KEKS

Name

KEKS

Legal name

KEKS Stödförening

Website

https://keks.se

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Work Development Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Student Wellness & Prevention Programs (Substance Use, Sexual Health, Bullying) (EDAJAIAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Test Prep & Exam Readiness (K–12) (EDAJALAC)

Keywords

• Youth work development
• Municipal network services
• Youth participation documentation
• Open youth work
• Professional development networks

Headquarters

HQ city

Gothenburg

HQ country

Sweden

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: KEKS is a support association (Stödförening) whose primary revenue comes from membership fees paid by municipal administrations and organizations that run open youth work. Members gain access to The Logbook digital system, the network, conferences, training, and development resources.
2. Conference Revenue: Annual KEKS Conference generates revenue through participant registration fees. Early bird pricing at 1,600 SEK/person and regular at 1,900 SEK/person for members, with hotel and meal add-ons. The 2026 conference drew over 700 participants.
3. Training Courses and ELD Education: KEKS offers structured training programs including ELD (a method for systematic youth participation), courses, supervision, and themed network activities. Revenue generated through course fees for training sessions held across different regions.
4. Publications and Materials: Sale of KEKS publications, handbooks, and writings (handböcker och skrifter) covering youth work methodology, participation, and quality frameworks. Also sells books and other materials.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

KEKS is a Swedish support association (stödförening) that operates a European network of municipal administrations responsible for open youth work, delivering a digital quality management platform (The Logbook), an annual standardized youth survey (Mötessplatsenkäten), competency frameworks, themed peer networks, training programmes (ELD, KXeducation), and a flagship annual conference. Its work is grounded in the Council of Europe's recommendation on youth work and the European Charter on Local Youth Work.

Product overview

KEKS is a European network of municipal administrations and organizations responsible for open youth work. The organization's primary digital platform is 'The Logbook' (with variants The Logbook Street and KXeducation), which provides comprehensive tools for documentation, surveys, key figures tracking, and systematic quality development in youth work. Supporting products include Mötesplatsenkäten (annual youth survey), ELD methodology, KEKS Awards recognition program, KEKS Konferens (annual conference), KEKS Talks (digital themed exchanges), and competency frameworks. The System (encompassing The Logbook family and KXeducation) forms the core technical infrastructure for member organizations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• The Logbook A web-based digital platform delivered via subscription to member municipalities that enables systematic documentation, surveys, key-figure tracking, results reporting, and analysis/reflection/action cycles for open youth work organizations. Includes a street-work variant (The Logbook Street).
• KXeducation Digital education and training platform within the KEKS System, offering online courses and educational resources for municipal youth workers and managers.
• Mötessplatsenkäten Annual standardized youth survey offered to member municipalities during weeks 41-43 each year, collecting feedback from young people about youth meeting places on participation, safety, inclusion, and learning outcomes. Results feed into The Logbook for analysis and benchmarking.
• Systematisk Våldsprevention (SVP) Systematic Violence Prevention programme — a methodology and toolkit for preventing violence through systematic documentation and analysis in open youth work settings, offered to member municipalities.
• ELD (Utveckling, Lärande, Dokumentation) Education methodology for systematic development, learning, and documentation in open youth work, delivered as regional training sessions across Sweden to youth workers and managers.
• Kompetensramverk & Läroplan Youth Worker Competency Framework and Curriculum developed by KEKS for defining, assessing, and credentialing competencies in open youth work; aligned with the European Charter on Local Youth Work and available as a publication.
• KEKS Konferens (Annual Conference) Annual multi-day conference held each year in Gothenburg (Lindholmen Conference Centre), bringing together youth workers, managers, and European partners for seminars, study visits, networking, and the KEKS Awards ceremony. Member registration starts at 1,600 SEK per person.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 13,000 youth survey responses in 2025 (record), up from 12,564 in 2024
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Sparks GenerationminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 March 2024KEKS announced a new collaboration with Sparks Generation in March 2024. The nature of the partnership focuses on youth work development and cross-sector collaboration.
• Europe Goes Local (EGL) / EGL SverigecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEurope Goes Local is a European cooperation platform for local youth work. KEKS is an active participant and co-host of EGL Sverige (EGL Sweden). The partnership provides the framework for KEKS's systematic development work, including the Youth Work Development Toolkit and shared quality standards aligned with the European Charter on Local Youth Work.
• Council of Europe (Europarådet)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKEKS builds all its work on the Council of Europe's recommendation on youth work and the European Charter on Local Youth Work. The partnership provides the normative and quality framework underlying KEKS's methodology, The Logbook, and member standards.
• DYPALLminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDYPALL (Dynamic Youth Participation in Alliances) is a European organization working with youth participation in decision-making processes. KEKS collaborates on methodologies for youth influence and participation frameworks.
• INEDNET (Information and Education Development Network, Armenia)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerINEDNET is an Armenian youth organization and KEKS member. Awarded KEKS European 2026 for its strong commitment to international youth work. KEKS members (Alingsås) participate in INEDNET's BUDGETIFY project. INEDNET presents regularly at KEKS conferences on Armenian youth work practices.
• YouthLink ScotlandminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerYouthLink Scotland is the national agency for youth work in Scotland, led by Liz Green. KEKS collaborates on methodologies for recognizing youth learning outcomes and uses Scotland's Youth Work Outcomes and Skills Framework as a reference in its curriculum work.
• Ljubljana Municipality / Mladi zmajiminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLjubljana Municipality's youth department and its public institution Mladi zmaji collaborate with KEKS on youth center development, compassion-based leadership frameworks, and European youth work quality standards.
• MUCF (Myndigheten för ungdoms- och civilsamhällesfrågor)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMUCF is the Swedish Agency for Youth and Civil Society. MUCF staff participate in KEKS conferences as presenters on topics including sexual vulnerability, international exchanges, and European Solidarity Corps programs. KEKS has co-signed open letters to the government with MUCF and other national actors.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Europe Goes Local (EGL): European cooperation platform for local youth work co-organised by the European Youth Forum and partner networks. Comparable as the broader European umbrella under which KEKS operates its systematic quality work; covers more countries but lacks a single QMS like The Logbook.
• European Youth Forum: Platform of European youth organisations that co-organises Europe Goes Local. Comparable as a broader European ecosystem player influencing the same youth-work policy and funding environment in which KEKS operates.
• Youth Department of the Council of Europe: European intergovernmental body that authors the European Charter on Local Youth Work that KEKS's methodology is built on. Comparable as the policy/framework counterpart that defines the standards KEKS implements.
• MUCF (Swedish Agency for Youth and Civil Society): Swedish government agency funding youth and civil society initiatives. Not a peer in the product sense, but a comparable national-level player in the youth work ecosystem that KEKS co-signs open letters with and that sets the policy context for kommunal youth work.

Direct peers

• YouthLink Scotland: National agency for youth work in Scotland, explicitly referenced by KEKS as a methodological partner. Comparable in scope: both are national/regional bodies supporting local authority youth work with competency frameworks, quality standards, and cross-municipal collaboration.
• DYPALL Network: European network headquartered in Lisbon focused on youth participation in local decision-making. Directly comparable to KEKS as a peer organisation collaborating on participation methodology and European project work (KEKS partnership data lists DYPALL as a strategic collaborator).
• Mladi zmaji (Ljubljana): Ljubljana's public institution for youth work, led by Katarina Gorenc (KEKS Honorary Award 2026 winner). Comparable as a municipal-level youth work operator partnering with KEKS on quality frameworks and compassion-based leadership.

Emerging players

• Sparks Generation: European youth organisation explicitly listed as a KEKS collaboration partner (announced March 2024). Comparable as a smaller emerging player in the same cross-sector youth work development space.

Others

• EU-CoE Youth Partnership: Joint programme of the European Commission and Council of Europe producing research and knowledge on youth work. Comparable as an adjacent knowledge/infrastructure partner that KEKS members engage with on European youth policy and research.

Regional players

• INEDNET (Armenia): Armenian youth organisation and KEKS member, awarded KEKS European 2026. Comparable as a national non-profit network engaged in cross-border youth work cooperation via Erasmus+ and the European Solidarity Corps.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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