Lvi-tekniikka Rissanen Oy

What Lvi-tekniikka Rissanen Oy does

LVI-Tekniikka Rissanen Oy is a privately held Finnish HVAC (heating, ventilation, and sanitation, "LVI") contracting company headquartered in Varkaus, Finland, founded in 1994 by Keijo Rissanen. The company delivers a full suite of LVI services — contracting, installation, maintenance, planning/design, energy consulting, and asbestos surveying/removal — to housing companies, industrial facilities, businesses, and private residents in the North Savo region (Pohjois-Savo), including Varkaus, Kuopio, Pieksämäki, and Leppävirta. Since 2011 it has operated a Hanakat retail store at its Leijukuja 11 premises as a member of Finland's largest LVI chain, selling products and spare parts alongside service delivery. A team of approximately 16 employees (six white-collar staff and roughly ten installers) executes field work under specialized supervisors for asbestos and LVI work.

The business runs on hourly-billed professional services with tiered rates: €67/hour for standard LVI work, €90/hour for asbestos (reflecting certification requirements), and €100/hour for engineering-grade LVI planning, plus travel fees of €1.50/km and a €20 city driving fee for trips within ~7 km. A two-month return policy applies to unused Hanakat retail products in original packaging. Pricing is public and pay-as-you-go with a one-hour minimum charge. The customer base is diversified across municipal (City of Varkaus, ESEDU), housing company (multiple Asunto Oy entities), retail (S-market, Motonet), and service sector (ABC, AFT) clients, with project references dating from 2012 through 2026.

Strategically, the company is a founder-led, second-generation-transitioning regional trade services firm. Recent moves include adding asbestos services (2016), partnering with Sukitus-Pojat Oy for drain rehabilitation referrals (2018), hiring family members into marketing (Vilma Rissanen, 2021) and HVAC engineering/energy consulting (Vili Rissanen, 2022), and winning contracts in adjacent municipalities such as ESEDU in Pieksämäki (2025-2026). The Hanakat chain membership provides national brand affiliation and product sourcing, while local reputation, certified personnel, and institutional relationships constitute the primary sources of defensibility. There are no disclosed funding events, no proprietary technology platform, and no AI/ML capability.

Name

Lvi-tekniikka Rissanen Oy

Legal name

LVI-Tekniikka Rissanen Oy

Website

https://lvirissanen.fi

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

LVI-Tekniikka Rissanen Oy is a Varkaus, Finland-based HVAC contracting and maintenance firm founded in 1994, serving housing companies, businesses, and residents across the North Savo region with installation, planning, energy consulting, asbestos work, and a Hanakat retail store.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

HVAC Services

NAICS

Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors (238220), Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors (23822)

SIC

Wholesale-Hardware & Plumbing & Heating Equipment & Supplies (5070)

akta.pro primary industry

HVAC & Refrigeration Contracting (IMAFALAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

HVAC Installation, Service & Repair (IMAIABAA), HVAC Service, Maintenance & Repair (BPABACAA)

Keywords

• HVAC contracting
• Plumbing services
• Energy consulting
• Asbestos removal
• HVAC product retail

Headquarters

HQ city

Varkaus

HQ country

Finland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. LVI Contracting Services: Core revenue stream from LVI contracting for housing companies, businesses, and private customers. Services include pipe renovations, water supply renovations, and drain rehabilitation. Billed at €67/hour standard rate.
2. LVI Installation and Maintenance: Installation and maintenance services for plumbing fixtures, faucets, showers, toilets, drying radiators, and bathroom furniture. Includes warranty and guidance on safe and energy-efficient use.
3. Asbestos Work: Asbestos surveying and removal services. Asbestos surveys required before renovation of buildings built before 1994. Higher rate of €90/hour reflects specialized nature.
4. Energy Consulting: Energy inspections, certificates, and planning for housing companies, businesses, and private customers. Includes energy certificates valid for 10 years required for building sales/rentals.
5. LVI Planning: LVI planning services for residential properties and commercial spaces, focusing on energy and cost efficiency. Higher rate of €100/hour reflects engineering expertise.
6. LVI Products and Parts Sales: Sales of LVI products and spare parts through Hanakat store. Products include thousands of items for LVI work. Includes 2-month return policy for unused items in original packaging.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

LVI-Tekniikka Rissanen Oy provides HVAC (heating, water, sanitation) contracting services including pipe renovations, water supply renovations, and drain rehabilitation for housing companies, businesses, and private customers. The company also delivers LVI installation and maintenance, HVAC planning and engineering, energy inspections and certificates, licensed asbestos surveying and removal, and operates a Hanakat retail store selling LVI products and spare parts.

Product overview

LVI-Tekniikka Rissanen Oy offers a comprehensive suite of HVAC (LVI) services as a single unified offering rather than a modular software platform. The core services include LVI-urakointi (HVAC contracting), LVI-asennus ja -huolto (installation and maintenance), LVI-suunnittelu (planning and design), and Energiakonsultointi (energy consulting). The company also provides specialized Asbestityöt (asbestos work) services and operates a Hanakat-myymälä (retail store) as part of Finland's largest HVAC chain, offering products and spare parts. All services are delivered by a team of approximately 16 employees including office staff and installers, serving the North Savo region.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• LVI-urakointi (HVAC Contracting)

Named customers15 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Sukitus-Pojat OyminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Sukitus-Pojat Oy is a drain rehabilitation company founded in 2018 that specializes in sewer renovation using pipe lining (sukitus) methods. They serve customers in Eastern and Central Finland. LVI-Tekniikka Rissanen Oy refers customers requiring specialized drain rehabilitation to Sukitus-Pojat Oy, and they collaborate on projects requiring complementary expertise.
• HanakatcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2011LVI-Tekniikka Rissanen Oy is a member of Hanakat, Finland's largest LVI chain since 2011. The partnership provides access to national brand recognition, centralized product sourcing, and marketing support. The company operates a Hanakat store at their Varkaus location with thousands of LVI products and spare parts.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Consti Yhtiöt: Finnish renovation and building services contractor specializing in residential and commercial renovations including HVAC. Directly comparable because it targets the same housing-company renovation segment (pipe, bathroom, energy renovations) that drives a large share of Rissanen's revenue.
• Kotikatu Oy: Finnish building services and renovation contractor focused on residential properties. Targets the same housing-company renovation market with HVAC, pipe, and energy-efficiency upgrades as Rissanen does in North Savo.
• Hanakat (chain members broadly): Other Hanakat chain member stores and contracting partners across Finland. Most directly comparable peers because they combine an LVI retail storefront with contracting services in their local regions — the same dual retail/contracting model Rissanen operates.
• LVI-Nummela: Finnish regional HVAC contracting and installation firm. Closely comparable mid-sized Finnish LVI contractor serving a defined regional territory with the same mix of contracting, maintenance, and retail services.

Others

• Vastuu Group (Luotettava Kumppani): Finnish compliance and contractor credentialing service displayed on Rissanen's website. While not a direct competitor, it represents the ecosystem of trust/credentialing services the Finnish small-contractor market depends on.

Broad incumbents

• Lassila & Tikanoja: Major Finnish facility services and building maintenance company. Overlaps with Rissanen in facility-side HVAC maintenance, energy consulting, and building services contracts for commercial and public-sector customers in Finland.
• Are Oy: Finnish provider of HVAC, electrical, and building technology services with national coverage. Comparable in LVI contracting and maintenance offerings, but competes at the larger framework-contract level and brings scale advantages Rissanen lacks.
• Caverion: Largest Nordic HVAC, building systems, and facility services provider. Directly comparable in HVAC contracting and maintenance but operates at national/Nordic scale across all of Finland — a multi-thousand-employee incumbent that competes for the same housing-company and industrial contracts Rissanen serves.

Emerging players

• Sukitus-Pojat Oy: Drain rehabilitation specialist founded in 2018 serving Eastern and Central Finland. Already a partner of Rissanen (cross-referral relationship) — comparable niche overlap in drain/pipe renovation, but specialized in pipe-lining rather than full HVAC contracting.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/LVIRissanen
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lvi-tekniikka-rissanen
• Instagraminstagram.com/lvitekniikkarissanen

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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