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Municipality index · based on 2025
43 of 100
Rank 10 of 13 in KOSTRA group 8. 243 of 357 nationally.
| Part | Score (0–100) | Group median | Score as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work and business | 48 | 48 | |
| Economy | 40 | 55 | |
| Population and growth | 42 | 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) | 77.6% 2025 | table 11618 |
| Job coverage (jobs per employed resident) (shown, not in the index) | 99.5% 2025 | table 11618 |
| Registered unemployed, share of labour force (low scores high) | 0.9% 2025 | table 13563 |
| New enterprises per 1,000 inhabitants (high scores high) | 6.7 2023 | table 13701 |
| Limited company bankruptcies per 1,000 inhabitants (low scores high) | 0.4 2025 | table 07165 |
Economy
| Key figure | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Household income after tax, median (high scores high) | NOK 649,400 2024 | table 06944 |
| Net operating result, share of operating revenue (municipal group) (high scores high) | 0.0% 2025 | table 12143 |
| Unrestricted reserves, share of operating revenue (high scores high) | 7.9% 2025 | table 12143 |
| Net debt, share of operating revenue (low scores high) | 110.5% 2025 | table 12143 |
Population and growth
| Key figure | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Population on 1 January (shown, not in the index) | 13,481 2026 | table 11342 |
| Population growth, last year (high scores high) | 0.0% 2026 | table 06913 |
| Net migration per 1,000 inhabitants (high scores high) | 2.2 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
- 162
- With accounts 2026
- 1
- Turnover 2026 (NOK)
- 8 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
- LINEA AS 752 MNOK (2025)
- HELGELAND KRAFT STRØM AS 692 MNOK (2025)
- HELGELAND KRAFT VANNKRAFT AS 243 MNOK (2025)
- ROBIN ELDNES AS 116 MNOK (2025)
- HELGELAND KRAFT AS 101 MNOK (2025)
- FUNDRA AS 85 MNOK (2025)
- SMISTO KRAFT AS 58 MNOK (2025)
- RUNE LYNG AS 50 MNOK (2025)
- TRUCK OG MASKIN AGRO AS 42 MNOK (2025)
- HELGELAND PORTSERVICE AS 23 MNOK (2025)
- BUNNPRIS OLDERSKOG AS 20 MNOK (2025)
- HARALD GRANMO AS 14 MNOK (2025)
- STASJONSDRIFT FINHOLT AS 13 MNOK (2025)
- EBERG LÅS & SIKKERHET AS 11 MNOK (2025)
- MALERBUA AS 9 MNOK (2025)
162 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.