Ålesund
Municipality index · based on 2025
48 of 100
Rank 7 of 10 in KOSTRA group 11. 201 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) | 79.5% 2025 | table 11618 |
| Job coverage (jobs per employed resident) (shown, not in the index) | 109.9% 2025 | table 11618 |
| Registered unemployed, share of labour force (low scores high) | 1.4% 2025 | table 13563 |
| New enterprises per 1,000 inhabitants (high scores high) | – 2024 | table 13701 |
| Limited company bankruptcies per 1,000 inhabitants (low scores high) | 0.9 2025 | table 07165 |
Economy
| Key figure | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Household income after tax, median (high scores high) | NOK 691,800 2024 | table 06944 some years withheld by SSB |
| Net operating result, share of operating revenue (municipal group) (high scores high) | 1.2% 2025 | table 12143 some years withheld by SSB |
| Unrestricted reserves, share of operating revenue (high scores high) | 1.4% 2025 | table 12143 some years withheld by SSB |
| Net debt, share of operating revenue (low scores high) | 122.8% 2025 | table 12143 some years withheld by SSB |
Population and growth
| Key figure | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Population on 1 January (shown, not in the index) | 59,663 2026 | table 11342 |
| Population growth, last year (high scores high) | 0.8% 2026 | table 06913 |
| Net migration per 1,000 inhabitants (high scores high) | 5.3 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
- 1,115
- With accounts 2025
- 591
- Turnover 2025 (NOK)
- 44,196 MNOK
- Median operating margin 2025
- 2.7%
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
- BUNKER OIL AS 8,884 MNOK (2025)
- HOFSETH SALES AS 5,565 MNOK (2025)
- BRØDRENE SPERRE AS 3,175 MNOK (2025)
- MÅSØVAL SALES AS 2,414 MNOK (2025)
- HOFSETH AALESUND AS 1,739 MNOK (2025)
- WATTN AS 1,559 MNOK (2025)
- WEST-NORWAY AS 1,146 MNOK (2025)
- HOFSETH AQUA AS 1,065 MNOK (2025)
- FJORDLAKS AS 1,059 MNOK (2025)
- HOFSETH SEA FARMING AS 1,016 MNOK (2025)
- ODE AS 884 MNOK (2025)
- AS MØRE CODFISH COMP 866 MNOK (2025)
- SØLVTRANS REDERI III AS 839 MNOK (2025)
- BERTEL O STEEN MØRE OG ROMSDAL AS 765 MNOK (2025)
- SEAWEST AS 694 MNOK (2025)
1,115 limited companies in the sectors we follow have their business address here.
Latest awards from buyers in the municipality
- Anskaffelse - Bedriftshelsetjeneste, 2026 Ålesund kommune · 23 October 2026
- Anskaffelse - Kjøp og leasing av iOS nettbrett, 2026 Ålesund kommune · 21 October 2026
- Anskaffelse - Lås, beslag og adgangskontroll med tilhørende varer og tjenester, 2026 Ålesund kommune · 7 October 2026
- Anskaffelse - Prosesstøtte og systemverktøy til forebygging og reduksjon av sykefravær, 2026 Ålesund kommune · 7 October 2026
- Anskaffelse - Leirskole – delkontrakt 2: kyst-/maritim profil Ålesund kommune · 6 October 2026
- Anskaffelse - Arbeidsstasjoner, 2026 (2) Ålesund kommune · 6 October 2026
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
Earlier municipalities
- Ålesund (1507) · split 2024
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.