EKOROSK

What EKOROSK does

Ab Ekorosk Oy (Ekorosk) is a regional municipal waste management utility incorporated in Finland under the Swedish-language limited company form, headquartered at Spituholmsvägen 90, Jakobstad (Pietarsaari), and operating across approximately ten municipalities in the Ostrobothnia (Pohjanmaa) region, including Jakobstad, Karleby, Kauhava, Kaustby, Kronoby, Larsmo, Nykarleby, Pedersöre, Evijärvi, and Veteli. The company is bilingual (Finnish/Swedish) and is reported in firmographic sources as founded in 1990, with continuous annual reporting dating from 2003.

Ekorosk's core offering is scheduled household waste collection, delivered through kerbside bin emptying for bio-waste, energy waste, and packaging fractions (cardboard, plastic, metal, glass), complemented by a physical receiving network of 23 recycling stations and 261 eco-points (181 operated by Ekorosk and 80 maintained by partner Rinki). Adjacent services include sludge transport coordination across municipalities, hazardous and electrical waste acceptance at recycling stations, and environmental education and sorting-advisory services for schools and organizations, including a 1,000+ item waste dictionary. The underlying technology stack is physical infrastructure (collection vehicles, bin systems, processing facilities including the Pirilö waste center) rather than software platforms; no APIs, AI/ML, or proprietary software products are disclosed.

The business model is a regulated municipal subscription utility: customers are billed monthly on a four-component fee structure (base fee / grundavgift, treatment fee / behandlingsavgift, emptying fee / tömningstaxa, billing surcharge / faktureringstillägg), with a planned behavioral surcharge of €10 per emptying for plastic bags placed in bio-waste from January 2027. Revenue is generated from a long-tail household customer base, with secondary contributions from housing companies (bostadsbolag), summer cottages, and educational institutions. The company holds ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001 certifications, and operates without disclosed parent-company ownership, funding rounds, M&A activity, or public-market listing.

Name

EKOROSK

Legal name

Ab Ekorosk Oy

Website

https://ekorosk.fi

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ab Ekorosk Oy is a Finnish-Swedish municipal waste management utility headquartered in Jakobstad, Ostrobothnia, providing scheduled household waste collection, 23 recycling stations, 261 eco-points, and sludge transport across approximately ten municipalities under a subscription-based regulated fee model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Waste Management Services

NAICS

Solid Waste Collection (562111)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953)

akta.pro primary industry

Waste & Resource Management (General Waste/Recycling/Composting) (IMAIAAAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Solid Waste & Recycling Services Administration (BPAIACAH)

Keywords

• Waste management services
• Recycling services
• Municipal waste collection
• Household waste collection
• Sludge transport services

Headquarters

HQ city

Jakobstad (Pietarsaari)

HQ country

Finland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Waste Collection and Treatment Services: Ekorosk generates revenue through waste collection and treatment services for households and businesses. Fees include a base fee (grundavgift/perusmaksu), treatment fee (behandlingsavgift), emptying fee (tömningsavgift/tyhjennysmaksu), and billing surcharge (faktureringstillägg/laskutuslisä). Services cover bio-waste, energy waste, packaging materials (cardboard, plastic, metal, glass), and other waste fractions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

EKOROSK (Ab Ekorosk Oy) is a regional waste management utility operating in the Ostrobothnia region of Finland, providing scheduled waste collection, recycling, and sludge transport services to households, housing companies, and summer cottages. The company operates an infrastructure network of 23 recycling stations and 261 eco-points, handling separate fractions including bio-waste, energy waste, cardboard, plastic, metal, glass, and paper packaging, supplemented by environmental education and advisory services.

Product overview

Ekorosk is a waste management company operating in the Ostrobothnia region of Finland, providing comprehensive waste collection and recycling services. The company operates a network of 23 recycling stations and 261 eco-points for household waste disposal. Core services include separate collection of bio waste and energy waste for households and housing companies, along with recycling services for cardboard, plastic, metal, glass, and paper packaging. The company also provides sludge transport services across multiple municipalities and offers environmental education programs for schools and organizations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bio Waste Collection Service Scheduled collection service for bio-waste (food scraps, vegetable peels, egg shells, tea bags, coffee grounds) from households and housing companies, with recommended paper bag packaging for disposal. Plastic bags in bio-waste will incur a €10 surcharge per emptying from January 2027.
• Energy Waste Collection Service Scheduled collection service for energy waste including diapers, hygiene products, dirty cardboard and plastic packaging, baking paper, used kitchen roll, napkins, gift wrapping, dust, and vacuum cleaner bags.
• Cardboard Packaging Recycling Service Collection and recycling service for cardboard packaging including milk cartons, juice packs, pizza boxes, flour bags, egg boxes, detergent boxes, pasta packaging, and corrugated cardboard.
• Plastic Packaging Recycling Service Collection service for plastic packaging including food plastic, tomato boxes, yoghurt tubs, cold cut packaging, plastic bags, detergent and shampoo bottles and canisters.
• Metal Packaging Recycling Service Collection service for metal packaging including empty tin cans, aluminum molds and foil, coffee capsules, metal caps, vitamin tubes, and empty spray bottles.
• Glass Packaging Recycling Service Collection service for empty glass packaging for food including glass bottles and jars used in food preparation, accepting both colored and clear glass.
• Paper Recycling Service Collection service for paper including newspapers, magazines, copy paper, flyers, brochures, catalogs, and envelopes with or without plastic windows.
• Recycling Stations 23 recycling stations across the operational area accepting plastic and cardboard packaging, energy waste, wood waste, metal, glass, paper, cardboard, electrical and electronic waste, hazardous waste, stone material, and landfill waste.
• Eco Points Collection points for glass packaging, metal, paper, and batteries. Total of 261 eco-points maintained, with 181 operated by EKOROSK and 80 maintained by producer organization Rinki. Some eco-points also accept cardboard and plastic packaging.
• Sludge Transport Service Transport service for sludge and sewage treatment including connections to sludge transport operators across municipalities including Evijärvi, Kauhava, Kaustinen, Kokkola, Kruunupyy, Luoto, Pedersöre, Pietarsaari, Uusikaarlepyy, and Veteli.
• Environmental Education and Advisory Services Consultation services including sorting instruction sessions for schools and organizations, waste dictionary with over 1000 products, booking calendar for environmental education visits, and guidance on waste sorting procedures.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Rinki (Producer Organization)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRinki is a producer organization that maintains 80 eco-points within Ekorosk's operations area. Rinki handles packaging producer responsibility for collection points.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Metsäsairila: Regional waste management company operating in the Mikkeli region of Finland, providing waste collection, sorting, and treatment services to households and businesses. Directly comparable as a Finnish regional municipal waste operator.
• Kiertokapula: Regional waste management company serving municipalities in Häme, Finland, providing household waste collection, recycling stations, and treatment services. Directly comparable regional waste utility operating under a similar municipal mandate model.
• Stormossen: Regional municipal waste management company also operating in the Ostrobothnia region of Finland, providing household waste collection, recycling stations, and waste treatment services — the closest geographic and operational analogue to Ekorosk.
• HSY (Helsinki Region Environmental Services): Municipal waste management authority serving the Helsinki metropolitan area, providing household waste collection, recycling stations, and waste treatment. Highly comparable as a regional municipal waste utility, though at a vastly larger scale.

Broad incumbents

• Stena Recycling: Nordic recycling and materials recovery operator with operations in Finland, focused on commercial and industrial recycling streams. Comparable on recycling infrastructure but primarily serves B2B customers rather than municipal households.
• Lassila & Tikanoja: Finland's largest environmental services company, offering waste collection, recycling, and circular economy services across the country. Much larger and broader portfolio than Ekorosk, but overlaps directly on household and commercial waste collection services.
• Ragn-Sells: Nordic environmental services company operating across Sweden, Norway, Estonia, Latvia, and Finland, providing waste collection, recycling, and treatment. Comparable in offering breadth, though substantially larger and more geographically diverse than Ekorosk.

Others

• Rinki: Finnish producer responsibility organization that already maintains 80 eco-points within Ekorosk's territory. An ecosystem partner and channel collaborator rather than a competitor, but materially relevant to the packaging recycling value chain in which Ekorosk operates.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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