What Sartor & Drange does

Sartor & Drange AS is a Norwegian civil engineering and general contracting firm headquartered in Straume, Øygarden municipality (Vestland county), operating primarily in the Bergen region. Formed in 2021 through the merger of two legacy contractors — Sartor Maskin and Drange Maskin, each with operating histories dating to the 1980s — the company delivers ground and concrete works, rockfall protection, water and sewage infrastructure, well and specialized drilling, asphalt milling, mobile crushing, specialized transport, and full turnkey project delivery. Service execution is supported by an owned equipment fleet (10 wheel loaders from 1–60 tons, excavators, dumpers, drilling rigs, and transport vehicles), with GPS machine control deployed on all machines over 8 tons, and complemented by in-house surveying and architectural design capability. The company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Eleda Group, a Nordic contractor consortium with approximately 3,500–4,000 employees and ~25 billion NOK in turnover, which provides scale, capital access, and cross-region expansion potential.

The firm operates a project-based contracting model, winning work through competitive bidding on public procurement (Bergen Kommune, Statens Vegvesen, Avinor, Forsvarsbygg, Helse Bergen, Hordaland fylkeskommune, BIR AS) and direct negotiation with private developers (e.g., JM Norge, Konseptbygg AS, Vestbo). Sartor & Drange holds Sentral Godkjenning Class 3 — the highest Norwegian contractor qualification tier for responsibility in professional areas — and is certified to ISO 9001 (quality management) and ISO 14001 (environmental management), functioning as an approved apprenticeship training institution. Revenue is concentrated in Norwegian public infrastructure spending cycles, with stated annual turnover of approximately 1 billion NOK (~225–230 employees), distributed across one-time project contracts rather than recurring revenue streams.

Name

Sartor & Drange

Legal name

Sartor & Drange AS

Website

https://sartordrange.no

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Sartor & Drange AS is a Norwegian civil engineering and general contractor based in the Bergen region, offering ground work, rockfall protection, water and sewer systems, drilling, and turnkey construction to municipalities, state agencies, and private developers in Vestland county.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civil Engineering & Construction Contracting

NAICS

Site Preparation Contractors (238910)

SIC

Heavy Construction Other Than Bldg Const - Contractors (1600), Construction - Special Trade Contractors (1700)

akta.pro primary industry

Storage & Conveyance Structures (Reservoirs, Tanks, Culverts, Tunnels) (IMAFAGAE)

Keywords

• Civil engineering services
• Groundwork construction
• Rockfall protection
• Water sewage infrastructure
• Turnkey construction contracts

Headquarters

HQ city

Straume

HQ country

Norway

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Construction Contracting: Project-based revenue from construction contracts including ground work, road construction, water and sewage systems, concrete construction, rockfall protection, drilling and blasting, asphalt milling, surveying and total contracts for buildings. Revenue figures vary by source: approximately 750 million to 1 billion NOK annually.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Sartor & Drange AS is a civil engineering and construction contractor based in Straume, Norway, providing groundwork, rockfall protection, water and sewage infrastructure, turnkey contracting, specialized drilling, asphalt milling, and mobile crushing services. The company operates a large owned equipment fleet of excavators, dumpers, wheel loaders, drilling rigs, and transport vehicles equipped with GPS machine control, and delivers projects for municipalities, government agencies, and private developers in the Bergen region and Vestland county.

Product overview

Sartor & Drange AS is a construction and civil engineering company formed in 2021 through the merger of Sartor Maskin and Drange Maskin. The company operates as a general contractor specializing in infrastructure and construction projects throughout the Bergen region in Vestland county, Norway. The product portfolio consists of nine core service offerings: Ground and Concrete Work, Rockfall Protection, Turnkey Contracting, Water and Sewer Systems, Special Transport, Well and Special Drilling, Planning/Architecture, Asphalt Milling, and Mobile Crushing. These services are supported by an extensive equipment fleet including excavators, dumpers, wheel loaders, drilling rigs, and transport vehicles. The company holds central authorization (Class 3) and is certified according to ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 standards.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Grunn- og betongarbeid (Ground and Concrete Work)

Named customers14 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Vassbakk & Stol AS: Norwegian civil engineering contractor based in Rogaland with comparable scale, owned equipment fleet, and municipal/infrastructure project mix. Closest like-for-like competitor in terms of regional scope and service breadth (groundwork, roads, water/sewer).
• Consto AS: Mid-sized Norwegian general contractor with owned equipment fleet and regional infrastructure focus. Directly comparable in terms of totalentreprise capability, machinery ownership, and Norwegian municipal client base.
• Kynningsrud Anlegg AS: Norwegian civil engineering and infrastructure contractor comparable in scale and owned equipment model to Sartor & Drange. Overlaps on groundwork, roads, and municipal infrastructure projects in regional markets.

Broad incumbents

• Veidekke ASA: One of Norway's largest publicly listed construction and civil engineering groups (OSE: VEI). Competes for the same public infrastructure contracts in the Bergen/Vestland region but at much greater scale and geographic breadth, with similar ground-work, road, and water/sewer capabilities.
• AF Gruppen ASA: Listed Norwegian contractor (OSE: AFG) covering building, civil, and infrastructure. Active in groundworks and major public contracts across Norway, competing for overlapping tenders in Vestland despite a broader national portfolio.
• Skanska Norge AS: Norwegian arm of Sweden-based Skanska, one of the largest construction groups globally. Active in Norwegian infrastructure, civil engineering, and public-sector contracting with full-scale operations competing with Sartor & Drange on the largest tenders.
• NCC Norge AS: Norwegian subsidiary of Swedish construction group NCC, focused on infrastructure and civil engineering. Competes on major Norwegian public infrastructure contracts and has the scale and certifications to bid for the same Vestland projects as Sartor & Drange.
• Peab Anlegg AS: Norwegian operations of Swedish construction group Peab. Operates in civil engineering, infrastructure, and groundwork with similar public-sector client focus to Sartor & Drange and the financial firepower to compete on larger regional contracts.
• Mesta AS: Norwegian state-owned road and infrastructure construction and maintenance contractor. A direct counterpart on public road and civil works contracts throughout Norway, with deep relationships with Statens Vegvesen and similar clients.

Regional players

• Velde Industri AS: Vestland-region heavy civil contractor with adjacent service overlap in groundwork, transport, and aggregate processing. Competes with Sartor & Drange on local Vestland tenders but on a smaller scale and slightly different service mix.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/sartordrange

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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