What Karsten Moholt does

IKM Karsten Moholt (legal entity Karsten Moholt AS) is a Norway-based industrial services provider specializing in the full lifecycle of electromechanical rotating machinery. Founded in 1940 and headquartered at Storebotn 90, Kleppestø, the company operates as a subsidiary of the IKM group within its Electrical / RIG / ROV services division, and brings more than 80 years of accumulated technical expertise to its core offering.

The company's primary product is a bundled Motor Services line that spans consulting, servicing, repair, design, production, monitoring, and analysis — collectively targeted at extending the operational lifetime of mission-critical rotating assets. Underlying capability is rooted in electromechanical engineering rather than software or AI; the company's competitive narrative emphasizes accumulated human expertise and certified operational quality (a dedicated HSEQ certifications page is maintained). A 24/7 telephone service line indicates deployed field operations and an emphasis on rapid response for operating assets.

The business model is B2B and quote-based, with no publicly disclosed pricing. The company markets itself across four verticals: Oil & Gas, Renewables, Maritime, and general Industry, suggesting deliberate diversification beyond its legacy energy-sector base. Distribution is direct via corporate website and a single LinkedIn corporate page; no channel partners, app distribution, or programmatic GTM motions are referenced. No revenue, headcount, or contract-value data is disclosed in available source material, limiting financial visibility to the parent IKM group's positioning as a diversified Norwegian industrial conglomerate.

Name

Karsten Moholt

Legal name

Karsten Moholt AS

Website

https://karsten-moholt.no

Company type

Private

Founded year

1940

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

IKM Karsten Moholt is a Norway-based industrial services firm (founded 1940) that provides consulting, repair, design, monitoring, and analysis for electromechanical rotating machinery, serving Oil & Gas, Renewables, Maritime, and Industry customers as part of the IKM group.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Machinery Maintenance Services

NAICS

Engine, Turbine, and Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing (3336)

SIC

Motors & Generators (3621)

akta.pro primary industry

Motor Control Centers & Motor Protection (Overload Relays, Protection, Monitoring) (IMAGACAI)

Keywords

• Electromechanical rotating machinery
• Industrial motor services
• Machinery repair maintenance
• Rotating equipment lifecycle
• Mission-critical equipment service

Headquarters

HQ city

Bergen

HQ country

Norway

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Karsten Moholt provides Motor Services for electromechanical rotating machinery, encompassing consulting, servicing, repair, design, production, monitoring, and analysis aimed at extending the lifetime of mission-critical equipment. The offerings are delivered to industrial customers in the Oil & Gas, Renewables, Maritime, and general Industry sectors from its Kleppestø, Norway headquarters.

Product overview

IKM Karsten Moholt is a service provider offering a unified suite of electromechanical rotating machinery solutions. The company's core offering is Motor Services, which encompasses consulting, servicing, repair, design, production, monitoring, and analysis — all focused on extending the lifetime of mission-critical equipment. With over 80 years of experience, the company serves sectors including Oil & Gas, Renewables, Maritime, and Industry.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Motor Services

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• ABB: Global industrial motor, drives, and generator manufacturer with a substantial installed-base service business for rotating equipment across oil & gas, marine, and process industries. Most directly comparable to Karsten Moholt on the motor/rotating-machinery scope, though ABB operates at much larger scale and across a much broader product portfolio.
• Siemens: Global manufacturer of industrial motors, drives, and generators with extensive aftermarket services for rotating equipment across energy, marine, and process industries. Comparable in motors/rotating-machinery scope but with a vastly broader product and services portfolio than Karsten Moholt.
• MAN Energy Solutions: German manufacturer of large engines, turbomachinery, and rotating equipment with a substantial service and retrofit business for marine and power-generation customers. Comparable in rotating-machinery scope and in the marine/offshore end-market focus, though at much larger scale and broader product set.
• Atlas Copco: Swedish industrial machinery manufacturer with a significant service business for compressors, generators, and rotating equipment across industrial and oil & gas customers. Comparable in B2B industrial service model and in serving similar customer verticals.
• Voith: German engineering group that designs and services drives, couplings, generators, and rotating equipment for hydropower, oil & gas, and industrial customers. Comparable to Karsten Moholt on rotating-machinery design, production, and service, though Voith operates at much larger scale across multiple industrial segments.

Direct peers

• SKF: Swedish bearings and rotating-equipment performance company with a dedicated industrial service business around condition monitoring, refurbishment, and lifetime extension of rotating machinery. Directly comparable to Karsten Moholt in service model and in the rotating-equipment reliability niche.
• Wärtsilä: Finnish maker of large engines and ship power systems with a significant lifecycle services business covering rotating machinery on marine and energy installations. Highly comparable to Karsten Moholt on maritime-sector service work and on the engine/generator/rotating-equipment focus.
• Bilfinger: European industrial services provider serving process, energy, and oil & gas clients with maintenance, inspection, and rotating-equipment services. Closely comparable in business model — B2B industrial services for heavy-asset operators — even though Bilfinger is much larger and broader in scope.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/karsten-moholt-as
• Facebookfacebook.com/moholt.no

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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