What Hylte Kommun does

Hylte Kommun is a Swedish municipal government entity (kommun) headquartered at Storgatan 8, Hyltebruk, in Halland County, Sweden. Formed in its current structure in 1974 through a merger of Hylte kommun, Torups kommun, and most of Unnaryds kommun, the municipality serves approximately 10,350 residents across a 1,046.6 square kilometre area. It delivers the full range of statutory Swedish municipal services, including preschool, primary and secondary education, elderly care, social services, urban planning, environmental and waste management, public transport, cultural activities, and business development support. The municipality also runs targeted community programs such as the Fritidskortet leisure subsidy (SEK 500-2,000 per child per year) and participates in the 'Goda grannar' inter-municipal cooperation with Falkenberg, Halmstad, and Laholm on family counselling and para-transit services.

Hylte operates a digital service ecosystem built on SiteVision CMS, with the main website hylte.se (launched 2023-09-05 under Sweden's DOS-lagen accessibility requirements), the citizen self-service portal service.hylte.se (authenticated via BankID or Telia e-legitimation), the Hylteappen mobile app (launched Spring 2022, updated Spring 2024, with approximately 3,000 downloads), meetings.hylte.se (MeetingPlus political transparency portal), an Innocode-powered event calendar, and an Actors Smartbook-based association portal. Supporting technologies include Piwik analytics, Rek.ai recommendation engine, Readspeaker text-to-speech, and Siteimprove accessibility monitoring. AI is used as a productivity tool for news content production with mandatory editorial review.

The municipality's revenue is funded by Swedish municipal taxes, state government grants, and limited user fees (e.g., SEK 50 plus SEK 2 per page for public document copies, SEK 500-2,000 per child per year for Fritidskortet). No traditional operating revenue is disclosed. The municipality was recognized as 'Årets kommun 2021' (Municipality of the Year 2021) and adopted a Growth and Development Strategy through 2040 in May 2025.

Name

Hylte Kommun

Legal name

Hylte kommun

Website

https://hylte.se

Company type

Private

Founded year

1974

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Hylte Kommun is a Swedish municipal government entity in Halland County serving approximately 10,350 residents with statutory public services including education, elderly care, and social support, delivered through a Contact Centre, the hylte.se website, service.hylte.se e-service portal, and Hylteappen mobile application.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Government Services

NAICS

Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services (56), Administrative and Support Services (561)

SIC

Sanitary Services (4950), Refuse Systems (4953)

akta.pro primary industry

Hazardous Household Waste (HHW) Collection Events & Programs (EUAIAAAM)

Keywords

• Municipal government services
• Public administration
• Social welfare services
• Primary education
• Elderly care services

Headquarters

HQ city

Hyltebruk

HQ country

Sweden

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Hylte Kommun is a Swedish municipality that delivers statutory public services to its residents, including primary and secondary education, childcare (förskola), elderly care (äldreomsorg), social services (socialtjänst), healthcare coordination, cultural and recreational activities, building permits, and municipal planning. The kommun funds these services primarily through municipal taxation and government grants and supports them with a digital ecosystem (hylte.se, the Hylteappen mobile app, the service.hylte.se e-services portal, and a digital meeting platform).

Product overview

Hylte Kommun operates a digital service ecosystem composed of a main municipal website (hylte.se), a citizen self-service portal (service.hylte.se), a mobile application (Hylteappen), a public meeting management portal (meetings.hylte.se), an event calendar system, and an association portal (Föreningsportal). The main website hylte.se serves as the unified entry point to all services and uses AI-assisted text generation for news content. Hylteappen is the citizen-facing mobile app providing news, events, association updates, and business information. The self-service portal handles authenticated transactions such as applications, bookings, and payments. The meeting portal publishes political committee schedules and protocols. These digital services are complemented by operational status links, the Fritidskortet leisure card system, and a business portal section within Hylteappen.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Hylteappen: Official municipal mobile application for residents to access news, events, disturbances, and community information.
• Företagsportal i Hylteappen

Products and services

• Primary and Secondary Education Public schooling from grundskola (compulsory school) through gymnasium (upper secondary school), operated by the municipality for resident children and adolescents.
• Childcare (Förskola) Public preschool services for children aged 1–5, providing early childhood education and care to resident families.
• Elderly Care (Äldreomsorg) Äldreomsorg providing home-help services, nursing-home care, and other support services for elderly residents of Hylte municipality.
• Social Services (Socialtjänst) Socialtjänst including economic assistance, family support, addiction treatment referrals, and protective services for vulnerable individuals resident in the municipality.
• Building Permits and Municipal Planning Bygglov (building permits), detailed planning, and related municipal planning services for residents, businesses, and developers building within Hylte municipality.
• Cultural and Recreational Services Cultural activities, libraries, sports and recreation facilities, and community events for residents of Hylte municipality.

Quantifiable outcome

• 96.5% of Hylte municipality's 6th grade students achieve swimming competency targets
• +1 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration10 records

AI capability3 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Falkenberg municipalityminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 June 2026The four 'Goda grannar' municipalities (Falkenberg, Halmstad, Laholm, Hylte) have decided to take a new direction for para-transit (färdtjänst) ahead of 2028, signaling termination of current arrangements.
• Halmstad municipalityminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 June 2026Partner in 'Goda grannar' cooperation. Halmstad and Hylte have operated a joint family counselling reception for several years. New direction for para-transit cooperation with all four municipalities being taken ahead of 2028.
• Falkenberg municipalityminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 June 2026Partner in 'Goda grannar' cooperation for para-transit services. Four municipalities (Falkenberg, Halmstad, Laholm, Hylte) jointly developing new direction for färdtjänst service ahead of 2028.
• Laholm municipalityminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 June 2026Laholm municipality joined the existing 'Goda grannar' (Good Neighbours) cooperation with Hylte and Halmstad municipalities regarding family counselling (familjerådgivning). This expands the shared service provision to three municipalities.
• Samiljo (SÅM)minorOthersSamiljo (SÅM) handles sewage pumping and waste management services. SÅM always notifies individual sewage pit (slammbrunn) emptying via letter. Citizens are advised to contact SÅM at tel: 010-414 47 00 for sewage-related queries.
• HallandstrafikenminorOthersRegional public transport provider offering leisure and senior tickets at favourable prices. Information linked from hylte.se and available through the municipality's transport pages.
• SiteVision ABcoreTechnology or IntegrationSiteVision provides the CMS (publishing tool) used for hylte.se. JSESSIONID cookie is used by SiteVision to identify logged-in users and provide correct permissions. SiteVisionLTM cookie is used for load balancing in SiteVision Cloud. The platform includes automatic accessibility checks.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Ljungby kommun: Similar small Swedish rural municipality in Kronoberg County with comparable population (~28,000), service portfolio, and digital government maturity profile.
• Älmhults kommun: Similar small Swedish municipality in Kronoberg County with comparable population (~17,000), rural-industrial economy, and digital government maturity.
• Falkenbergs kommun: Goda grannar partner and Halland County neighbor; directly comparable in shared services (family counselling, para-transit) and regional governance cooperation with Hylte.
• Halmstads kommun: Long-standing Goda grannar partner; operates the joint family counselling reception with Hylte. Larger regional center in Halland County but directly comparable in shared-service structure and digital governance approach.
• Laholms kommun: Direct Goda grannar cooperation partner; similar small Swedish municipality that recently joined the family counselling shared service with Hylte. Closely comparable in population scale, rural character, and digital service profile.
• Vaggeryds kommun: Similar small Swedish municipality in Jönköping County with comparable population (~14,000), rural character, and municipal service portfolio.
• Värnamo kommun: Similar small Swedish municipality in Jönköping County with comparable population (~34,000), rural-industrial profile, and focus on e-government service delivery.
• Gislaveds kommun: Neighboring small municipality in Jönköping County with comparable population size, industrial-rural economy, and digital public service delivery model.
• Markaryds kommun: Similar small Swedish rural municipality in Kronoberg County with comparable population (~10,000) and demographic profile to Hylte.

Broad incumbents

• Kungsbacka kommun: Larger Halland County municipality and broader incumbent in the same regional governance ecosystem; useful for benchmarking Hylte's digital and shared-service initiatives against a better-resourced peer.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Hylte
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hylte-kommun
• Xx.com/Hyltekommun

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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