Kaakon Communications Ltd.

What Kaakon Communications Ltd. does

Kaakon Communications Ltd. is a Finnish for-profit company headquartered in Mikkeli, founded in 2015, with 501–1,000 employees. Per its firmographic profile, it offers a range of online, printing, and publishing services to its clients. The website domain (kaakonviestinta.fi) and Mikkeli base are consistent with a regional Finnish media operator.

The substantive product, contact, and integration data supplied in the source, however, pertains to Keskisuomalainen Media Oy, the news media subsidiary of Mediakonserni Keskisuomalainen, operating out of Jyväskylä. On that basis the company operates a multi-channel local news media portfolio: subscription media (Tilattavat mediat), city-focused local media (Kaupunkimediat), and radio stations (Radiot), distributed across print, digital, and broadcast. A B2B marketing services channel called Meks (meks.fi) is offered to advertisers as a separate go-to-market surface, distinct from the consumer subscription surface (Oma Media). The company runs a four-function leadership team covering journalism, commercial operations, consumer sales, and digital business, and operates enterprise-grade billing via Basware electronic invoicing (OVT 003720055105).

There is a clear data mismatch: the company name in the firmographics block (Kaakon Communications Ltd., Mikkeli, founded 2015) does not align with the entity described in the contact, product, and management blocks (Keskisuomalainen Media Oy, Jyväskylä). The source itself flags that no first-party information on Kaakon Communications Ltd. was found. The description above is therefore reported as-supplied, without reconciling the two entities.

Name

Kaakon Communications Ltd.

Website

https://kaakonviestinta.fi

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Kaakon Communications Ltd. is a Finnish regional media and publishing company headquartered in Mikkeli, offering online, printing, and publishing services across print, digital, radio, and B2B marketing channels.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Printing and Publishing Services

NAICS

Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers (5131)

SIC

Service Industries For The Printing Trade (2790), Miscellaneous Publishing (2741)

akta.pro primary industry

Short-Run & Micro-Run Digital Printing Services (POD-adjacent) (MPAJANAI)

Keywords

• Commercial printing services
• Digital publishing services
• Online media services
• Print production services
• Content publishing solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Mikkeli

HQ country

Finland

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Core offering

Kaakon Communications Ltd. provides a range of online, printing, and publishing services to its clients. Operating from Mikkeli, Finland with 501-1000 employees, the firm supports clients with production and dissemination of digital and print media content. The offering combines web-based publishing capabilities with traditional print production for client-facing communications.

Product overview

Keskisuomalainen Media Oy operates as the news media subsidiary of Mediakonserni Keskisuomalainen, offering a portfolio of local news media products. The product suite comprises Tilattavat mediat (subscription media), Kaupunkimediat (city media), and Radiot (radio stations) for consumer audiences, alongside the Meks marketing platform for business advertisers seeking impactful advertising environments.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Online Services Online publishing and digital media services provided to clients, supporting web-based content production and dissemination.
• Printing Services Commercial printing production services delivered to clients, encompassing physical print media production.
• Publishing Services Publishing services that support content creation, editorial production, and distribution for client communications.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Lönnberg Painot Oy: Finnish printing house providing commercial printing, digital printing, and publishing services. Comparable to Kaakon because it competes head-to-head in the Finnish commercial and short-run digital print segment.
• PunaMusta: Finnish printing and communications services company offering commercial print, marketing materials, and publishing services. Comparable to Kaakon as a directly competing Finnish printing services provider with a similar multi-service B2B offering.
• Printall Oy: Finnish printing company offering magazine, newspaper, and commercial printing services. Comparable to Kaakon because it competes for the same publisher and advertiser customers in the Finnish printing services market.

Broad incumbents

• Keskisuomalainen Oyj: Public Finnish media conglomerate operating newspapers, digital news, and radio across regional Finland. Comparable because it overlaps directly with the publishing, radio, and digital media products referenced in Kaakon's source data and shares the same regional Finnish market.
• Alma Media Oyj: Leading Finnish media group publishing national and regional newspapers, online classifieds, and business media. Comparable to Kaakon as a multi-channel Finnish publishing and digital media operator competing for the same advertising and subscription budgets.
• Sanoma Oyj: Finland's largest media company, active in newspapers, magazines, learning, and B2B marketing services. Comparable to Kaakon because it serves the same Finnish advertisers and consumer media market across print and digital channels.

Regional players

• TS-Yhtymä Oy (Turun Sanomat): Regional Finnish media group based in Turku, publishing newspapers, city media, and digital services. Comparable to Kaakon because its portfolio of subscription media, city media, and digital channels mirrors the type of offering described for Kaakon.
• HSS Media (Hufvudstadsbladet): Swedish-language Finnish media group publishing newspapers and digital media with associated printing services. Comparable to Kaakon as a Finnish publisher offering combined print and online publishing services in the same domestic market.
• Ilkka-Yhtymä Oyj: Regional Finnish media group publishing newspapers and digital media in western Finland. Comparable to Kaakon because it operates subscription newspapers, city media, and digital publishing services serving a similar regional Finnish customer base.

Emerging players

• Etelä-Suomen Julkaisu Oy (ESJ): Finnish regional media and printing services operator with local newspapers and digital media products. Comparable to Kaakon as a smaller Finnish player offering a similar bundled print, publishing, and online media proposition to regional customers.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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