Tekniikan Akateemiset (TEK)

What Tekniikan Akateemiset (TEK) does

Academic Engineers and Architects in Finland - TEK is a professional and labour market organisation. TEK is the largest organisation for academic engineers and architects in Finland, with a membership of 73,000. They represent 70 percent of working graduate engineers. Members also include physicists, mathematicians, IT specialists and students. TEK is the second largest organisation affiliated to Akava, Confederation of Unions for Professional and Managerial Staff in Finland. About 50.000 of their members are Masters of Science in Technology or other professionals working in the field of technology. In addition, 24.000 students of technology or natural sciences are TEK members. On behalf of its members TEK negotiates and concludes collective agreements concerning salaries and conditions of employment in industry and in the service and public sectors. TEK is involved in professional, educational and social matters related to work, employment and the careers of its members at regional, national and international levels. TEK also promotes technology for the benefit of people, the environment and society.

Name

Tekniikan Akateemiset (TEK)

Legal name

Teknikens akademiker rf, Teknikens akademikerförbund TEK rf

Website

https://www.tek.fi/en

Company type

Private

Founded year

1896

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Tekniikan Akateemiset (TEK) is a professional and labour market organisation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Helsinki

HQ country

Finland

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Membership fees: TEK generates revenue through annual membership fees paid by approximately 85,000 members. Membership fees fund the union's services including legal advice, salary negotiation, career support, and research activities.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Tekniikan Akateemiset TEK is a Finnish professional and labour market organisation for university-trained engineers and architects. It delivers member-facing services including salary negotiation support, legal advice on employment matters, career coaching, mentorship, unemployment insurance via the KOKO fund, and labor market research such as the annual Työmarkkinatutkimus salary survey. The union serves roughly 85,000 members across Finland through regional offices, a member Extranet, events, and digital tools.

Product overview

Tekniikan Akateemiset TEK operates as a professional union for engineers and architects, offering a portfolio of member services rather than a unified software product. Core offerings include labor market research (annual salary surveys, student surveys, graduate surveys, and international salary studies), career support tools (salary benchmarking via Palkkanosturi, mentorship program), and unemployment insurance through the KOKO fund. The organization also provides physical spaces (TEK Lounges in five cities), online calculators (Kannattavuussimulaattori for entrepreneurs), and published content including the TEK magazine featuring the Divisium-3 puzzle game. Research publications and statistical services form the primary differentiated offering, supplemented by events, training, guides, and contract templates.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Työmarkkinatutkimus (TMT) Annual labor market survey collecting salary data, employment statistics, and working condition insights from TEK members. Produces median salary figures, salary distribution analyses, and trend reporting for members and stakeholders.
• Opiskelijatutkimus Periodic survey of technology field university students covering well-being, guild culture, LGBTQ+ experiences, and AI usage in studies. Produces research reports and interactive data visualizations.
• TEK Graduate Survey Annual survey of recent graduates (diploma engineers and architects) assessing employment outcomes, satisfaction with degrees, and career trajectories. Published annually.
• Ulkomaanpalkkatutkimus Triennial survey of TEK members working abroad, covering international salaries, employment conditions, reasons for working abroad, and repatriation intentions.
• Palkkanosturi Interactive salary comparison tool allowing students and recent graduates to benchmark their summer job or entry-level salaries against peer averages by field and region.
• Kannattavuussimulaattori Profitability simulation tool for entrepreneurs helping them understand how their work input and business revenue/expenditures affect company profitability.
• TEKin mentorointiohjelma Mentorship program pairing experienced TEK members with those seeking career guidance. Next application period opens in August.
• TEK Lounge Local union office spaces in Lappeenranta, Tampere, Turku, Oulu, and Helsinki (Pasila) providing member services, meeting facilities, and networking spaces.
• Työttömyystilastot Monthly unemployment statistics for engineers and architects, tracking joblessness and layoff rates among TEK members and across the profession.
• Divisium-3 Puzzle game featured in TEK magazine, playable online via the TEK website.

Quantifiable outcome

• TEK members have lower unemployment rates (2.7% receiving benefits) compared to overall DI unemployment (4.9%)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Akava WorkscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTEK collaborates with Akava Works on labor market research, publishing unemployment statistics and workforce studies for highly educated professionals in Finland. Akava Works conducts economic research that informs TEK's advocacy work.
• Labora (Työväen Sairauskassa)minorOthersTEK collaborated with Labora on research examining the economic returns of doctoral education in Finland. TEK co-funded the research alongside KAUTE Foundation and Finnish Economists.
• KAUTE-säätiöminorOthersKAUTE Foundation co-funded research on doctoral education returns alongside TEK and Finnish Economists.
• Suomen EkonomitminorOthersFinnish Economists co-funded research on doctoral education returns alongside TEK and KAUTE-säätiö.
• KOKO (Korkeasti koulutettujen työttömyyskassa)coreOthersTEK members are covered by KOKO unemployment fund, which provides income security during unemployment. TEK promotes KOKO membership as part of its member benefits.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Sveriges Ingenjörer: Swedish professional union for graduate engineers with ~155,000 members. Direct Nordic counterpart offering the same union model (membership dues, salary surveys, career services, unemployment insurance) to engineers, making it the most comparable peer to TEK.
• NITO: Norwegian society of engineers and technologists with ~100,000 members. Closely mirrors TEK in structure — a member-funded union providing salary benchmarking, career services, and advocacy for engineers and technologists in Norway.
• IDA: Danish Society of Engineers, a member-based professional union for technical and scientific professionals in Denmark. Comparable in offering career services, salary data, and policy advocacy to TEK, with similar Nordic welfare-state labor dynamics.
• Suomen Ekonomit: Finnish professional union for business school graduates (economists). Operates in Finland under the same Akava confederation as TEK, with the same member-funded union model — legal advice, career services, salary research — applied to a different graduate profession.
• Tradenomiliitto TRAL: Finnish union for business polytechnic graduates (tradenomes). Another Akava-affiliated Finnish professional union competing for adjacent graduate segments with a similar service portfolio (legal advice, career support, salary surveys).
• Tieteentekijöiden liitto: Finnish Union of University Researchers and Teachers — another Akava-affiliated Finnish professional union serving a different graduate profession with the same membership-based advocacy and career-service model as TEK.

Broad incumbents

• Akava: Confederation of Unions for Professionals and Managers in Finland — TEK's parent confederation covering ~150,000 members across multiple graduate professions. Operates one layer above TEK, providing labor-market research and policy advocacy at a broader scope.
• IEEE: Global technical professional organization with 400,000+ members across engineering and computing. Broader incumbent operating across geographies and technical disciplines; overlaps with TEK on technical professional community and standards but at a much larger and more international scale.

Regional players

• Verein Deutscher Ingenieure (VDI): Germany's largest engineering association with ~130,000 members. Operates across Germany serving engineers with advocacy, technical standards, and professional development — comparable mission but different labor-market context and country.
• Engineers Australia: Australian national engineering body with ~120,000 members. Comparable in offering chartered status, advocacy, salary research, and career services to engineers in a distinct geography.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-finnish-association-of-graduate-engineers-tek
• Xx.com/TEK_akateemiset
• Facebookfacebook.com/Tekniikan.akateemiset.TEK

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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