Sector

0 companies ranked against comparable companies in four Morning company classes. Fiscal year 2021. Source: Brønnøysund Register Centre. Methodology

Ranking · 2021

No ranked companies in this class this year.

The rank is the rank in the class. A class with fewer than ten companies is compared with the whole sector. Full ranking · Press mode

Biggest moves

Climbers and fallers need at least two fiscal years with a score. Coming when next year's figures are fetched.

Top lists in the sector · 2021

The five largest companies account for 76% of the sector's revenue.

Highest revenue

No company meets the requirement this year.

Operating revenue.

Highest operating margin

No company meets the requirement this year.

Operating result divided by operating revenue.

Largest profit

No company meets the requirement this year.

Profit before tax.

Largest loss

No company meets the requirement this year.

Profit before tax, the largest negative.

Most solid

No company meets the requirement this year.

Equity ratio: equity divided by total assets.

Fastest growth

No company meets the requirement this year.

Revenue growth from the year before, only from at least NOK 10 million in revenue.

Largest revenue decline

No company meets the requirement this year.

Revenue decline from the year before, only from at least NOK 10 million in revenue.

Biggest climbers

Requires an index for two financial years.

Change in index points from the year before.

Biggest fallers

Requires an index for two financial years.

Change in index points from the year before.

Most employees

No company meets the requirement this year.

Employees according to the Central Coordinating Register.

Highest revenue per employee

No company meets the requirement this year.

Only companies with at least 5 employees.

The lists cover ranked companies in the class: operating companies with at least NOK 1m in revenue, without holding companies and excluded ones. Size lists (revenue, profit, employees) count each group once. Source: Brønnøysund Register Centre. Amounts in other currencies are converted at Norges Bank's rates.

Quadrant analysis

Positions in the sector · 2021

Each company is placed by profitability and solidity, measured as a place from 0 to 100 against the others in the same sector and Morning company class. The bubble shows revenue. Hover over or tap a bubble for the figures, filter by profile or search for a company.

Too few ranked companies to draw the map.

The sector in numbers

Summary · fiscal year 2021

22 of 66 companies have negative equity.

Companies with accounts66
Total revenue297 MNOK
Median operating margin–
Median equity ratio–
Share with a loss59%
Share with negative equity33%

All figures are for fiscal year 2021. Ranked: 0 operating companies. Holding companies, excluded companies and companies without enough data are shown but not ranked. How to read the index

  • Growth is not included in the index: it needs the previous year's accounts.
  • Consistency is not included in the index: it needs accounts for several years.

Climbers and fallers

Climbers need at least two fiscal years. They appear once next year's accounts are fetched or history is imported.

Needs attention · 2021

57 companies show at least one warning sign. Showing the 15 most important.

Sector map · 2021

Too few ranked companies to draw the map.

Scenario analysis: the sector's weakest year

The sector's weakest year was 2022, with a median operating margin of 31.0%.

Based on the 9 fiscal years we have. The analysis grows as more years are fetched or imported.

Fiscal yearMedian operating marginMedian equity ratio
2018––
2019––
2020––
2021––
2022 · weakest year31.0%10.8%
202344.5%27.0%
202445.3%26.9%
202546.3%27.8%
202658.6%40.2%

In 2022, 24 ranked companies did better than the sector, 20 about the same and 17 weaker.

Held up best in 2022

  1. 1HJ Eiendom ASequity ratio 40.8%97.2%
  2. 2Viken Boligeiendom ASequity ratio 10.0%94.0%
  3. 3Gjønnesjordet 10 ASequity ratio 0.5%88.9%
  4. 4Rambolt Eiendom ASequity ratio 74.1%81.8%
  5. 5Herock ASequity ratio 89.0%79.7%
  6. 6Huitfeldts Gate 15 ASequity ratio 6.3%77.3%
  7. 7Gullregnbukta ASequity ratio 4.9%71.5%
  8. 8Haakon Knudstad ASequity ratio 71.6%70.8%
  9. 9Inventec ASequity ratio 56.2%70.1%
  10. 10Marinella Eiendom ASequity ratio 44.8%70.1%

Better than the sector: operating margin at or above the sector median and no loss or negative equity. Weaker: operating margin below the median and a loss or negative equity. Otherwise about the same as the sector. Methodology

Drivers in the sector

Interest rates, prices and exchange rates that shape the sector's year, next to the sector's median operating margin. The drivers are context and are not part of the index.

Policy rate (prosent)

Latest value: 4.30 (2026-09)

Policy rate fell 0.20 percentage points in 2025; the sector's median operating margin rose 1.0 percentage points.

Policy rate per year and the sector's median operating margin
Measure202120222023202420252026
Policy rate, annual average0.081.323.544.504.304.14 (so far)
Change from the year before−0.28 percentage points+1.24 percentage points+2.22 percentage points+0.96 percentage points−0.20 percentage points−0.16 percentage points
Sector's median operating margin–31.0%44.5%45.3%46.3%58.6%

Source: Norges Bank (IR, NLOD 2.0). Source · fetched 1 November 2026

Construction cost index for dwellings (indeks (2015 = 100))

Latest value: 160.3 (2026M09)

Construction cost index for dwellings rose 4.3% in 2025; the sector's median operating margin rose 1.0 percentage points.

Construction cost index for dwellings per year and the sector's median operating margin
Measure202120222023202420252026
Construction cost index for dwellings, annual average124.2135.1141.1146.4152.7158.4 (so far)
Change from the year before+8.7%+8.8%+4.4%+3.7%+4.3%+3.7%
Sector's median operating margin–31.0%44.5%45.3%46.3%58.6%

Source: SSB (08651, CC BY 4.0). Source · fetched 1 November 2026

Consumer price index (indeks (2025 = 100))

Latest value: 104.0 (2026M09)

Consumer price index rose 3.0% in 2025; the sector's median operating margin rose 1.0 percentage points.

Consumer price index per year and the sector's median operating margin
Measure202120222023202420252026
Consumer price index, annual average84.389.294.197.0100.0102.9 (so far)
Change from the year before+3.5%+5.8%+5.5%+3.2%+3.0%+2.9%
Sector's median operating margin–31.0%44.5%45.3%46.3%58.6%

Source: SSB (14710, CC BY 4.0). Source · fetched 1 November 2026

When policy rate fell in 2025, 3,854 of 6,984 ranked companies kept their operating margin at or above the year before. Among the largest: DNB Eiendom AS (−1.5% → 2.9%), Ferncliff Tih AS (−717.9% → 99.2%), Ferncliff Holding AS (78.3% → 99.8%), OBOS Nye Hjem AS (−0.8% → −0.7%), Eiendomsmegler 1 Sør-Norge AS (5.3% → 7.1%).

We show the drivers and the margin side by side and claim no cause. Sensitivity per company is not computed until we have at least 10 years of accounts per company: with three years such figures are false precision.

The sector in Norway (SSB)

The whole industry as Statistics Norway counts it: every enterprise, not only the limited companies we rank. Use these figures as background for the ranking above.

Enterprises, employment and turnover · 2024

Enterprises
60,965
+4.0% from 2023
Persons employed
31,172
−0.2% from 2023
Turnover
NOK 240.4 bn
+8.0% from 2023
Gross operating margin
50.2%
Gross operating surplus divided by turnover

All enterprises, sole proprietorships included.

Bankruptcies in the industry

217 enterprise bankruptcies in the last four quarters (2025K4–2026K3). Change −8.8% against the four quarters before (238). That is about 3.6 per 1,000 enterprises.

532024K4522025K1762025K2572025K3582025K4512026K1612026K2472026K3

Foreign-controlled enterprises · 2024

Share of enterprises
2.5%
Share of persons employed
6.0%
Share of turnover
8.6%

SSB publishes this for groups of industries only. The figures are for the group “Omsetning og drift av fast eiendom”.

Source: Statistics Norway (SSB), table 12910, table 10790, table 08085. CC BY 4.0. Our industry codes (SN2025) are linked to SSB’s (SN2007) with SSB’s correspondence table in Klass.

Latest bankruptcies and liquidations

All bankruptcies and liquidations in the sector

Industry codes (NACE)

CodeDescription
68*Hele hovedgruppe 68
68.110Kjøp og salg av egen fast eiendom
68.120Utvikling og salg av byggeprosjekter
68.200Utleie av egen eller leid fast eiendom
68.310Eiendomsmegling og andre formidlingstjenester for eiendom
68.320Eiendomsforvaltning på oppdrag