SNS

What SNS does

SNS is a Swedish non-profit research organization headquartered in Stockholm, founded in 1948, that conducts policy-oriented research across five stated domains: financial security, higher education, crime, elder care, and climate change. The organization operates with a small team of 11-50 employees and is led by Chief Executive Officer Ilinca Benson. Its functional role is to generate empirical and analytical research intended to inform Swedish public policy and societal debate in these areas.

As a non-profit, SNS's business model is not product- or transaction-based; it is sustained by funding from member organizations, foundations, government grants, and likely individual and corporate donors, though the input data does not disclose the specific funder mix, revenue mechanics, or pricing structure. No products, services, or technology platforms are detailed in the available data, and the organization's outward-facing website (sns.se) returned only a verification/loading page, so no technical architecture, distribution channels, or product surface can be described. SNS therefore appears to deliver value primarily through research publications, reports, and convening activities targeting Swedish policymakers, academics, media, and the informed public.

The available data does not include any information on partnerships, awards, patents, certifications, customers/clients, geographic markets served, AI/ML capabilities, or recent strategic actions beyond the CEO designation. As a result, several standard investment-analysis dimensions cannot be assessed with evidence and are noted as such in the relevant sections.

Name

SNS

Website

https://sns.se

Company type

Private

Founded year

1948

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

SNS is a Stockholm-based, non-profit Swedish policy research organization founded in 1948 that conducts empirical research on financial security, higher education, crime, elder care, and climate change, serving Swedish policymakers, academics, and the public.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Stockholm

HQ country

Sweden

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Core offering

SNS is a Swedish non-profit research center that produces independent, policy-oriented research in five thematic areas: financial security, higher education, crime, elder care, and climate change. Its outputs target Swedish and Nordic policymakers, public agencies, academic communities, and the broader informed public.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Financial Security Research Program Independent policy-oriented research on financial security issues, intended for Swedish and Nordic policymakers, public agencies, and academic audiences.
• Higher Education Research Program Policy research on higher education, addressing questions relevant to Swedish universities, public agencies, and education policymakers.
• Crime Research Program Research on crime-related social and policy issues for use by Swedish public agencies, justice-system stakeholders, and academic researchers.
• Elder Care Research Program Research on elder care policy and practice, intended to inform Swedish municipal, regional, and national decision-makers and academic audiences.
• Climate Change Research Program Research on climate change from a social-science and policy perspective, addressing issues relevant to Swedish and Nordic public policy.

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Direct peers

• Konjunkturinstitutet (Swedish National Institute of Economic Research): Swedish government-affiliated institute producing macroeconomic forecasting and policy analysis; a direct peer on financial security and economic policy research in the same Stockholm ecosystem.
• IFN (Research Institute of Industrial Economics): Stockholm-based independent economic policy research institute with a similar member-supported, non-profit model and focus on Swedish and Nordic policy-relevant economic research.
• SITE (Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics): Stockholm School of Economics-affiliated research institute covering economic-policy and transition-economy research, with comparable non-profit funding model and policy orientation.
• Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI): Stockholm-headquartered policy research organization focused on climate change and sustainable development; directly comparable on the climate-change research vertical.
• IFAU (Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy): Swedish government research agency conducting policy evaluation in higher education and labor markets — directly overlaps with SNS's higher-education and financial-security research streams.

Broad incumbents

• Chatham House: International-affairs think tank operating on a member-funded, non-profit basis with multi-vertical policy research; comparable governance and revenue model to SNS.
• CEPR (Centre for Economic Policy Research): International network of economists producing policy-relevant research; comparable in member-based, non-profit structure and breadth of policy-relevant economic research output.
• RAND Corporation: Large, established global policy research organization operating across many verticals including education, crime, and aging populations — a broad incumbent analog to SNS's multi-vertical model.
• Bruegel: European think tank on economic policy, funded by European governments and corporate members, with a comparable membership-supported structure and economic-policy research focus.
• Brookings Institution: Major US-based public-policy research organization with comparable multi-vertical research scope (economic studies, education, crime, climate) and a member-supported operating model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/snskunskap
• Facebookfacebook.com/SNSinfo

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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