Ilves-Hockey

What Ilves-Hockey does

Ilves-Hockey is a Finnish non-profit multi-sport organization founded in 1931 and headquartered in Tampere, Finland. According to the firmographic record, the organization offers four sporting disciplines — football, ice hockey, futsal, and floorball — making it a vertically integrated community sports club rather than a single-sport entity. Its operational scale is described as 101-250 employees, indicating a mid-sized organization with permanent coaching, administrative, and likely commercial functions supporting multiple competitive teams across age groups and senior levels.

The company is structured as a private non-profit, meaning it does not have public shareholders and its revenue mechanics are not publicly traded. For non-profit sports clubs of this profile, revenue typically derives from a mix of membership fees, match-day ticketing, sponsorship and advertising contracts with local and regional corporate partners, municipal and league grants, and ancillary services such as merchandise and facility rental. Specific revenue figures, sponsorship rosters, league tier placements, and ticket or membership volumes are not disclosed in the available source material.

A material caveat applies to the underlying data quality: the attempted crawl of the company's official website (ilves.com) returned only a loading/verification page with no substantive business content. As a result, fields such as management team, funding history, product portfolio, technology stack, partnerships, and corporate structure could not be populated from primary sources. The descriptive picture above relies on the firmographic snapshot alone, and any investment-relevant conclusions about commercial depth, competitive positioning, or financial trajectory should be treated as preliminary until first-party disclosures become available.

Name

Ilves-Hockey

Website

https://www.ilves.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1931

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Ilves-Hockey is a Finnish non-profit multi-sport club founded in 1931 in Tampere, operating football, ice hockey, futsal, and floorball programs and employing 101-250 staff. It serves athletes, members, and fans across the Tampere community.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Multi-Sport Club Services

NAICS

Sports Teams and Clubs (711211)

SIC

Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997)

akta.pro primary industry

Team Sports Clubs (Football/Soccer, Basketball, Baseball, Hockey, Rugby, Cricket, etc.) (MPAKABAA)

Keywords

• Ice hockey club
• Football club
• Futsal programs
• Floorball programs
• Sports association

Headquarters

HQ city

Tampere

HQ country

Finland

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Core offering

Ilves-Hockey is a Tampere-based non-profit multi-sport organization that fields competitive teams and runs programs in football, ice hockey, futsal, and floorball. The organization operates as a traditional sports club offering participation, training, and competition across these four sports disciplines.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Football Program Competitive football (soccer) teams and participation programs run by the Ilves-Hockey organization, serving athletes and supporters in Tampere, Finland.
• Ice Hockey Program Competitive ice hockey teams and youth/player development programs run by the Ilves-Hockey organization, serving athletes and supporters in Tampere, Finland.
• Futsal Program Indoor futsal teams and participation programs offered by Ilves-Hockey as part of its multi-sport offering.
• Floorball Program Indoor floorball teams and participation programs offered by Ilves-Hockey as part of its multi-sport offering.

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Direct peers

• Tampereen Tappara: Tappara is the other major Tampere-based ice hockey club competing in Liiga; it is the most direct sporting rival to Ilves-Hockey and operates with a similar fan-base, arena, and competitive positioning.
• Helsingfors IFK (HIFK): HIFK is a Helsinki-based multi-sport club (ice hockey in Liiga plus football and other sports) that closely mirrors Ilves-Hockey's structure as a traditional Finnish multi-sport membership organization.
• Turun Palloseura (TPS): TPS is a Turku-based multi-sport club with ice hockey and football operations; it is comparable to Ilves-Hockey as a regional Finnish club operating multiple sports under a single membership-based umbrella.
• Rauman Lukko: Lukko is a Rauma-based ice hockey club in Liiga with similar regional-club economics and a comparable mix of professional hockey operations plus community/youth programming.
• Porin Ässät: Ässät is a Pori-based Liiga ice hockey club with a traditional regional supporter base, directly comparable to Ilves-Hockey in scale and competitive context.
• HJK Helsinki: HJK is Finland's most prominent football club and operates a non-profit/membership-style structure; it is the most direct peer to Ilves-Hockey's football operations.
• FC Inter Turku: FC Inter is a Turku-based professional football club in the top Finnish division, comparable to the football side of Ilves-Hockey's multi-sport portfolio.
• Saimaan Pallo (SaiPa): SaiPa is a Lappeenranta-based Liiga ice hockey club comparable in scale and regional-club economics to Ilves-Hockey.

Regional players

• Kalevan Pallo (KaaPo) / Kuopion Palloseura (KuPS): KuPS is a Kuopio-based Finnish football club in the top tier; it shares a comparable regional-club model and footballing operational scope with Ilves-Hockey's football division.

Others

• Finnish Ice Hockey Association (Jääkiekkoliitto): The Finnish national ice hockey federation governs amateur and youth ice hockey in Finland; it is adjacent rather than competitive, but relevant as the governing body and ecosystem participant for Ilves-Hockey's hockey operations.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ilveshockey
• Facebookfacebook.com/ilveshockey
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ilveshockey

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Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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