Municipality

Stavanger

Municipality no. 1103 · Rogaland · 151,669 inhabitants · KOSTRA group 12

Municipality index · based on 2025

59 of 100

Rank 4 of 11 in KOSTRA group 12. 88 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	45	50
Economy	64	60
Population and growth	75	45
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)	77.7% 2025	78.0%	76.7%	table 11618
Job coverage (jobs per employed resident) (shown, not in the index)	115.2% 2025	105.0%	90.0%	table 11618
Registered unemployed, share of labour force (low scores high)	1.8% 2025	1.7%	1.3%	table 13563
New enterprises per 1,000 inhabitants (high scores high)	11.2 2023	11.1	9.2	table 13701 figures from an earlier municipality number
Limited company bankruptcies per 1,000 inhabitants (low scores high)	0.7 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 732,600 2024	NOK 671,700	NOK 657,600	table 06944
Net operating result, share of operating revenue (municipal group) (high scores high)	2.9% 2025	2.9%	1.3%	table 12143
Unrestricted reserves, share of operating revenue (high scores high)	12.9% 2025	12.9%	10.4%	table 12143
Net debt, share of operating revenue (low scores high)	70.2% 2025	90.3%	84.9%	table 12143

Population and growth

Key figure	Value	Group median	National median	Source
Population on 1 January (shown, not in the index)	151,669 2026	106,013	5,447	table 11342
Population growth, last year (high scores high)	1.0% 2026	0.9%	0.3%	table 06913
Net migration per 1,000 inhabitants (high scores high)	6.0 2025	5.1	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: 1,691
With accounts 2026: 1
Turnover 2026 (NOK): 13 MNOK
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

TOTALENERGIES EP NORGE AS 61,500 MNOK (2025)
A/S Norske Shell 25,249 MNOK (2025)
OMV NORGE AS 16,747 MNOK (2025)
SCHLUMBERGER NORGE AS 13,012 MNOK (2025)
EQUINOR ANGOLA BLOCK 17 AS 6,398 MNOK (2025)
REPSOL NORGE AS 5,522 MNOK (2025)
EQUINOR IN SALAH AS 5,057 MNOK (2025)
EQUINOR DEZASSETE AS 4,791 MNOK (2025)
KAEFER ENERGY AS 3,511 MNOK (2025)
VETCO GRAY SCANDINAVIA AS 3,185 MNOK (2024)
EQUINOR ANGOLA BLOCK 15 AS 2,130 MNOK (2025)
EQUINOR IN AMENAS AS 2,116 MNOK (2025)
NORTHERN OCEAN WIND AS 1,631 MNOK (2025)
SVERDRUP STEEL AS 1,458 MNOK (2025)
EQUINOR MURZUQ AS 1,288 MNOK (2025)

1,691 limited companies in the sectors we follow have their business address here.

Earlier municipalities

Finnøy (1141) · merged 2020
Rennesøy (1142) · merged 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.