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PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Companies in Finland: Full List

Approximately 133,305 real businesses classified under Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities in Finland, with officer, shareholder and beneficial ownership records sourced directly from official government registries.

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Sector Overview — Finland

Approximately 133,305 real businesses operate in the Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities sector across Finland. Consultants, lawyers, architects, and researchers make up a sector regulated twice over โ€” once by company law, once by their own professional body. Legal, accounting, tax, management consulting, engineering, advertising, and R&D firms are frequently structured as partnerships or professional corporations, which layers licensing-body oversight on top of standard company registration rather than replacing it.

12 companies in this sector are indexed on Zavia so far, part of a continually growing dataset.

Beneficial-ownership and registration rules for Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities companies in Finland follow the same national framework as every other sector there.

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Source: Official government registries via Zavia registry connectors Refresh: daily delta, full reconciliation monthly Last updated: 9 October 2026

Data Coverage

Record counts for SIC Code M in Finland, as of the last reconciliation.

133,305
Total Companies
98,381
Currently Active
74%

Section M is 9% of the Finland register by entity count and its 3rd largest sector — see all sectors.

Analysis

What this data actually tells you

Statutory auditors (tilintarkastajat) in Finland are licensed and supervised by the Audit Oversight unit within PRH (the Finnish Patent and Registration Office), which maintains the authoritative public register of who may actually sign an audit opinion — a separate, more decisive check for an audit counterparty than confirming its Trade Register registration alone.

Finland also hosts substantial engineering, R&D and consulting operations tied to its forestry, metals and technology clusters, so a meaningful share of registered entities in this NACE section are delivery arms of a larger multinational or domestic group rather than independently-owned Finnish businesses — resolving the real commercial relationship typically means looking past the local entity to its parent. At the smaller, individual-consultant end of the sector, active PRH and VAT (ALV) registration remains the standard, checkable baseline signal of legitimate operation.

Finland Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities, by the register

Charts render from live counts. Modules are suppressed where coverage is too thin to be meaningful.

Active vs. inactive

74% active

Section M entities currently on the register as active, vs. struck off or dormant.

Company size, by disclosed headcount

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77,778
1-9
51,760
10-49
2,913
50+
653

By number of employees on file, Section M, Finland. 201 entities with no disclosed headcount are not counted in any band.

Who uses Finland professional, scientific and technical activities ownership data

The three checks this sector's data is most often run for.

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PRH audit-oversight verification

Statutory auditors (tilintarkastajat) in Finland are licensed and supervised by the Audit Oversight unit within PRH, whose public register is the authoritative check on who may actually sign an audit opinion — a separate, more decisive check than confirming a firm’s Trade Register registration alone.

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R&D and consulting subsidiary structures

Finland hosts substantial engineering, R&D and consulting operations tied to its forestry, metals and technology clusters, so many registered entities in this sector are delivery arms of a larger group rather than independently-owned Finnish businesses.

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PRH/ALV for consultants and freelancers

Confirming active PRH and VAT registration is the standard way to verify an individual consultant or small professional-services provider is operating as a genuine, correctly-registered business.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities companies are registered in Finland?

Approximately 133,305 real businesses operate under Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities in Finland.

What does the Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities sector include in Finland?

Consultants, lawyers, architects, and researchers make up a sector regulated twice over โ€” once by company law, once by their own professional body. Legal, accounting, tax, management consulting, engineering, advertising, and R&D firms are frequently structured as partnerships or professional corporations, which layers licensing-body oversight on top of standard company registration rather than replacing it.

How is company ownership disclosed for Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities companies in Finland?

The same national framework applies here as for every other sector in Finland โ€” there is no sector-specific beneficial-ownership regime for Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities.

Can I see all industries present in Finland?

Yes โ€” the Finland company directory lists every industry with recorded companies for that jurisdiction, alongside the full beneficial-ownership overview for Finland.

Can I see Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities companies in other countries?

Yes โ€” the Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities sector directory lists every country with recorded Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities companies on Zavia.

Can Zavia monitor changes to Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities companies in Finland over time?

A directory listing is a snapshot, not a live feed. Zavia's monitoring API tracks changes to registered shareholders, officers, and group structure for Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities companies in Finland going forward, flagging updates as they are filed instead of requiring a manual recheck.

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