Sweden— SE

Company data in Sweden, by industry

Browse Sweden company directories across 56 industries — 1,857,270 businesses in the InfobelPRO database, registry-sourced from Bolagsverket and enriched with firmographics, location, financials and group structure.

1,857,270

Registered companies

Volvo Group

Largest company

Forestry

Largest sector

12th

in Europe by count

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Rankings

Largest companies in Sweden

By revenue, one row per corporate group — reported (actual) revenue, updated September 2026.

#	Company (group)	Industry	HQ	Revenue (USD)
1	Volvo Group	Commercial vehicles & equipment	Gothenburg	$50.4B
2	Volvo Cars	Automotive	Gothenburg	$37.6B
3	Ericsson	Telecom equipment	Stockholm	$24.9B
4	H&M (Hennes & Mauritz)	Apparel retail	Stockholm	$24.4B
5	Vattenfall	Energy & utilities	Solna	$22.5B
6	Scania	Commercial vehicles	Södertälje	$20.9B
7	AstraZeneca	Pharmaceuticals	Södertälje	$20.5B
8	Skanska	Construction	Stockholm	$18.6B
9	Atlas Copco	Industrial machinery	Nacka	$17.7B
10	Axel Johnson	Trading & retail	Stockholm	$16.6B
11	ASSA ABLOY	Security hardware	Stockholm	$16B
12	ICA Handlarnas Förbund	Dispensing chemist in specialised stores	Solna	$15B
13	Securitas	Security services	Stockholm	$14.8B
14	Essity	Hygiene & health products	Stockholm	$14.6B
15	Electrolux	Home appliances	Stockholm	$13.8B

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Volvo Group leads by reported revenue at $50.4B, the largest of 25 ranked corporate groups.

Coverage

Companies by industry

The B2B industries we cover, ranked by number of companies. Each links to the full directory.

Agriculture & agribusiness

264,766

Construction companies

162,400

Real estate companies

158,844

Retail companies

111,959

Consulting companies

106,790

+ 51 more industries below ↓

Agriculture & agribusiness is the most populated sector we cover, with 264,766 companies — 14% of Sweden's 1,857,270 registered.

Distribution

Company size & revenue

By number of employees

1–4

1,284,163

5–9

112,032

10–19

60,190

20–49

40,033

50–99

13,825

100–199

5,903

200–499

2,764

500–999

810

1000+

797

The 1–4 band is shown with a broken bar — it is ~11× the next band; the smaller bands are scaled against each other so they stay readable. 329,657 companies have no disclosed headcount (excluded).

Around 84% of companies with disclosed headcount employ fewer than five people, so the market skews heavily toward micro-enterprises.

By revenue (SEK)

1–100K

58,677

100K-499K

554,786

500K-999K

415,193

1M-4.99M

231,645

5M-9.99M

51,495

10M-49.99M

61,552

50M-99.99M

10,934

100M-499.99M

12,840

500M-999.99M

2,197

1B+

2,765

448,090 companies have no disclosed revenue (excluded from the chart).

The most common disclosed-revenue band is 100K-499K, covering 40% of companies with reported revenue.

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Geography

Where Swedish companies are based

Distribution by region.

Stockholm

470,391

Västra Götaland

292,903

Skåne

217,736

Östergötland

63,954

Jönköping

60,601

Stockholm holds the largest regional share, with 32% of companies that have a disclosed region.

Group linkage

Corporate structure in Sweden

How much of the market is part of a corporate group vs independent.

46%

Part of a corporate group

54%

Independent

46% of companies belong to a corporate group; the remaining 54% operate independently.

Corporate groups

Largest corporate groups in Sweden

Swedish-headquartered groups ranked by total group entities worldwide — a measure of corporate reach.

#	Group	Group entities (worldwide)
1	H&M (Hennes & Mauritz)	2,676
2	Securitas	1,959
3	Axel Johnson	1,243
4	Praktikertjänst	1,153
5	Atlas Copco	1,148
6	Skanska	1,117
7	PEAB	1,073
8	Ambea	1,020
9	AcadeMedia AB	996
10	Fastighets AB Balder	992

Group entities = total members of the corporate family worldwide, for groups whose ultimate parent is in Sweden.

H&M (Hennes & Mauritz) is the largest corporate group headquartered in Sweden, with 2,676 entities worldwide.

Foreign ownership

Foreign-owned vs domestic

Among Sweden's larger companies, the share ultimately controlled from abroad — and the leading countries of ownership.

28%

Foreign-owned

72%

Swedish-owned

Leading countries of ownership

United States

12.6%

Germany

11.4%

Finland

10.9%

Luxembourg

10.2%

Norway

6.9%

Shares calculated on the largest companies by revenue with ownership data available, not an absolute national figure.

United States is the leading country of foreign ownership, at 12.6%.

FAQ

Sweden company data — frequently asked questions

There are 1,857,270 registered companies in Sweden across all sectors, from sole traders to large enterprises.

By reported revenue, Volvo Group is the largest company in Sweden, followed by Volvo Cars and Ericsson.

Forestry, real-estate operations and management consultancy have the most registered companies.

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Sourced from the Infobel DaaS database. The largest-companies ranking is consolidated at corporate-group level (one row per group) and shows reported (actual) revenue in USD; modeled figures are excluded. Distributions cover all registered companies. Industry directories use a NACE-based B2B taxonomy. Last updated September 2026.

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