Construction turnover totalled NOK 489 billion in 2015

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Construction turnover totalled NOK 489.1 billion in 2015. This corresponds to a growth of 5.8 per cent from 2014.

 

With a 5.8 per cent growth in turnover from 2014 to 2015, the companies in the construction industry continued to grow from previous years. However, the growth from 2014 to 2015 was somewhat weaker than in the previous period when it was 6.3 per cent.

Figure 1. Change in turnover by division. Local kind-of-activity units

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
41-43 Construction 6.9 -11.5 1.7 14.9 13.7 5.4 6.3 5.8
41 Construction of buildings 1.4 -17.0 5.0 21.5 17.6 3.8 4.4 7.0
42 Civil engineering 8.6 -5.3 -2.4 8.8 7.5 11.4 13.9 13.2
43 Specialised construction activities 13.1 -7.0 -0.5 9.6 10.9 5.8 6.6 2.4

Construction of buildings

The group construction of buildings had a turnover of NOK 162.5 billion in 2015. This corresponds to 33.2 per cent of total turnover in the construction industry and was thus the most comprehensive group in the industry. In total, there were 17 864 enterprises within construction of buildings, which in total employed over 72 600 persons. As a result, 30.9 per cent of all employees in construction were active in this group.

Figure 2. Turnover by industry group. Local kind-of-activity units

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
41 Construction of buildings 161377.6 163713.7 135840.9 142638.8 173304.7 203732.1 211563.1 220908 236428.6
42 Civil engineering 34335.3 37287.1 35316.2 34477.7 37527.6 40348.7 44953.7 51217.4 57989.8
43 Specialised construction activities 132576.9 149973.8 139463.8 138807.6 152089.3 168616 178344.7 190148.2 194648.3

Specialised construction activities

There was a weak growth in the division specialised construction activities from 2014 to 2015. Turnover increased by 2.4 per cent while employment was reduced by 0.1 per cent. The local kind-of-activity units in electrical installation work increased their turnover by 2.3 per cent from 2014 and reached NOK 43.3 million. This corresponds to 22.8 per cent of the turnover in specialised construction. The employment in electrical installation was reduced by 0.9 per cent. Another subclass within specialised construction activities is plumbing and ventilation work. With 21 329 local kind-of-activity units and a turnover of NOK 35.0 billion, the industry accounted for 18.0 per cent of the total turnover in specialised construction. The turnover in plumbing and ventilation work increased by 3.4 per cent compared to 2014.

Civil engineering

Civil engineering increased its turnover by 13.2 per cent in 2015. Within road construction, turnover increased by NOK 2.7 billion to NOK 27.9 billion, corresponding to an increase of 10.8 per cent. Employment increased by 13.5 per cent, thus accounting for just under 10 000 people. Strong growth was also observed in construction of railways and subways, with a growth in turnover of 27.8 per cent and employment of 28.6 per cent.

Figure 3. Employment by industry group. Local kind-of-activity units

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
41 Construction of buildings 60783 67527 65952 66337 70004 73732 76283 77760 78445
42 Civil engineering 15196 15525 14901 15058 14953 15112 16000 17728 20817
43 Specialised construction activities 101034 112203 112765 111792 115828 122130 127315 131859 131769

Decline in Rogaland

All counties in Norway had an increase in turnover in 2015, with the exception of the local kind-of-activity units in Rogaland, which had a decline of 7.2 per cent. At the same time, the number of employees was reduced by 1.6 per cent to 21 140 persons in 2015.

Figure 4. Change in turnover by county. Local kind-of-activity units

Change in per cent
Rogaland -7.2
Møre og Romsdal 0.6
Sør-Trøndelag 1.5
Aust-Agder 1.8
Nordland 3.3
Hedmark 3.8
Sogn og Fjordane 4.0
Vest-Agder 4.5
Vestfold 5.7
Telemark 6.2
Østfold 7.3
Oslo 8.4
Buskerud 9.2
Akershus 9.2
Hordaland 9.6
Oppland 9.9
Nord-Trøndelag 13.6
Troms Romsa 13.8
Finnmark Finnmárku 24.2

New data source for employment

From 2015, the Structural Business Statistics are based on a new data basis for wage earners. The main source in the period to 2014 was the NAV Employee Register (State Register). In 2015, the reporting to this registry was coordinated with the reporting of payroll and personnel data to the Tax Administration Authority and Statistics Norway. The common reporting system is called “A-ordning”. “A-ordning” generally provides data with higher quality and accuracy at the individual level, and covers more wage earner conditions than the State Register. In the State Register, employees who work less than four hours per week on average were not included.

 

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