Pohjois-Pohjanmaan TE-toimisto

What Pohjois-Pohjanmaan TE-toimisto does

Pohjois-Pohjanmaan TE-toimisto (North Ostrobothnia Employment and Economic Development Office) is a regional Finnish government agency operating under the Ministry of Employment and the Economy, headquartered in Oulu and serving the North Ostrobothnia region. It is part of Finland's statutory public employment service, with 61 employees delivering in-person employment services, job-matching support, and official unemployment security processing to local job seekers and employers. The office is being progressively transitioned into the new Finnish "employment areas" (työllisyysalueet) model as part of a national reform of public employment services.

The office's primary digital product is Työmarkkinatori (Job Market Finland), a public employment service platform operated nationally by KEHA-keskus (KEHA Centre). Työmarkkinatori combines three core components: a public marketplace for job vacancies and employer postings, an authenticated "Asiointi" e-services portal for unemployment benefit administration, and "Oma työpolku" (My Job Path) for managing job-seeker profiles and alerts. The platform is built around REST APIs for job postings, job-seeker profiles (import now, export coming autumn 2026), and labour-market training retrieval, with deep integrations into Suomi.fi authentication, the Finnish Population Information System, the Business Information System, and the EURES European job-mobility portal. Supporting features include the Tarmo chatbot, the Ammattitieto occupational information database, Työpaikkavahti email job alerts, and Matomo analytics.

The business model is non-commercial: Työmarkkinatori and the underlying TE-toimisto services are provided free of charge to all Finnish residents and employers, funded entirely through Finnish government budget allocations under the Ministry of Employment and the Economy. APIs are also provided free by KEHA-keskus, although interface users bear their own integration costs. Customers are segmented horizontally into personal customers (job seekers across all career stages, including immigrants and international applicants) and employers/entrepreneurs (Finnish companies recruiting locally, nationally, or internationally). No private ownership, venture capital, or external investor participation applies; revenue is not disclosed because the entity operates as a public administration unit rather than a market-priced business.

Name

Pohjois-Pohjanmaan TE-toimisto

Legal name

Pohjois-Pohjanmaan TE-toimisto

Website

https://te-palvelut.fi

Company type

Private

Founded year

1907

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Pohjois-Pohjanmaan TE-toimisto is a regional Finnish government employment office in Oulu, part of Finland's national public employment service. It delivers free job-matching, unemployment-benefit processing, and training services to job seekers and employers in North Ostrobothnia through the Työmarkkinatori digital platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Employment Services

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Administration of Human Resource Programs (9231), Administration of Human Resource Programs (except Education, Public Health, and Veterans' Affairs Programs) (92313)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Job Placement, Matching & Career Navigation Services (EDAAAOAL)

Keywords

• Public employment services
• Job matching platform
• Unemployment benefits administration
• Labour market training
• Job seeker services

Headquarters

HQ city

Oulu, Northern Finland

HQ country

Finland

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Pohjois-Pohjanmaan TE-toimisto operates as a regional government employment service office that provides public employment services through the Työmarkkinatori (Job Market Finland) digital platform. Its core offerings include job matching between Finnish job seekers and employers, official unemployment security administration, labor market training and coaching programs, and career planning support. The agency also exposes REST APIs enabling third-party integration with job postings, job seeker profiles, and training data.

Product overview

Työmarkkinatori (Job Market Finland) is a unified public employment service platform operated by KEHA-keskus, consisting of three core integrated components: (1) the public-facing marketplace for job seekers and employers to search/post vacancies and access career information; (2) the authenticated Asiointi (E-services) portal for official interactions with employment authorities including unemployment benefit management; and (3) the Oma työpolku (My Job Path) section for managing professional profiles and job alerts. The platform also exposes three programmatic APIs – for job postings, jobseeker profiles, and labour market training – enabling integration with external services. Key features include Työpaikkavahti (job alert notifications), Ammattitieto (occupational database), and chatbot Tarmo for user assistance.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Työmarkkinatori (Job Market Finland) The main public employment service platform serving as a job matching marketplace where job seekers and employers can connect. Provides job search, job posting, career information, training information, and authenticated e-services for unemployment security administration.
• Job Posting APIs (Työpaikkailmoitusten Rajapinnat) Programmatic interfaces allowing employers and recruitment service companies to import job postings and enabling other services to retrieve and display job listings. Requires authentication credentials from KEHA-keskus.
• Jobseeker Profile APIs (Työnhakuprofiilien Rajapinnat) Interfaces enabling external services to import a job seeker's work experience and skills data into Työmarkkinatori jobseeker profiles, supporting data portability and employment promotion.
• Labour Market Training Search API (Työvoimakoulutusten ja Valmennusten Hakurajapinta) REST-based programmatic interface allowing external organisations to search and retrieve published labour market trainings and coaching programs for display on their own web services.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

Feature4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Indeed: Global job board aggregator with strong employer and job-seeker traffic in Finland. Provides a competitive benchmark for UX and matching features, though it lacks Työmarkkinatori's statutory role and EURES integration.
• Pôle Emploi / France Travail: France's national employment agency (recently rebranded France Travail) handling unemployment benefits and job matching. Directly comparable statutory role integrated with EURES, and a larger-scale peer with similar mandate.
• LinkedIn: Global professional network with extensive job-matching functionality. Comparable only as a job platform competitor; differs fundamentally in being a private commercial network without statutory authority over benefits or employment registration.
• Bundesagentur für Arbeit: Germany's federal employment agency operating the largest European public employment platform (Jobbörse). Comparable core function of national job matching and unemployment benefit administration, but at much larger scale.

Regional players

• Oikotie (Sanoma): Finland's leading commercial general classifieds and job board. Operates as the primary commercial alternative in the Finnish labour market, making it the most direct domestic competitive peer even though it lacks a statutory mandate.
• EURES (European Employment Services): EU-level job mobility portal that Työmarkkinatori is integrated with. Not a direct competitor but a strategic partner/channel that the Finnish platform is part of, and a comparable cross-border employment-matching service.
• Duunitori: Leading Finnish commercial job board focused on white-collar and professional roles. Closest Finland-specific commercial competitor in functionality and audience, though smaller and without EURES integration.

Emerging players

• Work in Finland: Finland-specific international recruitment service integrated with Työmarkkinatori. A partial-overlap peer focused on the international recruitment segment that the agency itself is extending into through EURES.

Direct peers

• Arbetsförmedlingen: Sweden's national public employment service, operating the official Platsbanken job-matching platform integrated with EURES. Directly comparable as a fellow Nordic national employment authority with statutory mandate and free public service model.
• NAV (Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration): Norway's combined labour and welfare administration handling unemployment benefits, job matching, and labour-market training. Comparable function, scale, and statutory Nordic public-sector operating model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/tyomarkkinatori
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@tyomarkkinatori560
• Facebookfacebook.com/tyomarkkinatorifi
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/pohjois-pohjanmaan-te-toimisto
• Instagraminstagram.com/tyomarkkinatorifi

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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