What StudentConsulting does

StudentConsulting is a Scandinavian recruitment and staffing firm founded around 2004 (firmographic data lists 1997) and headquartered in Boden, Sweden, with its principal operating headquarters in Stockholm. The company specializes in connecting students, academics, and young professionals with employers, operating as a two-sided marketplace with 450,000+ registered candidate talents and 20,000+ ordering employers / 2,800 corporate customers. Through 39 physical offices across Sweden, Norway, and Denmark covering 206 assignment locations, the firm delivered 25,542 jobs/placements in the past year. The group operates under the legal entity StudentConsulting Sweden AB (publ) with wholly-owned subsidiaries in Norway (StudentConsulting Norge AS) and Denmark (StudentConsulting Danmark ApS), plus several Swedish operating entities (StudentConsulting Sweden HR AB, Sveriges StudentConsulting AB, Professional Consulting Sweden AB, Meet your future Studenter AB, Star Systems Sweden Aktiebolag, Work Match Arbetsmarknad Skandinavien AB, StudentConsulting Transport Sweden AB).

The company's core services are three integrated lines: Rekrytering (direct recruitment, where the candidate is employed by the client company on a transactional fee), Bemanning (flexible temporary staffing for peak periods or vacation coverage under a managed-services model), and Vikariehantering (substitute worker management, particularly teacher substitutes). Supporting services include Rusta och matcha (Prepare and Match, an individual career-support program), CV-bevakning (CV monitoring alerts), TalentChannel (employer talent network), and AlumniSearch (alumni network engagement). Public-sector staffing is delivered through a framework agreement with Statens inköpscentral at Kammarkollegiet. The firm is authorized by Kompetensföretagen as a licensed staffing, recruitment, and outplacement firm, holds collective agreements with all LO and Akademiker unions plus Unionen, and is certified to ISO 9001 (quality), ISO 14001 (environment), and ISO 45001 (occupational health and safety).

The go-to-market is a direct enterprise field-sales model: dedicated account managers at each of 39 offices manage employer relationships and recruitment requests, while the website job portal and social-media (Facebook/LinkedIn/Google) login integration handle candidate self-registration. Revenue mechanics combine transactional placement fees (permanent recruitment) with managed-services billing (temporary staffing and substitute management), supplemented by government framework agreement volume. The founder-led company remains privately held under CEO and co-founder Tobias Lindfors, who has received the Näringslivsmedaljen from Crown Princess Victoria (2017) and the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Norrland award, and has been named Mästargasell (Dagens Industri) multiple times alongside 11 consecutive years as #1 in the Nöjd Kund Index (NKI) customer satisfaction ranking for staffing firms.

Name

StudentConsulting

Legal name

StudentConsulting Sweden AB (publ)

Website

https://studentconsulting.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

StudentConsulting is a privately held Scandinavian recruitment and staffing firm founded ~2004 in Boden, Sweden, connecting 450,000+ students, academics, and young professionals with employers across Sweden, Norway, and Denmark via 39 offices and a web portal.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Boden

HQ country

Sweden

HQ region

Europe

Offices37 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Recruitment Services: Direct placement of candidates where the candidate is employed directly by the client company. StudentConsulting facilitates the recruitment process and earns a fee for successful placements.
2. Staffing/Temporary Placement: Providing temporary workers to cover peak periods, vacations, or short-term needs. Companies hire Staffing consultants on a temporary basis through StudentConsulting.
3. Substitute Teacher Management: Providing substitute teachers and staff to educational institutions with cost-effective management and high delivery reliability and quality.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

StudentConsulting provides direct recruitment (Rekrytering), temporary staffing (Bemanning), and substitute worker management (Vikariehantering) services, connecting employers with candidates from its database of over 450,000 registered students, academics, and young professionals. The company specializes in placing candidates into entry-level and experienced positions across sectors including IT, finance, teaching, engineering, sales, and administration across Sweden, Norway, and Denmark.

Product overview

StudentConsulting operates as a unified staffing and recruitment platform connecting employers with talent across Scandinavia. The core offering consists of three integrated services: Rekrytering (direct recruitment where candidates are employed by the company), Bemanning (flexible staffing for temporary peaks), and Vikariehantering (substitute worker management). These services are supported by prepare-and-match support features like Rusta och matcha, CV-bevakning, TalentChannel, and AlumniSearch. The company also holds government framework agreements for public sector staffing through Statliga ramavtal. StudentConsulting specializes in students, academics, and vocational workers, operating across Sweden, Norway, and Denmark through 45+ offices with a network of over 450,000 registered candidates.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Rekrytering (Recruitment) Direct recruitment service helping employers find the right candidates; StudentConsulting manages the entire recruitment process and the candidate is employed directly by the company. Target customers are Scandinavian employers of all sizes across various industries.
• Bemanning (Staffing) Temporary staffing service for employers needing personnel to cover temporary work peaks or vacation periods. Companies hire Staffing consultants on a temporary basis through StudentConsulting.
• Vikariehantering (Substitute Worker Management) Cost-effective substitute worker management service providing maximum flexibility with high delivery reliability and quality, including teacher substitutes for schools and educational institutions.
• Statliga ramavtal (Government Framework Agreements) Staffing services delivered to state authorities and publicly governed bodies in Stockholm County through the framework agreement with Statens inköpscentral at Kammarkollegiet, covering office services across 17 professional areas.

Quantifiable outcome

• Ranked #1 in Nöjd Kund Index (Customer Satisfaction Index) for 11 consecutive years among all staffing companies in Sweden
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Kompetensföretagen (Skills Companies)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerStudentConsulting is a member of Kompetensföretagen as an authorized staffing, recruitment, and outplacement company. This authorization guarantees compliance with laws and regulations required by the authorization. StudentConsulting also holds collective agreements with all LO and Akademiker unions as well as Unionen.
• Statens inköpscentral vid Kammarkollegiet (National Procurement Services at the Swedish Legal, Financial and Administrative Services Agency)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStudentConsulting delivers staffing services to state authorities and publicly governed bodies in Stockholm County through the framework agreement with Statens inköpscentral at Kammarkollegiet. This allows government agencies to procure staffing services through a pre-qualified supplier, covering positions from single hours to months and years.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Academic Work: Sweden-founded staffing firm with a near-identical focus on students, recent graduates, and young professionals across Scandinavia. Academic Work is the closest direct competitor to StudentConsulting, with comparable customer base, candidate-pool model, and geographic footprint.
• Poolia: Swedish recruitment and staffing group focused on white-collar and professional placements. While it skews toward experienced professionals rather than students, it competes with StudentConsulting for mid-market employer relationships in the Nordics.
• TNG (TNG Group AB): Swedish recruitment and staffing firm with a regional Nordic footprint. TNG and StudentConsulting compete for both corporate recruitment mandates and temporary staffing assignments in Sweden.
• Dedicare: Nordic staffing group specializing in healthcare and education (including substitute teacher) placements. Highly comparable to StudentConsulting's Vikariehantering segment and broader Nordic staffing model.

Broad incumbents

• ManpowerGroup: Global staffing and workforce-solutions leader with established Sweden, Norway, and Denmark operations. Competes directly with StudentConsulting for large-enterprise staffing contracts but as part of a far broader portfolio.
• Adecco Group: World's largest staffing company with deep Nordic presence. Adecco offers the same recruitment, temporary staffing, and HR services as StudentConsulting but with global reach and a much broader service mix.
• Randstad: Global HR services leader with full Nordic operations. Randstad is a broad incumbent peer competing with StudentConsulting across general staffing, professional placement, and HR solutions.
• Hays: International professional staffing and recruitment firm with established Nordic operations. Comparable business model to StudentConsulting's recruitment stream but oriented toward higher-skill professional roles.
• Robert Half: Global staffing specialist in finance, accounting, IT, and office support. While US-centric in origin, it overlaps with StudentConsulting's professional-services and IT placement verticals at the broad incumbent level.

Regional players

• Bemannia: Norway-based staffing and recruitment firm with strong regional presence. Overlaps with StudentConsulting's Norwegian subsidiary in scope and customer base but does not directly compete in Sweden or Denmark.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/studentconsulting

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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