REKO

What REKO does

REKO is a Norwegian labor-market and rehabilitation services provider headquartered in Steinkjer and operating under the trivgruppen.no web property. The company delivers workforce reintegration services to job seekers and connects them with employers, drawing on a heritage dating to 1952 and a current headcount of 51-100. Alongside its employment-services core, REKO runs Kastvollen Rehabiliteringssenter, a specialized rehabilitation facility serving Parkinson's patients, extending its scope into clinical rehabilitation.

The company's product surface spans three sub-brands: Karriereportalen (a digital career portal for job seekers and employers), the Karrierepasset tool (a free, self-service career planning instrument), and the on-site rehabilitation services delivered at Kastvollen. Each sub-brand addresses a distinct customer segment — job seekers, employers, and rehabilitation patients respectively — and together they form a multi-sided service platform rather than a single-product business.

Operationally, REKO appears to generate revenue through contracted workforce reintegration and rehabilitation services, most plausibly under Norwegian public-sector frameworks such as NAV and municipal health commissioning, supplemented by employer and individual-pay service lines. Its distribution relies on direct relationships in the Steinkjer region, supplemented by Facebook and LinkedIn marketing channels. No disclosed ARR, contract values, customer counts, or pricing tiers are available in the input, so revenue mechanics are inferred rather than observed. The company is privately held and for-profit, with no public statements on funding, M&A, or expansion strategy in the available data.

Name

REKO

Legal name

Trivgruppen

Website

https://reko.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1952

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

REKO is a Norwegian workforce reintegration and rehabilitation services provider in Steinkjer, serving job seekers, employers, and Parkinson's rehabilitation patients through its Karriereportalen digital platform, free Karrierepasset tool, and the Kastvollen Rehabiliteringssenter.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Workforce Development Services

NAICS

Temporary Help Services (561320), Business Support Services (5614)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Miscellaneous Repair Services (7600)

akta.pro primary industry

Reentry & Justice-Involved Support Services (BPAGAEAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

Workforce Reentry Programs (Justice-Involved) (EDAAAOAG), Repair, Refurbishment & Remanufacturing Services (EUAIANAB)

Keywords

• Workforce reintegration services
• Rehabilitation healthcare services
• Career planning tools
• Employment matching services
• Skills assessment platforms

Headquarters

HQ city

Steinkjer

HQ country

Norway

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

REKO operates workforce reintegration and sustainable peatland management activities, operating under the Trivgruppen brand in Norway. The company delivers career planning tools (Karrierepasset), a digital career portal (Karriereportalen), rehabilitation services through Kastvollen Rehabiliteringssenter, and goods/services for work inclusion. Services are directed at job seekers, employers seeking qualified candidates, and rehabilitation patients including those with Parkinson's disease.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Karriereportalen: A digital platform providing opportunities for individuals to take responsibility for their own process toward education or employment.
• Kastvollen Rehabiliteringssenter
• Kopano Partner

Products and services

• Karrierepasset

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Randstad Norway: Major Norwegian staffing and HR services firm (Randstad). Comparable to REKO for employer-matching and job-seeker placement services, especially through public-sector workforce programs; does not offer specialized clinical rehabilitation or sustainability work.
• Adecco Norway: Norwegian operations of global workforce solutions provider Adecco, offering staffing, career transition, and training programs. Overlaps with REKO on the workforce reintegration and skills-mapping segments, particularly for outplacement and career-coaching contracts with NAV-aligned clients.
• ManpowerGroup Norway: Norwegian arm of global staffing firm ManpowerGroup, providing temporary staffing, career services, and outplacement. Comparable to REKO on the employer-matching and job-seeker support side, though operating at much larger scale and without REKO's rehabilitation or sustainability lines.
• NAV (Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration) service providers: NAV itself plus its contracted tiltak providers (labor-market measures) form the public-sector ecosystem REKO sells into. These providers run comparable reintegration and qualification programs across Norway, making them both peers and channel partners for REKO.
• Attendo Norway: Nordic care and welfare services provider operating in Norway across healthcare, elderly care, and individual/family support. Comparable to REKO's social services and rehabilitation lines, with similar municipal contracting dynamics.

Others

• Samfunnsbedriftene: Norwegian association for social enterprises and publicly owned mission-driven businesses. Relevant as an institutional peer/reference for REKO's hybrid for-profit social-enterprise model and as a network for contracting and advocacy with NAV and municipalities.

Direct peers

• Hero (rehabilitation provider, Norway): Norwegian private rehabilitation services group operating specialized rehab centers across multiple indications. Closest comparable to REKO's Kastvollen Rehabiliteringssenter in terms of clinical rehabilitation delivery model, patient mix, and Norwegian healthcare contracting.
• Unicare: Norwegian healthcare and rehabilitation provider with multiple specialized clinics. Comparable to REKO's Kastvollen operation for clinical rehab delivery, scale, and reliance on public healthcare procurement in Norway.

Emerging players

• Karrierepartner / StepStone Norway: Norwegian career platforms (e.g., StepStone Norway and similar local career-portal operators) that offer job-seeker tools, skills insights, and employer-matching. Most directly comparable to REKO's Karriereportalen and Karrierepasset on digital career services.

Regional players

• Lysefjorden Utviklingslag / regional Norwegian work-inclusion AS: Regional Norwegian work-inclusion and local development organizations that combine labor activation with environmental or community projects. Comparable to REKO for the hybrid reintegration-plus-environmental-mission model, though typically smaller and more locally focused.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/rekoarbeidogkarriere
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/rekoas

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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