Kaso Oy

Name

Kaso Oy

Legal name

Kaso Oy

Website

https://kasosafes.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1944

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Physical Security Products

akta.pro primary industry

Secure Storage, Vault Rental & Safe Custody (Non-Bank) (BPAKAIAJ)

Keywords

• Physical security products
• Safe manufacturing
• Vault door fabrication
• Strongroom construction
• Weapon storage cabinets

Headquarters

HQ city

Helsinki

HQ country

Finland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Security hardware manufacturing and sales: Kaso designs and manufactures physical security products including safes, vault doors, strongrooms, safe deposit lockers, weapon cabinets, and fireproof cabinets. Products are sold globally to banks, defense organizations, government entities, and businesses with pricing based on security level, size, and customization requirements. The company also offers installation, service, and maintenance services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Kaso Oy manufactures and supplies physical security products including safes, vault doors, strongrooms, safe deposit lockers, weapon cabinets, and IT safes from its production facility in Helsinki, Finland. The company delivers certified security solutions to banks, defense organizations, government entities, and commercial businesses worldwide.

Product overview

Kaso Oy is a Finnish manufacturer of physical security solutions offering a comprehensive portfolio of certified security products. The product range centers on high-security storage and protection solutions including R16 IT Safes (ECB-S R16 Grade I certified server safes for data center protection), fireproof safes (PK-40, PK-400, S260P series with NT FIRE 017 certification), burglary-resistant safes (PTK E-300, E-300, E5-300 series with EN 1143-1 classification from Grade 0-5), prefabricated strong rooms and vault elements (EN 1143-1 grades 1-12), vault doors with and without emergency doors, safe deposit lockers (SLK series with customizable designs), weapon storage solutions (gun safes, gun cabinets, gun lockers), and clothes/locker cabinets. Products are manufactured in Helsinki, Finland, with ISO 9001 quality management and distributed globally. Services include advisory on planning, professional installation, maintenance, and custom design capabilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Safes Certified safes manufactured in multiple burglary-resistance grades for commercial, banking, and institutional use.
• Vault Doors High-security vault doors for bank vaults, strongrooms, and high-security rooms in financial and government facilities.
• Strongrooms Modular strongroom/panelled vault rooms designed and built to specified security grades for financial and institutional customers.
• Safe Deposit Lockers Safe deposit locker systems supplied to banks and other institutions for customer-asset storage.
• Weapon Cabinets Certified weapon storage cabinets built to required security grades for defense forces, police, shooting ranges, and private collectors.
• IT Safes Specialized safes for IT equipment, servers, and data-bearing media, often combined with TEMPEST shielding for sensitive environments.

Quantifiable outcome

• Fire protection of 60-120 minutes for vault doors
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• SilteccoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 2 September 2025Kaso participates in MSPO 2025 exhibition together with its partner Siltec. The partnership involves joint presentation of the ICT-Vault solution featuring physical break-in resistance (EN 1143-1) and TEMPEST shielding (NATO SDIP-27 standards) at Siltec's stand (5-A03) for defense and governmental applications.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Chubbsafes: Major global manufacturer of certified safes, vault doors and strongrooms under the Chubb brand, competing head-to-head with Kaso in EN 1143-1 graded products and bank-grade security hardware sold to financial institutions and government clients.
• SentrySafe: US-based fire- and water-resistant safe manufacturer (part of Master Lock) competing in consumer and small-business fire-rated safes, the closest North American analogue to Kaso's PK-40 / PK-400 fire-safes.
• Gunnebo: Swedish-headquartered competitor and fellow Scandinavian safe, vault and secure-storage manufacturer with comparable ECB-S-certified product lines (safes, vault doors, strongrooms, safe-deposit lockers) and similar customer base of banks, governments and high-security institutions.
• Technomax: Italian maker of EN 1143-1 graded safes, vault doors and weapon cabinets, directly comparable to Kaso's certified high-security safes and serving a similar Southern European banking and private-client base.
• Hartmann Tresore: German safe and vault specialist offering EN 1143-1 graded safes, vault doors and weapon storage, directly comparable to Kaso's mid- and high-grade PTK and E-series safes and gun-cabinet portfolio.
• Burg-Wächter: German family-owned maker of safes, gun cabinets and physical security products with comparable ECB-S / EN 1143-1 certified lines and overlapping customer base in European retail, banking and public-sector security.
• Phoenix Safe: UK-based manufacturer of fireproof and burglary-resistant safes, including data safes and security cabinets, overlapping with Kaso's PK-400 and S260P fire-rated product lines for office and IT protection.
• AMSEC (American Security Products): US manufacturer of UL-listed and TL-rated safes, vault doors and high-security storage, comparable to Kaso in graded burglary and fire protection hardware for commercial and government buyers.
• Format Tresorbau: German specialist manufacturer of high-security safes, vault doors and gun cabinets with ECB-S and VdS certifications, competing in the same EN 1143-1 graded segments as Kaso's E5-300 and PTK E-300 series.

Broad incumbents

• Master Lock: Broad incumbent in physical security products including locks, padlocks and (via SentrySafe) fire-resistant safes; competes with Kaso's consumer and small-business fire-safe lines but does not match its bank-grade vault/strongroom specialization.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kasosafes

Compliance7 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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