Grande Entreprenor As

What Grande Entreprenor As does

Grande Entreprenør AS is a Norwegian general contractor (totalentreprenør) headquartered in Verdal, operating across the Trøndelag region of Central Norway. Founded in 1953 by Torbjørn Grande and now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Veidekke ASA (Oslo: VKE), the company delivers turnkey construction for schools, healthcare facilities, commercial and process buildings, and residential projects, with named municipal clients including Verdal kommune (Nye Stiklestad Skole, a totalcontract worth over 200 million NOK excluding VAT) and Steinkjer kommune (Steinkjer Kulturhus). It runs a service and rehabilitation department serving private customers in Verdal and Steinkjer.

The company's underlying technology is conventional concrete and timber construction reinforced by Grande Prefab, an in-house factory that produces slab decks (plattendekker) and other specialized concrete elements. Self-performed work spans the concrete, timber, roofing, and sheet-metal trades using permanent in-house skilled workers, with a dedicated technical manager and trade-specific calculators (Kalkulatør) supporting pricing and execution. Early-phase project development is offered as a service, with the company positioning itself to lead projects from concept through completion.

Revenue mechanics are project-based: totalentreprenør contracts are awarded through municipal tendering and private negotiation, with multi-year contract cadence and quote-based pricing that is not publicly disclosed. Income is generated from construction services (general contracting, rehabilitation, service-department private work) and from the sale of prefabricated concrete products produced in Grande Prefab. Go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales into municipal, commercial/industrial, and private-customer segments within a single-country, single-region operating geography. Distribution is delivered through the company's own workforce supplemented by work partnerships (arbeidsfellesskap) with other Veidekke units, with marketing handled primarily via Veidekke's group-level digital channels and project-specific microsites.

Name

Grande Entreprenor As

Legal name

Grande Entreprenør AS

Website

https://grande-entreprenor.no

Company type

Private

Founded year

1953

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Grande Entreprenør AS is a Verdal-based Norwegian general contractor and wholly-owned Veidekke subsidiary delivering turnkey construction, in-house concrete prefabrication, and rehabilitation services for municipal, commercial, and private clients in Central Norway.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

General Construction Contracting

NAICS

Nonresidential Building Construction (2362), Commercial and Institutional Building Construction (236220), Construction of Buildings (236), Industrial Building Construction (23621)

SIC

General Bldg Contractors - Nonresidential Bldgs (1540), General Bldg Contractors - Residential Bldgs (1520), Construction - Special Trade Contractors (1700)

akta.pro primary industry

Modular/Offsite General Contracting & Installation (IMAFAAAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Office & Corporate Building Construction (IMAFACAA)

Keywords

• General construction contracting
• Turnkey building construction
• Prefabricated concrete products
• Building rehabilitation services
• Municipal construction projects

Headquarters

HQ city

Verdal

HQ country

Norway

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Construction Services: Revenue generated from total contracting (totalentreprenør) services for construction projects including schools, healthcare buildings, commercial buildings, process buildings, and residential construction. Projects range from new construction to rehabilitation and include both municipal and private clients. Service department handles smaller projects for private customers.
2. Prefabricated Concrete Products: Production and sale of prefabricated concrete products including slab decks (plattendekker) and specialized concrete elements manufactured in their own factory.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Grande Entreprenør AS is a totalentreprenør (general contractor) delivering turnkey construction of schools, healthcare buildings, commercial buildings, process buildings, and residential projects. Projects are executed with in-house production across concrete, timber, roofing, and sheet metal trades by permanent skilled workers, and supported by Grande Prefab — the company's own factory producing plattendekker (slab decks) and other specialized prefabricated concrete elements. The company also provides building and rehabilitation services to private customers through its service department.

Product overview

Grande Entreprenør AS is a general contractor (totalentreprenør) operating as a subsidiary of Veidekke, offering a unified portfolio of construction services. The core offering consists of general contracting for various building types including schools, healthcare facilities, commercial buildings, process buildings, and residential projects. This is supported by Grande Prefab, an in-house concrete prefabrication factory producing specialized concrete elements. The company performs self-production across key trades (concrete, timber, roofing, sheet metal work) with its own skilled workforce, supplemented by services for private customers and early-phase project development. The portfolio represents an integrated construction delivery model rather than discrete modular products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Grande Prefab: Prefabricated concrete products division with a factory producing plattendekker (panel decks) and other specialized concrete products. Led by Jan Inge Østerås as Avdelingsleder.

Products and services

• General Contracting (Totalentreprenør) Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Nye Stiklestad Skole project: total contract worth over 200 million NOK excluding VAT

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Verdal kommunemajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 June 2024Verdal municipality contracted Grande Entreprenør AS to build Nye Stiklestad Skole (New Stiklestad School). The total contract is worth over 200 million NOK excluding VAT. The project involves constructing a new elementary school on the Planteskoletomta site in Verdal municipality.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Peab: Nordic general contractor with Norwegian operations. Comparable totalentreprenør offering in building construction, though operating at substantially larger group scale.
• Skanska Norge: Norwegian arm of global construction major Skanska. Competes for the same municipal and commercial building tenders as Grande Entreprenør but at much larger scale and broader portfolio.
• Veidekke Entreprenør: Parent group and sister units of Grande Entreprenør within Veidekke ASA. Comparable Norwegian totalentreprenør operating in the same building segment, but with national scale and broader portfolio.
• NCC Norge: Norwegian subsidiary of Nordic construction group NCC. Competes in the same non-residential and residential building markets but operates at significantly larger national scale.

Direct peers

• Kruse Smith: Norwegian regional general contractor with building and construction operations. Comparable in scale, regional Norwegian footprint, and project types (commercial, public buildings).
• Betonmast: Norwegian general contractor specializing in residential, commercial, and public buildings. Comparable as a competing regional/national totalentreprenør serving municipal and private clients in Norway.
• Hæhre Entreprenør: Norwegian construction contractor active in building and civil works. Comparable as a competing Norwegian contractor with multi-trade self-execution and totalentreprise capabilities.
• Consto: Norwegian general contractor focused on residential and commercial buildings. Comparable as a competing Norwegian totalentreprenør in the building construction segment.
• AF Gruppen: Norwegian general contractor and construction group with similar scope (buildings, civil, infrastructure) and comparable regional/national operating model. Highly comparable as a competing Norwegian totalentreprenør.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/VeidekkeASA
• Facebookfacebook.com/veidekke.no
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/veidekke-asa
• Instagraminstagram.com/veidekke

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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