Municipality

Sarpsborg

Municipality no. 3105 · Østfold · 60,614 inhabitants · KOSTRA group 11

Municipality index · based on 2025

35 of 100

Rank 9 of 10 in KOSTRA group 11. 309 of 357 nationally.

Sub-indices for the municipality against the group median
Part	Score (0–100)	Group median	Score as a bar
Work and business	11	53
Economy	28	49
Population and growth	83	53
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	Group median	National median	Source
Employed, share of age 20–66 (high scores high)	70.6% 2025	73.4%	76.7%	table 11618 figures from an earlier municipality number
Job coverage (jobs per employed resident) (shown, not in the index)	105.7% 2025	101.3%	90.0%	table 11618 figures from an earlier municipality number
Registered unemployed, share of labour force (low scores high)	2.8% 2025	1.9%	1.3%	table 13563 figures from an earlier municipality number
New enterprises per 1,000 inhabitants (high scores high)	8.8 2023	9.6	9.2	table 13701 figures from an earlier municipality number
Limited company bankruptcies per 1,000 inhabitants (low scores high)	0.9 2025	0.7	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 637,700 2024	NOK 648,350	NOK 657,600	table 06944 figures from an earlier municipality number
Net operating result, share of operating revenue (municipal group) (high scores high)	1.1% 2025	1.8%	1.3%	table 12143 figures from an earlier municipality number
Unrestricted reserves, share of operating revenue (high scores high)	7.1% 2025	9.8%	10.4%	table 12143 figures from an earlier municipality number
Net debt, share of operating revenue (low scores high)	86.4% 2025	89.6%	84.9%	table 12143 figures from an earlier municipality number

Population and growth

Key figure	Value	Group median	National median	Source
Population on 1 January (shown, not in the index)	60,614 2026	58,284	5,447	table 11342 figures from an earlier municipality number
Population growth, last year (high scores high)	0.8% 2026	0.6%	0.3%	table 06913 figures from an earlier municipality number
Net migration per 1,000 inhabitants (high scores high)	8.2 2025	5.4	4.1	table 06913 figures from an earlier municipality number 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: 883
With accounts 2026: 1
Median operating margin 2026: too few companies

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

ØSTFOLD ENERGI AS 1,253 MNOK (2025)
SULLAND ØSTFOLD AS 673 MNOK (2025)
NORBYGG AS 321 MNOK (2025)
ØKONOMI-DELER AS 269 MNOK (2025)
INFOGRAFIKK AS 207 MNOK (2025)
STAMSAAS FRITID AS 203 MNOK (2025)
ART-BYGG OG ANLEGG AS 128 MNOK (2025)
CHARLOTTE HAUGSTEN AS 117 MNOK (2025)
ELECTRIX AS 116 MNOK (2025)
ØSTFOLD RØR AS 112 MNOK (2025)
GRETLAND BIL AS 104 MNOK (2025)
FRAMSPORT AS 102 MNOK (2025)
PER BJØRN AASEN AS 92 MNOK (2025)
SCAN SØRLIE AS 91 MNOK (2025)
ØYSTEIN TRIPPESTAD AS 87 MNOK (2025)

883 limited companies in the sectors we follow have their business address here.

Earlier municipalities

Sarpsborg (3003) · renumbered 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.