Vestnes
Municipality index · based on 2025
55 of 100
Rank 14 of 39 in KOSTRA group 4. 126 of 357 nationally.
| Part | Score (0–100) | Group median | Score as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work and business | 47 | 52 | |
| Economy | 40 | 46 | |
| Population and growth | 87 | 49 | |
| 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) | 76.7% 2025 | table 11618 |
| Job coverage (jobs per employed resident) (shown, not in the index) | 81.5% 2025 | table 11618 |
| Registered unemployed, share of labour force (low scores high) | 1.6% 2025 | table 13563 |
| New enterprises per 1,000 inhabitants (high scores high) | 9.8 2023 | table 13701 |
| Limited company bankruptcies per 1,000 inhabitants (low scores high) | 0.3 2025 | table 07165 |
Economy
| Key figure | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Household income after tax, median (high scores high) | NOK 653,700 2024 | table 06944 |
| Net operating result, share of operating revenue (municipal group) (high scores high) | −1.4% 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) | 64.3% 2025 | table 12143 |
Population and growth
| Key figure | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Population on 1 January (shown, not in the index) | 7,315 2026 | table 11342 |
| Population growth, last year (high scores high) | 1.0% 2026 | table 06913 |
| Net migration per 1,000 inhabitants (high scores high) | 13.5 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
- 140
- With accounts 2025
- 58
- Turnover 2025 (NOK)
- 448 MNOK
- Median operating margin 2025
- 5.2%
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
- NORSK EDELFISK HAVBRUK AS 68 MNOK (2025)
- COPRA DRIFT AS 49 MNOK (2025)
- NORSK EDELFISK SÆTRE AS 37 MNOK (2025)
- BAUTA ELECTRO AS 36 MNOK (2025)
- HAMMERÅSPARKEN MAT AS 30 MNOK (2025)
- RADIO TV SERVICE AS 26 MNOK (2025)
- ROMSDAL ELEKTROMARKED AS 26 MNOK (2025)
- ALPINSERVICE AS 24 MNOK (2025)
- BRASTAD-ELEKTRO AS 15 MNOK (2025)
- SIVERTSEN FARGEHANDEL AS 15 MNOK (2025)
- BRØDRENE HONNINGDAL AS 15 MNOK (2025)
- 3B AUTO AS 13 MNOK (2025)
- HENGERSENTERET AS 11 MNOK (2025)
- SOLGAARD SJØMAT AS 10 MNOK (2025)
- VESTNES BYGG AS 9 MNOK (2025)
140 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.