Ambea

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

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

• Elderly care services
• Disability care services
• Healthcare staffing solutions
• Residential care facilities
• Social care services

Headquarters

HQ city

Solna

HQ country

Sweden

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Contract Management Services: Care services provided under contract management agreements with municipalities. Prices are adjusted annually on 1 January.
2. 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.
3. 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
4. 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

Core 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

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Halmstad UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration 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 TechnologyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with Luleå University of Technology exploring how robotics can help relieve employees of practical tasks in care operations.
• Swedish MunicipalitiescoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerAmbea 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)coreOthersAmbea 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

Direct 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

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Subsidiaries7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors1 record

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M&A5 records

Investments

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