Skill

What Skill does

Skill is a privately held Swedish recruitment and staffing company headquartered in Linköping and operating nationally across Sweden, serving two primary customer groups: B2B clients seeking talent and individuals seeking employment or career development. Founded in 1997 and part of the Skillkoncernen (Skill Group) — alongside sibling company Aquent — the firm places 800+ recruitments and staffing assignments per year and deploys 1,000+ staffing consultants covering both white-collar and blue-collar roles. Its service portfolio centers on three core lines: permanent recruitment (Rekrytering), temporary staffing (Bemanning), and apprenticeship programs (Lärlingsprogram), supplemented by staff safety services (Personalsäkerhet), online recruitment booking, and the Skill Academy training subsidiary.

The company differentiates on a patented machine-matching technology launched in January 2026, which uses proprietary algorithms to recommend talent matches and to flag potentially fraudulent applications. Skill markets the technology as delivering matches 12x faster and 7x more accurately than traditional recruiting methods, with explicit design intent around bias mitigation. Supporting initiatives include the Code Summer Camp coding-skills program and the Teknikcollege partnership for technical training. The firm is ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certified, was named Staffing Company of the Year (Årets Bemanningsaktör) at the 2026 Recruitment Awards, and reaches candidates and clients through a direct sales motion, a self-service job portal (jobb.skill.se), and organic social channels on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram.

Revenue is generated primarily through professional services fees on placements and contract markups on deployed consultants, with pricing handled on a custom, quote-based basis and no public pricing disclosed. The go-to-market is sales-led, with the company operating across multiple sectors including industry, manufacturing, administration, and corporate functions. Skill remains geographically concentrated in Sweden, with no disclosed expansion into other markets and no public financial reporting, funding history, or M&A activity identified in the available data.

Name

Skill

Legal name

Skill

Website

https://skill.se

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Skill is a Swedish recruitment and staffing company serving B2B clients and job seekers across multiple industries, placing 800+ assignments annually with 1,000+ deployed consultants via patented AI-enabled machine-matching technology.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Staffing and Recruitment Services

NAICS

Professional and Management Development Training (61143), Other Technical and Trade Schools (611519), Computer Training (611420)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Skills Assessment & Talent/Employability Testing Platforms (EDAFADAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Technical & Digital Skills Training (BPACANAB), Recruiting & Talent Acquisition Training (EDABAIAA), Intelligent Practice & Mastery Learning Platforms (Spaced Repetition, Skill Drills) (EDAFAFAD)

Keywords

• Staffing services
• Recruitment services
• Apprenticeship programs
• Talent matching technology
• Workforce solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Linköping

HQ country

Sweden

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Recruitment Services: Placement-based recruitment services where Skill matches candidates with companies for permanent positions. They handle the full recruitment process including sourcing, screening, and placement.
2. Staffing/Temporary Labor: Staffing services placing consultants (both white-collar and blue-collar) with client companies on temporary or contract basis. The company employs 1000+ staffing consultants who are assigned to client organizations.
3. Apprenticeship Programs: Lärlingsprogram (apprenticeship programs) that help individuals transition into new industries and roles, while providing companies with trained workforce.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Skill is a Swedish recruitment and staffing company that places candidates into permanent roles (Rekrytering) and temporary/contract assignments (Bemanning) for businesses across industry, manufacturing, administration, and corporate functions. The company supplements these core services with apprenticeship programs (Lärlingsprogram), workplace safety services (Personalsäkerhet), online recruitment booking, and the Skill Academy training portfolio, and in 2026 launched an AI-enabled recruiting service built on patented machine-matching technology that delivers talent matches 12 times faster and 7 times more accurately than traditional methods.

Product overview

Skill is a Swedish staffing and recruitment company offering a unified service portfolio centered on recruitment (Rekrytering) and staffing (Bemanning) services, supplemented by apprenticeship programs (Lärlingsprogram), staff safety services (Personalsäkerhet), and education (Skill Academy). The company recently launched an AI-enabled recruiting service featuring patented machine-matching technology that delivers talent matches 12 times faster and 7 times more accurately than traditional methods. Skill also operates initiatives including Code Summer Camp and Teknikcollege. The company places approximately 800+ recruitments and staffing assignments annually, with over 1000 employed staffing consultants.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Skill Academy: Training and education services for skill development, accessible at skillacademy.se

Products and services

• Rekrytering (Recruitment)

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Skill Group (Skillkoncernen)coreOthersSkill is part of Skill Group (Skillkoncernen), a larger corporate group that includes the staffing company Skill and other related entities. This parent company structure provides operational and strategic support.
• Code Summer CampminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInitiative supporting development of coding skills through summer camps, helping individuals develop technical competencies and providing pathway to industry employment
• TeknikcollegeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for education and collaboration supporting industry's future through technical training programs and educational cooperation
• AquentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSkill is a sibling company of Aquent, a well-known staffing and recruitment company. This relationship positions Skill within a broader network of staffing industry expertise.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• StudentConsulting: Nordic staffing company with major Swedish operations, placing both students and experienced professionals. Comparable business model and Swedish market overlap with Skill.
• Uniflex: Swedish staffing agency focused on industrial, warehouse, and production roles. Strongly comparable to Skill's Bemanning (staffing) and industrial sector focus.
• Academic Work: Swedish-headquartered staffing and recruitment firm focused on young professionals and early-career talent. Closely comparable to Skill in geography, target market, and staffing business model.
• TNG (TNG Group): Swedish recruitment and staffing company with a focus on unbiased, skills-based hiring. Highly comparable to Skill in market, philosophy, and service offering, including a similar emphasis on candidate potential.
• Poolia: Swedish staffing and recruitment company focused on white-collar professionals across multiple disciplines. Comparable to Skill's Swedish operations in target customer profile and recruitment methodology.
• Wise Professionals: Nordic staffing and recruitment firm with strong presence in Sweden. Similar target customer segments and service portfolio (staffing, recruitment, training) as Skill.

Broad incumbents

• ManpowerGroup: Global staffing and workforce solutions leader with significant operations in Sweden. Directly comparable to Skill across recruitment, temporary staffing, and talent development, but at vastly larger scale and with international reach.
• Adecco: One of the world's largest staffing firms with active presence in the Swedish market. Competes with Skill across permanent placement, temporary staffing, and workforce solutions; broader portfolio and deeper resources than Skill.
• Randstad: Global HR services leader operating in Sweden. Offers staffing, recruitment, and HR solutions across multiple sectors, directly overlapping with Skill's core recruitment and Bemanning services.

Regional players

• Aquent: International staffing firm specializing in marketing, creative, and digital talent. Sister company of Skill within the Skillkoncerner group; comparable staffing business model but primarily operating outside Sweden.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/peoplechangeeverything
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/skill-peoplechange-everything
• Instagraminstagram.com/skill_sverige
• Xx.com/skilligt

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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