Meløy
Municipality index · based on 2025
44 of 100
Rank 20 of 28 in KOSTRA group 6. 239 of 357 nationally.
| Part | Score (0–100) | Group median | Score as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work and business | 35 | 53 | |
| Economy | 64 | 52 | |
| Population and growth | 28 | 46 | |
| 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) | 75.8% 2025 | table 11618 |
| Job coverage (jobs per employed resident) (shown, not in the index) | 91.7% 2025 | table 11618 |
| Registered unemployed, share of labour force (low scores high) | 1.0% 2025 | table 13563 |
| New enterprises per 1,000 inhabitants (high scores high) | 6.3 2023 | table 13701 |
| Limited company bankruptcies per 1,000 inhabitants (low scores high) | 0.5 2025 | table 07165 |
Economy
| Key figure | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Household income after tax, median (high scores high) | NOK 667,300 2024 | table 06944 |
| Net operating result, share of operating revenue (municipal group) (high scores high) | 2.3% 2025 | table 12143 |
| Unrestricted reserves, share of operating revenue (high scores high) | 1.0% 2025 | table 12143 |
| Net debt, share of operating revenue (low scores high) | 64.7% 2025 | table 12143 |
Population and growth
| Key figure | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Population on 1 January (shown, not in the index) | 6,074 2026 | table 11342 |
| Population growth, last year (high scores high) | −0.5% 2026 | table 06913 |
| Net migration per 1,000 inhabitants (high scores high) | −1.8 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
- 109
- With accounts 2025
- 48
- Turnover 2025 (NOK)
- 368 MNOK
- Median operating margin 2025
- 3.0%
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
- JOHN KILDAL & SØNNER AS 72 MNOK (2025)
- HALSA BYGG AS 70 MNOK (2025)
- MELØY ENERGI AS 58 MNOK (2025)
- Leif Brun & Sønner A/S 24 MNOK (2025)
- SJØTIND NORD AS 20 MNOK (2025)
- ARCTIC ROPE TECH AS 14 MNOK (2025)
- GRØNØY KYSTFISKE AS 10 MNOK (2025)
- BRIMO FISKEFOREDLING AS 10 MNOK (2025)
- MORO KYSTFISKE AS 8 MNOK (2025)
- FRED BIRGER MIKKELBORG AS 8 MNOK (2025)
- SVARTISEN VVS AS 7 MNOK (2025)
- MIX ØRNES AS 7 MNOK (2025)
- SØRFJORDEN MARITIME AS 7 MNOK (2025)
- TIL SVARTISEN AS 6 MNOK (2025)
- ROAR WALLMANN AS 5 MNOK (2025)
109 limited companies in the sectors we follow have their business address here.
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.