The largest companies in Gothenburg 2024

The largest companies in Gothenburg 2025

Gothenburg is a key driver of Sweden's growth and innovation. Some world-leading companies are headquartered in the region, and our business landscape is characterised by an exciting mix of large corporations and innovative startups and SMEs. In this article, we present Gothenburg’s largest companies - by number of employees in the region, turnover and market value.

27 June 2025

Companies with the most employees

The majority of the largest companies in the Gothenburg region engage in research and development at a world-leading level. Volvo Cars, with its development, production and head office in Gothenburg, is the single largest employer in the private sector in the region.

The Volvo Group is also headquartered in Gothenburg and has several business areas here, including Volvo Technology and Volvo Trucks. In total, it employs 12,500 people in the Gothenburg region.

Other major employers in Gothenburg include Chalmers University of Technology; biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, which has one of it's globally strategic R&D centres in the city; bearings giant SKF; and defense company SAAB.

LARGEST COMPANIES IN THE GOTHENBURG REGION BY NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES (2024)

Rank	Company	No. employees
1	Volvo Cars	16,475
2	Veteranpoolen	3,975
3	Volvo Technology*	3,775
4	Volvo Trucks*	3,525
5	Chalmers University of Technology	3,375
6	AstraZeneca	2,975
7	Lernia Bemanning	2,325
8	SKF	2,200
9	SAAB	2,025
10	Samhall	2,025

*Part of the Volvo Group, which employs approximately 12,500 people in the Gothenburg region

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Companies with the highest turnover

The list of companies headquartered in Gothenburg reporting the highest turnover is topped by the Volvo Group and Volvo Cars, which are also the two companies with the highest turnover in Sweden. SKF had the third highest turnover in the Gothenburg region, followed by the Stena Sphere and holdings company Carl Bennet.

LARGEST COMPANIES IN THE GOTHENBURG REGION BY TURNOVER (31-12-202)

Rank	Company	Turnover, MSEK
1	Volvo Group	552,764
2	Volvo Cars	399,343
3	SKF	103,881
4	Stena Sphere*	96,366
5	Carl Bennet**	81,802
6	Hedin Mobility Group	81,678
7	Willys	43,763
8	Bilia	38,514
9	Cellmark	38,265
10	Latour	25,550

* Reported here as a group including Stena and Stena Metall
** Reported here as a group including Getinge, Arjo, Lifco and Elanders
NB. This list only includes companies with their head office in the Gothenburg region

Companies with the highest market value

Of the companies headquartered in the Gothenburg region, the Volvo Group has the highest market value followed by the investment company Latour, Volvo Cars and SKF. Property companies Balder, Castellum and Wallenstam also made the top 10 list as did life science companies Getinge and Vitrolife, as well as retail company Next Wave Group.

LARGEST LISTED COMPANIES IN THE GOTHENBURG REGION BY MARKET VALUE (01-03-2025)

Rank	Company	Market value, MSEK
1	Volvo Group	668,956
2	Latour	184,669
3	Volvo Cars	84,888
4	SKF	84,058
5	Balder	80,468
6	Getinge	59,077
7	Castellum	53,992
8	Vitrolife	28,872
9	Wallenstam	28,631
10	New Wave Group	14,065

NB. This list only includes companies with their head office in the Gothenburg region

# The tables above plus many more facts and statistics on Gothenburg's business environment can be found in our publication Facts & Figures 2025/26.

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For more facts and figures on Gothenburg visit the publications section of this website, and explore Business insights in Gothenburg.

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