Industry code 50
Water transport
2,828 active companies are registered in this industry. The figures below come from the Register of Business Enterprises and the Register of Company Accounts, and are based on the 1,509 companies we have accounts for.
- Active companies
- 2,828
- Typical revenue (median)
- NOK 6.6 m
- Typical operating margin
- 8.1 %
- Share with a profit
- 69.7 %
Largest companies by revenue
- 1Kistefos ASOsloNOK 25.5 bn
- 2Hati Holdco ASBrønnøyNOK 9 bn
- 3Color Group ASOsloNOK 6.7 bn
- 4Caiano ASHaugesundNOK 5.6 bn
- 5Solstad Rederi ASKarmøyNOK 5.1 bn
- 6Boreal Holding ASStavangerNOK 4.8 bn
- 7Effra Holdco ASKinnNOK 4 bn
- 8Ts Shipping Invest ASHaugesundNOK 3.9 bn
- 9Fjord1 ASKinnNOK 3.9 bn
- 10Color Line Transport ASOsloNOK 3.3 bn
Largest employers
- 1Color Line Crew ASOslo2329 employees
- 2Fjord1 ASKinn1739 employees
- 3Hurtigruten Sjø ASSør-Varanger1424 employees
- 4Norled ASStavanger1167 employees
- 5Torghatten Nord ASTromsø883 employees
- 6Boreal Sjø ASHammerfest779 employees
- 7Sølvtrans Rederi ASÅlesund686 employees
- 8Hk Crew ASHammerfest669 employees
- 9Dof Sjø ASAustevoll616 employees
- 10Tidewater Marine ASSandnes528 employees
Where is the industry based?
- Oslo233
- Bergen91
- Stavanger35
- Haugesund35
- Tromsø28
- Herøy24
- Bærum17
- Vågan16
- Ålesund15
- Asker14
- Trondheim13
- Kragerø13
Largest municipalities for water transport
- Water transport in Oslo
- Water transport in Bergen
- Water transport in Stavanger
- Water transport in Haugesund
- Water transport in Tromsø
- Water transport in Herøy
- Water transport in Bærum
- Water transport in Vågan
- Water transport in Ålesund
- Water transport in Asker
- Water transport in Trondheim
- Water transport in Kragerø
- Water transport in Kinn
- Water transport in Kristiansand
- Water transport in Brønnøy
- Water transport in Karmøy
- Water transport in Bodø
- Water transport in Arendal
- Water transport in Tønsberg
- Water transport in Hvaler
Sub-industries
Median means half of the companies are above and half below. Figures are updated continuously and are only shown for companies with public accounts.

