Boplats Väst

What Boplats Väst does

Boplats Väst (legal name Boplats Göteborg AB) operates boplats.se, a digital housing mediation platform headquartered at Rosenlundsplatsen 1, Göteborg, Sweden. Founded in 1994 and wholly owned by Göteborgs Stad through its subsidiary Göteborgs Stadshus AB, the company mediates rental apartments across 15+ municipalities in western Sweden, including Göteborg, Mölndal, Partille, Kungälv, Härryda, Borås, Stenungsund, Kungsbacka, Lerum, Ale, Alingsås, and others. As of end-2025, the platform had 307,593 registered housing seekers and mediated 6,853 rental apartments during 2025, with 89% of mediated volume sourced from public housing companies (allmännytta).

The platform implements a queue-time (ködagar) allocation system where applicants accumulate one day of waiting time per day of active subscription, with apartments allocated purely by queue time when landlord criteria are met. Technical components include a queue tracking database operational since September 2004, automated integration with Swedish authorities for credit verification (kreditupplysning), folkbokföring checks, and kronofogden records, and an interactive public statistics dashboard launched in March 2026. The platform categorizes listings into specialized groups including student housing, senior housing (55+), and trygghetsboende (safe-living for 65+). The organization also runs the annual Bonytt housing fair at Clarion Hotel Post, connecting property developers with housing seekers.

The service is entirely financed by an annual 200 SEK queue fee paid by registered housing seekers; the fee was raised from 100 SEK in September 2019 when the organization transformed into a full housing mediation service and Göteborgs Stad became sole owner. Landlords use the platform free of charge. The company rebranded from Boplats Göteborg to Boplats Väst in September 2024 to reflect its expanded regional scope, and from January 2026 the queue is free for users aged 17-21, with the organization reporting several consecutive years of positive economic results.

Name

Boplats Väst

Legal name

Boplats Göteborg AB

Website

https://boplats.se

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Boplats Väst operates boplats.se, a municipally-owned digital housing mediation platform serving western Sweden. Registered housing seekers accumulate queue time to be matched with rental apartments from public housing companies and private landlords across 15+ municipalities in the region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Gothenburg

HQ country

Sweden

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Annual Queue Fee: The organization is entirely financed by annual fees from registered housing seekers. Users pay 200 SEK per year to maintain their queue position. Fee collection began in October 2012 at 100 SEK and was increased to 200 SEK in September 2019 when the organization became a full housing mediation service. Free for ages 17-21 from January 2026.
2. Free Service for Landlords: Landlords and housing companies use the platform free of charge. The service is funded entirely by the annual queue fee from housing seekers, not from landlords.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Boplats Väst operates a digital housing mediation service (boplats.se) that matches rental apartment seekers with available listings across western Sweden using a transparent queue-based ranking system. Housing seekers pay an annual fee of 200 SEK to maintain their queue position and accumulate waiting days, while landlords and housing companies publish listings and manage applications through the platform free of charge. The service is financed entirely by consumer fees and prioritizes allocation by accumulated queue time.

Product overview

Boplats Väst operates boplats.se as a unified digital housing agency platform for rental apartments in western Sweden, covering Gothenburg and surrounding municipalities. The core platform enables apartment seekers to create accounts, accumulate queue time (ködagar), search and apply for listings, and manage viewings and contracts. The platform categorizes housing into several types: regular apartments, student housing, senior housing (55+), and trygghetsboende (safe living for 65-70+). The service launched an interactive statistics tool in March 2026 for public data exploration. All applicants are ranked by queue time when landlord requirements are met, with the system fully financed by an annual fee of 200 SEK from registered users.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• boplats.se Digital Housing Mediation Platform A digital housing agency platform serving western Sweden, enabling apartment seekers to search listings, register interest, and queue for rental housing. Applicants are ranked by queue time when landlord requirements are met. Used by 307,593 registered seekers (end of 2025).
• Queue System (Ködagar) A queue time accumulation system where registered users gain one queue day per day of active membership. Queue time determines ranking when applying for apartments and resets upon receiving a housing contract.
• Interactive Statistics Tool An interactive data visualization tool that displays open statistics from the housing mediation service, allowing users to explore queue times, rental prices, and applicant numbers by area, year, and housing type.
• Student Housing (Studentlägenheter) Apartment listings reserved exclusively for students at universities and colleges in the Gothenburg region.
• Senior Housing (Seniorboende) Apartment listings reserved for applicants aged 55 and older, mediated by queue time order.
• Trygghetsboende Safe living apartments reserved for people aged 65-70 or older, featuring security guards and communal spaces for socializing.
• New Production Housing (Nyproduktion) Newly constructed apartments available for rental through the platform, including projects like Masthuggskajen and Återbruket.
• Bonytt Housing Fair A housing fair organized by Boplats Väst in collaboration with property companies, showcasing new housing options for rent and purchase in western Sweden. Held annually at Clarion Hotel Post in Göteborg, free admission.
• Customer Service Phone and email support for housing seekers, available Monday-Friday 8-16, with in-person customer reception in Göteborg on Tuesdays and Thursdays 13-16. Phone: 031-100 250.

Quantifiable outcome

• 89% of mediated apartments come from public housing companies (allmännytta), demonstrating strong market position in public housing sector
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• StenungsundshemcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 17 February 2025Public housing company (allmännytta) for Stenungsund municipality with approximately 2,200 apartments (over 60% of municipal rental apartments). Joined Boplats Väst platform in February 2025, allowing their apartments to be published on boplats.se and their existing queue to be transferred.
• ViskaforshemminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 19 January 2025Public housing company owned by Borås Stad with 582 bostadslägenheter (2023). Started using Boplats Väst from January 19, 2025 on a 6-month trial basis. Their existing queue will be moved to boplats.se.
• Public Housing Companies (Allmännytta)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor89% of mediated apartments come from public housing companies. Major partners include Poseidon (Göteborg), along with housing companies from multiple municipalities including Ale, Alingsås, Borås, Härryda, Kungsbacka, Kungälv, Lerum, Mölndal, Partille, Stenungsund, Öckerö and others.
• Property Companies at Bonytt FairminorGTM or Marketing PartnerProperty companies participating in the annual Bonytt housing fair include Bostadsbolaget, Derome, Eksta, Ikano bostad, JM, Jutabo, PEAB, Poseidon, Riksbyggen, Seniorgården, Skanska, and Vänersborgsbostäder. Fair showcases new housing developments across western Sweden.
• Göteborgs Stad (Gothenburg City)coreOthersBoplats Väst is part of Boplats Göteborg AB, owned by Göteborgs Stad through Göteborgs Stadshus AB. Works according to municipal directives for sustainable, open city development.
• Hyresgästföreningen (Tenants' Association)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated on student housing research report published April 2026. Partnership aims to understand and address student housing challenges in Göteborg.
• Göteborgs Förenade Studentkårer (Gothenburg Student Unions)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated on student housing research together with Hyresgästföreningen. Surveyed 1,280 students about their housing situation and needs.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Malmö Stads Bostadsförmedling: Malmö's municipal housing queue service, explicitly cited by Boplats Väst as one of the two Swedish models (alongside Stockholm) that informed its 2019 transformation into a full housing agency.
• Stockholms Bostadsförmedling: Municipal housing mediation service for the Stockholm region, operating the same queue-time-based rental allocation model as Boplats Väst and serving as the direct functional analog in Sweden's largest housing market.

Emerging players

• Hygglo: Peer-to-peer rental marketplace in Sweden, primarily for items but with a growing housing and space subletting category; tangential overlap as an alternative rental channel.
• Qasa: Tech-enabled rental platform operating across Sweden that offers landlords tenant matching and contract management; competes for the same landlord relationship that Boplats Väst serves free of charge.
• Samtrygg: Swedish subletting/rental platform focused on second-hand contracts, addressing an adjacent (and partially substitutive) market for renters who cannot obtain a first-hand contract via Boplats Väst's queue.

Broad incumbents

• Booli: Swedish property search engine and listing aggregator covering both sales and rentals nationwide; overlaps with Boplats Väst's landlord/tenant discovery use case at a broader, less regional scope.
• Blocket Bostad: Housing section of Sweden's largest general classifieds platform; widely used as an alternative channel for both first-hand and second-hand rental listings across the country.
• Hemnet: Sweden's largest online property marketplace, dominated by sales listings but also covering rental housing. Operates at national scale and is the most comparable digital real estate platform in the country.

Regional players

• Bostadsförmedlingen i Västra Götalandsregionen (other municipal queues): Smaller municipal housing queues still operating independently in Västra Götaland municipalities not yet onboarded to Boplats Väst; represent both competitive overlap and future consolidation targets.

Others

• Sveriges Allmännytta (Swedish Public Housing Association): Industry association representing Sweden's municipal housing companies (allmännytta), which collectively supply 89% of Boplats Väst's mediated apartments — a key ecosystem counterparty rather than a competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Boplats
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/boplats-g%C3%B6teborg-ab
• Instagraminstagram.com/boplatsvast

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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