 31 October 2026 · 0 MNOK (2025)
- Saga Aviation AS 923801790 Voluntary liquidation · 31 October 2026 · 7 MNOK (2025)
- Syla Bil AS 918602216 Voluntary liquidation · 31 October 2026 · 1 MNOK (2025)
- Ad-Frakt AS 996557677 Voluntary liquidation · 30 October 2026 · 1 MNOK (2025)
Industry codes (NACE)
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| 49* | Hele hovedgruppe 49 |
| 49.110 | Passasjertransport med jernbane |
| 49.120 | Passasjertransport med sporvei |
| 49.200 | Godstransport med jernbane |
| 49.310 | Passasjertransport med rutebil |
| 49.320 | Passasjertransport utenom rutetabell |
| 49.330 | Passasjertransport på forespørsel utført av fører med kjøretøy |
| 49.340 | Passasjertransport med kabelbaner og skiheiser |
| 49.390 | Annen landtransport med passasjerer ikke nevnt annet sted |
| 49.410 | Godstransport på vei |
| 49.420 | Flyttetransport |
| 51* | Hele hovedgruppe 51 |
| 51.100 | Lufttransport med passasjerer |
| 51.210 | Lufttransport med gods |
| 51.220 | Romfart |
| 52* | Hele hovedgruppe 52 |
| 52.100 | Lagring |
| 52.211 | Drift av gods- og transportsentraler |
| 52.212 | Drift av parkeringsplasser og parkeringshus |
| 52.219 | Tjenester tilknyttet landtransport ikke nevnt annet sted |
| 52.220 | Andre tjenester tilknyttet sjøtransport |
| 52.230 | Andre tjenester tilknyttet lufttransport |
| 52.240 | Lasting og lossing |
| 52.250 | Logistikktjenester |
| 52.260 | Andre støttetjenester for transport |
| 52.311 | Formidlingstjenester tilknyttet godstransport via skip |
| 52.312 | Formidlingstjenester tilknyttet godstransport via jernbane, luftfartøy eller på vei |
| 52.320 | Formidlingstjenester tilknyttet passasjertransport |
| 53* | Hele hovedgruppe 53 |
| 53.100 | Landsdekkende posttjenester |
| 53.200 | Andre post- og budtjenester |
| 53.300 | Formidlingstjenester tilknyttet post- og budtjenester |