Bjerking
Bjerking is Sweden's oldest employee-owned technical consulting firm, providing 70+ multi-disciplinary services across community building — geotechnical, structural, water, environmental, climate/LCA, and urban planning — to municipalities, government agencies, real estate developers, and construction firms via four offices.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded1943
- HeadquartersUpsala, Sweden
- Headcount251–500
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingServices
What Bjerking does
Bjerking AB is a privately held, employee-owned (medarbetarägt) Swedish technical consulting company specializing in community building (samhällsbyggnad). Founded in Uppsala in 1943 by Sven-Erik Bjerking and transferred to its employees in 1957, it is documented as Sweden's oldest employee-owned engineering consulting firm. The company offers more than 70 services across geotechnical engineering, structural design, water and sewage (VA), stormwater (Dagvatten), hydrogeology, landscape architecture, urban and traffic planning, energy surveys, acoustics, vibration monitoring, environmental and sustainability management, lifecycle analysis (LCA) following SS-EN 15978, EU taxonomy advisory, climate and vulnerability analysis, material inventorying, and circular economy services. Technical differentiation includes a proprietary climate impact calculation methodology for ground work co-developed with KTH, IVL, and four major Swedish contractors (NCC, Skanska, JM, PEAB), covering 14 activity categories with standardized recipes for early-stage emission estimation.
The business operates on a professional services revenue model: revenue is generated through project-based engagements and multi-year framework agreements, primarily with Swedish municipalities and government agencies (Trafikverket, Uppsala kommun, Norrköpings kommun, Huddinge Samhällsfastigheter, Sollentuna Energi & Miljö, Roslagsvatten, Upplands Väsby kommun), real estate developers (Vasakronan, Bonnier Fastigheter), and major construction firms. The go-to-market is enterprise field sales executed through public procurement and direct relationships, with no software product, API, or app distribution. Operations are delivered through four offices in Uppsala (headquarters, including a dedicated Geo-garaget facility), Stockholm, Luleå, and Göteborg, supported by an explicitly stated workforce of over 450 employees. The firm is wholly employee-owned with no venture capital, private equity, or parent-company backing, and it has committed to becoming fossil-free by 2030 under the Swedish Fossilfritt 2030 initiative.
Bjerking firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Bjerking
- Legal name
- Bjerking AB
- Website
- https://bjerking.se
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 1943
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 251–500 employees
- Short description
- Bjerking is Sweden's oldest employee-owned technical consulting firm, providing 70+ multi-disciplinary services across community building — geotechnical, structural, water, environmental, climate/LCA, and urban planning — to municipalities, government agencies, real estate developers, and construction firms via four offices.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Bjerking industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Engineering Consulting Services
- NAICS
- Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (541), Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (541611), Specialty Trade Contractors (238)
- SIC
- General Bldg Contractors - Nonresidential Bldgs (1540)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Circularity Consulting & Program Management (EPR, Design-for-Circularity, LCA) (EUAIANAH)
Keywords
Where Bjerking is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Upsala
- HQ country
- Sweden
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices4 records
Markets served
Bjerking business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- Technical consulting services: Professional consulting services across 70+ technical disciplines within community building. Services are provided to government agencies, municipalities, construction companies, real estate developers, and industrial clients through project-based engagements and framework agreements.
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels2 records
Marketing channels6 records
Bjerking product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Bjerking is a multi-disciplinary technical consulting firm delivering over 70 services within Swedish community building (samhällsbyggnad), including geotechnical engineering, hydrogeology, structural engineering, water and sewage, stormwater management, landscape architecture, environmental and sustainability management, life cycle analysis, traffic and urban planning, project management, inspection, acoustic services, and vibration monitoring. Services are delivered through project-based engagements and framework agreements to government agencies, municipalities, construction companies, and real estate developers across Sweden.
Product overview
Bjerking is a Swedish employee-owned technical consulting company (medarbetarägt teknikkonsultföretag) offering over 70 services within community building (samhällsbyggnad). The company operates a multi-disciplinary consulting platform spanning geotechnical services (Geoteknik, Hydrogeologi), structural and building engineering (Byggnadskonstruktion), environmental and sustainability services (Miljö- och hållbarhetsstyrning, Livscykelanalyser och klimatberäkningar, EU-taxonomin för hållbara investeringar, Klimat- och sårbarhetsanalys), water management (Vatten och avlopp, Dagvatten), landscape architecture (Landskapsarkitektur), visualization services (Visualisering), urban development and planning (Stadsutveckling, Trafikplanering), project management (Projektledning), and inspection services (Besiktning, Syneförrättning). The portfolio also includes specialized offerings such as acoustic services (Akustik, Samhällsbuller), vibration measurements (Vibrationsmätning), energy surveys (Energiutredningar och simuleringar), and circular economy services (Återbruk, Återbruksinventering och samordning, Materialinventering). These services are delivered through collaborative cross-disciplinary teams rather than a software product platform.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- Vatten och avlopp (VA)
- Geoteknik
- Byggnadskonstruktion
- Dagvatten
- Livscykelanalyser och klimatberäkningar
- Hydrogeologi
- Landskapsarkitektur
- Visualisering
- EU-taxonomin för hållbara investeringar
- Trafikplanering
- Energiutredningar och simuleringar
- Stadsutveckling
- Projektledning
- Besiktning
- Akustik
- Miljö- och hållbarhetsstyrning Environmental and sustainability management using digital tools and case management systems to ensure requirements and sustainability goals are achieved.
- Återbruksinventering och samordning
- Vibrationsmätning
- Väg, gata och mark
- Syneförrättning
- Samhällsbuller
- Klimat- och sårbarhetsanalys
- Materialinventering
- Återbruk
Quantifiable outcome
- 500 ton CO2e savings possible through wooden frame selection (Cederhusen project)
- +2 more outcomes
Companies that use Bjerking
Customer profileNamed customers10 records
Segments4 records
Ideal customer profiles4 records
Bjerking technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature3 records
Bjerking partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.
- DanielRogatStadsplanering ABcoreJoint partnership for strategic community planning in Norrköpingsregionen. Four-year framework agreement with Norrköpings kommun covering strategic planning, detailed planning, and environmental assessment for Norrköping, Finspång, and Söderköping municipalities.
- KTH (Royal Institute of Technology)coreAcademic partnership for climate research project on climate impact from ground work and ground reinforcement. KTH participated in research collaboration with Bjerking, IVL, and construction companies NCC, Skanska, JM, and PEAB to develop standardized values for estimating climate impact in early project stages.
- IVL Svenska MiljöinstitutetcoreResearch partnership for climate impact methodology development. IVL participated in working group for developing standardized values for estimating climate impact from ground work and ground reinforcement.
- NCCminorConstruction company partner contributing resource compilations for 10 building projects as part of climate impact research project. Project financed by SBUF and Bjerkings klimatfond.
- SkanskaminorConstruction company partner contributing resource compilations for climate impact research project.
- JMminorConstruction company partner contributing to climate impact research collaboration.
- PEABminorConstruction company partner in climate impact research project.
- ÅF (now AFRY)minorPartnership for Väsby Nya Lärmiljö project where Bjerking provides environmental coordination services through ÅF to Upplands Väsby kommun.
Scale indicators4 records
Recent moves8 records
Expansion highlights5 records
Bjerking competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad incumbents
- COWI: Danish-headquartered international consulting group active across infrastructure, environment, and water — comparable service portfolio and a frequent bidder for the same Swedish and Nordic public-sector frameworks.
- WSP: Global professional services consultancy with significant Swedish operations in transport, environment, and property — overlapping with Bjerking's core service lines but at much greater scale and with broader international reach.
Emerging players
- Iterio: Swedish planning and project management consultancy in community building, transport, and environment — a smaller, focused peer competing for some of the same urban-planning and project-management mandates as Bjerking.
Direct peers
- Ramboll: Denmark-headquartered global engineering, architecture, and consulting firm with strong Nordic roots and broad service overlap in environment, water, transportation, and buildings — directly competing for the same public-sector and developer clients across the Nordics.
- AFRY (ÅF): Major Nordic engineering, design, and consulting firm with extensive Swedish operations across infrastructure, environment, and project management. Already documented as a Bjerking partner on the Väsby Nya Lärmiljö project, and a head-to-head competitor on most Swedish municipal and industrial mandates.
- Rejlers: Nordic technical consultancy with Swedish operations across energy, industry, buildings, and infrastructure — overlapping with Bjerking in construction, energy, and project management, and competing for similar public- and private-sector clients.
- Sweco: Largest Nordic engineering and design consultancy with deep presence across community building, infrastructure, water, environment, and project management — directly overlapping with Bjerking's full 70-service platform, and serving many of the same Swedish municipalities and contractors.
- Tyréns: Swedish employee-owned engineering consultancy (community building, infrastructure, environment, project management) — a closely analogous mid-sized peer competing head-to-head on the same municipal and developer mandates as Bjerking.
- Norconsult: Norway's largest interdisciplinary engineering consultancy with comparable service breadth in community building, environment, water, and transport, and a similar employee-influenced culture — a natural regional benchmark for Bjerking's size and positioning.
Others
- WSP Sverige (formerly Golder): Adjacent environmental and geotechnical services capability now under WSP, providing direct competition specifically for Bjerking's geotechnical, hydrogeology, and environmental assessment practices in Sweden.
Market position
Strengths4 records
Weaknesses4 records
Competitive moat4 records
Key risks5 records
Key highlights6 records
Customer concentration
Bjerking social profiles
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Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
Bjerking leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles2 records
Bjerking funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
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Bjerking M&A and investment
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Investments
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Frequently asked questions about Bjerking
What does Bjerking do?
Bjerking is a multi-disciplinary technical consulting firm delivering over 70 services within Swedish community building (samhällsbyggnad), including geotechnical engineering, hydrogeology, structural engineering, water and sewage, stormwater management, landscape architecture, environmental and sustainability management, life cycle analysis, traffic and urban planning, project management, inspection, acoustic services, and vibration monitoring. Services are delivered through project-based engagements and framework agreements to government agencies, municipalities, construction companies, and real estate developers across Sweden.
Is Bjerking a public or private company?
Bjerking is a private company. It is classified as management employee owned and is currently operating.
When was Bjerking founded?
Bjerking was founded in 1943. It employs 251 to 500 people.
Where is Bjerking based?
Bjerking is headquartered in Upsala, Sweden, in the Europe region.
How does Bjerking make money?
One revenue line is on record: technical consulting services.
Who are Bjerking's main competitors?
Broad incumbents on record are COWI and WSP. Iterio is listed as an emerging player. Direct peers are Ramboll, AFRY (ÅF), Rejlers, Sweco, Tyréns and Norconsult. WSP Sverige (formerly Golder) is listed as an others.
Does Bjerking have an API?
No public API is recorded for Bjerking.
What industry is Bjerking in?
Bjerking's product category is Engineering Consulting Services. Its primary akta.pro industry code is EUAIANAH, Circularity Consulting & Program Management (EPR, Design-for-Circularity, LCA). Its NAICS code is 541 and its SIC code is 1540.