Gjerstad
Municipality index · based on 2025
29 of 100
Rank 33 of 33 in KOSTRA group 5. 334 of 357 nationally.
| Part | Score (0–100) | Group median | Score as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work and business | 11 | 54 | |
| Economy | 32 | 51 | |
| Population and growth | 53 | 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.
Key figures from Statistics Norway
Work and business
| Key figure | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Employed, share of age 20–66 (high scores high) | 70.2% 2025 | table 11618 |
| Job coverage (jobs per employed resident) (shown, not in the index) | 86.3% 2025 | table 11618 |
| Registered unemployed, share of labour force (low scores high) | 1.9% 2025 | table 13563 |
| New enterprises per 1,000 inhabitants (high scores high) | 7.0 2023 | table 13701 figures from an earlier municipality number |
| Limited company bankruptcies per 1,000 inhabitants (low scores high) | 1.6 2025 | table 07165 figures from an earlier municipality number |
Economy
| Key figure | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Household income after tax, median (high scores high) | NOK 600,300 2024 | table 06944 figures from an earlier municipality number |
| Net operating result, share of operating revenue (municipal group) (high scores high) | −0.9% 2025 | table 12143 |
| Unrestricted reserves, share of operating revenue (high scores high) | 11.9% 2025 | table 12143 |
| Net debt, share of operating revenue (low scores high) | 109.4% 2025 | table 12143 |
Population and growth
| Key figure | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Population on 1 January (shown, not in the index) | 2,502 2026 | table 11342 |
| Population growth, last year (high scores high) | 0.4% 2026 | table 06913 |
| Net migration per 1,000 inhabitants (high scores high) | 6.0 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.
Companies registered in the municipality
- Limited companies we follow
- 39
- With accounts 2025
- 17
- Turnover 2025 (NOK)
- 694 MNOK
- Median operating margin 2025
- 3.6%
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
- PVH AS 551 MNOK (2025)
- NORWEGIAN MACHINERY AS 107 MNOK (2025)
- CHRISTIAN AASBØ AS 14 MNOK (2025)
- HOBBYDRIVHUS AS 6 MNOK (2025)
- TKØ AS 6 MNOK (2025)
- UPPAL MASKIN AS 3 MNOK (2025)
- NOSMOKE BROKELAND AS 2 MNOK (2025)
- HAUGEBO MASKIN AS 2 MNOK (2025)
- TØMRER MORTEN RØNNINGEN AS 1 MNOK (2025)
- GRYTING CONSULTING AS 1 MNOK (2025)
- GRAVESERVICE KRAGERØ AS 1 MNOK (2025)
- PETERSEN BYGG & BETONG AS 1 MNOK (2025)
- VAN KAAM HANDEL AS 0 MNOK (2025)
- TRX EQUIPMENT AS 0 MNOK (2025)
- A-Å ELEKTRO AS
39 limited companies in the sectors we follow have their business address here.
Earlier municipalities
- Gjerstad (0911) · renumbered 2020
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.