Vähälä Yhtiöt

What Vähälä Yhtiöt does

Vähälä Yhtiöt is a Finnish company founded in 1937, currently headquartered in Oulu with an operating footprint spanning the Pohjois-Pohjanmaa, Keski-Suomi, and Lappi regions of northern and central Finland. The company is small by headcount, with 16 employees per the supplied firmographic record, and operates a public web presence at vahala.fi. Its nearly nine-decade operating history is consistent with a long-established, locally rooted Finnish business, but the input data does not specify its line of business, product/service offering, customer segments, revenue model, ownership structure, or recent strategic activity. No leadership bios, M&A events, funding rounds, partnerships, or product launches specific to Vähälä Yhtiöt are documented in the source material.

A material caveat applies to the supplied dataset: the bulk of the aggregated content (a ~150,000-employee global freight forwarder with Nasdaq Copenhagen listing, DB Schenker acquisition, myDSV digital platform, Volvo autonomous trucking partnership, ISO certifications, and 90-country footprint) describes DSV A/S, a separate Danish-headquartered logistics group. These DSV-specific facts cannot be reconciled with Vähälä Yhtiöt's 16-employee Oulu-based firmographic profile and are treated here as misattributed source material rather than as evidence of Vähälä Yhtiöt's operations, technology, or financial scale. Consequently, this description is intentionally limited to the firmographic facts that are unambiguously attributable to Vähälä Yhtiöt, and any deeper functional, commercial, or strategic characterization of the company is not supported by the input.

Name

Vähälä Yhtiöt

Legal name

DSV A/S

Website

https://vahala.fi

Company type

Public

Founded year

1976

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Vähälä Yhtiöt is a small, long-established Finnish company founded in 1937, headquartered in Oulu with a regional presence across Pohjois-Pohjanmaa, Keski-Suomi, and Lappi, employing 16 people.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Hedehusene

HQ country

Denmark

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Air Freight: International air cargo transport services for time-sensitive shipments across global routes
2. Sea Freight: Ocean freight services including FCL and LCL shipments for international cargo transport
3. Road Transport: European road freight services including LTL and FTL transport solutions
4. Rail Freight: Intercontinental rail freight services connecting Europe and Asia
5. Contract Logistics: Warehouse management, fulfillment, and supply chain management services including Lead Logistics
6. Project Logistics: Specialized logistics for large-scale project cargo including oversized loads and complex transport requirements
7. Value-Added Services: Additional logistics services including customs clearance, insurance, and supply chain optimization

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Vähälä Yhtiöt is presented in the available data as a Finland-based group providing international transport and logistics services. The substantive content describes operations that span air freight, sea freight, road transport, rail freight, contract logistics, project logistics, and value-added services (e.g., customs clearance, insurance, supply chain optimization), supported by digital self-service platforms for booking, tracking, and quote management. Industry-specific solutions cover automotive, healthcare, consumer/retail, technology, aerospace, and industrial sectors. [Note: the firmographic record lists Vähälä Yhtiöt as a 16-employee company in Oulu founded in 1937, while the detailed content describes a global transport and logistics group.]

Product overview

DSV operates as a global transport and logistics company offering a comprehensive suite of services across air, sea, road, and rail freight. The company provides both core logistics services and digital solutions. The core logistics services include air freight, sea freight, road transport, rail freight, contract logistics, project logistics, and value-added services. The digital product portfolio centers around myDSV, a unified digital self-service platform for booking, tracking, and quote management, complemented by specialized modules including eVisibility (warehouse insights), DSV Visibility (shipment tracking), Supply Chain Management, and Connectivity (API/EDI integrations). Industry-specific solutions are offered for automotive, healthcare, consumer, industrial, technology, aerospace, and fairs & events sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• myDSV: Digital self-service platform for customers to book shipments, track deliveries, and manage logistics operations.
• DSV XPress
• DSV Visibility

Products and services

• Air Freight International air cargo transport services for time-sensitive shipments across global routes, offered to enterprise customers requiring fast cross-border movement of goods.
• Sea Freight Ocean freight services including FCL and LCL shipments for international cargo transport across global shipping lanes.
• Road Transport European road freight services including LTL and FTL transport solutions for cross-border and domestic overland shipments.
• Rail Freight Intercontinental rail freight services connecting Europe and Asia overland, used as an alternative to air and sea freight.
• Contract Logistics Warehouse management, fulfillment, and supply chain management services including Lead Logistics for customers outsourcing parts of their supply chain.
• Project Logistics Specialized logistics for large-scale project cargo including oversized loads and complex transport requirements for industrial and infrastructure projects.
• Value-Added Services Additional logistics services including customs clearance, insurance, and supply chain optimization complementing core transport services.
• DSV XPress Express courier service for urgent shipments delivered quickly to any destination.
• myDSV Digital self-service platform for verified customers to book shipments, track deliveries, manage quotes, and access shipment history 24/7.

Quantifiable outcome

• Integration of Schenker remains on track with more than 60 countries now integrated or undergoing integration

Named customers3 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Volvo Autonomous SolutionscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 May 2026Strategic partnership for autonomous freight operations in Texas, USA. First commercial truckload hauled using Volvo VNL Autonomous truck, with ambition to expand to additional lanes over time. This represents DSV's entry into autonomous trucking operations.

Scale indicators5 records

Broad incumbents

• DHL: DHL is a global logistics incumbent with established Finnish operations offering express delivery, freight forwarding, supply chain solutions, and e-commerce logistics. It is a broad incumbent peer competing across multiple transport modes and customer segments.
• DSV: DSV is one of the world's largest transport and logistics companies with extensive Nordic operations, including wholly-owned Finnish subsidiaries (DSV Road Oy, DSV Air & Sea Oy, DSV Contract Logistics Oy). It is a broad incumbent peer overlapping directly with any Finnish road, air, sea, and contract logistics operator at national scale.
• FedEx: FedEx is a global logistics incumbent offering express delivery, freight forwarding, and supply chain services. It is a broad incumbent peer with multi-modal capabilities serving similar enterprise and SME customers across Europe.
• Maersk: Maersk is a global logistics and container shipping leader with expanding end-to-end supply chain services. It is a broad incumbent peer offering integrated ocean, road, and contract logistics capabilities overlapping with Finnish transport operators.
• UPS: UPS is a global logistics and parcel delivery leader with freight forwarding, supply chain, and last-mile services. It is a broad incumbent peer competing across multiple transport modes and serving similar enterprise and SME customers.
• Kuehne+Nagel: Kuehne+Nagel is a global logistics leader with a strong Nordic presence offering air, sea, road, and contract logistics. It is a broad incumbent peer whose integrated multi-modal portfolio competes for the same Finnish enterprise and mid-market shippers that any regional transport operator would serve.

Direct peers

• CEVA Logistics: CEVA Logistics is a global freight forwarder and contract logistics provider operating across Europe, the Americas, and Asia-Pacific. It is a direct peer offering integrated supply chain and multi-modal transport services overlapping with regional transport operators.
• Dachser: Dachser is a German-based global logistics provider specializing in European road freight and contract logistics, with established Nordic operations. It is a direct peer in road transport and warehousing with comparable mid-market positioning.
• DB Schenker: DB Schenker, now part of DSV, was a leading European freight forwarder with strong Nordic land transport and contract logistics offerings. It is a direct historical peer in Finnish and Nordic road freight and contract logistics markets.

Regional players

• PostNord: PostNord is the Nordic region's primary postal and logistics operator, providing parcel, freight, and logistics services across Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Norway. It is a direct regional peer serving Nordic shippers with overlapping transport and distribution capabilities.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Key risks3 records

Key highlights3 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/dsv
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@DSV_global
• Facebookfacebook.com/dsv.global
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/v%C3%A4h%C3%A4l%C3%A4-yhti%C3%B6t
• Instagraminstagram.com/dsv_global

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries3 records

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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