Municipality

Skjervøy

Municipality no. 5542 · Troms - Romsa - Tromssa · 2,802 inhabitants · KOSTRA group 6

Municipality index · based on 2025

52 of 100

Rank 14 of 28 in KOSTRA group 6. 168 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	48	53
Economy	38	52
Population and growth	76	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	Group median	National median	Source
Employed, share of age 20–66 (high scores high)	73.4% 2025	77.5%	76.7%	table 11618 figures from an earlier municipality number
Job coverage (jobs per employed resident) (shown, not in the index)	99.6% 2025	96.5%	90.0%	table 11618 figures from an earlier municipality number
Registered unemployed, share of labour force (low scores high)	1.0% 2025	1.1%	1.3%	table 13563 figures from an earlier municipality number
New enterprises per 1,000 inhabitants (high scores high)	7.2 2023	9.2	9.2	table 13701 figures from an earlier municipality number
Limited company bankruptcies per 1,000 inhabitants (low scores high)	0.0 2025	0.4	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 617,400 2024	NOK 639,800	NOK 657,600	table 06944 figures from an earlier municipality number
Net operating result, share of operating revenue (municipal group) (high scores high)	−0.8% 2025	−0.7%	1.3%	table 12143 figures from an earlier municipality number
Unrestricted reserves, share of operating revenue (high scores high)	20.8% 2025	11.6%	10.4%	table 12143 figures from an earlier municipality number
Net debt, share of operating revenue (low scores high)	107.1% 2025	84.2%	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)	2,802 2026	2,804	5,447	table 11342 figures from an earlier municipality number
Population growth, last year (high scores high)	0.6% 2026	0.0%	0.3%	table 06913 figures from an earlier municipality number
Net migration per 1,000 inhabitants (high scores high)	10.1 2025	2.2	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: 72
With accounts 2025: 23
Turnover 2025 (NOK): 383 MNOK
Median operating margin 2025: 4.1%

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

ARNØY LAKS SLAKTERI AS 136 MNOK (2025)
SKJERVØY FISK OG SKALLDYR AS 92 MNOK (2025)
SKJERVØY MATGLEDE AS 43 MNOK (2025)
BRØDRENE ALBRIGTSEN AS 39 MNOK (2025)
NORD OLJE AS 20 MNOK (2025)
MIKALSEN INSTALLASJON AS 18 MNOK (2025)
BYGDEBUTIKKEN AS 6 MNOK (2025)
JOHANNESSEN KYSTFISKE AS 5 MNOK (2025)
OLDERFJORD AS 5 MNOK (2025)
MIKKELSEN FISK AS 4 MNOK (2025)
MANIITSOQ AS 4 MNOK (2025)
TROND HÅGENSEN AS 3 MNOK (2025)
IDUNSON KYST AS 3 MNOK (2025)
TØMRER KARLSEN AS 1 MNOK (2025)
NIKKEBY MULTISERVICE AS 1 MNOK (2025)

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

Earlier municipalities

Skjervøy (5427) · 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.