Municipality

Folldal

Municipality no. 3429 · Innlandet · 1,525 inhabitants · KOSTRA group 14

Municipality index · based on 2025

39 of 100

Between rank 7 and 23 of 25 in KOSTRA group 14 (rank 22 with the default weights). Between 115 and 307 of 357 in Norway (299 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 44 of 100: how the key figures have changed over about the last three years, compared with the group. Profile: Lower level · weaker development.

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	52	48	41
Economy	26	47	31
Population and growth	12	46	54
Work, education and housing	74	48	72
Health and living conditions	Second quarter of the group			Shown as a quarter, not as a score or rank
Local economy (our company data)	52	52	–
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.

Similar municipalities

Bindal 1,361 inhabitants · index 51
Snåase 2,141 inhabitants · index 57
Os 1,871 inhabitants · index 47
Gáivuotna 1,939 inhabitants · index 28
Grane 1,415 inhabitants · index 39
Rendalen 1,836 inhabitants · index 52
Høylandet 1,230 inhabitants · index 45
Dyrøy 1,077 inhabitants · index 35

Chosen by population, centrality, commuting and industry structure (employment by industry), not by the index.

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)	79.8% 2025	76.3%	76.7%	table 11618
Job coverage (jobs per employed resident) (shown, not in the index)	73.6% 2025	76.5%	90.0%	table 11618
Registered unemployed, share of labour force (low scores high)	0.4% 2025	1.1%	1.3%	table 13563 figures from an earlier municipality number
New enterprises per 1,000 inhabitants (high scores high)	4.6 2023	9.5	9.2	table 13701 figures from an earlier municipality number
Limited company bankruptcies per 1,000 inhabitants (low scores high)	0.6 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 607,900 2024	NOK 644,800	NOK 657,600	table 06944 figures from an earlier municipality number
Net operating result, share of operating revenue (municipal group) (high scores high)	−2.3% 2025	1.9%	1.3%	table 12143
Unrestricted reserves, share of operating revenue (high scores high)	6.2% 2025	11.8%	10.4%	table 12143
Net debt, share of operating revenue (low scores high)	99.3% 2025	79.9%	84.9%	table 12143
Net operating expenditure per inhabitant (shown, not in the index)	NOK 108,968 2025	NOK 120,582	NOK 96,691	table 12137
Gross operating revenue per inhabitant (shown, not in the index)	NOK 155,830 2025	NOK 176,263	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)	1,525 2026	1,452	5,447	table 11342
Population growth, last year (high scores high)	−1.0% 2026	−0.4%	0.3%	table 06913 figures from an earlier municipality number
Net migration per 1,000 inhabitants (high scores high)	−7.8 2025	3.1	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)	8.7% 2026	7.3%	6.3%	table 07459 figures from an earlier municipality number
Projected population growth to 2030 (main alternative) (high scores high)	−2.7% 2026	1.1%	1.1%	table 14746
Projected population growth to 2050 (main alternative) (shown, not in the index)	−4.0% 2026	1.5%	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)	−25.8% 2025	−23.0%	−10.2%	table 11616
Children aged 1–5 in kindergarten (high scores high)	97.7% 2025	93.4%	94.1%	table 13502
Share with university or college education (16 and over) (high scores high)	29.6% 2025	25.9%	27.5%	table 09429
Share living in overcrowded homes (low scores high)	6.1% 2025	6.3%	6.9%	table 14902
Detached houses, share of all dwellings (shown, not in the index)	83.8% 2026	85.1%	75.1%	table 06265 figures from an earlier municipality number
Net expenditure on culture per inhabitant (shown, not in the index)	NOK 4,645 2025	NOK 4,584	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)	81.9 years 2025	82.2 years	82.4 years	FHI table 508
Share in households with persistent low income (EU60) (low scores high)	7.9% 2024	8.2%	8.1%	FHI table 403
Completed upper secondary education (standardised) (high scores high)	– 2025	62.0%	80.5%	FHI table 623 some years withheld by SSB
Young people satisfied with their health (Ungdata, latest survey) (high scores high)	– 2025	–	64.7%	FHI table 349
Disability benefit recipients aged 20–66 (standardised) (low scores high)	10.7% 2024	11.6%	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)	14.3 2025	16.8	16.9	Our data
Median operating margin, companies we follow (high scores high)	1.3% 2025	3.5%	3.2%	Our data
New bankruptcies and liquidations per 1,000 limited companies (low scores high)	0.0 2025	0.0	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 (high scores high)	– 2025	–	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 (561 in all in 2025), with the change since 2020.

Industry (SN2007)	Employed	Share	Change since 2020	Change in Norway	Location quotient	Trend
Helsetjenester 86	83	14.8%	62.7%	13.3%	1.63	Rising
Jordbruk og tjenester tilknyttet jordbruk, jakt og viltstell 01	77	13.7%	−18.1%	−2.5%	10.82	Falling
Pleie- og omsorgstjenester i institusjon 87	74	13.2%	4.2%	6.4%	2.41	Stable
Undervisning 85	43	7.7%	22.9%	4.1%	0.95	Rising
Offentlig administrasjon og forsvar, og trygdeordninger underlagt offentlig forvaltning 84	35	6.2%	20.7%	8.7%	0.97	Rising
Produksjon av kjemikalier og kjemiske produkter 20	32	5.7%	3.2%	2.5%	17.10	Stable
Spesialisert bygge- og anleggsvirksomhet 43	25	4.5%	−7.4%	4.0%	0.94	Stable
Detaljhandel, unntatt med motorvogner 47	20 (3-year average)	2.5%	−40.2%	4.0%	0.36	Falling
Sosiale omsorgstjenester uten botilbud 88	19 (3-year average)	3.0%	−58.9%	1.7%	0.48	Too little to say
Oppføring av bygninger 41	18 (3-year average)	3.2%	−21.7%	−3.4%	1.34	Too little to say
Agentur- og engroshandel, unntatt med motorvogner 46	17 (3-year average)	2.9%	51.5%	4.4%	0.79	Too little to say
Produksjon av nærings- og nytelsesmidler 10	14 (3-year average)	2.3%	24.2%	10.5%	1.39	Too little to say

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

Folldal is a home municipality: many residents work in other municipalities. The municipality has 563 jobs and 758 employed residents, and 67% of the residents work in the municipality.

Jobs (employed by workplace): 563
Employed residents: 758
Jobs per employed resident: 0.74
Commute in: 56
Commute out: 251

Where the residents work (outside the municipality)

Municipality	Employed	Share of employed residents
Tynset	65	8.6%
Alvdal	49	6.5%
Lillehammer	22	2.9%
Hamar	13	1.7%
Trondheim	13	1.7%

Where those who work here live (outside the municipality)

Municipality	Employed	Share of jobs
Alvdal	13	2.3%

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 −6.8% from 2014 to 2016, against −1.3% in the country: a weaker development than the country.

Measure	Folldal	Country	Difference
Change in jobs 2014–2016	−6.8%	−1.3%	−5.6 pp
Change in jobs 2014–2018 (recovery)	−4.0%	+2.0%	−6.0 pp
Change in registered unemployment 2014–2016	–	+0.3 pp	–
Registered unemployment 2014	0.6%	2.1%	–
Share of jobs in oil and gas 2014 (extraction and services)	0.4%	–	–

The change in jobs is in the quarter of municipalities with the weakest development in the period.

The pandemic (2019–2020)

The number of jobs changed by −6.9% from 2019 to 2020, against −0.9% in the country: a weaker development than the country.

Measure	Folldal	Country	Difference
Change in jobs 2019–2020	−6.9%	−0.9%	−6.0 pp
Change in jobs 2019–2022 (recovery)	−6.7%	+4.2%	−10.9 pp
Change in registered unemployment 2019–2020	−0.1 pp	+1.1 pp	−1.2 pp
Registered unemployment 2019	1.2%	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 271,133 −15% against the median	NOK 319,000	40%	40%	Lower cost, quality measure at the median (25 municipalities in the group)
Primary school net expenditure per inhabitant aged 6–15, lower secondary school points	NOK 237,674 +5% against the median	NOK 226,226	43.7	44.4	Higher cost, lower quality measure (21 municipalities in the group)
Nursing homes expenditure per resident day, share of care staff with health education	NOK 7,675 +20% against the median	NOK 6,419	76%	76%	Higher cost, lower quality measure (25 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: 22
With accounts 2025: 13
Turnover 2025 (NOK): 54 MNOK
Median operating margin 2025: 1.3%

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

ROGSTAD & ODDEN AS 12 MNOK (2025)
SOLENERGI NORGE AS 12 MNOK (2025)
ABE BORING AS 9 MNOK (2025)
DALHOLEN BUTIKKDRIFT AS 9 MNOK (2025)
TORSHEIM MASKIN AS 5 MNOK (2025)
EL-SIKKERHET MIDT-NORGE AS 3 MNOK (2025)
VOLL ANLEGGSDYKK AS 2 MNOK (2025)
LM BYGG MASLAUSKIS AS 2 MNOK (2025)
TRØNNES BYGG AS 1 MNOK (2025)
FOLLDAL SENTRUM EIENDOM AS 0 MNOK (2025)
DAGDYLJU ENERGI AS
DALHOLEN HANDEL AS
ENGVOLL HOLDING AS
FOLLDAL BYGG AS
FOLLDAL DAGLIGVARE AS

22 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

Folldal (0439) · 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.