Ambea
- Company typePublic
- Founded1996
- HeadquartersSolna, Sweden
- Headcount5,001–10,000
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingServices
Ambea firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Ambea
- Legal name
- Ambea AB (publ)
- Website
- https://ambea.com
- Company type
- Public
- Founded year
- 1996
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 5,001–10,000 employees
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Ambea industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Social Care Services
- NAICS
- Nursing and Residential Care Facilities (623), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120), Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) (62311), Other Residential Care Facilities (62399), Home Health Care Services (621610)
- SIC
- Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050), Services-Skilled Nursing Care Facilities (8051), Services-Home Health Care Services (8082), Services-Health Services (8000)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Ambulatory Specialty Clinics (Multi-Specialty & Single-Specialty) (HLAFABAA)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- International/Au Pair-Style Elder Caregiver Placement (HSABAMAK), Overnight Respite Care (HSABAGAB)
Keywords
Where Ambea is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Solna
- HQ country
- Sweden
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices3 records
Markets served
Ambea business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- Contract Management Services: Care services provided under contract management agreements with municipalities. Prices are adjusted annually on 1 January.
- Own Management Care Services: Directly operated care facilities providing residential care, home care, and other services to care receivers. Revenue generated from municipal payments for care services.
- Staffing Solutions (Klara): Provides qualified staffing solutions for schools and elderly and social care, including mobile HSL teams, student health services, and temporary nursing staff for both long- and short-term contracts
- Training Services (Lära): Training and skills development for care and social work professionals, including short online courses, podcasts, recorded lectures, and tailored training courses
Go-to-market motion2 records
Distribution channels3 records
Marketing channels5 records
Ambea product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Ambea provides accommodation, support, training, and staffing services within health and social care across the Nordic countries. Its offerings include residential and home-based elderly care, disability and psychosocial care, child and youth welfare services, healthcare staffing, and professional training, delivered through multiple regional brands under both own-management and contract-management models with municipalities.
Product overview
Ambea is a Nordic care services company operating a multi-brand portfolio across Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland. The company offers elderly care through Vardaga, disability and psychosocial care through Nytida (Sweden), Stendi (Norway), and Altiden (Denmark), staffing solutions through Klara, disability support in Finland through Validia, and training/development services through Lära. The organization serves approximately 41,000 employees and 18,000 care receivers across about 1,050 units, with annual net sales of approximately SEK 16,039 million.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- Nytida: Support and care for children, youth and adults with disabilities or psychosocial problems
- Vardaga
- Stendi
- Altiden
- Klara
- Validia
- Lära
Products and services
- Nytida Support and care for children, youth and adults with lifelong disabilities or psychosocial problems delivered through approximately 470 residential facilities, daily activity units, and schools in Sweden, serving over 5,000 care receivers.
- Vardaga Person-centred health and social care in over 100 residential care homes for the elderly in Sweden, including dementia care and home care, serving approximately 8,000 care receivers.
- Stendi Care solutions for children, young people, adults and the elderly in Norway including residential care, assisted living facilities, and personal assistance, operating over 300 units serving approximately 850 care receivers.
- Altiden Disability care, nursing homes, home care, social care and rehabilitation services in Denmark, operating approximately 50 units serving about 750 care receivers.
- Klara Staffing solutions for schools and elderly/social care in Sweden, providing mobile teams of qualified healthcare professionals, student health services including school nurses, doctors, psychologists and counselors, and temporary nursing staff for long- and short-term contracts.
- Validia Care and residential facilities in Finland for people with physical and intellectual disabilities, neurological injuries and psychosocial problems, including the registered MONA multidisciplinary assisted-living concept, operating approximately 50 units serving nearly 2,700 care receivers.
- Lära Training and skills development for care and social work professionals, offering in-person, online and digital training solutions including short courses, podcasts, recorded lectures, and tailored training programmes.
Quantifiable outcome
- Net sales of SEK 16,039 million in 2025 with 13% year-on-year growth
- +2 more outcomes
Companies that use Ambea
Customer profileNamed customers4 records
Segments5 records
Ideal customer profiles2 records
Ambea technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
AI capability3 records
Feature5 records
Ambea partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.
- Halmstad UniversityminorCollaboration with Halmstad University to investigate how generative AI can be implemented in the day-to-day work of care in a long-term way.
- Luleå University of TechnologyminorCollaboration with Luleå University of Technology exploring how robotics can help relieve employees of practical tasks in care operations.
- Swedish MunicipalitiescoreAmbea Innovation hub collaborates with municipalities on new digital solutions in the welfare sector as part of their centre for digitalisation and welfare technology.
- Invalidiliitto (Finnish Association of People with Physical Disabilities)coreAmbea acquired Validia Oy from Invalidiliitto, the Finnish Association of People with Physical Disabilities. Validia was originally founded by this organization.
Scale indicators8 records
Recent moves8 records
Expansion highlights5 records
Ambea competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Esperi Care Oy: Esperi Care is one of Finland's largest private social and healthcare service providers, offering elderly care, disability services, and child welfare. With Ambea's 2025 entry into Finland via Validia, Esperi becomes a direct Nordic competitor with overlapping service lines.
- Attendo AB: Attendo is a leading Nordic private care provider competing directly with Ambea across elderly care, disability care, and social services in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland. The two companies are the principal private-sector competitors in the region, including head-to-head competition for municipal contracts.
- Humana AB: Humana is a Swedish care provider focused on individual and family care, elderly care, and personal assistance — directly comparable to Ambea's Nytida and parts of Vardaga. Listed on Nasdaq Stockholm, it competes for the same municipal contracts and private-pay customers in the Nordics.
- Norlandia Care & Health AS: Norlandia Care & Health operates care homes and assisted living facilities across Norway, directly competing with Ambea's Stendi brand. Both companies target municipal contracts for elderly and social care in the Norwegian market.
Broad incumbents
- Capio (Ramsay Santé): Capio, now part of Ramsay Santé, is a European healthcare provider operating hospitals, primary care, and specialist clinics across the Nordics. While its core focus is medical care rather than social care, it represents a broader incumbent in Nordic healthcare services adjacent to Ambea's care continuum.
- Mehiläinen Oy: Mehiläinen is a major Finnish private healthcare and care services provider with a broad portfolio including elderly care, disability services, and primary care. It competes with Ambea's Validia for Finnish municipal and private-pay care contracts.
- Terveystalo Oyj: Terveystalo is Finland's largest private healthcare service company offering primary care, occupational health, and specialty services. While broader than Ambea's care focus, Terveystalo divested child welfare services (Sauma) to Ambea's Validia, and its broader healthcare portfolio intersects with Ambea's Nordic care continuum.
- Pihlajalinna Oyj: Pihlajalinna is a Finnish private healthcare and social services provider offering primary care, specialist care, and elderly services. As a broader incumbent in the Finnish market, it overlaps with Ambea's Validia operations in care delivery.
Others
- Aleris AB: Aleris was a major Nordic care provider whose care operations were acquired by Ambea in 2019. While the care business now sits within Ambea, Aleris continues to operate healthcare services in the Nordics and is thematically adjacent as a former comparable competitor.
Regional players
- Olivia (formerly Solhagagruppen): Olivia (the renamed Solhagagruppen, which merged into Nytida in 2016) operates in Swedish disability and social care. While the original entity merged into Ambea, related Swedish operators in the LSS and neuropsychiatric disability space are regional comparables for Ambea's Nytida segment.
Market position
Strengths1 record
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights6 records
Customer concentration
Ambea social profiles
Digital presenceAmbea compliance and trust
Trust signalCompliance1 record
Ambea financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
Ambea leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles11 records
Ambea subsidiaries and ownership
Company hierarchySubsidiaries7 records
Ambea funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds2 records
Investors1 record
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Ambea M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A5 records
Investments
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Frequently asked questions about Ambea
What does Ambea do?
Ambea provides accommodation, support, training, and staffing services within health and social care across the Nordic countries. Its offerings include residential and home-based elderly care, disability and psychosocial care, child and youth welfare services, healthcare staffing, and professional training, delivered through multiple regional brands under both own-management and contract-management models with municipalities.
Is Ambea a public or private company?
Ambea is a public company. It is classified as public and is currently operating.
When was Ambea founded?
Ambea was founded in 1996. It employs 5,001 to 10,000 people.
Where is Ambea based?
Ambea is headquartered in Solna, Sweden, in the Europe region.
How does Ambea make money?
Four revenue lines are on record. Contract Management Services are the primary driver. The others are own Management Care Services, staffing Solutions (Klara) and training Services (Lära).
Who are Ambea's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Esperi Care Oy, Attendo AB, Humana AB and Norlandia Care & Health AS. Broad incumbents are Capio (Ramsay Santé), Mehiläinen Oy, Terveystalo Oyj and Pihlajalinna Oyj. Aleris AB is listed as an others. Olivia (formerly Solhagagruppen) is listed as a regional player.
Does Ambea have an API?
No public API is recorded for Ambea.
What industry is Ambea in?
Ambea's product category is Social Care Services. Its primary akta.pro industry code is HLAFABAA, Ambulatory Specialty Clinics (Multi-Specialty & Single-Specialty), with a secondary code of HSABAMAK, International/Au Pair-Style Elder Caregiver Placement. Its NAICS code is 623 and its SIC code is 8050.