Norway— NO

Company data in Norway, by industry

Browse Norway company directories across 56 industries — 1,968,263 businesses in the InfobelPRO database, registry-sourced from Brønnøysundregistrene and enriched with firmographics, location, financials and group structure.

1,968,263

Registered companies

Equinor ASA

Largest company

Rental and operating of own or leased real estate

Largest sector

11th

in Europe by count

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Rankings

Largest companies in Norway

By revenue, one row per corporate group — reported (actual) revenue, updated September 2026.

#	Company (group)	Industry	HQ	Revenue (USD)
1	Equinor ASA	Extraction of crude petroleum	Stavanger	$99.6B
2	Equinor Energy AS	Extraction of crude petroleum	Stavanger	$35.9B
3	Norsk Hydro ASA	Aluminium production	Oslo	$20.4B
4	Aker BP ASA	Extraction of crude petroleum	Sandvika	$10.9B
5	Joh Johannson Handel AS	Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating	Oslo	$10.4B
6	Reitan AS	Non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco	Trondheim	$10.1B
7	Statkraft Sf	Electric power generation, transmission and distribution	Oslo	$8.5B
8	Vår Energi ASA	Extraction of crude petroleum	Sandnes	$8.1B
9	Telenor ASA	Wired telecommunications activities	Sandvika	$7.2B
10	Orkla ASA	Other processing and preserving of fruit and vegetables	Oslo	$6.3B
11	Totalenergies Ep Norge AS	Extraction of crude petroleum	Stavanger	$6.2B
12	Mowi ASA	Freshwater aquaculture	Bergen	$5.9B
13	Aker Solutions ASA	Support activities for petroleum and natural gas extraction	Sandvika	$5.7B
14	Coop Norge Sa	Non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco	Oslo	$5.6B
15	Wallenius Wilhelmsen ASA	Inland freight water transport	Sandvika	$5.2B

Top 15 of 25 · Tryg Forsikring A/S Nuf, If Skadeforsikring Nuf, Norsk Tipping AS, Harbour Energy Norge AS, Kongsberg Gruppen ASA, Dixons Stores Group Retail Norway AS, Veidekke ASA, Aars AS, Conocophillips Skandinavia AS, Laco AS follow. Methodology →

Equinor ASA leads by reported revenue at $99.6B, the largest of 25 ranked corporate groups.

Coverage

Companies by industry

The B2B industries we cover, ranked by number of companies. Each links to the full directory.

Real estate companies

265,974

Construction companies

192,861

Agriculture & agribusiness

144,802

Healthcare providers

102,457

Manufacturing companies

86,885

+ 51 more industries below ↓

Real estate companies is the most populated sector we cover, with 265,974 companies — 14% of Norway's 1,968,263 registered.

Distribution

Company size & revenue

By number of employees

1–4

1,573,176

5–9

119,708

10–19

90,770

20–49

71,132

50–99

23,235

100–199

9,779

200–499

3,953

500–999

1,258

1000+

834

The 1–4 band is shown with a broken bar — it is ~13× the next band; the smaller bands are scaled against each other so they stay readable. 96,822 companies have no disclosed headcount (excluded).

Around 83% of companies with disclosed headcount employ fewer than five people, so the market skews heavily toward micro-enterprises.

By revenue (local currency)

1–100K

29,112

100K-499K

266,453

500K-999K

279,538

1M-4.99M

317,689

5M-9.99M

103,827

10M-49.99M

67,505

50M-99.99M

13,534

100M-499.99M

9,986

500M-999.99M

1,734

1B+

1,960

899,329 companies have no disclosed revenue (excluded from the chart).

The most common disclosed-revenue band is 1M-4.99M, covering 29% of companies with reported revenue.

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Geography

Where Norwegian companies are based

Distribution by region.

Oslo

332,198

Vestland

219,904

Trøndelag

163,418

Rogaland

153,058

Innlandet

139,318

Oslo holds the largest regional share, with 22% of companies that have a disclosed region.

Group linkage

Corporate structure in Norway

How much of the market is part of a corporate group vs independent.

55%

Part of a corporate group

46%

Independent

55% of companies belong to a corporate group; the remaining 46% operate independently.

Corporate groups

Largest corporate groups in Norway

Norwegian-headquartered groups ranked by total group entities worldwide — a measure of corporate reach.

#	Group	Group entities (worldwide)
1	Joh Johannson Handel AS	2,024
2	Fredensborg 1994 AS	1,519
3	Hospitality Invest AS	1,272
4	Varner Holding AS	1,219
5	Hawk Infinity AS	1,019
6	Reitan AS	764
7	Hjr Holding AS	665
8	DnB Bank ASA	660
9	Obos Bbl	649
10	Aars AS	555

Group entities = total members of the corporate family worldwide, for groups whose ultimate parent is in Norway.

Joh Johannson Handel AS is the largest corporate group headquartered in Norway, with 2,024 entities worldwide.

Foreign ownership

Foreign-owned vs domestic

Among Norway's larger companies, the share ultimately controlled from abroad — and the leading countries of ownership.

27%

Foreign-owned

73%

Norwegian-owned

Leading countries of ownership

Sweden

14.9%

England

13.4%

Luxemburg

10.4%

United States of America

8.7%

Germany

7.4%

Shares calculated on the largest companies by revenue with ownership data available, not an absolute national figure.

Sweden is the leading country of foreign ownership, at 14.9%.

FAQ

Norway company data — frequently asked questions

There are 1,968,263 registered companies in Norway across all sectors, from sole traders to large enterprises.

By reported revenue, Equinor ASA is the largest company in Norway, followed by Equinor Energy AS and Norsk Hydro ASA.

Rental and operating of own or leased real estate, Construction of residential and non-residential buildings, Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c. have the most registered companies.

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Sourced from the Infobel DaaS database. The largest-companies ranking is consolidated at corporate-group level (one row per group) and shows reported (actual) revenue in USD; modeled figures are excluded. Distributions cover all registered companies. Industry directories use a NACE-based B2B taxonomy. Last updated September 2026.

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