Cansolo Ab

What Cansolo Ab does

Cansolo AB is a Swedish self-employment service company (egenanst\u00e4llningsf\u00f6retag) founded in 2016 and headquartered at Torkel Knutssonsgatan 24, Stockholm. It enables individual freelancers, consultants, photographers, artists, bloggers/influencers, and gig workers to invoice clients and receive salary payments without registering their own company. The company operates as the legal employer, handling invoicing, payroll disbursement, employer social contributions (31.42% statutory fee), income tax withholding, EU VAT, insurance, and reporting to Skatteverket, F\u00f6rs\u00e4kringskassan, and unemployment funds on behalf of the worker.

The platform is built around a cloud-based customer portal (kundportal.cansolo.se) where users self-serve to create and submit invoices, track active and completed assignments, and monitor payment status. Supplementary products include a Salary Calculator (L\u00f6nekalkylator) that estimates net pay from a gross invoice amount, and an optional Express Payment (Expressbetalning) add-on that advances salary within 24 hours of client confirmation as a credit facility up to 25,000 SEK. The company also offers F\u00f6retagstj\u00e4nster (Employer Services) for Swedish businesses engaging external workers without formal employment. All accounts are free to create with no binding period or cancellation fees.

Cansolo monetizes exclusively through transaction fees: a standard 3.95% on the invoiced amount (excluding VAT), deducted at salary payout, and an additional 7.95% on invoices using the Express Payment option. This pricing is positioned as 30%+ below Swedish competitors Frilans Finans (6%) and Cool Company (5.98%). Customer acquisition is primarily product-led through the website, Facebook, Instagram, and SEO content, supplemented by a partnership with the Brainville freelancer marketplace. Cansolo is a subsidiary of Perido-koncernen (Perido Group, founded 2003) and is part of Spiltan Invests' network of companies (NGM-listed). Perido contributes brand credibility and operational support, and Perido's AAA credit rating from Soliditet since 2008 is leveraged in trust messaging. Reported revenue is approximately 90 MSEK and the customer base exceeds 5,000 self-employed members invoiced since inception.

Name

Cansolo Ab

Legal name

Cansolo AB

Website

https://cansolo.se

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Cansolo AB is a Stockholm-based self-employment service company enabling Swedish freelancers, consultants, and gig workers to invoice clients and receive salary without registering their own company, charging a 3.95% transaction fee on payouts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Self-Employment Payroll Services

NAICS

Temporary Help Services (56132)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHLAEALAL

Workers’ Compensation & Occupational Health TPA

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Health Insurance & Managed Care/Third-Party Administration (TPA) & Administrative Services Only (ASO)

Keywords

• Self-employment services
• Payroll administration
• Freelancer invoicing
• Employer of record
• Contractor management

Headquarters

HQ city

Stockholm

HQ country

Sweden

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Transaction Fee - Standard: Cansolo charges 3.95% of the invoiced amount (excluding VAT) when paying out salary. No subscription fees, no setup costs, and no hidden fees. Fee is deducted only at salary payout.
2. Express Payment Fee: Additional 7.95% fee on top of standard rate for same-day express payment service when customer confirms invoice before payment is received

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Cansolo AB is a Swedish self-employment company (egenanställningsföretag) that enables individuals to work as independent contractors and invoice clients without forming their own company. The company acts as the employer of record, handling invoicing to clients, payroll disbursement, social fee contributions, tax calculations and payments, and insurance coverage. Cansolo also offers employer-of-record services for client companies (uppdragsgivare) that need to engage external workers without formal employment, taking on full employer responsibility including sick pay, vacation compensation, pensions, and insurance.

Product overview

Cansolo is an 'egenanställningsföretag' (self-employment company) that provides a platform enabling individuals to work as independent contractors and invoice clients without establishing their own company. The core Egenanställning service handles all invoicing, payroll disbursement, tax calculations, social fee contributions, and insurance on behalf of the self-employed worker. The primary interface is the Kundportal (Customer Portal), where users create invoices and manage assignments. The product suite includes optional add-ons such as Expressbetalning for expedited same-day payment (7.95% fee), and tools like the Lönekalkylator for salary estimation. Cansolo also offers Företagstjänster (Employer Services) for companies seeking to engage external workers without direct employment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Egenanställning (Self-Employment Service) Core service enabling individuals to work and invoice as self-employed contractors without establishing their own company. Cansolo handles invoicing to clients, payroll disbursement, tax calculations and payments, social fee contributions, and provides insurance coverage. For self-employed freelancers, consultants, photographers, bloggers, and artists.
• Kundportal (Customer Portal) Web-based self-service portal where self-employed individuals create and manage invoices, track active and completed assignments, and monitor payment status. The portal serves as the primary interface for all self-employment administrative tasks.
• Expressbetalning (Express Payment) Optional add-on service providing same-day or next-business-day salary disbursement once the client confirms the invoice. Offered as a credit advance against outstanding invoices up to 25,000 SEK, with a 7.95% fee on the invoice value.
• Lönekalkylator (Salary Calculator) Interactive calculator that estimates net salary from invoiced amounts by accounting for employer social fees (31.42%), Cansolo's 3.95% fee, and income tax (30%).
• Företagstjänster (Employer Services) Service for companies to hire external workers without formal employment. Cansolo acts as the employer of record, handling payroll, taxes, social contributions, sick pay, vacation compensation, pensions, and insurance for the contracted workers.

Quantifiable outcome

• 52% of invoiced amount goes to employee, 44% covers taxes and fees, 3.95% is Cansolo's fee
• +1 more outcomes

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• BrainvillecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBrainville is Nordic marketplace for freelancers and consultants. Cansolo directs users to Brainville to find assignments. Brainville is a marketplace only and facilitates direct contact between freelancers and clients without broker involvement.
• SvedeaminorOthersInsurance provider for Cansolo's collective corporate insurance covering self-employed members. Insurance is described as industry-leading with broad coverage.
• Söderberg & PartnersminorOthersAppointed insurance broker for Cansolo AB handling insurance matters.
• AvanzaminorOthersSelf-employed can choose to allocate up to 35% of gross salary to occupational pension savings through Avanza.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Fortnox: Dominant Swedish SMB cloud platform for accounting, invoicing, and payroll that overlaps with Cansolo's invoicing and salary-calculation functionality, even though it does not offer a full employer-of-record service.
• Visma: Large Nordic provider of payroll, HR, and accounting software that competes for the HR/payroll-administration layer adjacent to Cansolo's freelancer employer-of-record offering, particularly in Sweden.
• Remote: Global EOR and contractor payroll platform comparable to Cansolo at the functional level (paying contractors, handling tax/social contributions, providing employer-of-record coverage), though operating internationally rather than in Sweden.
• Deel: Global employer-of-record and contractor management platform whose product model - paying and invoicing international contractors as the legal employer - mirrors Cansolo's domestic egenanställning model.

Others

• Brainville: Nordic freelancer marketplace and Cansolo's strategic partner for top-of-funnel demand generation; closely tied to Cansolo's customer-acquisition motion and a comparable freelancer-facing brand.
• Avanza: Swedish pension and investment platform integrated into Cansolo's offering as the pension-savings backend; representative of the insurance/pension ecosystem that Cansolo uses to deepen its freelancer value proposition.

Emerging players

• Voucko: Swedish self-employment/invoicing platform with overlapping freelancer personas, positioned as a leaner, more tech-forward alternative to the established egenanställningsföretag.

Direct peers

• Wint: Swedish egenanställningsföretag offering freelancer invoicing and employer-of-record services, competing head-to-head with Cansolo for the same consultants, creatives, and gig workers.
• Frilans Finans: Sweden's leading egenanställningsföretag and Cansolo's most direct competitor, charging a 6% fee on freelancer invoices with a comparable full-service payroll, tax, and insurance offering.
• Cool Company (Pikka): Direct Swedish competitor in the self-employment/employer-of-record space, charging 5.98% on freelance invoices and serving the same freelancer and client-company segments as Cansolo.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Cansolo.se
• Instagraminstagram.com/Cansolo.se
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cansolo

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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