Trade and industry in Hordaland is characterized by multiplicity.
The county is home for a wide variety of industries. Most of these consists of small or medium-sized companies, often with long traditions of doing business internationally. Products range from aluminium ingots to highly advanced catamaran vessels, from knitware to remotely operated underwater vehicles, from tinned sardines to gas-fuelled engines, from smoked salmon to the largest offshore platforms in the world.
The manufacturing industry includes leading companies in the electronics, microwave communications and satellite communications. Hordaland has strong metallurgical and mineral industries producing ferrous alloys, aluminium, calcium carbide, zinc and ilmenite.
Important industrial areas are Bergen, Stord, Odda, Husnes, Ålvik, Øygarden and Mongstad.
More fruit is grown in Hordaland than in any other county in Norway, and Hordaland is a leading county in fish farming.
Tourism is another industry of major importance, in particular in the Bergen, Voss and Hardanger areas. Hordaland county is Norway's second most popular tourist area in the summer.