WINNOVA

Vocational Education and Trainingwinnova.fi

WinNova is a Finnish vocational education and training provider operating across four campuses in the Satakunta region, delivering initial and professional qualifications in 18+ fields plus apprenticeship and employer training services.

Company typePrivate
Founded2009
HeadquartersRauma, Finland
Headcount501–1,000
GTM typeB2B and B2C
OfferingServices

What WINNOVA does

WinNova (legally Länsirannikon Koulutus Oy) is a private Finnish vocational education and training provider headquartered in Pori, serving the Satakunta region through campuses in Pori, Rauma, Ulvila (Kullaa), and Laitila. Founded in 2009 and operating with 501-1000 employees, the institution delivers initial vocational qualifications (perustutkinnot), professional qualifications (ammattitutkinnot), and specialist qualifications (erikoisammattitutkinnot) across 18+ fields including vehicle and logistics, beauty, mechanical and production engineering, laboratory and process industry, aircraft engineering, business, maritime, forestry, music, construction, hospitality, electrical and IT, and social and health care. WinNova also runs the only regional aircraft engineering program and provides short courses, card training, customized corporate training, and apprenticeship (oppisopimus) services. Approximately 171 new professionals graduated in the May-June 2026 period.

WINNOVA firmographics

Firmographics

Name: WINNOVA
Legal name: Länsirannikon Koulutus Oy
Website: https://winnova.fi
Company type: Private
Founded year: 2009
Operating status: Operating
Headcount range: 501–1,000 employees
Short description: WinNova is a Finnish vocational education and training provider operating across four campuses in the Satakunta region, delivering initial and professional qualifications in 18+ fields plus apprenticeship and employer training services.
Ownership category
akta.pro rank

WINNOVA industry classification

Industry

Product category: Vocational Education and Training
NAICS: Technical and Trade Schools (61151), Apprenticeship Training (611513), Educational Support Services (611710)
SIC: Services-Educational Services (8200)
akta.pro primary industry: Vocational Evaluation & Career Assessment (Transition-Age) (EDAKANAC)
akta.pro secondary industries: Career Coaching, Mentoring & Placement Support Services (EDAAAKAO), College & Career Transition Services (Bridge Programs, Dual Enrollment Pathways) (EDAAABAK)

Keywords

Vocational education training
Apprenticeship training programs
Professional qualifications Finland
Workforce development services
Continuing adult education

Where WINNOVA is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city: Rauma
HQ country: Finland
HQ region: Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

WINNOVA business model

Business model

GTM type: B2B and B2C
Offering type: Services
Cost components: Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

Government-Funded Vocational Education: WinNova operates as a publicly funded educational institution receiving government funding for delivering vocational education and training (perustutkinnot, ammattitutkinnot, erikoisammattitutkinnot). Revenue is based on educational output and performance metrics rather than direct student fees.

Pricing tiers

Model	Billing	Price
Subscription	Annual	Tuition-free vocational education for compulsory education students

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

WINNOVA product offering

Product offering

Core offering

WinNova (Länsirannikon Koulutus Oy) is a vocational education and training provider operating in the Satakunta region of Finland, delivering initial vocational qualifications (perustutkinnot), professional qualifications (ammattitutkinnot), specialist qualifications (erikoisammattitutkinnot), short and card training, apprenticeship training, and customized corporate training across 18 vocational fields. The institution serves both young learners entering vocational paths and adult learners seeking reskilling or career transition, while also providing employer-facing workforce development and apprenticeship services.

Product overview

WINNOVA (Länsirannikon Koulutus Oy) is a vocational education provider based in Satakunta, Finland, offering a comprehensive portfolio of educational programs across 18 vocational fields. The institution provides a unified platform of vocational training products: vocational basic degrees (perustutkinnot), professional degrees (ammattitutkinnot), and specialist degrees (erikoisammattitutkinnot) form the core credential offerings, supplemented by short and card training programs (lyhyt- ja korttikoulutukset), customized training for businesses (tilauskoulutukset), and apprenticeship training (oppisopimus). These are supported by digital services including the Atomi electronic certificate system, Tuudo mobile application, itslearning learning management system, and Studenta student portal. Student support services include housing facilities, restaurant services, Helppi guidance centers, Urahelppi career counseling, and pathway programs to higher education through Nopsa-väylä partnerships with SAMK and other universities. The institution operates across campuses in Pori, Rauma, and Ulvila.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

Approximately 171 new professionals graduated May–June 2026

Companies that use WINNOVA

Customer profile

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

WINNOVA technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API: No
API docs
API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

WINNOVA partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

Notra GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 February 2026Länsirannikon Koulutus Oy WinNova and Notra Group signed a partnership agreement in February 2026. The partnership aims to strengthen workforce development collaboration between the vocational institution and the business sector in the Satakunta region.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

WINNOVA competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Direct peers

Sataedu (SataKoulutus Oy): Sataedu is another major vocational education provider operating within the Satakunta region with overlapping programs and apprenticeship offerings, making it the closest direct head-to-head competitor to WinNova in both student pipeline and employer partnerships.
Koulutuskeskus Sedu: Sedu is one of Finland's largest regional VET providers based in South Ostrobothnia, operating the same multi-field vocational, apprenticeship, and continuing-education model as WinNova — a structural analogue at greater scale.
Tredu (Tampereen seudun ammattiopisto): Tredu is the Tampere-region vocational provider delivering a comparable breadth of youth VET, apprenticeships, and customized corporate training — directly analogous in operating model to WinNova, but at a larger regional scale.
Omnia: Omnia is a large Espoo-region VET and adult-education federation delivering youth vocational qualifications, apprenticeships, and continuing education with an operating footprint and revenue model that closely tracks WinNova's.
Vamia (Vaasan ammattiopisto): Vamia is the Vaasa-region vocational institute providing multi-field vocational training, apprenticeships, and employer-integrated workforce development — a comparable model to WinNova in a different but similar-sized Finnish regional economy.
Kpedu (Keski-Pohjanmaan koulutusyhtymä): Kpedu is the Central Ostrobothnia VET provider offering youth vocational education, apprenticeships, and continuing education under an education-federation model that closely mirrors WinNova's publicly funded, multi-field structure.
Perho Culinary, Hospitality & Business College: Perho is an established Finnish vocational college specializing in hospitality and culinary training, directly overlapping several of WinNova's fields (hospitality, tourism, business) with a specialty-curriculum model.

Broad incumbents

Taitotalo: Taitotalo is a Finnish national vocational and workplace-training organization with a multi-region presence and strong corporate-training focus, serving as a broader incumbent operating in adjacent segments of the same market as WinNova.

Others

ManpowerGroup: ManpowerGroup is a global workforce solutions and training provider addressing employer skills gaps and talent placement — an adjacent rather than direct player to WinNova's apprenticeship and employer-services segments.
Coursera for Business: Coursera for Business is an enterprise online learning platform serving corporate upskilling and reskilling needs — an adjacent digital alternative relevant to parts of WinNova's continuing-education and corporate-training portfolio, though not a direct competitor in classroom-based vocational education.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

WINNOVA compliance and trust

Trust signal

Compliance2 records

WINNOVA financial estimates

Financial estimate

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

WINNOVA leadership team

Management profile

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

WINNOVA subsidiaries and ownership

Company hierarchy

Subsidiaries1 record

WINNOVA funding detail

Funding detail

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

WINNOVA M&A and investment

M&A and investment

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about WINNOVA

What does WINNOVA do?

Is WINNOVA a public or private company?

WINNOVA is a private company. It is classified as unknown and is currently operating.

When was WINNOVA founded?

WINNOVA was founded in 2009. It employs 501 to 1,000 people.

Where is WINNOVA based?

WINNOVA is headquartered in Rauma, Finland, in the Europe region.

How does WINNOVA make money?

One revenue line is on record: government-Funded Vocational Education.

Who are WINNOVA's main competitors?

Direct peers on record are Sataedu (SataKoulutus Oy), Koulutuskeskus Sedu, Tredu (Tampereen seudun ammattiopisto), Omnia, Vamia (Vaasan ammattiopisto), Kpedu (Keski-Pohjanmaan koulutusyhtymä) and Perho Culinary, Hospitality & Business College. Taitotalo is listed as a broad incumbent. Others are ManpowerGroup and Coursera for Business.

Does WINNOVA have an API?

No public API is recorded for WINNOVA.

What industry is WINNOVA in?

WINNOVA's product category is Vocational Education and Training. Its primary akta.pro industry code is EDAKANAC, Vocational Evaluation & Career Assessment (Transition-Age), with a secondary code of EDAAAKAO, Career Coaching, Mentoring & Placement Support Services. Its NAICS code is 61151 and its SIC code is 8200.