Increased turnover for accommodation and food service activities in 2015

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Local kind-of-activity units accounted for 79 billion in 2015. This is an increase of nearly 5 billion, or 6.6 per cent compared with the previous year.

Figure 1. Turnover by industry group. Local kind-of-activity units

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
55.1 Hotels and similar accommodation 18883.6 19968.1 18963.5 19540.5 21012.6 22078.9 22685.4 23556.3 24693.5
55.2 Holiday and short-stay accommodation 676.3 655.2 750 845.9 1003.3 1169.5 1337.6 1367.8 1644.5
55.3 Camping grounds, recreational vehicle parks and trailer parks 1127.4 1268.3 1292.6 1324.6 1308.1 1383.5 1488 1598.4 1707.3
55.9 Other accommodation 236.9 202.7 175.2 189 137.8 168.7 160.8 265.1 288.7
56.1 Restaurants and mobile food service activities 24374.8 25617.8 26013.6 26733.6 28775 30280 31930.2 33655.7 37046.6
56.2 Event catering and other food service activities 7206.5 7971.6 8192.4 9040.3 9533.8 10004 10889.3 11204.1 11305.8
56.3 Beverage serving activities 1484 1883.1 1916.8 1993.4 2057.1 2194.4 2418.6 2548.8 2439.7

Employment for the accommodation and food service activities increased by 13.1 per cent to nearly 116 000 employed in 2015. The value added increased by 5.3 per cent. 

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

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
55.1 Hotels and similar accommodation 8414.9 8814.2 8034 7983.9 8821.6 9169.7 9342.5 9734 9877.3
55.2 Holiday and short-stay accommodation 277.6 249.6 292.1 304 357.7 420.8 500.7 529.4 622.6
55.3 Camping grounds, recreational vehicle parks and trailer parks 536.3 580.9 576.3 559 562 657.9 668.1 736.3 811.4
55.9 Other accommodation 95.8 90.7 78.3 63.6 55.3 74.1 48.2 132.9 107.9
56.1 Restaurants and mobile food service activities 9665.2 10136.1 10673.8 10884.5 11691.5 12573.1 13230.6 13999.8 15619.7
56.2 Event catering and other food service activities 3540.2 4100.1 4263.6 4572.7 4726.6 5213.8 5720.8 5939 5784
56.3 Beverage serving activities 568 704.1 697.2 683.9 701.8 798.9 901.5 943.3 888.3

Increased turnover for food and beverage service activities

‘Food and beverage service activities’, which dominates the section, increased turnover by 7.1 per cent to nearly 51 billion in 2015. The operating margin was 4.8 per cent in 2015 and 4.5 per cent in 2014. The value added increased by 6.8 per cent, while the employment increased by 13.1 per cent. New local kind-of-activity units increased by 2.6 per cent to nearly 10 800 local kind-of-activity units. 

‘Restaurants and mobile food service activities’, which dominates the division ‘food and beverage service activities’, accounted for 37 billion that corresponds to an increase of 10.1 per cent. On the other hand, the operating margin decreased from 4.7 to 4.5 per cent. 

Increase in employment, but reduced operating margin for turnover for accommodation

Local kind-of-activity units in the division ‘accommodation’ employed 35 000 in 2015, which corresponds to an increase by 13.0 per cent from 2014. The turnover was about 28 billion in 2015. This is an increase of 5.8 per cent compared with 2014. The value added increased by 2.6 per cent in 2015, while the operating margin was reduced from 2.0 per cent to 1.4 per cent. 

‘Hotels and similar accommodation’ dominates the division ‘accommodation’. The local kind-of-activity units increased turnover by 4.8 per cent from 2014, and accounted for about 25 billion in 2015. The employment increased by 11.1 per cent, from 28 000 to 31 000. The value added increased by 1.5 per cent. The operating margin was reduced from 0.4 per cent to -0.4 per cent.

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.

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

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
55.1 Hotels and similar accommodation 24337 24429 23688 23548 24357 25414 26325 27618 30687
55.2 Holiday and short-stay accommodation 908 881 1290 1081 1233 1441 1548 1463 2003
55.3 Camping grounds, recreational vehicle parks and trailer parks 1666 1814 1799 1741 1657 1686 1718 1799 2175
55.9 Other accommodation 490 394 212 167 135 106 123 165 215
56.1 Restaurants and mobile food service activities 50047 48623 47623 46411 47192 48422 50007 53791 62073
56.2 Event catering and other food service activities 10438 10878 11098 11783 12134 12067 12650 13286 13843
56.3 Beverage serving activities 3612 4285 4205 3997 3903 3865 4139 4365 4890

Figure 4. Number of local kind-of-activity units, by industry group

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
55.1 Hotels and similar accommodation 1477 1478 1485 1476 1526 1514 1432 1431 1429
55.2 Holiday and short-stay accommodation 474 460 483 528 633 720 733 830 832
55.3 Camping grounds, recreational vehicle parks and trailer parks 988 1004 1021 993 906 925 955 933 933
55.9 Other accommodation 116 100 98 89 47 50 52 68 79
56.1 Restaurants and mobile food service activities 6813 6653 6693 6660 6626 6921 6966 7227 7465
56.2 Event catering and other food service activities 1842 1799 1805 2167 2283 2245 2469 2637 2709
56.3 Beverage serving activities 545 552 568 576 567 599 625 622 588

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