Ragn-Sells

What Ragn-Sells does

Ragn-Sells is a Swedish family-owned environmental services group founded in 1881, headquartered in Sollentuna, Sweden, with operations across five countries (Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia) and over 2,700 employees as of 2025. The company converts waste into clean raw materials for circular economy applications, serving industrial firms, municipalities, commercial property developers, and the construction sector. FY2025 revenue was 9.12 billion SEK, up from 8.8B SEK in 2024 and 8.5B SEK in 2023. Core revenue streams are service-based waste collection, treatment, detoxification, and recycling, with growing circular economy streams including flat glass recycling (Sweden's first facility in Örebro at 10 tonnes/hour), solvent recycling (SRS facility at Högbytorp with >20,000 tonnes/year capacity), EV battery collection (via the three-year Hydrovolt partnership), and the Reboost building material reuse platform (~4,600 sqm across Kista and Solna hubs).

The company's technology base rests on subsidiary EasyMining, which holds proprietary nutrient recovery processes: Ash2Phos recovers phosphorus from incinerated sewage sludge producing calcium phosphate, iron coagulants, quartz sand, and aluminum, with the first commercial plant under construction in Schkopau, Germany; Aqua2N recovers >95% of nitrogen from sewage sludge without nitrous oxide emissions. Additional capabilities include the SELPAXT technology (partnered with Chromafora) removing PFAS to 90%, an internal web-GIS system using drone-derived 3D terrain models for facility planning, the What a Waste! e-learning platform (Publishingpriset 2025 winner), and the optical sorting technology at the Örebro flat glass facility. The company is actively shaping EU circular economy legislation via a Brussels office established in 2023 and CEO participation in the Clean Industrial Dialogue on Circularity.

Ragn-Sells' go-to-market is sales-led B2B with direct sales teams, key account managers, on-site environmental staff (City Services model), and the Reboost membership-based digital platform for construction clients. Named enterprise customers include Castellum, AMF Fastigheter, Catena, Fabege, Corem, Atrium Ljungberg, and Skandia Fastigheter. The company is privately held by the Sellberg family (3rd and 4th generation), has received Dun & Bradstreet's highest creditworthiness rating for 2026, and is not backed by venture capital or private equity. Strategic priorities include a commitment to avoid at least 2 million tonnes of CO2e emissions annually by 2030 through circular solutions.

Name

Ragn-Sells

Legal name

Ragn-Sells AB

Website

https://ragnsells.se

Company type

Private

Founded year

1881

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ragn-Sells is a Swedish family-owned environmental services company founded in 1881 that converts waste into clean raw materials across 5 countries, serving industrial, municipal, and commercial real estate customers with collection, treatment, recycling, and circular economy solutions including the Reboost building reuse platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Waste Management and Recycling Services

NAICS

Solid Waste Collection (562111), Waste Treatment and Disposal (5622), Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal (562211)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953), Sanitary Services (4950)

akta.pro primary industry

Compactor, Container & Roll-off Services (Rental, Service & Logistics) (EUAIAGAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Roll-Off / Containerized MSW Collection (Commercial & Industrial) (EUAIAAAD), Special Waste Transfer (Tires, Mattresses, Appliances) (BPALABAG), Universal Waste Management (Batteries, Lamps, Mercury-Containing) (BPALAHAL)

Keywords

• Waste management services
• Circular economy solutions
• Hazardous waste treatment
• Construction material reuse
• Nutrient recovery technology

Headquarters

HQ city

Sollentuna

HQ country

Sweden

HQ region

Europe

Offices13 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Waste Management and Collection Services: Core revenue from collecting, treating, and processing waste from commercial, industrial, and municipal customers. Services include hazardous waste handling, recycling, treatment, and detoxification. Revenue reported as 8.5 billion SEK in 2023 and 8.8 billion SEK in 2024.
2. Circular Economy Solutions and Recycling: Revenue from specialized circular solutions including flat glass recycling, building material reuse (Reboost), EV battery management, and nutrient recovery. These represent growing revenue streams tied to the circular economy transition.
3. Treatment and Detoxification Services: Revenue from treatment facilities handling hazardous waste, solvents, and materials requiring specialist processing. Includes facilities such as Högbytorp treatment plant and the solvent recycling plant (SRS).

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Ragn-Sells collects, transports, treats, detoxifies, and recycles waste for industrial, commercial, and municipal customers, converting waste streams into clean raw materials for circular economy applications. The company operates treatment plants, recycling facilities, building-material reuse hubs, and digital platforms, and delivers proprietary nutrient-recovery, flat-glass recycling, and solvent recycling services across multiple Nordic and Baltic markets.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Reboost™ återbruk: A membership-based service for quality-assured reused construction products, combining a digital platform with physical reuse hubs for the construction and real estate industry.
• City Services
• Planglas (Flat Glass) Recycling
• EasyMining

Products and services

• Industrial and Hazardous Waste Collection, Treatment and Detoxification End-to-end collection, transport, treatment and detoxification of hazardous, industrial, and municipal waste streams for industrial companies, municipalities and public-sector customers. Includes incineration-ash processing, solvent handling, and recycling operations at multiple owned facilities.
• Reboost: Building Material Reuse Platform and Hubs Membership-based digital platform combined with physical reuse hubs (Kista ~2,600 sqm and Solna ~2,000 sqm — combined Sweden's largest reuse hub ~4,600 sqm) where construction and real-estate firms list, browse, reserve and purchase quality-assured reclaimed building products, with project-level invoicing and CO2e savings statistics.
• Flat Glass Recycling (Planglas) Sweden's first flat-glass recycling facility in Örebro with optical sorting technology that separates glass by color and quality at up to 10 tonnes per hour, supplying Saint-Gobain for new flat-glass production. Pre-treatment facilities in Västerås, Göteborg, Stockholm, and Umeå feed the Örebro line.
• SRS Solvent Recycling Solutions (Högbytorp) New solvent treatment facility at Högbytorp with annual capacity of over 20,000 tonnes of solvents. Distillation and purification restore solvents to original quality for reuse, reducing CO2 emissions by up to 87% compared to fossil virgin solvents.
• EV Battery Collection and Logistics Service (with Hydrovolt) Three-year partnership-enabled collection, intermediate storage, and transport service for end-of-life electric-vehicle batteries from Ragn-Sells' export hubs in Sweden to Hydrovolt's recycling facility in Fredrikstad, Norway, supporting the build-out of a circular battery value chain.
• EasyMining Nutrient Recovery (Ash2Phos and Aqua2N) EasyMining (Ragn-Sells' innovation subsidiary) develops and licenses nutrient-recovery processes: Ash2Phos recovers phosphorus, iron coagulants, quartz sand and aluminum from incinerated sewage sludge; Aqua2N recovers over 95% of nitrogen into ammonium sulfate fertilizer with no harmful nitrous oxide emissions. The first commercial Ash2Phos plant in Schkopau, Germany is under construction and will be fully carbon-neutral.
• City Services for Commercial Properties and Shopping Centers Integrated on-site waste-management service for shopping centers and office properties, with trained environmental staff performing collection, sorting, weighing and per-tenant statistics/reporting. Includes plus services such as unpacking and moving assistance. Lifted Nova Lund's sorting rate from 40% to over 70% within one year.
• Insect Protein Production from Food Waste (Orsa) Demonstration facility at Orsa using black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) to convert food waste into animal-feed protein, a circular input for the agricultural/feed sector.
• Ragn-Sells Kundportal (Customer Portal) Online customer portal enabling ordering of container delivery, pickup and removal, plus access to service statistics and invoices. Used as a self-serve entry point by customers across Sweden.

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 2 million tonnes CO2e avoided per year by 2030 through Ragn-Sells' circular solutions
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

17 partnerships are on record, tiered core, supporting and minor.

• FabegecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 April 2026Fabege's reuse hub in Solna Business Park (approximately 2,000 sqm) was acquired by Ragn-Sells Reboost in April 2026. Fabege becomes a member of Reboost and contributes experience from three years of building up reuse operations. Combined with Kista hub, forms Sweden's largest building reuse hub.
• HydrovoltcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 February 2026Three-year partnership for collection, intermediate storage, and transport of end-of-life electric vehicle batteries in Sweden. Ragn-Sells routes collected batteries from its export hubs to Hydrovolt's recycling facility in Fredrikstad, Norway. Both companies describe the collaboration as an important step toward sustainable battery management and building a circular battery value chain in Sweden.
• CatenacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 January 2026Logistics property company that joined Reboost as the third member in January 2026. Catena sees potential in working with reuse at scale in connection with construction projects and tenant adaptations. They contribute to the ecosystem to help drive the industry transition.
• LearnwayssupportingTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2025Learnways collaborated with Ragn-Sells to develop the What a Waste! e-learning platform, which won Publishingpriset 2025 in the education category. Learnways is a digital education agency that helped create the interactive modules.
• CastellumcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Founding member of the Reboost circular construction initiative. Castellum contributes to building volume and efficiency in building material reuse. Views reuse as an integral part of the future construction industry.
• AMF FastighetercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Member of the Reboost circular construction initiative. AMF Fastigheter has set targets of minimum 10% reused/recycled/renewable materials in 2025 building projects, rising to 40% by 2030, aligned with their climate roadmap.
• Saint-GobainsupportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Saint-Gobain receives processed flat glass from Ragn-Sells' Örebro facility for use in new flat glass production. Ragn-Sells separates glass by color and quality using optical sorting technology, and Saint-Gobain processes it into new flat glass at their German plant.
• ChromaforasupportingTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2024Chromafora's SELPAXT technology was highlighted at Ragn-Sells/UNEP COP29 seminar as a solution for removing PFAS ('forever chemicals') to 90% where substances are most concentrated, upstream from conventional treatment plants.
• UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme)supportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024UNEP co-organized the COP29 seminar 'From wastewater treatment plants to resource recovery plants' with Ragn-Sells. UNEP's Deputy Director Bruno Pozzi emphasized integrating resource recovery into countries' Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).
• Friesen Group of CompaniessupportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023In 2023, Ragn-Sells established a partnership with Friesen Group for sustainable agriculture, with the ambition to sell recycled phosphorus as a circular nutrient to Canada. This partnership showcases Ragn-Sells' innovative technology solving a global challenge.
• Alfa LavalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership between EasyMining (Ragn-Sells' innovation company) and Alfa Laval to scale up Ash2Phos technology globally. Alfa Laval provides separation technologies and heat exchangers. Thanks to Alfa Laval's innovations, the first Ash2Phos plant in Schkopau, Germany will be fully carbon-neutral in operation.
• ISO 59000 Standard DevelopmentsupportingTechnology or IntegrationProfessor Mattias Lindahl of Linköping University, who played a key role in developing the new ISO 59000 circular economy standard, spoke at Ragn-Sells' Framtidsdagen. ISO 59000 provides guidance and definitions for circular economy principles.
• Ragnar Sellbergs Stiftelse (Ragnar Sellberg Foundation)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndependent foundation promoting research, development, and dissemination of knowledge in waste management through financial grants. Funds doctoral positions, student thesis projects, and Framtidsdagen annual seminar. Supports Ehsan Moslehi's PhD research on phosphorus recovery.
• Skandia FastighetersupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerRagn-Sells provides City Services to Nova shopping center in Lund, owned by Skandia Fastigheter. Within one year, sorting rate increased from 40% to over 70%. Ragn-Sells staff are stationed on-site providing waste collection, sorting, and reporting services.
• CoremsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerProperty owner that hosts the shared waste coordination hub in Globen Shopping garage. Partner in Ragn-Sells' City Services solution for the Globen and Slakthusområdet area, contributing to smarter logistics and reduced heavy transport.
• Atrium LjungbergsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerProperty developer and planning partner in the Slakthusområdet collaboration with Ragn-Sells. Atrium Ljungberg participated in the planning process alongside architects, consultants, and Ragn-Sells to create the shared logistics solution.
• Toyota Material HandlingminorOthersReferenced by Professor Mattias Lindahl at Ragn-Sells Framtidsdagen as a model for circular business model transformation — shifting from selling forklifts to renting fleets of trucks, then refurbishing and reselling returned equipment.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves13 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• Biffa plc: UK waste collection, recycling, and treatment company with similar municipal, commercial, and industrial customer mix. Direct comparable in waste-collection-led circular services.
• PreZero (Schwarz Group): Recycling and environmental services arm of the Schwarz Group, operating across Europe with focus on circular materials recovery and resource efficiency. Comparable in proprietary recycling technology and pan-European growth ambitions.
• Renewi plc: UK- and Netherlands-listed recycling and waste management specialist focused on converting waste into secondary raw materials. Highly comparable circular-economy positioning and similar revenue scale (~£1.7B).
• Stericycle: US-listed specialist in regulated and hazardous waste management (sharps, pharmaceutical, medical waste). Closely comparable in specialist waste treatment, detoxification, and permit-driven business model.
• Stena Recycling: Sweden-based recycling and circular materials company operating across the Nordics, with overlapping services in industrial waste collection, metals recycling, and circular materials trading. Most direct Nordic comparable to Ragn-Sells' core recycling and waste management business.
• Norsk Gjenvinning: Norway's largest waste and recycling company, operating collection, sorting, and treatment services with strong industrial and hazardous waste exposure. Geographic peer serving the same Nordic/Baltic customer base.

Broad incumbents

• SUEZ: Global water and waste management group with strong European recycling and circular-economy footprint. Competes with Ragn-Sells for industrial and municipal contracts and EU circular-economy mandates.
• Veolia Environnement: Global leader in environmental services (water, waste, energy) operating across dozens of countries with vastly larger balance sheet and EU policy influence. Major competitive incumbent and possible consolidator in Nordic waste markets.
• Remondis: Germany's largest family-owned waste and recycling company, operating globally with deep water, recycling, and industrial services. Most direct European incumbent comparable in terms of family-ownership scale and circular-economy breadth.
• FCC Environment: European waste management and environmental services arm of FCC (Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas), serving municipal and industrial customers across the UK, Spain, and Central Europe. Comparable incumbent scale and service breadth.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat7 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles19 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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