Cabonline

What Cabonline does

Cabonline Group Holding AB (publ) is the largest taxi network in the Nordics, operating a fleet of approximately 4,500 cars in its consumer app and up to 7,000 vehicles across the broader network, completing more than 9 million taxi trips annually across Sweden, Norway, and Finland. The company is headquartered in Solna, Sweden, structured as a Swedish public limited company (publikt aktiebolag), and operates a portfolio of 14 established local taxi brands — including Taxi Kurir, Sverigetaxi, TopCab, NorgesTaxi, Kovanen, Taxi Skåne, Flygtaxi, and FixuTaxi — that are being unified under a single Cabonline identity as part of a Nordic brand strategy announced in March 2026.

The underlying platform is a cloud-based taxi booking and dispatch stack powered by the iCabbi technology system (with full rollout across Sweden and Finland targeted for 2026), combining a consumer-facing iOS/Android app and web booking portal (boka.cabonline.com) with a driver app, integrated payments (Mastercard, VISA, Maestro, American Express, PayPal, invoice, travel account), voucher redemption, flight-tracking-based pickup, and a managed B2B technical platform offered externally to other taxi operators. The product surface spans the Cabonline Consumer App, a parallel web booking channel, the Cabonline Business Solution (B2B centralized invoicing, travel-account billing, and CO₂/sustainability reporting), a travel-agency module, and a social-services transport offering for public-sector framework contracts.

Cabonline monetizes primarily through transaction fees on rides booked via the app, web, or call center, supplemented by recurring revenue from monthly business-customer invoicing and travel-account billing, multi-year public-sector framework contracts, B2B managed technology services to other operators (via iCabbi), and marketing revenue from SMS-distributed voucher campaigns. FY2025 revenue was SEK 4,391 million (a 7% YoY decline), with Q4 2025 adjusted EBITA improving to SEK 58 million from SEK 32 million in Q4 2024, reflecting operational efficiency programs alongside major contract wins (SEK 2.2 billion over four years with City of Stockholm, Kammarkollegiet, and City of Gothenburg), geographic expansion into Östergötland, and a new Nordic distribution partnership with Ignite.

Name

Cabonline

Legal name

Cabonline Group Holding AB (publ)

Website

https://cabonline.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Cabonline is the largest taxi network in the Nordics, operating approximately 4,500–7,000 vehicles across Sweden, Norway, and Finland that complete over 9 million trips annually. It serves consumers via a unified app, business customers with centralized invoicing, and public-sector clients through multi-year framework contracts, with technology delivered through the iCabbi platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Ground Transportation / Taxi Services

NAICS

Taxi and Ridesharing Services (48531), Taxi and Limousine Service (4853)

SIC

Transportation Services (4700)

akta.pro primary industry

E-Hailing Taxi Aggregators (Licensed Taxi Dispatch Platforms) (THADADAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Ride-Hailing & Taxi Aggregation Platforms (BPAMAIAE), Taxi-Hail Aggregators & Dispatch Platforms (E-Hail for Licensed Taxis) (TLAFAIAD), Car Rental & Mobility Booking Platforms (Carshare/Rideshare/Micromobility) (THALAFAE), Ridesharing & Taxi Dispatch Platforms (BPAMAHAA)

Keywords

• Taxi booking services
• Ride hailing platform
• Corporate travel transport
• Taxi dispatch software
• Nordic taxi network

Headquarters

HQ city

Stockholm

HQ country

Sweden

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Taxi ride transaction fees (consumer & corporate bookings): Core revenue generated by taking a percentage/commission on each taxi ride booked through the Cabonline app, web or call center. The platform processes over 9 million trips per year across Sweden, Norway and Finland, and operates with a fleet of approximately 4,500 cars in the consumer app (with broader network references up to 7,000 cars).
2. Business customer accounts (invoice & travel account): Recurring corporate travel revenue from business customers billed via monthly invoice or aggregated through travel accounts handled by corporate travel agencies, including cost-center and project-level allocation.
3. B2B technology platform services (iCabbi) for taxi operators: Managed technology offering to other taxi operators and transporters, providing booking, dispatch, driver app, payment solutions, map/address data, support and backup as a full-scaled technical infrastructure service.
4. Public sector and corporate contract revenue: Multi-year framework contract revenue from municipalities and government agencies including City of Stockholm, Kammarkollegiet, and City of Gothenburg; FY2025 contract wins valued at approximately SEK 2.2 billion over four years.
5. Vouchers and promotional partnerships: Marketing-driven revenue from voucher campaigns issued via SMS, in which partner brands purchase voucher codes distributed to consumers; the platform reserves and redeems voucher value against trip fares in-app.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion5 records

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Cabonline operates the largest taxi network in the Nordics, aggregating approximately 4,500-7,000 vehicles across Sweden, Norway, and Finland under the Cabonline consumer app and web booking platform for on-demand and pre-booked taxi rides with fixed pricing, in-app card/PayPal payments, real-time car tracking, flight-tracking integration, and voucher redemption. Layered on this consumer core are a B2B Business Solution with monthly invoicing and CO2 reporting, a travel-agency solution, public-sector social services transport, and an iCabbi-based managed technology platform (booking, dispatch, driver app, payment, map/address data) also resold externally to other taxi operators.

Product overview

Cabonline operates a platform-plus-modules architecture rather than a single unified product. The core experience is delivered through the Cabonline Consumer App (with a parallel web booking channel), which aggregates roughly 4,500–7,000 vehicles from a portfolio of Nordic sub-brands including Taxi Kurir, Sverigetaxi, TopCab, NorgesTaxi, Kovanen, Taxi Skåne, Flygtaxi, and FixuTaxi, with a unified Nordic rebrand announced in March 2026. Layered on top of this consumer core are the Cabonline Business Solution (B2B invoicing, travel-account billing, and sustainability reporting), the Cabonline Travel Agency Solution, and the Cabonline Social Services Transport offering for public-sector contracts. Underpinning the whole stack is the Cabonline Technical Platform for Taxis — a hosted booking, dispatch, payment, and driver-app system (with iCabbi rolling out across Sweden and Finland in 2026) that Cabonline also resells to other taxi operators, plus the Cabonline Driver / Transporter Recruitment site for fleet supply.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Taxi Kurir: Taxi brand operating under the Cabonline group in Sweden.
• Sverigetaxi
• TopCab
• NorgesTaxi
• Kovanen
• Taxi Skåne
• Flygtaxi
• FixuTaxi

Products and services

• Cabonline Consumer App
• Cabonline Business Solution
• Cabonline Web Booking
• Cabonline Technical Platform for Taxis
• Cabonline Travel Agency Solution
• Cabonline Social Services Transport
• Nordic taxi sub-brands (Taxi Kurir, Sverigetaxi, TopCab, NorgesTaxi, Kovanen, Taxi Skåne, Flygtaxi, FixuTaxi)

Quantifiable outcome

• Processes over 9 million trips per year across Sweden, Norway and Finland
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• IgnitecoreGTM or Marketing PartnerNordic partnership with Ignite for business travel, announced alongside the FY2025 results. Positioned to expand Cabonline's reach into corporate-travel buyers across the Nordic region beyond its direct inside-sales motion.
• iCabbicoreTechnology or IntegrationiCabbi technology system underpins Cabonline's booking, dispatch, driver app and payment stack. Implementation is scheduled to be completed across Cabonline operations in Sweden and Finland in 2026, with the platform also offered externally as a managed technology solution to other taxi operators.
• Be Great Festival (Gothenburg)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerOfficial taxi partnership for the Be Great Festival held in Gothenburg on December 6. Cabonline provides safe, reliable and accessible transportation to festival attendees while targeting a younger audience and strengthening regional brand presence.
• City of StockholmcoreOthersMulti-year framework agreement for taxi services; one of three public-sector contracts totaling SEK 2.2 billion over four years. Functions as a major enterprise contract rather than a partner relationship.
• KammarkollegietcoreOthersMulti-year framework contract with the Swedish government's Legal, Financial and Administrative Services Agency for taxi procurement across Swedish government entities; part of SEK 2.2 billion contract wins.
• City of GothenburgcoreOthersMulti-year framework agreement for taxi services in Gothenburg, part of SEK 2.2 billion in secured contracts over four years and complemented by event-marketing activity such as the Be Great Festival partnership.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• FreeNow (formerly mytaxi/Hailo): FreeNow is a European multi-country taxi-hailing and ride-hailing aggregator operating across Germany, the UK, Spain, France, Italy and other markets, app-based dispatch of licensed taxis and private hire vehicles. It is the closest direct peer to Cabonline as a licensed-taxi e-hail platform aggregating multiple fleets across multiple European geographies.
• Gett: Gett is a corporate-taxi and ride-hailing platform focused on managed business travel and on-demand ground transportation in the UK, Europe, Israel and the US. Comparable to Cabonline's Business Solution and corporate travel offering for B2B taxi buyers.
• Addison Lee: Addison Lee is a UK-based private hire and corporate chauffeur operator with its own booking app and account management for business clients. Comparable to Cabonline's premium Comfort tier and corporate B2B taxi offering in a different geography.

Broad incumbents

• Uber: Uber operates the global ride-hailing leader, active in Sweden, Norway and Finland and competing head-to-head with Cabonline for consumer and corporate taxi demand. It is a broader incumbent overlapping on ride-hailing but with a much wider mobility and delivery portfolio rather than focusing on licensed taxi fleets.
• Sixt Ride: Sixt Ride is the taxi, chauffeur and ground-transport arm of Sixt, a major European mobility incumbent. Comparable to Cabonline's premium airport and corporate transfer business and part of a broader mobility portfolio rather than a taxi-only specialist.
• Lyft: Lyft is a major North American ride-hailing and multimodal mobility platform. Comparable as a broad ride-hailing incumbent that competes with taxi aggregators, although primarily in US/Canada rather than directly in the Nordics.

Emerging players

• Bolt: Bolt is a fast-growing European ride-hailing and micromobility platform headquartered in Estonia with strong Nordic presence, competing on price and supply density. It is an emerging challenger whose Nordic expansion directly pressures Cabonline's consumer and driver supply.

Regional players

• Yandex Go: Yandex Go is a ride-hailing and urban mobility super-app operating primarily across Russia and CIS markets. While not competing directly in the Nordics, it is a comparable super-app e-hail aggregator combining taxi dispatch, delivery and payments that mirrors Cabonline's platform-plus-modules architecture.
• Careem: Careem is the leading ride-hailing and super-app platform in the Middle East and parts of North Africa, now owned by Uber. It is comparable to Cabonline as a regional multi-service mobility platform with both consumer and corporate offerings, although serving a different geography.

Others

• iCabbi: iCabbi is the underlying technology platform provider of Cabonline's booking, dispatch, driver-app and payment stack. It is comparable not as a competitor but as the technology partner whose roadmap directly determines Cabonline's consumer product quality and B2B managed-service offering.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors

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M&A3 records

Investments

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